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Carly Rae Jepsen The Loveliest Time on vinyl from her store:
https://www.carlyraemusic.com/store/

Carly Rae Jepsen The Loveliest Time on vinyl from her store:
https://www.carlyraemusic.com/store/

official pre-order launching this week

My guy. I've been holding my tongue, practicing the whole, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all," thing.
 
BUT.
 
You need to stop spamming the board with every thought you have. Read the rules/guidelines, read the FAQ, lurk the site to get a general vibe for a little while and then eventually try again. Use the search feature a little bit to see if you get any answers to your questions that way.
 
Nobody here really gives a shit about reading your blog or looking at your social media unless you're in a very specific niche, or very good at what you do.
 
Have you recognized any of the bands/albums that you see posted about on here? You seem mostly interested in classic rock and pop, which makes up a very, VERY miniscule percentage of the posts here. I know I'm not here wanting to mentor someone who is just getting into the hobby who also shares very little of the same musical taste, and I imagine most people here share that same sentiment.
 
I wish you luck on your record journey, but this isn't really a "starting point" type forum. The most active users here have mostly been involved with this forum for well over a decade at this point and have been collecting for much longer than that. We're a little jaded, and a lot sarcastic, and you came in here with a lot of questions as though you've done zero research or work to figure anything out on your own. Take a break from posting, read some threads, come back later, and don't take it too personally.

I have no words to express the gratitude and support from everyone so far. This has been an incredibly difficult and unexpected turn of events and experience. My father had been fighting cancer for two years now...for a second time...and was doing well. But three weeks ago this past Wednesday, he complained that was feeling dizzy and not all balanced. We took him to the ER and eventually was admitted and found that he had multiple small strokes in his head, a brain bleed, and a heart issue. The cancer was in his left lung. In those three weeks, his condition physically and cognitively deteriorated. On that last week, it was worse than ever and it's when doctors advised that nothing else could be done. 
He was taken to hospice on Friday mid-day and passed at 3:00pm or so right as my mother & I arrived to see him as they had notified us he had arrived and was settled in. My brother had to stay home with our dog as she's been having a very hard time with my father's absence up until then. 
It has been a great deal of a struggle so far in not only these past weeks but also due to his passing. He left us without any info on a will or life insurance or anything of the sort. So we're handling all of this on our own as best as we can. We tried to contact a number of attorneys to assist us, but they're all asking for amounts of money we do not have. Thankfully, I have a few friends locally who have been able to guide us through some things as best as they can. But it all still feels very lonely and it's most hard on my mom as she feels all alone. And we don't have family close by who can stop in and hang out and be with us in these times. 
But I am thankful for Jared for not only making this post but also looking out and all of the support and love from all you VC'ers. It's incredibly appreciated and makes me feel less alone in dealing with this. 
We knew that my father would eventually pass but not this fast. But we're comfortable in knowing that he's no longer suffering and passed peacefully and waited to go as soon as we arrived to see him. I am taking comfort in that. 
Again...thank you so much VC. I feel the love and gives me comfort. 
 

According to her Reddit, these are just mis colors of her Target “exclusive” that were being sold by Target Canada until customers complained that it wasn’t the same color as advertised. These are Canada plant pressings of the Target exclusive, whereas the France pressings which were sold in the US Target have the correct color. She’s just dumping overstock/batch mistake as a new exclusive. 

According to her Reddit, these are just mis colors of her Target “exclusive” that were being sold by Target Canada until customers complained that it wasn’t the same color as advertised. These are Canada plant pressings of the Target exclusive, whereas the France pressings which were sold in the US Target have the correct color. She’s just dumping overstock/batch mistake as a new exclusive. 

i appreciate this response because it leaves to the imagination whether it's MCR, Saves the Day, Thursday, or one of like a dozen other pedigree emo acts that you'd anoint instead

No that’s the non test version

my splatter variant showed up last night

Same. Can’t wait to listen

Woke up to a shipping email from Wax Bodega!  So unbelievably stoked to get this.  Can’t believe I might actually have this by or before release day.  Can’t remember the last time that happened 

You won’t get confetti! 😡

We can thank our boy Lloyd for this update, I’m sure.  President and COO of VMP; he became VP of Discogs effective this morning.  I do think VMP’s quality has improved the last year or so, but their pricing has needed to fuck off for a while now.  Glad to see he’s wasting no time nudging Discogs in that direction as well.

I'd take another 1% fee hike if they fire whoever writes their horrible blog posts and lists. 

Your judgement may be impaired 

I've read this sentence like 6 times.   You really never know what crazy events mankind is going to throw at you.   What a pairing. 

This is essentially what Mewithoutyou did and they had no problem selling out of the deluxe multiple times while still providing standard as well

seems like theres a lot of misinformation going around about the repress.
AFAIK, the show exclusive is /2000, but the retail variant will be open orders and printed to order, so no limit. 
people saw 20,000 and assumed thats the pressing number for this upcoming retail variant, but they were talking about the original press, which according to discogs was actually 10k, not 20k. 
 
 

This is essentially what Mewithoutyou did and they had no problem selling out of the deluxe multiple times while still providing standard as well

This is essentially what Mewithoutyou did and they had no problem selling out of the deluxe multiple times while still providing standard as well

At the request of @iamjordanbanks, who loaned me his copy, I ripped & scanned the Nice And Blue (Pt. Two) 7". My YouTube channel has both the A- and B-sides, but I thought I'd directly link the more exciting of the two above: "In A Sweater Poorly Knit (Demo Version)"
24/96 download + hi-res scans + lineage/info: https://jenripsvinyl.com/rips/nice-and-blue-pt-two.html
EDIT: I published this at nearly 4am and upon waking up in the morning I noticed the speed was ever-so-slightly off. Maybe the belt on my turntable needs to be replaced! Regardless, I've updated the files in the MEGA folder, changed the website to reflect the differences, and uploaded new videos to YouTube. The above is the new video, but if you downloaded the files prior to whatever time it says I edited this post, you should re-download
(Gonna ping everyone who reacted to this post so you know, sorry-- @Mars, @daegor, @rcafilm, @zacooper, @IndigoHollow, @achillesstand7, @iamjordanbanks, @whoa, @ejc625, @throwgncpr)

there are probably old threads for these somewhere but not worth finding. "don't let me cave in" /500(?) was a preorder giveaway with suburbia. "came out swinging" /250 was given away with some AP magazine orders i think. they are hard to find, but both are at cold cuts for $20 each. you're very welcome:
 
https://www.coldcutsmerch.com/collections/twystore/products/the-wonder-years-came-out-swinging-7
 
https://www.coldcutsmerch.com/collections/twystore/products/the-wonder-years-dont-let-me-cave-in-7

Because I was trying for both variants, unfortunately only got the one and no one else I talked to was opening to check colors. The merch line was 45 minutes long all night, multiple people asking everyone in line to buy them extras if they weren’t planning on buying vinyl. I only got 2 total as I paid for a friend to come with me. Some people were walking around with a box full. 

Only one day was canceled, and I thought it was previously established they weren’t selling at fest due to high merch cut so has zero bearing on this