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Arguing valid distance to qualify if a record store is local or out of range and the monetary gas equivalent. Yep, sounds like a Brand New thread

w e s t c o a s t a l r e a d y g o d d a m n i t

Who doesn't?!?!

Are these the guys who covered Brand New?

I have biked 30m with a record tenderly held between my shirt and jacket to keep a tour exclusive pressing safe from a nice snowy/rain mix. It worked! #nocar

Wow. Absolutely unacceptable. Contacting them about getting a replacement jacket right away!

But a little glue stick on that jacket will fix it. Way better than the effort and frustration of sending an email and the waiting on going back and forth to sort it out and the complaining here. I'm not gonna disagree that Sandbag should do a better job packaging this (though after reading this thread, I understand if it was done out of spite), there are egregious problems (that dude with the massively bent EP , and maybe the dude with dinged corners). I'm just beginning to think that maybe some people are just being too nit picky. Or maybe its me and I'm not nit picky enough.

only 6 episodes to finish it up, I doubt we'll see them spend much time anywhere else besides Castle Black and Winterfell.

thanks @famousdrumer and @Fowty Dollaz. I lost out on my last offer so I bid higher on this house then I really wanted to, but worth it if they accept. Its a big burn when you lose out after getting excited. hopefully this one is accepted.

The former RSD pressing has all of the samples but two. I was going to get this because I would want to have all the samples, but until they tell me the difference between this VMP and RSD, I'll just wait.

Yes, you're not a real record collector unless you spend $40 in gas to drive out of town opposed to paying a store $4 to ship it to your door.

Pretty sure Tormund/Beric made it out and will make it to Winterfell. The Undead my turn straight West along the South end of the wall to attack Castle Black and finish off whatever is left of the Night's Watch. Expecting to eventually see Cersei go berserk (probably something to do with her baby) and get Queen-Slayed as a completion of Jamie's redemption story arc. I kind of wonder what Jamie plans on doing immediately following this episode. It appears he just heads North by himself. Not sure if he will attempt to commandeer the Lannister armies.

This is not an original soundtrack recording. Bit Brigade is a rock band that plays video game soundtracks.. Their live shows usually consist of them playing through a game soundtrack in sync with a dude who sits on stage and speedruns through the actual game which is projected behind them. It's fucking awesome! The quality of their releases are usually spot on, I own both the Zelda and Mega Man LPs. The Zelda album was remastered from the original digital release and sounds amazing.

Some cheap Capitol Records titles at Crate and Barrel. Yes, you read that right. Blind Melon being the best one, IMO. https://www.crateandbarrel.com/decorating-and-accessories/vinyl-records/1

Drive to a not-local one.

Exactly. Thats the reasonable response.

lol.

My big takeaway from this thread is that maybe I should care more about my sleeve condition upon receiving a new record.

Both is indeed the obvious answer here. Keep the one you like better and sell the other one for $200.

I want to be a full-time masterbater

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New Aphelion LP https://thesevenfieldsofaphelion.bandcamp.com/album/keep-the-ocean-inside

wish i knew what i spent $50 on... it's taking a lot of self control to not order that indie exclusive.

Shit, wasn't informed on who would be taking over. But I did assume it would be people they've played with before. I'm sure they're great musicians as well,l too. I'm still excited for the new album, and definitely look forward to catching them live. That news was very surprising to me

Fair enough. But can we all agree that it's not completely insane for a Brand New fan to take a 10 hour drive to pick up an exclusive variant?

There are record stores in the same city as me that can easily take 30+ minutes to get to... I used to have to drive about an hour to get to my local record store. So sure, if you are more than an hour away from a record store, then Ill accept when you say you don't have any local shops . ($40 in gas implies more like a 10 hour round trip drive).

They're kind of dancing around giving a straight answer which is concerning. Someone on the form said "well, I guess this doesn't have all of the samples" and a staff member replied with "we never said that :)". It's all really strange.

Well, I'll be...

Well, this is certainly different... http://www.stereogum.com/1959758/oh-sees-change-name-again-announce-another-new-album/music/

The only thing I have heard is VMP said on Twitter that it's the "definitive version".

totally called it on the Stark girls. cant believe there wasn't more death

Holy crap 15 years...I remember buying the cd at Tower when it came out and it blew me away. I will probably never own an original, but fwiw I have a black unofficial pressing that sounds supreme, a great improvement beyond the CD. Very slight surface noise here and there but it cranks real well. Song for the Dead melts my face with ease; I'll be content if its the only copy I ever own.

Welp. I think I enjoyed the song a lil' bit more and didn't hate it as much after watching the video...the video was cheeky in her self-deprecation.

Holy fuck, what an episode. It was hit after hit after hit. Next week!

Personally, I would just bend that back and go about my business.

Are you gonna contact Sandbag or go directly to the FBI?

Probably to no ones surprise, I found the Kevin Gray cut slightly better than the definitive cut by John Golden. The definitive version is very good. DOn't get me wrong. I though the KG cut was a bit more robust/fuller. I did a blind comparison of both records going track by track. I found that consistently noted preferring the KG cut, but to be fair, sometimes it was a toss up (VPI HW-19jr w/ a Grado blue on a vintage Marantz 2220 with Polk speakers). I think if you have the KG cut, you can pass on the definitive. Otherwise, get the KG cut if you don't own one, but if you have to get the definitive version (like because of a discount code or whatever), you will probably be happy with that as well. The Black to Black/KG cut packaging is a bit different. Inners are a thicker paper. Spine is a touch wider. Colors are muted. The DE is closer to the original pressing, Colors are richer. inners are the thin glossy paper (and do not come with the discs in them to avoid seem splits). The original pressing had the boldest colors on the packaging and are a richer yellow/brown with an orange hue. I don't have my original CD anymore, but I remember that being the same. These 2 new pressings seem to favor more yellow in the colors rather than the warmer orange end. Anyway those are my thoughts on the new DWS pressings.

Jesus...you piss off your mail carrier or something? That's some next level shit right there Yes, not receiving the correct order is exactly the same as a split seam and a corner ding.

Well there we go, haha. Glad you could find the Dead Horse album, and not the Deadhorse album.

yo i think that "if you bought limited vinyl on day one youre getting a cd" theory has some holes in it at this point.

OP here, hahahahahahahahaha omg you guys are amazing, literally laughing out loud over here, some of them are comedy gold!! Also, that's some serious artwork right here... FYI I didnt, it came like that, mabye bc I signed up via Twitter: On a serious note, I didn't come up with that by myself, my local vinyl store recommended it, seen them do it as well, and I've been cleaning my vinyl (old and new) with Windex for 2 years now, never had any complaints, they actually always sound(ed) great afterwards. Soo idk what happened on this one, must've used a different brand than all the other times. Either way, can I get any honest ideas on what to do with this one, I suppose there's residue on it, any careful way to remove that?

I will NOT stand for the Josie and the Pussycats slander.

Only use windex on your clear vinyl.

just spray the windex in your eyes and forget it ever happened

You're tearing me apart Lisa!!!

No. The top autists over at the Brand New subreddit are still on the job. They're still figuring out the ancient technology known as a "CD DRIVE." Very complex work.

I've got the red pressing. It sounds beautiful.