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Took the urchin to Big Apple Comic Con today... Everyone was calling him "the littlest Deadpool" or "Little DP" Haha

For me SSTB will always be their best album. GA:IV is probably a relatively close second though. I really stopped caring about the band after GA2 though.

My vacation is off to a strong start. Watched a few movies, had dinner with a friend last night and today has mostly been beer, coffee and comics.

I've been there. I've been fortunate enough that a lot of the shit I listen to – and you as well, I'm sure – isn't exactly sought after. Or at least not clearly, upfront. Dude isn't going to gamble and buy 3 copies of weird ambient records or obscure shoegaze that Newbury isn't peddling. But I still prefer to play it safe and just text friends or VCers directly, before making a thread. After a bit of time and confidence that we're all hooked up, I'll make a thread if there isn't one already... and it's really shitty that that's what it has come to, as a community, but it's the safest route. And I'm so grateful for the people who text me when shit pops up, immediately: you know who you are. I give a lot of shit in this thread and others when I see copies of the new Green Day record being flipped, or some limited Day To Remember variant, or whatever. I joke around and suggest that no one should care enough about those records, in the first place, and that they're better off without them. But I can practice enough empathy to realize that the situation fucking blows. I see a lot of defense for flipping – "it's their money, dude, who are you to care what he does with it?" and "lol, Derek doesn't understand supply and demand" – but at the end of the day, if a release I wanted - really, seriously wanted - popped up and sold out while I took a night to sleep and a day to work, and was being sold immediately after at triple the price... I'd be crushed. "Ya' snooze ya' lose" is a horse-shit rebuttal to that and I think we all know it. I spend a ton of time tinkering on VC on my breaks, or during the evenings when I'm home, and I still find stuff that has slipped through the cracks that pertain to my interest. It's harder for me to sympathize with people when they don't log in for a week and are devastated that they missed a PO in that timeframe, but I can actually understand why some people had been waiting on that BCR repress for years, and were miffed when it went up with minimal heads-up, and sold out within 24 hours. That isn't to fault Pseudo Travis' subtle and brief marketing strategies in this thread – but instead of giving everyone a week or a month to mark their calendars and prepare a bulk-buy to offload on Ebay, only the unemployed neckbeard lurkers were privy to the drop. I guess it's better to have 2-3 sweaty flippers divebomb a limited release rather than 12+? But again, this loops back to my first paragraph, and how tricky the situation is however you cut it. These aren't people who are buying a copy to listen to – that's a given. But they're not even people who are buying a copy to frame, maybe eventually play, photograph on Instagram, and then resell at twice the MSRP. These are people with zero interest in any of the bands in these threads, buying 10, 15, 20 copies of a release /900 or so, and listing them for sale before they even have them on their doorstep. Really stupid. And considering the limited nature of vinyl and its aftermarket these days, they can afford to cast a wide net over any topics consistently bumped at VC, because the ones that "strike it rich" will more-than compensate for purchases that they wash even on or lose money with. It's greed and its worst, and it's gross to consider that some of these sellers probably give a cursory glance at the album art or a quizzical look over the packaging before putting it in a mailer and sending it out. "Huh. Is a King Gizzard Wizard Lizard the new Circus Survive? Is that what you kids are into these days? Alright." If they're not already among us as a shitlord in sheep's clothing, I imagine RareLimiteds' introductory post on VC would be akin to

dude weed lmao

Hang in there, bud. I know it's frustrating, but it'll be worth it in the end. If that smoke looks anything like my copy of Copeland's Beneath Medicine Tree, it'll be a beautiful pressing.

I got Abbey Road already (despite already owning a copy) yesterday. Seems to be the exact same as the 2009 remastered copy I have! Sounds great and very impressed with the artwork and disc, etc. I too thought it'd be a cheaply pressed copy, but seems legit. Btw, £9.99 is the introductory offer price. Future single albums will be £17.99 - which I still think is a pretty good deal considering they're at least £20 in HMV or Fopp or wherever - and £25 for double and triple albums is an absolute steal! Can't wait to collect them all. I feel about 8 again when I collected all the editions of that dinosaur magazine to make a glow-in-the-dark Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Not really a thrift store find, but its pretty amazing for me. Got this sealed copy of Jimmy Page Robert Plant - No Quarter for $5 from an antique dealer. Couldn't quite believe it.

Can we all agree on that "vinyl me please" is the dumbest fuckin name ever though.

Much like EL VY itself, this message board seems like to revolve around Matt Berninger. So, I feel right at home. Anyhow, I thought i'd give y'all a heads up that Ramona Falls (the project I do in addition to EL VY) is gonna release a third LP soon. I just approved the acetate. Thanks to everyone who supported EL VY (and, for that matter, Menomena too) by the way. - B

Everything is $5 and must go!! Please PM or email me ([email protected]) with questions on variants/availability. Ships from NJ. No deal requests please!! * Bayside "S/T" * Bayside "Shudder" * Anti-Flag "Die for the Government" * Aloe Blacc "Lift Your Spirits" * Elvis Presley “I’m Leavin’” * Harm’s Way “Rust” * Hundredth “Resist” * The Godfather Original Soundtrack * The Swellers “Running Out of Places…”

Damn. You and I have very similar tastes. Good luck!

