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Well I had to drive a fair distance to get it, but at 94% off retail I won't complain

Just buy her a gift card to Whole Foods, Urban Outfitters, or Hot Topic.

You either failed reading or geography

I don't like when people need complain about things that don't effect them.

I'v never seen a thread with the word "newbie" in the title go so well. Good job, VC.

No, I just want one of each. I'll let everyone know if everything comes in, I'll make a post, and people can buy them for cost plus shipping. It'll be a flash post similar to the GoHastings sale. It will be posted here, and should be no later than next weekend according to tracking #'s.

Not defending him or arguing, but I feel it's worth pointing out that's incorrect. He's never pretended these are licensed and has always been straight forward about them not being official records. I've been buying since his fist forum post where he made it perfectly clear what buyers were getting was a "homebrew" effort. Also, since then, he's stated repeatedly that he's super excited to get actual licenses for upcoming records, and what a drag it's been that so many companies have just brushed him off (which is why he started making bootlegs). So yeah, there's that. He's also let people know that these covers are homages to other albums because, basically, of a "screw it, they're not licensed so I'll do what I want" (my words, not his), mentality That's why I'm super excited for his upcoming licensed titles, as at least one will have previously unseen asset art never before used in print or publicly shown (iirc). As for being "fakes", sure, they're bootlegs, and I'd LOVE to support licensed records, and I do regularly, but in this case he's getting and trying to get those licenses and not just continuing bootlegging to maximize a buck. He's building up a good reputation for quality and putting out records which otherwise we wouldn't be seeing. And he's not the only one doing that, but he's at least straight forward about it. For instance that unlicensed "rererelease" of Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros 45 that's basically a clone of the original, that's being passed off as legit, and looks like a licensed product. That's going into a 3rd repressing. That's a lot different, IMO, because at least these are one-off runs nobody is going to mistake as the real deal. I mean you know what you're getting from first sight, which is nice. Just saying.

Then they wouldn't be scratches, they'd be holes.

Title says it all, PM me please.

I bet you would, first post ever.

I like how you corrected my misspelling but were gracious enough to leave out the fact that I missed a word.

Except what?

Atlanta has a couple of stores to hit up. Plus it's a fun little city. I can't speak for exactly what the stores have (a couple of people here can), but I can say the trip could be fun. Record shopping, the aquarium, and eating at a nice restaurant could make a freaking fantastic gift! Plus there's very little chance of snow. So that's a plus.

Pretty good week for me - got a VPI 16.5 rcm, a pair of AKG K702 cans, and a Schiit Vali amp. Oh and found first presses of the first 3 Ramones records yesterday! Pretty much set for life now.

Try and go an listen to this stuff if you can and don't focus on a figure you have to spend, have a top budget but if you find what you liek for half of it so be it, you have more to spend on records. Also don't discount a proper system with an amplifier and passive speakers, there's a lot of good stuff around and manufactures are now starting to put the phono stages back in their amplifiers, also if you have a proper amplifier you can run other sources into it which you can't do with powered speakers without plugging and unplugging leads or having some sort of switching unit that an amplifier already contains, that and having to adjust the volume on the front of the speaker all the time would annoy me. Have a look at makers like Music Hall or Cambridge Audio in your budget but also used equipment from these makers, also Music Hall make turntables that are effectively Projects anyway so you might get a package deal from them or a stockist. Edit Part used and part new or all used you can get a very nice sounding system for $1000, shop well and you could get a pretty decent one new for that.

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I'm not hate'n. Dig what you dig. Had you said Ignorance Is Bliss though...... I did grow to enjoy that album for what it was, but in noway does it sound anything like any other Face To Face album. The album you chose I don't hate at all, just wouldn't be what I would anticipate any Face To Face lover to choose. This is what makes the world wonderful though....people finding magic in things others dismiss

Thank you :beer:

I e-mailed Procrastinate to see if I was in the first 50. I wasn't, but those of you who are sure are lucky. Trans blue tape...and a lyric sheet! I will trade for this.

whenever I drive through fog I always hope that after I come out of it that I've gone back in time and I see either a dinosaur run by or some other weird shit. or it's like the 30's. that way I can share my secrets about the future (now) and become insanely famous. I may have had a few drinks tonight.

Always hard to really for sure say what my top 10 is but I feel like it looks something like this. Underoath - Define The Great Line Moving Mountains - Foreword (or Waves) August Burns Red - Found In Far Away Places Balance And Composure - Separation Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams (or Strange Trails) The Acacia Strain - Wormwood Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation He Is Legend - Suck Out The Poison Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place I know some of these aren't old enough but shrug, they just really do it for me and I can't ignore them. Fight me haha.

