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So just a repeat of what happened to compact discs in the 90's lol. Good. I look forward to The Hobby™️ nose diving and becoming irrelevant so I can actually enjoy collecting again. Live by the 229th repress of Fleetwood Mac - Rumors, and die by it.

No big surprise there. It was bound to happen. So what better time when wages are still stagnant and food & gas & basics prices are going up?

Damnit.

I mean, yeah. Hopefully you get what I actually meant though. Damn, I really do respect supporting labels, shops, and bands as best as I can… but it sounds like you’re far more receptive to new buys than I am. Not saying that my way is the best way to consume music, but I do have a specific glide path for an album to earn its spot on my shelf. (Especially as someone who values quality over quantity, and just shelf space in general.) I feel like it has treated me really well and kept me away from regrettable buys. I don’t know if it’d value you at all – and I’m hardly the only person who does this; not trying to say I’ve trademarked some perfect system to establish a record’s value or desire – but Curiosity to Purchase is a methodical journey that I follow pretty habitually. Not that you or anyone asked, but curious if anyone does something similar: (I’d throw all this shit in one of those spoiler tags to avoid a wall of text, if I could. But VC took those away for some reason. So, sorry.) [Scope] Someone will tell me to check out an artist or band. I’ll Google them to see if they’ve got a bandcamp. This lets me determine a few things right off the bat. Like if vinyl even is available to begin with (or sold out), or what the price of the digital download may be, if there is one. And most importantly, it lets me preview a couple of songs to make sure the album is within the realm of something I’ll even enjoy. [Stream] I’ve decided I could be into the album, so now it’s off to Spotify to give it an open-minded listen. Why not just start with a Spotify stream? When I don’t have time for a full album, I’ll opt to just “play my library” (shuffle). It works better when Spotify doesn’t remember all the junk I’ve decided is not for me. I’m sure there’s a way to go in and clear your history / plays – and maybe some folks get value from exploring aimlessly and keeping a log of everything they’ve played – but I personally don’t. Plus, if the stream treats me well, scoping out the bandcamp page helps me shift to… [Digital] I’ve decided that as a whole, this album is a banger. Or I think it is. Maybe. It could be. I’ll need another listen or two in a different setting, and so now it’s time to secure a copy digitally. There’s a number of reasons I do this, ranging from wanting to hear the record again – anything I download, I know I’ll be playing more than the initial Spotify stream – to wanting to hear it in a higher quality, like FLAC. If the digital copy is < $8, or free, I’ll chip in a few bucks on bandcamp to add it to my collection. You get permanent access to download it at any quality, and it supports the artist for the cost of an energy drink or two. But the icing on the cake here is that sometimes it scratches the itch of “owning” the album. Anyone else experience this, ever? Having it in the digital library is sometimes enough for me, especially if the entire album is not as consistent or doesn’t grow on me as much as I’d hope after 2-3 plays. If the album is not on bandcamp or the digital is $10+, I obtain it through less savory methods. Because at that point, if I revisit the album and it’s just not clicking, I’ll remove it from my library [no longer in possession of it, even digitally] or I’ll move to the final phase… [Purchase] Self-explanatory. The record has proven itself over repeat listens; the entire experience is a treat or there is a far larger portion of the album that is more enjoyable than not. This helps filter out albums with some really nice tracks that fall short as a whole experience for me. I won’t go into details on hunting down my preferred variant or researching to see what sounds best, but you get the idea. Sometimes this means paying $1-7 more if I’m unsure of the album, kinda’ like it - enough to buy digitally - and then ultimately feel confident in, only to loop back and buy it through bandcamp. (How rad would it be to receive a discount on vinyl buys through bandcamp, for the cost difference of the digital download, if you had previously purchased it digitally?) But that’s a rarity and honestly, double-dipping on bandcamp is not something I’m going to lose sleep over. I feel dumb for even writing all this out because who gives a shit? I’m sure someone will try to call it an unnecessary or elitist approach to consuming music but in a way, yeah… it touches exactly on what you called out. I don’t buy singles and I listen to albums front to back, so they’ve got to earn their spot on the shelf. I’m not in the business of buying stuff I’ll only play the first side of and then get bored with. This whole process has served me well for probably a decade or more. Just food for thought I guess. May be fun or interesting to consider how much that varies from the overwhelming “stream culture” we face today.

