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Don’t know if any of you saw the next 2 releases as well on this link.
 
May: Eminem “The Slim Shady LP”
June: Helmet “Betty”

There are also silver ($450) and solid gold ($inquire) versions. The gold version is 8 ounces of 24k gold. Spot prices for gold are currently $2034 an ounce. 

This is a quite famous (infamous?) White Stripes record. It was originally recorded as a promo white label distributed amongst radio personnel. I remember being at Third Man Records in Nashville for the tri-color release of the Jack White “Fly Farm Blues” and seeing this on the wall and the guy in front of me buying it. This was August 2009 and I believe it was $300 or $350.
I was in no position as a college student to drop that kind of money for something like this, but I will say that it kind of feels like it slipped through my hands that day.  So I understand what you are saying here. Very excited to see this because I figured this would elude me forever. 

Picked up what is being called a record release variant last night in Boston. Looks pretty cool, the cover is the same, but is in black and white with a translucent yellow cover to give a similar look to regular cover. I love when bands do special things like this. 
 
Based on the band’s Instagram page, these will be available at all of the upcoming shows. 

Picked up what is being called a record release variant last night in Boston. Looks pretty cool, the cover is the same, but is in black and white with a translucent yellow cover to give a similar look to regular cover. I love when bands do special things like this. 
 
Based on the band’s Instagram page, these will be available at all of the upcoming shows. 

Plaid Room Records still seems to have most everything in stock, will start selling tomorrow morning at 0800 Eastern. They also have their stock numbers on every item, so you should be able to get a good idea of what will be around in the morning. Free shipping over $50, package everything like a tank. They are my go to. 

Plaid Room Records still seems to have most everything in stock, will start selling tomorrow morning at 0800 Eastern. They also have their stock numbers on every item, so you should be able to get a good idea of what will be around in the morning. Free shipping over $50, package everything like a tank. They are my go to. 

Plaid Room Records still seems to have most everything in stock, will start selling tomorrow morning at 0800 Eastern. They also have their stock numbers on every item, so you should be able to get a good idea of what will be around in the morning. Free shipping over $50, package everything like a tank. They are my go to. 

The bootleg factory is going to be doing double shifts to keep up with demand 

Maybe it is t shirts, throw rugs, and a new coffee blend. 

Maybe it is t shirts, throw rugs, and a new coffee blend. 

I did not see this, or any other physical format music for that matter. There was a very large “artist merchandise” tent with each artist having 1-2 shirts for sale. Paramore and My Chemical Romance had a few more items, but that was it. No music, pins, koozies, posters, etc. 

I did not see this, or any other physical format music for that matter. There was a very large “artist merchandise” tent with each artist having 1-2 shirts for sale. Paramore and My Chemical Romance had a few more items, but that was it. No music, pins, koozies, posters, etc. 

Glad to see it. As much as I am looking forward to this album, pressing 5000 copies for BF RSD is a bold move. These are going to be around for awhile. 

Glad to see it. As much as I am looking forward to this album, pressing 5000 copies for BF RSD is a bold move. These are going to be around for awhile. 

For anyone who doesn't come to VC just to hop onto Instagram, here are the basic details at a glance.
Tomorrow, June 30th, 10 AM (PST) @ https://velocityrecords.com/collections/thursday
 
Red with splatter /100

 
Red-Black merge /200

 
Red-Black split /700

No mention of an actual WATT repress yet.  I'm sure these will go very quick much like the FCs did.

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Me and gutterballs are going to make children under this thing.

Got an email from Rough Trade earlier today/yesterday that said July 1st. 

Was planning on buying one myself when it opened up to non members(I let my membership lapse in April, just not worth the cost anymore) but it had already sold out. 

