Oblivions

There is a limited amount of 1 month subscriptions available. It was never an issue before because they never sold out of them but the last two months have had increased demand so the cap finally happened. You just unfortunately missed the window when 1 month subs were available for May. Also, if you buy the record on Discogs for $80, you paid $80 for 1 record. If you buy the 3 month sub and sell the other 2 for $15 each, you'd have paid $50 for 1 record.

That'd be a hell of a career.

IMO, a good 10-30 second teaser shows enough to give the listener a solid idea of what to expect from a song, so they can get pumped. Maybe include one line of vocals or a piece of the main musical melody. When it is a nondescript instrumental piece, you are only going to get its context in hindsight after you hear the full song. Unless the 'identity' of the whole album is in this more discordant and ambient sound?

It makes sense from the marketer's point of view but I'm not a fan of cryptic, distorted teaser videos that have distorted ambient music. I'd prefer to see a new press photo of the band or a 15 second clip of one of the twins playing a guitar track in the studio ala Boxer. Or even just a screenshot of a note that says "New album coming soon!" All that said, I love the National and am glad they're back.

Hey all. This is Thom Yorke. I found some bloke's phone on the tube and it was opened and logged in to this thread. Anyone who can get me in contact with the rightful owner gets a free copy of the blue OK Comp reissue (if I can actually secure one from the distributor, TBD).

I've got about 1/8th of that collection and my move last month sucked. Good luck.

If you were looking for a color pressing and weren't strict about it being a first pressing, their old label has color copies: http://www.tinyengines.net/products/528159-cayetana-nervous-like-me-lp

It will stay in your account even if your membership is not active.

The real story is buried in AK's blog post:

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I heard that the scratches from the Diskeeper sleeves come from the "c" that fell off the name and floats loosely in every inner sleeve. I also heard that this is all hyper-vigilant over-thinking and that most likely people are just seeing their records in a different angle/light and seeing normal hairline marks that are already there.

Unless you were asking them for an exception to be made in your case (or unless I'm completely misreading your question), the answer is that the $6 Crate sub no longer exists. So, you couldn't re-activate to it.

I actually went back and counted and it was 18 messages spread out over 1 month (my link stopped working twice in that time span), so my mistake for misremembering it as taking less time/messages. Still, it's not about the # of messages, the #of days one is a member, or any hyper-specific # totals. It's about your theory that VMP can easily fix a broken referral link in less than 1 day but, for whatever reason, don't want to help you. I don't think that is a reality-based argument but I agree with your feelings that it's upsetting to deal with it right now during peak sign-up periods. I would be upset too.

My referral code didn't work a few months ago. It took 3-4 messages and a few days to sort out. I think this is just bad timing for you since it's a hype heavy, panic inducing, FOMO-full moment in vinyl referral history. It's not a scheme to reward veteran members by punishing new members.

I'm hoping the hype over Tidal will convince the label/Apple to release a better quality pressing of Idler Wheel. (My link is in my signature. I'm OK with people using it now.)

Everything except the home page is still up. They are saying that the home page being down and all other pages still working is just a weird hiccup. The effect is that it prevents referral codes from being used but I don't think it's an intentional secret plot to curb referrals.

In theory but they are expecting another sell out/mad dash once the album is announced tomorrow (I think it's tomorrow). So, don't be surprised if it's May 1st at 11:59pm and you can't get a copy.

I'm guessing that using the original recordings would trigger a paycheck to former band members, which is something #Jenkins seems really hell bent on preventing.

If this was $29.98, I'd get it even though I own the MOV pressing. $45 is too steep for a domestic release of which I already own the main songs.

I wanted to apologize for continuing to poke fun at the hysteria of everyone slamming this thread with their referral codes by repeating a bit where I'm flustered that everyone wants to use my code and I refuse to share it, etc. To show that I was merely joking and that I take slamming this thread with referral codes seriously, here is my actual code: http://fbuy.me/eDEhJ

To answer all the PMs I've been getting: NO I WILL NOT ADD MY REFERRAL CODE TO MY SIGNATURE!

The last offer you've received for this was 1 hour ago for $25 ppd. I'll give you $10 flat. JK. That's a cool souvenir/memento. I hope you get a good offer for it!

if anyone here wants to join a flip on dodododo send me a DM on gertch

A lot of people love their 2.5 super clear sleeves. They are really clear. The 3.0 budget sleeves (100 pack) are great too and the ones I prefer (and cost less). IMO, I like the gummier sleeves that feel/look like the ones you see in record stores. The handling is nice and they don't easily slide, like the 2.5 clear sleeves, so it's less anxiety inducing to place a stack of records on a table or shelf for a moment. My records in 2.5 clear sleeves often slide .0001 seconds after I put them down and I have to make sure they don't fall off the surface I've just placed them on. The 5.0 clear sleeves are like putting your records in a tank. It feels like overkill to me. I only bought 1 pack of those and didn't feel like I needed that thick of a sleeve.

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