My local just got copies of MC in, but of course they priced them at $150. Or $175 on discogs. Retail store flipping is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I’m one edible and two glasses of red wine in and this record is the fuckin’ tits.

RIP Rundmcc’s yacht payment.

I made it through all three days without buying a single record.

You didn't think you could actually hear the sound of a bubble popping, but that might be it...

Scored MCIS and Siamese Dream earlier tonight at online record stores. more expensive than the last time I owned both but I’m pleased I didn’t resort to eBay. i miss 1996 sometimes. Tonight Tonight video played back to back with Bone Thugz’ Crossroads every hour it seems on the MTV Beach House…….ahhh….Ok back to the arguing.

They’re doing Stay What You Are in entirety on July 22nd at Starland Ballroom in NJ. Hopefully they have some sort of repress coming through for that album.

Gas, groceries, and taxes.

What are you guys buying instead? Records you don't really want?

The recession has not stopped since 2008.

Yep. Found it in my comment history or whatever. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdtMaUXN/?k=1

All I have to really say is that this is a fuckin' ridiculously great record. It checks all of the boxes of their best sounds and styles. And having Nate come in, shows that he's the only one who is very capably up to the task of taking care of Caleb's role. "Wavering Angel" is by far my favorite track. It's everything perfect that is Cave In and a swirl of emotions throughout.

You’re thinking of me - and I’ve been a proud Soulseek user for about 3 months now! I should get a chip or something!

accept that things happened in the past and that we can’t change it or the present and we should just make the best of how things are, like a sister that is there for us no matter what, or a record that we can’t return and just move on?

Wrong thread lmao good job writing off Derek's post though. Derp.

Dovetails perfectly with the UMG raising prices thread.

Yes. Vinyl is stupid and so am I. Really though, the more recent spikes in pricing has made me consider whether I really need it in a lot of cases. I'll often times buy something based on liking a couple singles or a good live performance, just to check it out the rest while supporting the shop, label, or band. Doesn't hurt too bad at $20-$25 or whatever for a single LP, but as prices keeping inching higher, it'll be hard to continue justifying it to myself.

If the deluxe bundle were a little less than $100, I'd buy it. You're essentially paying $20 for a slipcase, which feels a bit silly. Especially since it's only limited to 500 and the other ones are less than that and on snazzier colors. But...I'll probably still get it cuz I'm an idiot.

IS anyone siding with them? I think if anything most of us are just pessimistic that you'll get what you're looking for. I don't think anyone is looking like a corporate bootlicker here. But at some point there has to be a statute of limitations for a return/exchange/refund. And I get that a label should make good on flawed products, but the history of the vinyl records shows that stores can't even return product. So you've got an uphill battle. But go for it. I'm sure people that still have an IGD positive copy would love to return it.

Received the new Be Well records yesterday from End Hits. Haven't stopped playing it. So fuckin' good.

Now out on Indecision (and surprisingly still available): Unbroken life. love. regret. repress on clear and black and Crushed on You EP (post-Unbroken, Kill Holiday, sounds like the latter) on /200 green. https://www.indecisionrecords.com/products/646117-unbroken-life-love-regret https://www.indecisionrecords.com/products/725331-crushed-on-you-this-is-when-the-party-starts

ALBUM OF THE LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ALERT https://www.waxbodega.com/categories/standards

SB: https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/collections/distro/products/lost-highway-ost Looks like they pressed 3k of the Waxworks and 1k for SB.

Nabbed Waxwork one. Lost Highway – Waxwork Records

I'm just happy to save some money!