I mean, yeah.  Hopefully you get what I actually meant though.
Damn, I really do respect supporting labels, shops, and bands as best as I can… but it sounds like you’re far more receptive to new buys than I am.
Not saying that my way is the best way to consume music, but I do have a specific glide path for an album to earn its spot on my shelf.  (Especially as someone who values quality over quantity, and just shelf space in general.)  I feel like it has treated me really well and kept me away from regrettable buys.
I don’t know if it’d value you at all – and I’m hardly the only person who does this; not trying to say I’ve trademarked some perfect system to establish a record’s value or desire – but Curiosity to Purchase is a methodical journey that I follow pretty habitually.  Not that you or anyone asked, but curious if anyone does something similar:
(I’d throw all this shit in one of those spoiler tags to avoid a wall of text, if I could.  But VC took those away for some reason.  So, sorry.)
[Scope]
Someone will tell me to check out an artist or band.  I’ll Google them to see if they’ve got a bandcamp.  This lets me determine a few things right off the bat.  Like if vinyl even is available to begin with (or sold out), or what the price of the digital download may be, if there is one.  And most importantly, it lets me preview a couple of songs to make sure the album is within the realm of something I’ll even enjoy.
[Stream]
I’ve decided I could be into the album, so now it’s off to Spotify to give it an open-minded listen.  Why not just start with a Spotify stream?  When I don’t have time for a full album, I’ll opt to just “play my library” (shuffle).  It works better when Spotify doesn’t remember all the junk I’ve decided is not for me.  I’m sure there’s a way to go in and clear your history / plays – and maybe some folks get value from exploring aimlessly and keeping a log of everything they’ve played – but I personally don’t.  Plus, if the stream treats me well, scoping out the bandcamp page helps me shift to…
[Digital]
I’ve decided that as a whole, this album is a banger.  Or I think it is.  Maybe.  It could be.  I’ll need another listen or two in a different setting, and so now it’s time to secure a copy digitally.  There’s a number of reasons I do this, ranging from wanting to hear the record again – anything I download, I know I’ll be playing more than the initial Spotify stream – to wanting to hear it in a higher quality, like FLAC.  If the digital copy is < $8, or free, I’ll chip in a few bucks on bandcamp to add it to my collection.  You get permanent access to download it at any quality, and it supports the artist for the cost of an energy drink or two.  But the icing on the cake here is that sometimes it scratches the itch of “owning” the album.  Anyone else experience this, ever?  Having it in the digital library is sometimes enough for me, especially if the entire album is not as consistent or doesn’t grow on me as much as I’d hope after 2-3 plays.
If the album is not on bandcamp or the digital is $10+, I obtain it through less savory methods.  Because at that point, if I revisit the album and it’s just not clicking, I’ll remove it from my library [no longer in possession of it, even digitally] or I’ll move to the final phase…
[Purchase]
Self-explanatory.  The record has proven itself over repeat listens; the entire experience is a treat or there is a far larger portion of the album that is more enjoyable than not.  This helps filter out albums with some really nice tracks that fall short as a whole experience for me.  I won’t go into details on hunting down my preferred variant or researching to see what sounds best, but you get the idea.  Sometimes this means paying $1-7 more if I’m unsure of the album, kinda’ like it - enough to buy digitally - and then ultimately feel confident in, only to loop back and buy it through bandcamp.  (How rad would it be to receive a discount on vinyl buys through bandcamp, for the cost difference of the digital download, if you had previously purchased it digitally?)  But that’s a rarity and honestly, double-dipping on bandcamp is not something I’m going to lose sleep over.
I feel dumb for even writing all this out because who gives a shit?  I’m sure someone will try to call it an unnecessary or elitist approach to consuming music but in a way, yeah… it touches exactly on what you called out.  I don’t buy singles and I listen to albums front to back, so they’ve got to earn their spot on the shelf.  I’m not in the business of buying stuff I’ll only play the first side of and then get bored with.  This whole process has served me well for probably a decade or more.  Just food for thought I guess.  May be fun or interesting to consider how much that varies from the overwhelming “stream culture” we face today.

Very deep. 

I was at the show last night. I try to get a poster at every Jack White related show that I go to, have been doing so for 19 years. This was the first time I didn’t see uptake on an item like this. There was the regular /300 poster that sold for $50, then this which was /200 for $333. I only saw one person with one at the show. I suspect there are many leftover. It also probably didn’t help that they didn’t display them at all, so you couldn’t see what you were getting without asking to have one brought up to visualize. 

$27.98 at Zia, $49.99 at Newbury. Sounds about right. 

Don’t worry there. Alchemy box was shipped like a tank. Bubble wrapped inside a thick cardboard pizza style box. Was very very well packed when it arrived for me.