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Off-topic, but since everyone was talking about the game before, I figure it can't hurt to add this:

https://www.ign.com/articles/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-the-game-2021-release-date-announced

The "complete" edition is getting re-released in January with all DLC.  If it's more than $10, I'll probably wait for a sale.

On 12/8/2020 at 5:20 PM, ROVVLES said:

I was half joking with my original comment, but if people argue I argue back. lol 🤷‍♂️

Then I guess we're all making fun of the half of you that wasn't joking.

If you're complaining about this, then you must be new to the LTJ vinyl game.  We're all still clamoring for our Anthem and B is for B-Side represses; the former has been out of print for well over a decade and the latter was never pressed.  Add to this the fact that they've frequently done elaborate vinyl releases in the past, so this is not new.

Yet you're (half) upset that their new album is being kept readily available?  Damned if you do, damned if you don't, I guess.

Well fuck.  I was going to pass on this because I already have every LP that's available, but I forgot they were single LPs with cut tracklists.

Goodbye, $175+shipping.

Now someone needs to press Westbound Train's discography.

It's not Volcano or S/T, but this is up for preorder: https://boards.vinylcollective.com/topic/146728-gatsbys-american-dream-modern-man/

I was ready to pass if it was '09, but a '19 live record is an insta-buy!  Thanks for the heads up!

On 10/29/2020 at 8:55 PM, al-naafiysh said:

But don't they do a test one first? Something like a vinyl blob turning out totally wrong seems much easier to quickly spot and fix than a flawed stamper or poor mastering. From my limited understanding, the machines aren't usually unattended

Aren't test pressings primarily for sound evaluation?  I have a hard time believing a band that does as many variants as TA does a test run for each variant.

Also, the machine operators have probably never seen a mockup of what the finished product is intended to look like.  Checking the specificity of the variant is not part of their QA process.

I've always bought the deluxe version of TA's albums and then a regular copy for actual playing.  This time I was just going to get the deluxe and save some money...

Until that goddamn Revolver variant popped up.  That was $30 I didn't need to spend, lol.

Love the new song/video, but that might be the poppiest song TA has written to date.

2 hours ago, Satan said:

Anyone get their decline yet? 

Nope.  I just moved and had to update my shipping address and asked about the ETA on it.  On 9/21, they said it was delayed because of COVID (obv) and should be shipping this week.

5 hours ago, danmpie7 said:

I saw this jumped an entire page over the weekend and thought it was about more variants (as if there weren't enough already) just to find it it is slowly turning into a Brand New thread. 

Yep, this thread just reminded me how dumb this forum is sometimes and why I only check it about once a week these days.

On 8/16/2020 at 11:14 AM, iiiii623498 said:

They put out an ep a couple weeks back, with a full length being released “in the fall”. It appears this is the unannounced full length

Emphasis on the "unannounced."

Best deal I've ever gotten would have to be original pressings of Ben Folds Five's Whatever and Ever Amen and Autobiography....  I think I spent about $40 each, both in pretty great condition.  This was 5+ years before they got repressed.

Best sale I've ever made is easy: I sold a copy of the Thrice/Manchester Orchestra split for $250 on Discogs a few years back.  That was bonkers.  I listed it at that price as a joke, since there's only two songs on the thing, both mediocre covers.  When someone actually bit, I followed through on the sale thinking there was no way they were serious about it.  Turns out they were.

12 hours ago, bgdesign said:

It's a wormwood flavor liquor. It's an acquired aftertaste.

ftfy

1 hour ago, timsimmons said:

I think you are in for the wrong reasons if you expect vinyl To “hold value” other than its intrinsic value. 

Exactly.  And lots of people have been awaiting these represses for a long time.  Now that we've finally got them, people are speculating about future value when they sell them off?  That's fucking silly.

My kids are probably going to be responsible for selling these off after I'm dead, because I have no plans to sell them.

Lol at anyone who would freak out about their copy not being as limited as they thought anymore.  I'm just stoked to finally be able to add these to my collection.  People have been screaming for these for years, and now they're complaining?  Yeesh.

On 2/3/2020 at 12:42 PM, Derek™ said:

Yeah it’s the only way I can get off lately.  Is there an issue?

Fuck yes!  I didn't even know this was happening until a couple weeks ago, so pumped!

Ooh, I like that one.

Side Question: Is it really a "2nd press" if the album's not even out yet?

32 minutes ago, mfzbjaan said:

suicide machines too!!!

WHAT!?

I only made it halfway through.  "I'm a one-way ticket on a nowhere bus."  Get the fuck outta here.

I'm officially embarrassed that I ever liked this band, and the 241 in my username is a fucking Reel Big Fish reference!

I'll probably stream this when it comes out, but my expectations are low.  This band hit the ground running with those first EPs, but have failed to deliver since then.  Maybe they're just better at EPs.

They're nice, but they're not $175 nice.  For that kind of money, you could get a 5x5 Kallax and have over $4k that you can blow on records instead of 24 more of these storage cubes.

1 hour ago, TheWindBlower said:

Excited, hoping this record is a little better than the last one. Will PO eventually.

4 minutes ago, holyvacantsholyhell said:

Me too, man. I love Frank but BMK was a slog at points, and we don't even need to discuss Make America Great Again.

I'm in the same boat.  Actually, I haven't really loved any of his albums since EKMB, and I think I only listened to BMK once all the way through.  His past few albums have had a handful of great songs, but a whole lot of forgettable filler.  I'll still give this new one a listen, but the days of me preordering a Frank Turner album are behind me, I think.

Gosh, I'm really tempted by that boxset, but the completist in me can't pull the trigger because I don't know if they'll put out more volumes with each new album.

17 hours ago, FlippingOut said:

I feel like a lot of people have similar sentiment towards this band, any particular reason why you grew out of it? 

It was such a music fad in the mid-00s, and the only reason I paid attention to Head Automatica, Men Women & Children, or Cobra Starship was because they were offshoots of bands I enjoyed.  It was cheesy shit that put a smile on my face, but that's all it ever was.  There's not even nostalgia for it.  For me, anyways.

It's like hearing "Barbie Girl" now.  I used to bump that jam all the time back in the day, with only a slight sliver of irony.  I hear that song now, and it makes my skin absolutely crawl.

3 hours ago, jaypeap said:

2006 me wouldve been happy 

Yup!  I bought this when HT pressed it a few years back.  Got halfway through Side A before I had to stop listening.  This is definitely one of those bands that had their time and place for me, and that time has absolutely passed.

Ended up making some decent money off of it though.