As the video points out at the end though, this might not be "corporate greed", but just a way for them to stop people buying records that they can't keep in press. Unfortunately, this does put the burden of keeping the industry alive on the backs of record stores. There are some titles in there I could perhaps care about, TBS, Thursday, pretty sure MCR was on UMG, so if new presses came along for any of those, I'd expect the higher price. I've personally been trying to scale back as well. I'm in a good place right now, but a recession seems inevitable to me, especially in the tech industry that I work in.

This record is a masterpiece. 2022 album of the year.

Sunami promo flexi for their upcoming LP on BBB /1000: https://triplebrecords.net/collections/all-products/products/sunami-promo-flexi-7 there’s a tape option on Daze too according to the listing.

Finally spun S/T and agree that it is low. Can’t complain much for $17.99 though. I believe I had the original press of the cd and then a Japanese digipack with some bonus tracks too so, funnily enough, I’ve never heard this revised tracklist version of the album.

Dude relocated from Urban Outfitters to Walmart, leave him alone!

I didn't think I'd ever say this about Cave In, but I kinda love the nod to Tool in Careless Offering in the guitar lead and vocal effects. And then the transition into Blinded by a Blaze ... fuck!

I may’ve confused you with someone else, my bad if I did. I do think it sucks to secretly omit downloads if you’ve been offering them for years – even if they’re just printed on a little scrap of paper and redeemed through a basic downloaded online, they must figure that everyone just streams when they’re not spinning the vinyl. I’m sure that someone in the business was hired to trim all possible fat and maximize profit margins, so switching off the servers to support downloads was likely one of the steps in doing so. I sympathize with where you’re coming from though, and it’s why I love buying through bandcamp unless I absolutely need a specific variant that’s not sold on there, or something. No one bothers with digital collections anymore, it’s really sad. (Surely you’ve heard they’re discontinuing iPod manufacturing, right?) We are of a dying breed. Fortunately slsk has just about everything you’d want in 320, at minimum. 99% of the time, anyway.

I'm on soulseek a lot, but my issue especially with relapse is: They used to provide Bandcamp D/L codes to use with vinyl purchases then they stopped without stating why. However, it's kinda clear they want people to double dip for wanting the rarer / deluxe editions/ etc cause those are the versions that don't appear on bandcamp when pre-orders are announced. so you have to first pay like $5 (or more) extra for the rare/deluxe copy (or even some crazy bundle) then another $10 for the download if you don't want to pirate. To me, that just sucks. I'm personally thinking none of this is worth it anymore so yeah.. fuck it I'll deal with the plebe versions of the records and get the download. Just sucks knowing that it didn't use to be that way not so long ago.

Pooooooof! This just reminded me that my partner and I are going to the South for two weeks in less than two weeks. I didn’t even think about this until now, because I feel like, subconsciously, I was trying to get away from buying records, and just my life in music. Who the fuck am I kidding?! Anyways, still haven’t listened yet, but I’m very very much excited. Landed yesterday, and the deluxe tri-color looks so cool. I’m gonna use the slip mat as a frisbee I just throw at the cats.

Chimaira - Pass Out Of Existence arrived today. I forgot how crushing this record is. Hopefully ROG does The Impossibility Of Reason at some point.

I feel like he – or maybe another user I’m confusing him with? – has repeatedly complained about the lack of download codes in the past. Across numerous threads, each time being met with at least one person [sometimes myself] suggesting slsk. Teach a man to fish… only works if the man is willing to fish in the first place. 🤷‍♂️

Plan is to see Men on Sunday. Really excited.

Shrodinger’s vinyl record

Sun's Signature, Elizabeth Fraser's new ep is all I care about. And 8k of them is plenty thankfully.

That last song probably sucks anyways

Not all heroes live outside of their mother’s basement.

some guy admitted to me he is just buying and flipping and i said people dont like that and he said he was a hero because hes buying records and selling them to fans that want them, that couldnt get them, and now because of him the fans who missed out can now buy them.

High and Driving was an old Anthony Green project. Pretty cool to see that name used again.