Love the packaging on this. After spending about 30 minutes reading the note inside, the music makes more sense. It's really growing on me. Gatefold 1xLP is awesome and thick, glossy, the poster is nice and the flexi is great and even comes with art. I even got a Kannon pin with my order. Love this label, and pick up the record. Also, when are White 1 and 2 getting repressed?

lol

I find it best not to compare albums by a band throughout the years it really takes away from appreciating what each album is on it's own. I used to do it when I was younger and found myself hating alot of albums I now love. Underoath wasn't trying to tell a story with their albums like Coheed and Cambria is on each of their albums. They were making the music they wanted to make at the time and I personally love all 3 of the albums mentioned, I don't favor one over the other they are all amazing in their own way. Underoath is a phenomenal band I was lucky enough to see they play live forever ago and it was an experience I'll always remember I wish they were playing somewhere near where I live on their upcoming tour dates.

Actually I read those posts, and he does donate to the artist's. He didn't use that as an excuse to not to get licenses. He stated that to show he wasn't doing it as a cash grab, and he does have two licensed albums coming out. He started this all on Nintendo Age stating he couldn't get licenses, and at the time he was seeking the artists contact info. But obviously I'm not going to convince you, and you're not going to do the research to back up your claims so I'll not bother continuing posting responses.

Got heem

I'm most impressed there's a band called Peace'd Out. What names did they think weren't good enough?

And I'm also with the Every Time I Die Boycott ETID is and will always be my favorite band! I was this close to thinking about selling my first press copy of The Big Dirty to TacoKing to help him get his ETID Collection back. I also had all of the ETID Lp's and am trying to get my collection back because I had to sell them over the last year when I really needed money but now that that Hot Topic ETID represses might not even happen which might mean they'll never at all. I'm holding on for dear life to the ETID records I do have. Some of these like Hot Damn And Big Dirty are so hard to find it's rediculous. Please for the love of God someone repress them!

Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?

Alright, cool. I'll definitely give them a little more time then.

I came here to buy somebody's virginity. so disappointed.

If moneys tight, maybe going to spend money on shows, beer, and vinyl isn't in your best interest. Flipping shit works too though I suppose. Poor guy.

lol $40 for a Christmas soundtrack shipping in January

Agreed. If anything, I think it would have made me hate the song. I'd get bored of it after hearing it 2-3 time in a row I bet.

Six hours of variations of one song, yeah. I love me some National and I'm a fan of Sorrow for sure, but there's no way this was up my alley.

Some close-up shots here: http://topshelfrecords.tumblr.com/post/134430697349/hear-you Looks so good. The gatefold with the die cut looks top-notch.

Yay!!!! Take a look at this stamp job!

I'd be happy with an unnauthorized bootleg of The Legion of Doom's Incorporated

Hello Montauk_123, It means that I'm "willing to buy" that record. Wish this helped. Sincerely, Lupe. Bump!

OK - I need to still figure out my Santa. That will be my next post but I solved my Flickr issue. My Santa scored well yet again this year. I got a sweet Numero Soul Collection and a classic Lee Fields LP - I've been holding off on buying any LF albums hoping my Santa got my letter. The Legos immediately were coopted by my five-year-old who allowed me to put that Lee Fields album on the turntable - I chilled, he built, it was a good hour. Love local coffee - thank you. Love the mix. Thank you. I need to find time to build those Star metal pieces but I appreciate the extra effort on the tools. Thanks for the early holiday cheer!

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Mine needed a clean but that was visible as soon as I took it out of the sleeve. It sounds perfect but I expect it will have sounded pretty poor had it not had a proper vacuum clean before I played it. Music wise I loved 19 immediately, 21 not so straight away but now I think I prefer it and I expect 25 will be the same. Million Years ago I expect will be the next single, she did a special on the BBC on the evening of the release day and she performed it along with Hello, Skyfall and a few from 19 an 25 but I'm quite liking River Lea. If you get chance to see any of the BBC stuff from Friday look out for a section where they do a mock TV talent show for Adele impersonators where they use prosthetics to change her appearance and she enters as an Adele impersonator, the looks on the fake Adele's faces when she starts to sing is priceless. Edit Found the Youtube link

That will be a bloodbath so intense that Mondo should press the score to it.

I just realized the package I received was a boxset I had ordered a month or so back and forgot about. So the SS package is still out there somewhere...

Got mine last night, but unlike you fools, I'm gonna show will power and open it at Christmas...maybe. My only hint is That it says "fragile" on the box, so the sender must be Italian. Has that joke already been made?

Yes it's me! I'll PM you the track listing when I get home from work. It's been years since I've burned a CD so I had no idea how to get it to include track info.

In theory, you can't. The only thing you can do is try and spread kindness to the strangers around you. Hate and kindness travel well. It's our small acts of kindness that empower us. Maybe I'm a fucking unrealistic doofus with this philosophy, but I'm not going to rely on some promise of a heaven to guide how I treat other humans. Sometimes we don't realize how everything we do in our everyday lives has an effect on the world.

Just one thought, instead of sitting around saying "humanity is fucked" or "the world is fucked", etc., which I see quite a bit already in this thread, let's all think what can we do to stop this and make this world a better place. There is a way, it will take take and a lot of action and time, but to say "it's fucked" means you're totally giving up, which is letting the fucking scum that does shit like this win. That's my 2 cents on this, thoughts go out to Paris and the rest of the world, stay safe, and let's try to find a way to better this little planet of ours one day at a time.