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holy fuck you are so incredibly unlikeable

I think people need to maybe smoke some dope and be happier...

The Holo cover on the retail version is $36 at bull moose so it is a little unfair to trash Newbury over the price or compare it to the standard black. Also so as Buzz Osborne says not everything is for everybody. If you don’t want to pay $40 for a record then is just not for you, don’t worry about it

Relax. Just because it isn't fundamental to life, doesn't mean I can't critique the business practices surrounding the sale of it. I know its not medication (nor a credit card balance) and I never implied that it was in any way similar. In fact I completely rejected the comparison of record pricing to any other type of entertainment product but especially something as fundamentally necessary as fuel for your means of transportation. I merely pointed out that it is a lot by today's standards with direct comparisons to a nearly identical product of the exact same format and if people keep buying up the specialized versions of products at ridiculous prices they will encourage those who produce or sell said products to keep inflating the prices even on the regular non-specialized basic editions. I think that is a valid concern. This is a vinyl message board. I'm limiting my critique to vinyl prices. I'm also not advocating that anyone buy more than one copy of any record. I guess you could say that I'm attempting to be persuasive against anyone buying Newbury Comics exclusives because their prices, in my contention, are an insult. I don't think that's a serious transgression. And still, I'm not even aggressively dictating to anyone that they must not buy those editions. I'm simply providing a voice of dissent for my own venting and for anyone who wishes to engage in the conversation. My concern is that it would be nice if engaging in the practice of consuming products like vinyl records could remain somewhat affordable to me. And of course I'm using my own measure of affordability to make that case admittedly. If the cost of production actually justifies such a spike in the retail price of the product then maybe that just means that I get priced out of participating in the consumerism of a product that is important to me and that is something that obviously concerns me. I hope that its clear that I enjoy accumulating and listening to vinyl records. Here I am on a discussion forum dedicated to records talking about that and all the aforementioned issues surrounding it. Also, if this topic and my position on it aggravates you that much, you luckily have the liberty of ignoring it. If you want to debate it, I'm clearly happy to. PS Fuck golf still.

The Illuminate anniversary pressing is available in the band's store! It's a little spendy at $30 plus approx $6 in shipping. There are a couple bundles available also. http://store.lydiaband.com/products/632865-illuminate-anniversary-vinyl If I remember correctly, the original announcement had shown a black mockup but I guess they went with a splatter.

Watched The House That Jack Built earlier. Fucking amazing.

I would argue Newbury Comics. They charge almost as much and always cut their releases to the bare minimum. All of their Ghost records have omitted booklets, inserts, and extras found in even the cheap retail pressings (for example)

For what it's worth mine had no issues and I found it easily worth the $60! At least they're trying to send replacements although I think they need to switch pressing plants because two copies of C&L I tried have terrible surface noise on Fourth Of July

I don't give a shit about TMR, but love me some Sleep. Someone tell me when to sign up and someone else tell me when to cancel.

JW:FK designercon variant https://mondotees.com/collections/music/products/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-2xlp-1

I really want that record, but the shipping costs are so steep. Need to find a local distribution.

Glad I passed on this.

Hell yeah! Sleep vault package would be dope!

That’s a good fuckin price

There is nothing hyperbolic about those words nor the context in which I used them. I avoid paying high prices for new production vinyl so as to not encourage such pricing in the future. $40 is too much for any gatefold 2xLP that doesn't come with a blowjob. (hint: none of them come with blowjobs). The way that I know that its too much is because there are more examples of gatefold 2xLPs that are in the $20-$26 than there are in the $40. Major labels not withstanding. Those fuckers are just out of their minds for the most part. Look if there is something essential to my collection that is rare from the 90's and is completely out of print or if the pressing from that era is definitely superior to any repress, I'm gonna splurge on the out of print old one in a number of instances. But I talk shit when a store buys the licensing to have an exclusive variant of a popular record and explodes the price on the merit of exclusive color alone. Its transparently greedy and pathetic. So I talk shit. It doesn't mean I have to just choose not to buy it and forever hold my peace. I'm just talking about it. I do worry about it. The bullmoose price is awful too. Its just not as awful as the Newbury and bullmoose didn't go out of their way to bring that variant into fruition just to overcharge for it. There is a difference but either way I'm not a fan of either price and of course I won't buy it. That's obvious. I don't even want it but I call out shitty practices sometimes.

