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bluethumb reacted to thesecrets0308 in Lofi HipHop / Beat Tapes on vinyl thread!
It seems to fluctuate. Spring 2018 was 8.10 shipping, Summer 2018 was 5.20, Fall 2018 was 5.20, Winter 2018 was 6.29, and now Spring 2019 was 8.99. Converted to USD I suppose that's almost doubled from 5.20 to 8.99 ($5.84-10.10). Meh, I don't consider $10 too pricey for a record shipped from across the ocean.
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bluethumb reacted to ethereal in PO: Every Time I Die “Hot Damn”
apparently this is the red/white starburst. looks great.
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bluethumb got a reaction from JohnyRocksville in Stylus alignment
If you're only getting distortion on the inner-tracks, then you've most likely got a bad alignment. Take care with the protractor (go by the glass Ortofon protractor, not the paper print-out) to see that the cartridge is equally aligned at both the outer and inner points. Also, the stylus (not the cartridge body) should meet the record in as perfectly vertical a manner as possible.
I always follow-up a cartridge alignment with a visual and auditory inspection. Take a flashlight and shine it directly at the point where the stylus meets the record - the needle should be receiving the groove as "straight" as possible at any given point. If you still hear distortion, stop and start again. Good luck!
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bluethumb reacted to holyvacantsholyhell in FS: Autographed Sorority Noise - Joy Departed
Might just be me but autographs add little to nothing unless we're talking someone huge or someone dead like Bowie. I have a few autographed records and they're cool to me cause I was there and experienced getting it signed. Seems impersonal to buy someone else's record they got signed.
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bluethumb reacted to MyEnemy in PO: American Pleasure Club - fucking bliss
That is the best Teen Suicide/American Pleasure Club song I've heard. If the whole record is similar, I might actually buy something from this guy, that isn't Rick Eat Acid.
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bluethumb reacted to copelandkid in Duster | Official reissues | Numero Group
"Capsule Losing Contact is housed in a rusted slipcase with all four albums secured in heavy weight tip-on jackets."
does this suggest they're reissuing them as the three original, individual albums (with OG artwork, which is v important to me at least...) & one new album collecting demos etc and putting it in a nice slipcase?
wish they had a few mockups at least, or an option to buy albums individually....
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bluethumb got a reaction from Mars in Pinback - Blue Screen Life reissue
You misspelled both you're* and they're*. Your argument is irrelevant.
Trollin'
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bluethumb got a reaction from jeromium in Pinback - Blue Screen Life reissue
You misspelled both you're* and they're*. Your argument is irrelevant.
Trollin'
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bluethumb got a reaction from thesecrets0308 in Lofi HipHop / Beat Tapes on vinyl thread!
Nice, gladly picked up a copy on Qrates. These compilations have some great QA as all my other "2018" records sound flawless.
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bluethumb reacted to Shitty Rambo in PO Now: American Football - LP3 (3/22/2019)
PO'd the PV Early Bird variant. They never dissapoint with those, plus they deserve to be compensated for keeping shit real and consistently putting out great albums over the years.
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bluethumb got a reaction from Tommy in The Mercury Program - A Data Learn The Language (2018 - 2LP)
I received shipping info just a day or two ago, very excited to receive this one in the mail. I have been waiting on this repress for a while, it's probably one of my most anticipated records of the year - that and the repressed Clever Girl LP.
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bluethumb got a reaction from gazzo in All Things Slow Crush
Snagged a copy the other night, don't know how I slept on this band because they rip. A good mix of surface sound and deep cavernous vats of sound.
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bluethumb got a reaction from OneThreeOneTwo in I don't like music anymore
I've found the lo-fi and ambient genres to oddly have a reverse effect - I'll pop it on when I'm in a slump or bad spot, and the innate ambiance mixed with lush variety in sound textures just mellows me out and picks up my mood and washes over me. There are so many independent artists, and even the more well-known artists are so prolific there will certainly be no shortage of material to explore. Some of my favorites are below:
Shlohmo
Blithe Field
Groundislava
XXYYXX
Ricky Eat Acid
Son Lux (a little more indie, with vocals)
Chillhop - Label with a ton of fantastic compilations they release (on vinyl at that) every quarter
Maybe something in here will be a good intro to the genre
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bluethumb reacted to Temper io in Lofi HipHop / Beat Tapes on vinyl thread!
Chillhop store is live and has about 8 titles available for order as of this posting:
https://shop.chillhop.com/collections/vinyl
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bluethumb got a reaction from highfives in Lofi HipHop / Beat Tapes on vinyl thread!
Snagged a copy of this from Discogs (for whatever reason VinylDigital said it was "not buyable") - great recommendation, really nice lo-fi.
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bluethumb reacted to DecayToDeath in PO : Mineral - One Day When We Are Young
I'm not one to believe that comeback albums are capable of tarnishing a band's former legacy but AF2 in a vacuum spits in the face of anyone who might've been a fan of AF1
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bluethumb reacted to dapeebs in PO NOW: Pedro The Lion - Phoenix (1/18/2019)
Always have heard of this band, and just recently listened to Control and was blown away. Gotta check this out.
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bluethumb reacted to shenanigans in PO: Every Time I Die “Hot Damn”
Also a smoke shop, venue, and recording space.
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bluethumb got a reaction from Shelby in PO Now: Strange Ranger - Daymoon
Agreed, this EP rips. Which makes it all the more disappointing it's tape-only - strong Rot Forever vibes in a few tracks.
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bluethumb reacted to dantheriver in Pedro The Lion entire Catalogue Repress
https://toothandnailrecords.merchnow.com/catalogs/pedro-the-lion
Clear and orange /500 each.
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bluethumb got a reaction from OneThreeOneTwo in PO: 10/05 - PROMISE RING - Wood Water repress
Same, gorgeous embossing on the jacket and a similar etching on the D side - they did a nice job on this one.
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bluethumb got a reaction from Tommy in The Mercury Program - A Data Learn The Language (2018 - 2LP)
Pre-ordered with haste and snagged a blue (although tempted to grab the black 180g) - very excited for this to finally be repressed.
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bluethumb reacted to angryalan in THIS WILL DESTROY YOU - New Others (Part TWO out NOW!)
Up on Dark Ops as a clear or black (live show only) options. Also a test press (for $150 )
Stock as of now
Test Press: 14
Black: 44
Clear: 250
https://darkoperative.myshopify.com/products/this-will-destroy-you-new-others-part-one-lp?variant=13852475523114
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bluethumb reacted to corey. in PO: Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche (8/31)
One of my all time fav sufjan tracks: