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http://www.amoeba.com/buy-stuff/detail/stars/the-north-lp--2389213.html Amoeba tries to get in on the reseller market right after release...

VLV?

this is off-topic...but did Last Gang ever ship out the Purity Ring LP on tan vinyl? I never ordered it...but I'm just curious considering how late the label is with the Metric LP...

Did you guys order it from SAC? Did you order it as brand new or as slightly damaged?

The blog's co-writer, Jake, is a member of VC (username jes9582). He's posted several links to his ebay auctions in the Selling and Trading boards.

That's the Recordflipper guy. recordflipper.wordpress.com

Source on it costing only $4 per copy to press? I haven't purchased any of Metric's music and so I don't mind supporting them this time around.

Got this in today. Amazon put the record in an LP mailer and then the mailer inside a bigger box. A+ for protection.

$20 for limited edition yellow Limited to 1000 First pressing for the first time since the album's release in 10 years I don't think $20 is too much in this case.

excellent insightIf you don't mind me asking, what would you guess some of those reasons are?

I'll start off by saying that I've never heard of No Idea Records nor have I heard of Hydrahead records before. There's a mark-up two times by the time a record gets to a retail store: when the distributor sells it to the store and when the store sells it to the consumer. The price that the distributor sells to an individual store is usually set at a minimum as directed by the record label. So in between the entire process, one should expect a markup of at least $7 from the wholesale price. Now, you can't assume that all labels are able to sell at a wholesale price of $7. I mean, it depends on how much is pressed and I would have to imagine that since HHR is a label specializing in limited edition releases and most of the artists there are unknown to most people, they are going to have to pay more per pressing due to pressing lesser quantities compared to a label like No Idea which has less obscure bands like Against Me, Hot Water Music, etc. Part of the price possibly also has to do with how big the operation is. Graveface Records is a pretty small operation, and so that is somewhat reflected into the price. So for HHR to charge however much they charge is prob due to the amount of overhead and employees that they have to pay (which would ultimately mean that them going out of business is a result of possible unwise decisions). But back to the the pricing of LPs, it seems as though HHR really tries to make each release special with gimmicks and stuff. Some people may say that's unnecessary, but it seems that maybe such gimmicks allow them to sell well with the particular target audience that they're going for (doom metal bands or w.e tend to have the weirdest LP packaging/covers). It seems like No Idea Records puts out primarily punk records, which usually have less gimmicky packaging, less elaborate art covers, and covers that are primarily photos. Personally, I have only purchased 4 records that were over $21, and that was because shipping was from Canada. Most of the records I have fall between the $15-$19 range (shipping included). This may not be important to my argument, but I'd just add my two cents that if I feel that an item is overpriced...then I simply don't buy it. I usually have a target price in mind for every release out there (which fluctuates depending on the quantity of records pressed for that particular release). I only brought up the $17 argument to show that it really isn't too much to pay $17 for a LP when we were paying $17 for a CD. Now, we have to realize that LPs in general are still a niche (no, vinyl is not making a full-fledged come back)...and so record usually aren't pressed more than 10,000 units (just a guess) for the first run and that usually doesn't sell out for years. So ultimately, it's still going to cost a record label a lot to press a record in a very limited quantity. Oh, and of course don't forget prices for everything have risen up (gas, food, housing, etc)...and so that drives up prices for most things (either directly or indirectly). /Rant

Do you expect some sort of discount for buying straight from a label? If so, how would distributors and record stores make money? If collectors and enthusiasts are really bitching over a difference of less than $4-$5, then there's a serious problem with those collectors and music enthusiasts. No one's forcing you to purchase the music and $20 really isn't unreasonable...considering the time when CDs used to be $17 a pop.

Wait till they come back from their hiatus and release a 8xLP set in Quadruple color vinyl

I thought $20 was a standard price for vinyl these days... Whenever I can get something for $15 incl shipping...I'm super excited. But I usually expect to pay $20 retail for something that I really want.

$60 bucks? That's way too much.

When is this coming out

yeah its not working

Is this a bootleg?

Can you post a pic of your copy so people know what the lower numbers look like?

Still haven't gotten mine yet...apparently Fedex has it in West Virginia and I'm on the West Coast...Hopefully it's intact when it gets to me.

Thanks for the heads up! I was able to get a copy 30 mins after your post. It showed up as OOS but I kept refreshing and it worked!

Does anyone know how limited the "The Five Ghosts" 7'' box set was? How much was it originally back 2010?

How much is shipping to California?

This exactly. What puzzles me is how Canada basically got theirs a month earlier and the record pressing plant that is pressing TDKR is located IN CALIFORNIA! WTH!

What's special about the bootleg indie store edition?