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I'll second the DK Audiophile (and Double Audiophile) sleeves over the 2.0s. Have finally finished cleaning all the unsorted new/used titles and will now slowly be going through to replace my round-bottom 2.0s with new sleeves. I haven't had any problems so far with the round-bottoms, but I don't like that they can kinda slide around inside the jacket...or bunch up...but, yeah, there's not a whole lot of "antistatic" going on with those round-bottoms.

If you hold off until Sleeve City does one of their 15% or more off sales, they're decently cheaper than the MoFi. I do find them to be a bit stiffer than MoFi sleeves as well, which I consider a plus. Then again, I store my records between the jacket and outer; I don't try to stuff them back into the jacket.

Oh damn, the announcement is tomorrow. Almost forgot.

And so begins the referral wars...

2 hours ago, mellowtooth said:

I'm so bummed, I never realized Demon Days wouldn't be available in the member store and I've had a crate subscription since it was open beta. It never even occurred to me to switch my account over.

Emailed VMP and they told me I'm shit out of luck.

 

Maybe you'll get lucky and there will be a few copies during next month's garage sale. I imagine you'll have to be quick on the draw, though.

Heads up for the soundtrack fans out there...Score for The Crow is hiding in the Sale section on the VMP store. A whole whopping 12 doll hairs.

Preordered, along with Page Avenue and Enema of the State. Hopefully everything ships out approximately on time. Haven't preordered this far out from SRC before. They're making a killing this year with all the reissues, but I'm with @vinyl addict on this one. Some of us just want a black record.

That being said, my VMP copy of My Morning Jacket's Z is absolutely gorgeous. I just hope it sounds as good as it looks.

4 hours ago, necroking said:

anyone know if Aqua is a uk exclusive? thought it was releasing in the US but dont see it on the list.

Yeah, UK exclusive. I was going to get it for a friend's wedding present. Now I'll just have to hope it doesn't get flipped for an astronomical amount.

Hopefully the complete lack of interest here in the Dark Crystal OST matches with real-world demand. With The Labyrinth getting a wide release later this year, this would make a great companion piece.

then again, I'm kind of a sucker for Trevor Jones soundtracks.

1 minute ago, natenomm said:

Well damnit. Outside of Space Jam, this is all I would buy. 

 

I was originally joking about it with friends, but they seemed way more interested in it than I was

I have a delivered copy of the Oxblood from their MerchNow shop, but won't make it back up to my house until tomorrow morning. I'll try to snap a photo for everyone. Didn't get it as part of any bundles though.

I know it doesn't account for much, but I couldn't get a straight answer from the guys at the Sub Pop shop in Seattle one way or another about a wider release. Apparently they're not getting told much, either.

Aqua being UK only just shattered my chances at what would have been a really easy wedding present for a friend.

Back to the drawing board...

I think it depends on how much they're being charged per record. Based on the overstock they have to order to cover damage during shipping, there's no way they're not getting some sort of massive discount on a bulk pressing/order.

As for continuing to one-up themselves,  I feel the staff have enough of a sense of humor about themselves that they might just deliberately put out a lemon to see how many people jump ship, but there's still plenty of untapped releases out there that they could pull something pretty big out that nobody was really expecting but everybody may not necessarily want...Savage Garden's S/T was never pressed, for example. I personally don't give a shit as long as what they choose has some sort of relevance and substance.

Since I can finally take a second and address the "I don't want someone choosing for me" comment, that's totally your prerogative. Just don't see why you feel the need to shit on someone else who doesn't mind it as an option and has the disposable income to do so. I've certainly felt like I wasted more money gambling on represses of stuff I knew that was pressed like shit.

They exceeded 10x their previous new subscriber gain. Don't think anybody would have anticipated that. They took a chance and at least they had the forethought to think about some sort of strategy to keep somewhat ahead of things. This could have gotten way uglier if they hadn't 

1 minute ago, Reshiram454 said:

So I went for the 3 month, if next month's release is trash, how do I tell them I want something else, and what can I choose, cause I still need the Fugees and I could add the Four Tet or Beck in my collection.

There should be a link to select your swap in the announcement email you get or it can be done in the VMP Store. Still have a lot of good options in there; wouldn't mind that Black Sabbath or BBNG.

6 minutes ago, ethereal said:

plz stay on the VMP forums

 

we actually know what we like here at VC, idk about you, but the last thing on my mind is blowing money on records blindly to establish my "taste"

I started here. Funny you guys are so quick to criticize them for their hive mentality, but it seems to be what you want here.

But that's cool. Doesn't change my mind any.

1 minute ago, museummouth said:

Same. This is the first time I've ever signed up and only for a month. I have way too many records I'd rather buy for $25 than risk it on something. 

"augment my curation"

 

are you Nick Alt?

I don't know how to answer that, but I'm me. People in the real world call me Mark. Does that help?

If a service like VMP is your ONLY source of new material, then I absolutely agree that it's throwing complete caution into the wind. But I augment my curation with this service and it works tremendously well for that.

19 minutes ago, timsimmons said:

this is VNYL level type promotion.

 

 

 

I mean, I guess its fine if you have no idea what you like/dislike. in 2017, there are so many avenues to discover new music, you don't need to just throw $25 out into the ether and hope for the best. 

That's why you look at what's made its way out in the past and decide based on trend analysis

Guess they accounted for a 15% growth through new subscriptions and about 2-3 weeks to reach it. At this point, they think they'll hit their limit by Friday. That's crazy.

But I would encourage people not to join for just one record since that's kind of defeating the point of the whole service...discovery and community. Just saying give them a chance,do some exploration, and let them surprise you.

1 hour ago, DOMAN127 said:

Now that 1 month subscriptions are up I bet few referral links will be clicked...but if you're feeling generous, May's ROTM is being hyped up too

Yeah, I'm super stoked about some Dixie Chicks

2 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

Can someone change this topic's title to "VMP Referral Codes", and start a new thread pertaining to releases?

Beat me to it. This is getting fuckin' ridiculous.

Just put it in your sig so we can change the subject.

2 minutes ago, ethereal said:

all the ones you see are maxed out.

this is a fresh, unused one:

 

http://fbuy.me/fgkqF

All right now. Don't be a dick.

No, there are no limits on how many times a subscription link can be used

Just now, Canuckle said:

Or towards your next sub cost. 

 

And while most releases in the past year you can pick up for cheaper on the aftermarket, VMP is making an effort to minimize their pressings and some will eventually sell out (see The Fugees as an example).

Yeah, that Fugees went much faster than I expected. Kinda hoped that it would have stuck around for the March store update, but oh well

2 minutes ago, thedillon said:

not sure how referrals work but I have a year subscription and have never referred anyone so I probably have some?

*DELETED* since I was beaten to the punch