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I believe the original disaster around download codes is what caused a riff in the first place. Add in the 'NIN production schedule' (i.e., everything is late) and I'm sure things continued to sour. 

Please just let me order Broken and The Fragile from my local...

Loved Mess and the direction they took. Can't wait for this. 

Doesn't make sense to want to get the 'definitive' version of these albums in people's hands and then sell out without any of them actually making their way to indie shops or larger distributors. I'll take the shitty store staff's answer with a grain of salt... and a bit of worrying. 

I'm sure 1 month subs will come back when the June ROTM is announced. 

16 hours ago, tonyfranciosa said:

lol. in what universe is Phoenix considered "guitary"

When compared to Fiona and Gorillaz, it's "guitary"... and hey, don't shoot the messenger. Take it over to the VMP boards that have it as a toss-up between those two. 

1 hour ago, PookdaddyG said:

What are the current rumors, if any, for the next AToM? It seemed that people knew of Demon Days and Tidal several weeks in advanced.

Seems to be a toss up between the new Phoenix and Kevin Morby... 'guitary' + new release are the main clues. 

Maybe they will be for the merch booth on tour? Starts tonight so we may find out soon...

6 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

Album is better than good.  It is in fact great.

And ordered... thanks for pushing me off the ledge!

5 minutes ago, lethalenforcer said:

Pretty sure Tidal was at ~1900 copies when the store opened this morning. Crazy how many of those they're moving. Probably won't last too long...

Yeap, I'm sure a ton of waitlist people grabbed them up, as well as Crate and member who like to swap out until they hear about the record quality. 

While VMP has its' warts, the one thing they do fairly well is ensure their membership gets first dibs on everything. 1 exclusive per person has really helped ensure this is the case.  Want a copy? Join the club. Otherwise, I think it's only fair that those who pay their monthly dues as members get first access. 

As for FF, I think I'm going to cave on pure FOMO... I'm not hearing great things about this album (good things, but not GREAT) so I'm sure I'll regret it later but when on Rome's crashing webstore...

I only use VMP's curated section for indie and other variants I have a hard time tracking down elsewhere (or where shipping is stupid expensive)

FF Update: Just above 300 copies, should be gone by tonight. 

Another note, if you signed on for DD on the wait list and want Fiona, looks like there is a solid ~900 in stock in the past ROTM section.

EDIT: Removed part about monthly subs as I currently don't see them...

That has the perfect TR tone... i.e., someone gone f'd up

4 minutes ago, Darnoc said:

Had login probs too, and lags adding to cart. Eventually got FF, Noga and Norgren

I really want to hear Noga before committing as the single tracks could lead to the record never leaving my table, or never being taken out of its' outer again.  I may just have to leave with FF for now. 

3 minutes ago, YouTwo said:

Here's the Discogs entry with some pictures.

https://www.discogs.com/Al-Green-Im-Still-In-Love-With-You/release/9187384

A little more minty than the mock-up on the store suggests... looks closer to El Perro Del Mar's exclusive...

8 minutes ago, djghost1976 said:

I wasn't even really interested, then I saw the color variant and grabbed it.  So, I guess mission accomplished for them.

It's an awesome variant, but there wern't 500 available as it was part of an app promo about 6 months ago. I bet they had less than 300, hence why it flew.

FF down to about ~650

5 minutes ago, djghost1976 said:

That Al Green is about to sell out if anybody's waiting on that. 

EDIT:  *Gone now*

Surprised it went that fast given it's not a rare record to find, just a neat colour variant. 

Store working consistently for me now. If you were waiting, it's worth trying now. 

15 minutes ago, highfives said:

I also asked them about a Broken restock.  I'll update the board next Tuesday with the answer.

Thank you!

Reports out there saying still around 1000 FF left... so just be patient.

I'm just trying to sign-in

2 minutes ago, thievedrelic said:

Finally got my order in.  The FF order page says " Estimated to ship between Jun 04, 2017 and Jun 10, 2017. "
 

Yeap, they confirmed this morning that it will ship with your June AOTM. 

5 minutes ago, pepperonigin said:

You'd think they'd be equipped to handle a certain amount of traffic based on the amount of members they have. Very frustrating...

I don't believe it's their members that are crashing it. Due to the late announcement of the FF exclusive, I bet there were a ton of people who AREN'T member trying to buy copies. As someone else mentioned, they didn't even see this type of traffic spike with DD and Fiona.

I think you guys are ok for a bit, I can't sign-in or get to the FF release either. Sounds like none have been sold since 12:05EST so just hold tight. 

4 minutes ago, ajhall04 said:

Yup, can't add FF to my cart. Definitely a member though. 

Make sure you are signed in! Go to 'My Account' first to double check.

As was stated on the VMP boards as well, pretty sure this is due to a bunch of FF fans trying to grab the album but not being a member. 

Just remember that you gotta sign-up to get the exclusives...

15 minutes ago, AdamJNovak said:

I'm on a 3 month sub which ends July 2nd (So I got DD, Tidal and whatever the June AOTM is). If I order the FF exclusive tomorrow and cancel after next month, I'll still get my Fleet Foxes right?

Yeap! They will fulfill any preexisting orders.