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For discussion? Discord. 
For announcements? Reddit. 
Reddit discussion leaves a lot to be desired even once you get past the formatting. I definitely prefer discord. 

Discord makes a little more sense to me, only because r/VinylReleases has new links on lockdown.

Would love a chill/non-spammy discord.
Reddit stresses me out. 

A subreddit or Discord seems like a fair idea, even though I’m not big on either.
Probably as good of a time as any to mention that I’ve been working on an alternative forum but it’s going to be a little ways out.  Some folks here are automatically going to nope out of that idea with myself and a friend or two at the helm, but the intent of it will be primarily for music discussion – new albums, announcements, ranking discographies, etc. – with a designated spot for vinyl drops and vinyl discussion.
Reddit is better for up-to-date links and drops as they happen.  Way ahead of VC about 95% of the time.  VC allows for a little more discussion about music when it happens.
If anyone is fixated on just sharing store links and shipping updates, there’s nothing wrong with staying on VC when it decides it’ll be online.  If anyone else is intrigued by the idea of more of a music forum, I’ll gladly keep you in mind for an invite and would love to have you over there at some point.

lick it, see if you can taste what year the dust came from

its probably been said before but i'd love a pressing of a static lullaby - and don't forget to breathe

Sorry but saw this and had to post it! 😂

I love this album and don't really want to part with it, but if you send me an offer, I might consider it. For what it's worth, it looks like they've been popping up on discogs about once a month recently. 

Baby Pink w/ Black Swirl (Webstore Exclusive) - https://store.melaniemartinezmusic.com/products/vinyl?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.melaniemartinezmusic.com%2F&Intcmp=230222%2Fmmartinez%2Fatl%2Flan%2Fs_pr%2Fbut%2Fhdr%2Fww%2Fportals-pre-order-splash-limited-edition-baby-pink-with-black-swirl-vinyl
 
Bloodshot Translucent - https://store.melaniemartinezmusic.com/products/portals-limited-edition-bloodshot-translucent-vinyl?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.melaniemartinezmusic.com%2F&Intcmp=230222%2Fmmartinez%2Fatl%2Flan%2Fs_pr%2Fbut%2Fhdr%2Fww%2Fportals-pre-order-splash-limited-edition-bloodshot-translucent-vinyl
 
Baby Pink (Barnes & Noble Exclusive) - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/portals-melanie-martinez/39535652?intcmp=230222%2fmmartinez%2fatl%2flan%2fs_pr%2fbut%2fhdr%2fww%2fportals-pre-order-splash-limited-barnes-noble-baby-pink-vinyl
 
Olive Green (Urban Outfitters Exclusive) - https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/shop/melanie-martinez-portals-limited-lp?category=SEARCHRESULTS&color=030&searchparams=q%3DPORTALS&type=REGULAR&size=ONE SIZE&quantity=1&Intcmp=230222%2Fmmartinez%2Fatl%2Flan%2Fs_pr%2Fbut%2Fhdr%2Fww%2Fportals-pre-order-splash-Urban-Outfitters-Olive-Green-Vinyl
 
Ruby Red (Target Exclusive) - https://www.target.com/p/melanie-martinez-portals-target-exclusive-vinyl-ruby-red/-/A-88627730

I bought Odd How People Shake at So What fest in 2017 for $10. Rise isn't too good at figuring out where the demand is....

I’m too old for this shit

New Cattle Decapitation
https://www.indiemerch.com/cattledecap
https://eu.kingsroadmerch.com/metal-blade/artist/526

As I Lay Dying dweebs come to mind. 

As I Lay Dying dweebs come to mind. 

I wasn't into these catch all threads when they first started, but now they are useful. I've discovered a lot of smaller bands in this thread, that I probably wouldn't have clicked on if they were in a standalone post. 

Banquet already posted a photo on facebook with it being in hand

Banquet Records variant
Banquet

The Abolition Of Man... wow

check bandcamp - https://officialthrice.bandcamp.com/album/the-artist-in-the-ambulance-revisited

Little bit of both for me. I partially ignore the catch-all threads sometimes, but I do realize that's where most of the releases get posted. 

I come to this thread first for these kind of releases anyways. 

IMO there should probably be more dedicated PO threads for records. I can imagine there's a lot of people missing out on some crucial pre-orders like this one because Gel and your local beatdown bands are both being posted in the same thread, so there's no urgency to check this thread lol. 

Insanely huge cosign on VSS; my entire collection is in them. The outer sleeves are dual-pocket. The jacket goes in one side and is held shut with a flap. There is a separate pocket for the record so when you go to play the record, you don't even have to deal with the jacket, keeping it in pristine condition. Dude sells em with and without tape. True Gs get em without tape lol. 
Here's the website - https://vinylstoragesolutions.ca/
What we're talking about can be found here - https://vinylstoragesolutions.ca/collections/12-inch-dual-pocket
And while you're on the site, pick up a slew of inners cause you sure as shit don't wanna put that nice vinyl in paper - https://vinylstoragesolutions.ca/collections/12-inch-inner-sleeves
For a brush, I just got a cheap POS from amazon, which I use before spinning each record. It also came with a stylus brush which I use when I can visibly see hair on the stylus lol. I feel like there was a thread not too long ago about cleaning records, which is certainly a topic of interest to me. Even some new records I get are fuckin filthy and look like they can use some cleaning. 

I really wish I didn't have to create a new eBay account every time I want to bid on something. It didn't used to bother me, but I was only bidding on items once a month, so 12 new email addresses a year wasn't really an issue. Lately though, between vinyl and guitars, I find that I'm running out of aliases in my gmail account and I don't want to delete old ones that are associated with my March 2018 eBay purchases...but this is becoming entirely untenable. How do these power sellers do it?! I can't imagine having to create a new email address and account every time I want to sell a trinket from my bookshelf - sooooo frustrating.