The Vinyl Word

Hi all. Random draw winner of the MF Doom is attackconquer. Thanks to all for entering! We've limited the contests on VC to the records we thought this community would most want (in general), the ATDIs and MF Doom, maybe one more. We put the more "pop" stuff like Beach House and The xx up on reddit, and the more obscure and less popular stuff on Twitter and Facebook. Sorry to those that see the new VC users as a nuisance. VC is such a great site for people to know about though, hopefully some of these noobs will use it for more than contests. Oh, and we recognize the irony that we are using it for contests, but a few of us at TVW have personal VC accounts as well! Thanks!

Sealed copy of the 2012 reissue on gray vinyl. Slight corner bend top right, otherwise solid. Comment to enter. We will choose a winner via random draw and notify you via PM. We'll also post when the contest is over. Winner pays shipping only, which will be $3 in the USA. Thanks!

Selling some electronica, hip-hop, and box sets such as: Drive OST pink vinyl Codeine Box Set Clams Casino Instrumentals Jamie XX and Gil Scott-Heron Deluxe Box Set FRKWYS vinyl collection Laurie Spiegel clear vinyl Andy Stott Death Grips Exmilitary Cassette Motion Sickness of Time Travel Onra http://www.ebay.com/sch/thevinylwordblog/m.html?item=261260624347&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

44 entries for Vaya. Congrats to shenanigans! So in the end, all 3 winners were seasoned members of VC. The random number generator looks favorably upon VC I guess. Thanks to all who entered! And goodnight.

49 entries for In/Casino/Out. Random number generator picked 48. Awesome, easy for me to count backwards 1, haha. Congrats to Spaghetti!

I understand your position on this, but I actually disagree because I think it can raise awareness of Vinyl Collective for those that didn't know it existed.

52 entries for the Acrobatic Tenement. Winner via random draw is KevinShisko. Congrats! Tallying up for the other records now, please stay tuned.

Hello Vinyl Collective, I'm giving away 3 ATDI records, one each to a different person for the cost of shipping. All of the records are open but still in shrink wrap. Perfect condition, never been played. Comment with which ONE of these 3 records you want, and I'll pick someone randomly for each. All of these are reissues. Acrobatic Tenement - red vinyl In/Casino/Out - clear vinyl Vaya - white vinyl Thanks!

It seems as though I will be relocating soon, which means I need to purge my record collection of stuff I don’t want to move. I was thinking it would be cool to give some away via our blog. Since we’ve used Twitter, Facebook, Vinyl Collective, and r/vinyl to promote the blog, we’re going to use those same resources to get the word out and host the contests. ALL giveaways will be announced via Twitter, so be sure to follow us to find out where to enter each contest. https://twitter.com/TheVinylWord I put together a preliminary list of 30 records below. Some of these we will give away as pairs or sets, so definitely more records will be added to this list (but none will be taken away!). Some are sealed, some were opened only to photograph, some have been played once. These details will be given for each contest. YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR SHIPPING, so keep that in mind. International entries will be accepted, but shipping will be expensive. Radiohead – In Rainbows MF Doom – Operation Doomsday Daughn Gibson – All Hell Joyce Manor – Of All Things (orange vinyl) The Walkmen – Lisbon Purity Ring – Shrines (green vinyl) Rilo Kiley – The Execution of All Things Daughter – His Young Heart 10” At the Drive-In – In Casino Out (clear vinyl) At the Drive-In – Acrobatic Tenement (red vinyl) At the Drive-In – Vaya 10” (white vinyl) Tanlines – Mixed Emotions The xx – Coexist (deluxe edition) The xx – xx Sigur Ros – Varud 10” Fucked Up – Bruises 12” Bitchin Bajas – Tones/Zones Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Twinkle Echo Feist – Let it Die Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen We are Floating Beach House – Beach House Beach House – Devotion Paul Simon – Graceland Grizzly Bear – Shields Mike Watt – Hyphenated Man (yellow vinyl) LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening (signed copy) Nite Jewel – One Second of Love (white vinyl) Memoryhouse – Caregiver 7” (white vinyl) Memoryhouse – Lately 7” (blue vinyl) Warpaint – Exquisite Corpse (Manimal black vinyl)

Thanks, that's very much appreciated! It's motivating to hear positive feedback. We can deal with the occasional negativity, but it's the silent majority that makes it hard to do what we're trying to do for them. Can't believe only 2 people are vying for a signed LCD Soundsystem record. Live and learn. We conclude the majority favor random lotteries.

