TheGhostOfRandySavage

This for sure deserves its own thread. People have been waiting on this for a hot minute!

Now press A Sun Came!

I'll admit I'm not crazy about deluxe editions with a bunch of live/demo stuff, and doubly so if there isn't a standard version available. Tag on some b-sides, compilation tracks, other hard to come by studio stuff and I'm a happy camper though. I get where they're coming from not wanting to pay more for a bunch of stuff theyll maybe listen to once. That said, I do try not to bring it up a bunch since it seems to happen so frequently now that I'd be talking about it all the time.

You can definitely wait for deals on stuff and get a pretty decent setup for not a ton of money. I've thrifted most of my stuff too but I blew a wad of cash the other day at the thrift store on a Pioneer PL-550 that was steep for thrift prices, but still a steal for the condition it was in and came with all its parts. I absolutely adore my all vintage setup now, and have a Debut Carbon DC that is gathering dust until I decide what to do with it.

Sweet. Loved Avalon when it came out but didn't keep up too much with his next couple solo releases. Now all I'll be missing is Beautiful Things.

Juan, I'm so sorry to hear about your dad, dude. That sucks so much. I'm not a funeral director any more, but if you have any questions or something seems weird with the arrangements, send me a message and I'm happy to help if I can.

Here's the thing: People who care about vinyl likely don't care about YOUR vinyl, and people who DON'T care about vinyl aren't going to be swayed to love it just because you do. I did the instagram record thing for a while and realized that while I love records, I don't love posting photos or videos of them and I really couldn't give a shit about looking at most people's collections.

Yup. Got my first skip in years the other day and it's clear there is a gnarly scratch I just didn't notice at first.

Crystal Clear from Levitation: https://levitation.fm/products/slowdive-everything-is-alive-levitation-edition 10% off with code LEVITATION2023. Got mine for $30.82 shipped, best I've seen so far and reasonable enough I caved.

Yeah, the first press of the splatter from them was censored. It was fixed on subsequent pressings.

That crazy expensive Baroness album too, that Plaid Room sale, and the Target buy 2 get one free books/movies/music hammered my wallet the last little bit as well. I might actually cancel that Baroness order depending on the next single. Hard to justify at the price point.

Right on. Honestly at $25 I'd probably be in for this just for nostalgia sake. The pricing trends recently just drive me nuts!

I mean, I get that you're kind of agreeing with me, but if you're buying this shit at this price it's too much. As far as singke LPs go you can get everything from Dischord, Fat Wreck, a bunch of stuff from polyvinyl and the like around that price, a ton of bands self releasing, and major label stuff like...a month after it releases because it gets discounted hard because nobody wants to pay $30 for the new Ozzy record, Beatles reissue, etc. Even bump it up to $24 and you see a shit ton of bands putting out basic 1xLPs in that range. $35 plus shipping is outrageous for a single LP and just acting like it's normal to pay those prices will just continue the increase in price from greedy labels. I'll wait this out, and if I miss it I miss it. But I have a feeling I'll land one below $30 shipped in the near future.

That's cool and makes a bit of difference, but I do wish they'd have done a basic version for $20 too. I just remember seeing these guys at shitty little art spaces back in the early 2000s with high school bands that never got out of the tri-county area, so it's weird looking at $45ish dollar represses after shipping. I dig the album, but I don't nearly $50 dig it.

Jeez. Starting at $39 plus shipping? I wanted this, but fuck that noise.

This label is notoriously awful at communication so I'm surprised they even said anything honestly. But to your point, yeah, totally. It's really not a big deal I just like shitting on them a little bit.

To compensate for our lack of communication and getting the wrong thing we're giving 1/800th of you something and begging you to buy something else as well.

Crazy pricing, high shipping, and I wasn't too impressed with their last album. Limited, great colorways, and signed though... Ugh.

Whenever people say something like this I just feel bad that high shipping is normal for them.

Something like $10 and $14 for me. I'll just wait and pick this one up when it releases I guess.

Stoked to finally have a copy. Picked up a bunch of stuff I'd been putting off and stoked to get the reggae stuff I got too.

I still hesitated because I have two early pressings of it...but I've heard great things about this pressing.

All that already discounted stuff gets discounted again in your cart though... That Conan record I got is typically $30+shipping and I got it for $18 out the door. That MoFi American Beauty is $60+shipping retail, got it for $38. Even my "worst" deal on that Wailing Souls record saved me $5 plus shipping.

Oof. Wasn't really planning on getting any more records for a bit, but this sale...good lookin out. 7 albums for $141 which is...ok. BUT 3 of them were imports, so kind of pricey, and one was the MoFi American Beauty that I've been holding off on forever and is always steep. Highly suggest everyone take a look through, lots of interesting stuff. Electric Mud American Beauty (MoFi) Wailing Souls - Firehouse (import) Boo and the Tru-Tones - Show the World (import) Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent Avey Tare - Down There Conan and Doomsmoke - Doom Sessions Vol. 1 (import)

It's so good. I saw them touring it and it was incredible. So stoked about a new Slowdive album!