Im probably seeing them on friday in Denver, I could grab one for you cost + S

I think this may be the key to enjoying the new Koz

I'll offer up my referral link via PM as well if there end up being a lot of y'all who want to sign up

PM'd. Should be a fun year!

I pretty commonly request it off because it's my birthday as well.

Delayed, I was looking forward to spinning this. I ordered a month ago with 2 other items. Friday on the release day, the status moved to backordered 1-2 weeks. I contacted them via email, wanting to know when this will ship, and they honestly have no idea. Just bad!

The Dexateens are playing a bunch of shows in Austin for SXSW this week. I'm celebrating by putting their Teenage Hallelujah LP on sale for 30% off all week!! Use the code "dex30" at checkout. ORDER HERE GODDAMMIT Orders ship within a day or two. Browse the rest of the catalog while you're there. Pls & Thx.

There's a clear blue variant on tour. Limited to like 13 a night.

It doesn't start snowing here until like 4 AM on Tuesday

You have the subway... you should be mostly fine. Some but not all the places will close. You just have to make it here

Yeah, that'd be super lame. Wishing you the best. I'm sure you'll be good, unless you have a layover somewhere bad (like Chicago).

Sorry to hear that, Slinch. Keep your chin up and I hope everything works out for you.

Also a coupon code for 15%: MAR15

Also here for $24.99 (but without free shipping, I think): http://www.graywhaleslc.com/p/20142498/elliott-smith-either-or-expanded-edition-yellow-vinyl-exclusive-only-3000-available-in-the-us

https://www.amoeba.com/either-or-expanded-edition-yellow-vinyl-lp-elliott-smith/albums/3911471/?code=ACEEdoTeiUw&gclid=CISDjfeN0dICFY4vgQodrzYBgQ

You clearly don't spend enough money at your local record store, then. My guy won't specifically order RSD stuff just for me but if I've expressed serious interest in a RSD title and he only gets 1 or 2 of them, he will usually stash it behind the counter for me. I'm sure I'm not the only customer he does this for, because that's how you take care of your regulars — the people that keep the doors open the other 364 days a year.

was trying to quote figgy (stupid site) but it was bad. Didn't have high hopes but it's short and go have used more information for the story line, acting was a joke and the ending blowed.

/100 is an insane amount of test presses but these unique covers are killer

I celebrate the entire catalog to an extent (YOTBR doesn't do much for me), but the Writing Writer, Ten Speed, Mother May I, and the Wishing Wells... come on. The best.

Agreed. Not that the albums after it are bad. I consider them good. Not GA:1 has not been topped yet.

An unpopular opinion around these parts, but as someone who had Coheed in my top 5 bands for a good chunk of my later-teen years, I'm inclined to agree with you.

It's really high up there.

Sucks I missed this, in for a second pressing if it happens.

Thanks Eric for pressing up the limited edition lathe-cut 7-inch. It's been a pleasure working with you! - Brent / Ramona Falls

The US list also contained an Elastica reissue that was a UK import a few years ago. Waited 90 minutes in line and a slow as molasses crawl through the store only to be told it didn't arrive in the shipment. Neither of these bands have a strong US following; the labels reissuing this stuff are both UK-based anyway. I'm 99.9% certain the listing means "available to order for the North American market" rather than "made/distributed in North America". Oh damn, this changes everything. I'm going to grab Nassau Coliseum and David Live soon and this is an essential piece of the Diamond Dogs Tour which is one of the few Bowie tours that I really care about. Too bad they couldn't fill out side 6 with some extra live cuts from the era but maybe there aren't any.

Just finished The Last Of Us Remastered (first playthrough ever), and while I think the gameplay seriously lacked in most areas, the story was pretty incredible. I'm very excited for the sequel.

Looking for a friend for Talon of the Hawk on tape by TFB. Willing to drop $100 on it. Let me know if you got it.

And even those 4-5 songs sound the same

Good morning all, feel better T3 Ugh drank too much and passed out with the needle on, and woke up like 2 hours later. Always a bummer, but I did it to myself. No real damage, just a couple extra hours on the cartridge. Rocking some Slowdive now, got to open the store in a few hours but its a short day today since I covered so many extra hours this week. I think I can survive 5 hours of record pricing and RSD planning

I was under the impression the RSD release was just a 12 inch single with two additional tracks, not the entire album +2.

Available for purchase here: http://children183.bigcartel.com/product/come-in-vinyl

Never said critical acclaim, I said acclaim

I'm shocked and confused at all the acclaim it seems to be getting outside VC

The only point of contact I had with Post-Rock lately was the RUSSIAN CIRCLES gig ~ 10 days ago! This gig proved again that they are the one and only PR-band I need! I love them so much!

Easily the best non avengers comic movie, hands down. It might be the best, period. The feels were so real.

All good mah dude. I've been after that smoke variant for seems like forever now

Deja repress in a plastic bag this time so you can suffocate yourself after listening