Does make me want them to reissue the others even more, the level of quality at that price point is bonkers when i consider how many so-so albums I've spent £25 or more on.

So after that sleep show in the blue room Wednesday, they ended up cutting 4 LPs worth of material, as well as recording a song in the record booth. Thinking maybe a vault package? Or RSD release. Either way beyond stoked about it, that was the best live show I have ever seen.

I'm a simple man. I see Wonder Showzen, I 'like' it.

Here is my top 10 for the year 1. Candelabrum - Portals 2. Forbidden Temple/Ultima Thule - Split LP 3. Portal - Ion 4. Grave Upheaval - 2nd LP 5. Hyperdontia - Nexus Of Teeth 6. Archgoat - Luciferian Crown 7. Tezcatlipoca - Tlayohualtlapelani 8. Outer Heaven - Realms Of Eternal Decay 9. Majestic Mass - Savage Empire Of Death 10. Scorched - Ecliptic Butchery

Everyone should be receiving their gifts shortly, if not already. Everything is in the mail as of a couple days ago! HUGE THANKS to everyone for getting everything out responsibly this year. You all have made things very easy for me. But your job is of course not done yet, please remember you must post pictures of your haul in your thank you posts. Can't wait to see them popping up in this thread soon. Merry Christmas everyone!

Here's what I'm thinking looking back at 2018. No particular order of importance. 1. Mournful Congregation - "The Incubus of Karma" 2. Panopticon - "The Scars of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness" Parts 1 and 2 3. Yob - "Our Raw Heart" 4. Sleep - "The Sciences" 5. Wayfarer - "World's Blood" 6. Culture Abuse - "Bay Dream" 7. Tomb Mold - "Manor of Infinite Forms" 8. Hissing - " Permanent Desolution" 9. Painted Doll - "Painted Doll" 10. Inexorum - "Lore of the Lakes" Honorable mentions: Skeletonwitch "Devouring Radiant Light" Harms Way "Post Human" Black Moth Super Rainbow "Panic Blooms" Zeal & Ardor - "Stranger Fruit" Jesus Piece - "Only Self" Krimewatch - "Krimewatch" Candy - "Good To Feel" Judas Priest - "Firepower"

Nothing is being over-thought. Newbury is a straight up player who licenses popular record titles to have exclusive color variants made only to be sold at nearly double the cost of most other in print editions because their edition is "limited" and "exclusive" and the suckers lap it up. People are free to be taken in by it but when you consider that music purchasers generally aim to have a larger quantity of records at their disposal than rounds of golf, tanks of gas or IMAX movie experiences it stands to reason that if a product can be and is sold at a reasonable price, then selling the same essential product with an extra baked in level of exclusivity or scarcity just to pander to a certain gullible demographic is particularly reprehensible and also thereby your analogy does not land. Not the end of the world. Just a greedy and ugly way to take advantage of those affected by a very particular type of product hype. You vote with your wallet. Keep buying overpriced shit and the shit you want will keep going up in price. I'm one of those crazies who would rather their physical music format be further to the affordable side. Plus, I'm not exactly sitting on a mountain of money and would like each of my dollars to go as far as they can. I would also never play golf. Ever.

Pillows were a better music format than CD's and cassettes. Combined.

Slow Crush AND Holy Fawn !?! man I wish I lived/traveled to the West U.S.

Holy price gouge Batman!

Hey everyone, in the spirit of given you all first crack at anything cool we do - we just got in our second pressing of the Kezia 10 Year Remastered Vinyl. She is a beaut, and while she is live to the rest of the world, we have not announced it yet. We will post publicly about it sometime next week. Sometimes our limited run vinyl projects can be a frenzy, so just thought we would tip you off if that's your thing. As you were! http://www.kt8merch.com/store/pages/27960/_LTD_ED._-_Kezia_10_Year_Edition_-_Double_Vinyl.htm