YouTwo

5 minutes ago, ejc625 said:

They are £22.89 on Amazon UK now  - Up from £19.07

They will show 19.07 at checkout once you enter your address as being in the US and it deducts the VAT.  

My bad. I was converting Euroes not Pounds.  But my order total was 62.25 pounds so that's $81 US.    Remember it subtracts VAT when you actually place the order.  

FYI, You can actually get them on Amazon UK for ~$70 shipped for all 3.  

4 minutes ago, ejc625 said:

 

Was actually just about to post this same thing.  I can't read what the stickers say on the mock ups.  what's weird is that the link doesn't take you to any options to pre-order.  Just a bunch of links to streaming.  

Edit:  Just saw the sticker says "Limited Numbered Vinyl!"

7 minutes ago, Lugubrious said:

Doesn't say anything about them being numbered?

It also doesn't really say anything about them being Limited.  

Do we think they'll pop up elsewhere?  I mean.. I ordered without delay but can always cancel if a better price comes along.  

4 minutes ago, Vern said:

Reissues now available to order here:

 

https://store.udiscovermusic.com/search.html?term=doves&utm_campaign=Doves20190408&utm_content=&utm_medium=genericlink&utm_source=OriginalLink&utm_umguk=www.facebook.com%2F

Oh hell yeah!

5 minutes ago, dapeebs said:

Damn that's pretty stupid. So you can pretty much only swap for the other ROTM or an existing pressing. Oh well. Might cancel if the next month's stuff isn't anything interesting. Glad I grabbed that Crumb album when I did anyway.

Yeah, that's why I said the swap selection was pretty poor.  It was only the Exclusives that are already shipping or past ROTM's.  And they aren't currently doing curated titles so there wasn't any of those to choose from either.  

3 minutes ago, dapeebs said:

 

Definitely a weird ROTM. A country album from 1970 doesn't strike me as something that would be under the Essentials record for the month. Although I guess it is on me for spacing out and not swapping it out in time. Would gladly have swapped for the Crumb record if I had remembered. 

Crumb actually was released after the swaps closed.  Also,  it looks like now you can only swap for stuff that will be shipping for that month.  I was hoping to be able to swap for the Stars album but it wasn't available because it's not shipping until May.  

3 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

Was there a demand for that album to even be repressed?  Is it critically acclaimed?  Not familiar with the artist at all, but willing to accept I’m just not in the right demographic for it.  Seemed like a bizarre choice for ROTM, but what do I know?

I think it had been out of print since the 80's and she's a pretty big name in country music so i'm sure there was SOME demand.  But not something I'm into at all.  I ended up swapping for Little Simz.

2 minutes ago, WAXXX said:

damn. forgot to check VMP for april and got stuck with coal miner's daughter. 

The swap selection wasn't even that great this month.  

I currently have these

https://www.amazon.com/Phaiser-BHS-790-Bluetooth-Headphones-Sweatproof/dp/B07CMBS4MY/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2VXXNFGAXXHFB&keywords=phaiser+bhs-790+bluetooth+headphones&qid=1554745775&s=gateway&sprefix=phaiser+%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

They sound awesome but I hate the way the wire in the back gets all bunched up which is why I started a hunt for wireless earbuds as well.

3 minutes ago, Tommy said:

I used to follow Amazon reviews like gospel, but searching around today I found some weird Chinese manufacturers with 3,000+ 5  star reviews and not a single 4 or below. Read down in the comments to see they just have bots and paid reviews. Now I don't know what I can trust anymore 

Yeah, I noticed that they were all 5 star reviews and they all basically had the same 2 or 3 talking points over and over again.  I think the reviewer names were wither similar or the same on most of them too.

I was actually wondering this too and also noticed the Amazon reviews.  Crazy.

Will have to look into dapeepb suggestions  

You'd think if these are coming out in May they have to be available for pre-order soon.

Who can I give my money too right now!?

1 hour ago, swb said:

I think the OP got their answer, no? The ensuing discussion (at least my contribution to it) was not intended as a counter argument or rejection of their question. If that happened, I'm sorry!

I actually don't know.  They kind of started the thread and disappeared.  I was interested in how they were storing them that might lead to the splits.  But maybe they did get their answer and move on.  

No where can I pre-order this new Sleeve record?

I get that seam splits like that don't matter when listening to the record and are pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things.  That being said... If I was sleeving my collection and had a bunch of records with them and didn't know why I'd be trying to find out why and try to prevent it from happening in the future too.  That's what the OP is trying to figure out.  

13 hours ago, bluewaterpig said:

 This seems to be present on a lot of the albums that I am re-sleeving. Is this normal? Or maybe because of something I’m doing wrong in storage? 

That usually is something that happens during shipment or if you've dropped a stack of records (unfortunately I know from personal experience).  How are you storing them?

37 minutes ago, timsimmons said:

Bullmoose is selling VMP exclusives now? 

Really? What do they have on there? 

5 minutes ago, wellnow said:

Good riddance. I hate the hassle of subscribing to get their exclusives.

So you hate the idea of joining a record club to buy the records that a record club is selling?  I mean... that's kind of their whole model.  

3 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

So for those of us within the US with a Crate subscription... does that mean there’s a monthly fee of $6.00, which just enables you to order exclusives for the listed price and $4.95 for shipping?  That’s what I’m interpreting.

That's how I interpreted it since the full thing mentioned "Record of the Month Subscribers" a couple of times.  

1 minute ago, jason202 said:

Are you sure it's sold out? I just joined the Hip Hop track and as of right now it's still allowing me to add the Essentials track to get 3 Feet High and Rising. I'm new to VMP subs so maybe I'm missing someth
ing here.

3 Feet High and rising is the "Essentials" pick.  De La Soul is Dead was an exclusive they did on yellow/green split that was limited to 1,000 copies.

3 minutes ago, KaitouG said:

Looks like De La Soul Is Dead will finally be available tomorrow

And 3 Feet High and Rising should be announced as the Essentials ROTM.  

My Amazon order just had a release date changed to March.  I don't know if they just are punting the ball down the field because they don't know yet or what.