We already have an Instagram plan for This Is Happening, but hey, we're totally open to ingenious ideas for giving away the copy of Sound of Silver.

Thanks. Hopefully they will go to good homes. That's certainly what we prefer. If you look at the actual Facebook comments so far, some are very clever and/or funny and we realize it's a shame they will go unrewarded. Life is just one big shitty competitiion really.

Well, that is just rude. And probably erroneous, as LCD has over 146K Twitter followers and 634K Facebook followers, but whatever, nothing worth arguing about here. Those people that you think are "douches" are probably the ones that actually read our blog, so we don't mind doing them a favor.

I don't know why we're even bothering to answer messages from people that are hating on us for no reason, but of course we want people to visit our blog. Why would we bust our ass trying to find good content for other fans of vinyl in our free time for no money to not have anyone read the blog? Why would we work hard to get a celebrity like James Murphy, who has 1000s of fans that would cherish having a signed copy of one of his records, to help us out if we didn't care about giving people a reason to care about our blog? If you don't want the record and you don't care about the blog, why do you bother to comment?

Facebook in general is a popularity contest. But we believe that if someone wants to put in the effort to convince their friends to help them win a vinyl record, they really want the record.

Dude, we're here, let's talk. If I understand correctly, you want us to post our content on Vinyl Collective? Or you want us to stop using Vinyl Collective exclusively for publicity? Raising awareness of a website is super hard. We aren't posting here to ruin people's VC experience. We're just using the limited resources we have available to us. Regarding Radiohead, the winner was ultimately able to get a hold of us. We fucked up because we were Twitter novices, but he now has his Radiohead records in hand.

Hello! We are a vinyl blog, and we're using reddit and Vinyl Collective to let people know that we're giving away something special (in our opinion). The one and only James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem very generously agreed to autograph copies of his records for us to give away on our site to some lucky LCD fans. We're starting with the self-titled album (This is Happening and Sound of Silver will be given away soon after). The contest is for promotion of our blog, and we're making no money, just hoping to increase visibility and awareness. You must have Facebook to enter, but it is not a random drawing. You will have some control over your chances of winning! For details on how to enter to win, please see our blog at http://thevinylword.info Thanks for looking, and if you decide to enter, GOOD LUCK!

Yeah, the incredibly low number of entries is testament to that. It was an experiment. An attempt at asking people to do something more clever than "like" a Facebook post or retweet. The rules were too complicated. This isn't going to stop us from giving away more records though!

See http://thevinylword.info for details. Entries accepted until midnight EST tonight.

The Vinyl Word was generously donated some rare DIIV records to give away to one lucky fan of the band. The set includes a signed copy of Oshin on blue vinyl, as well as all three of the band's 7" singles on color vinyl (released under the moniker Dive). See http://thevinylword.info for more info! Thanks!

Alligator, Boxer, High Violet, The Virginia EP, and Trouble Will Find Me. All black vinyl versions, except the EP which is the splatter version. All are sealed. See http://thevinylword.info for details. Thanks!

The Vinyl Word is giving away copies of Homework, Discovery, and Random Access Memories TONIGHT to one lucky winner! See http://thevinylword.info for more details! The winner will be annouced around 10pm EST tonight on The Vinyl Word's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vinyl-Word/159385960896558 We've already given away copies of Grizzly Bear, Kurt Vile, The Knife, James Blake, Phoenix, Deerhunter, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Radiohead. No purchase or sign-up necessary. Thanks!

Dear Radiohead fans, We're giving away some great Radiohead vinyl over at http://thevinylword.info . The Capitol Vaults reissues of Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, and Amnesiac. The whole lot to one lucky winner. Thanks!

No problem. We just assign numbers to all entries and draw a number. jonrawks and thefavoriteplay, we can assign you each a number if you want. We can notify you via VC if you happen to win.

Hello Vinyl Collective, We are giving away a copy of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It's the recent box set reissue 4xLP. And we're also throwing in a signed copy of the Pumpkins 2012 Oceania tour poster. For details, please see: http://thevinylword.info/win-a-free-copy-of-mellon-collie-and-the-infinite-sadness/#sthash.iKbEYnzy.dpbs Thanks! The Vinyl Word