NapalmBrain

A well mastered record sounds good no matter what, the revived MOFI has consistently quality records whereas the original MFSL was generally hit with a few misses (Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers and Beatles MMT come to mind) some versions are definitive

I miss you all, I remember the good old days when I wasn't working and going through some serious shit and you all helped with the loneliness and we were churning out pages everyday. I hope you are all hanging in there, I'm still slinging records in KC, Just chilling with the cat and spinning records most days throughout this madness

Boo I missed the limited variant, oh well copped the /300 and grabbed the last Makthaverskan 7" I still have been meaning to grab, seemed fitting since I saw them together several years ago

really great mastering job, dynamite sounding record and no issues on the indie red either. I'm not surprised the mastering engineer has done great work for Daughters, Austra, Mars Volta, Bjork, Hotelier and many other highly praised albums on these forums

This was an easy pre-order my distros did not have it on day 1 so I take no chances with Fiona. I hope When The Pawn follows shortly so I can complete the LP collection

pretty good album, especially given 3 decades since the last. Also shocked at how quick all the colored variants sold out, but stoked for them. Got to meet John Doe last year he did a book signing at my record store, stand up dude and easy to talk to. Got to talk music and he bought Cat Power "Moon Pix" on my recommendation after he asked for her latest, I hope he liked it. He got a better discount than I do though haha

Got my copy today, it is superb. Nice packaging, gatefold with lyrics insert and a nice surprise it was cut at 45 rpm. Nice job by Rare Form Mastering, there are little nuances ive never noticed on the CD or mp3s I've listened to 100+ times. LPs were flat and quiet minus a little surface noise on Into The Spin but that may settle down on future plays. Highly recommended purchase, one of my favorite albums ever!

I threw down like $30 on the Make Yourself, may do Science too but those are the only ones I like enough to spend like that (unless Enjoy or Fungus Amongus get pressed). I'd go $20 for Crow and be done with it, I'm not as into Morning View and the rest.

it's been marked down but I think original retail was around $35. Science/Light Grenades/Morning View are all coming out on colored variants of /2000 I'm seeing $40ish retail since it's an import. Crow Left Of A Murder snuck out a couple weeks back, I'd like a copy but ill wait for it to reach $20ish prices.

I'd personally go for the esprit it's much better than a PL 100. If I was going to go Rega I would not spring for anything less than a P3 (ideally a P6 but would also consider marantz and clearaudio if spending in the $1200-2000 range). I've had mine for about 5 years, Only repair needed was a reoiling of the motor just in the last 6 months and that is with an average of 2 to 3 hours a day of play. Other than stylus replacement over time of course. I would agree with vinyl addict they do have cheap motors but it still outclasses other tables in that price point and with the built in speed box makes playing 45 rpm records less of a pain and is as speed accurate as a direct drive. We have a tachometer at work and it was within .01% accuracy

Got my blue copy yesterday, decent sounding pressing. The songs are not as immediate to me as the last 2 albums but it might grow on me more. Not a bad album though, I feel like the lyrics aren't quite on the same level.

I'm usually broke when the HazeXXL releases drop and when I'm not I'm too slow or priced out but decided to go for the Cows "Sexy Pee Story", after I saw posts earlier in the week on Amp Rep FB. I refreshed right at 12 and checked out quick, it sold out in under 4 min. Looking to be the proud of owner of https://www.shoxop.com/products/cows-sexy-pee-story-gold-edition . (NSFW) Anyone else grab one or the Seawhores or hardcore enough to spend $180 on the bundle?

I did not have any of these issues either sorry you got a couple duds, you kind of need to crank it but outside of that sounds pretty good. I believe it is only a Euro press which is why they are $41.99 stateside

that's groove wear nothing can be done, seen it many times. A jukebox or a console/cheap turntable played it out. I have a few in my collection like that that are just hard to find in any shape and it's muffled and unlistenable. Copies of this are plentiful I'm sure with some digging another copy will surface. Otherwise they are all over the internet for sale

I'm leaving mine only have had issues when the record is directly touching it like the side by side 7", These Arms Are Snakes/Russian Circles Split or Madlib Medicine Show: Africa

Allocation is always a pain I've worked in stores with multiple locations in the past that got much larger fills and as mentioned later in the thread I agree it seems the more you order throughout the year the higher fill you get which isn't really fair and an ugly side of capitalism. I feel the burn on a regular basis from distros and BF sucked I ordered from distros that didn't even deliver product until that afternoon after the crowds died., not to mention the titles we got allocated 0, I really only got the 1 Patsy because we are in a record store coalition and have our own distro that had the third man titles

$50 that is going to be the one this year that blows up in price, as stated above the allocations were 1 per store (I ordered 8 and when I saw 1 was coming, tried to order more and was told allocations would not allow additional copies). Our only copy sold to the 6th guy in line. Grabbed The Mike Watt 7" (got the color variant) and The Chet Baker, Ya'll need to be hunting the Chet, it's like he is in the room and it's only $25 AAA mono mix cut by Kevin Gray edit: oops meant to quote the poster you were responding to, sorry it's early

Agreed that it's easy on the wallet. had to grab a blue copy. Looking forward to this, Skylight is still in regular rotation

Shit I've been sleeping on the boards I just read about this, I long missed out. oh well I unloaded Sway recently anyways, it was a shitty press

I'm slow on this thread, glad they still have copies left. I ordered one after listening to the 4 tracks available and also echoing a repress of Despondent Transponder is needed, thanks for the heads up

pm'd my 7" collection is nearing completion and most of what I'm missing is here

Saw her on the KC date, amazing show. Only wish she had done Kansas City Star, she mentioned it and said it had been so long she wasn't prepared to perform it. Her band was top notch too but you better be of that calibre if you are backing someone who swept the Grammies

I could see that, the mastering is identical but United dropped the ball as always and it's a noisy pressing for the US. Great sonics in the less quiet and affected areas though

I'm guessing it was since it was an in house record club so they could get it to their customers on time of release, timing was more important didn't want someone twiddling their thumbs waiting while their friends had it already, they might be inclined to buy it in a record store next time and cancel their membership. Grabbed that Lone Justice 1st album CRC issue and it had 1A stampers of both sides

Morphine b-sides is far more important than LTJ, that band already peaked. Including "You Look Like Rain" on a mixtape got me laid, can't say the same for Anthem