Think I'll be ending my add-ons and might just swap out my sub for credit this month. Still debating on that Patsy Cline...leaning 60/40 to take it right now, but we'll see. Last month was a big month.
You won't regret it. It's in the top 10 of any VMP release overall (Music+Sound+Pressing+Presentation).
Well, it appears I'll be taking a little break from VMP. It was up last month, and I did the one month to make sure to snag Low End Theory. This coming month, just am not feeling any of the ROTM's or swaps. Combined with some of the crazy jazz stuff coming up on pre-order, this might be a good time to take a little break and save some dough. Don't worry VMP, you always find a way of getting my money back in the future.
Yes, Low End Theory is maybe the most satisfying VMP release I've had so far. They knocked it out of the park.
I know there was some question about whether the Johnnie Taylor was a fold down or a copy tape but customer service said the Product team confirmed it was cut from the "original mono tapes"
Fortunately, I did not have any of the issues some were reporting and my copy sounds great. Another winner from RKS and you can’t have too much Lightnin’ Hopkins in your collection. I would be all over Midnight Marauders and Bizarre Ride, and I imagine a lot of other folks would be, as well. You listening, VMP? Aquemeni, on the other hand, would be a harder sell for me because I have the original and it is fantastic, but I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t fork over money if VMP was somehow able to better it. I suspect that it wouldn’t qualify for RotM given it’s a 3xLP.
Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons, Classics VOL № C19 — December 2018 is back in town. I did not purchase it, when it was reissued. Is it worth getting that? How is the pressing? Please let me know. Thanks!
I purchased this yesterday after hearing great things about it. I too am interested if anyone in this forum has it and can comment on it.
I really dislike the plastic outer sleeves. If they are going to go through all that effort, why make them so flimsy?
VMP released Lyle Lovett's Joshua Judges Ruth. Sounds pretty good. Pressing quality is meh. I hope they get their new pressing plant on line very soon.
Thanks! I have since purchased a copy. I already own the following presses: Chess LPS 127, US 1969 Frog Records ABRP 22010 Italy, 1981 Speakers Corner Records, Chess LPS-127, Germany, 2006
If we got Aquemini, I would imagine it would just be a store drop Exclusive, probably pricey. I'd be in for both if it was RKS cut. I'm not sure it would beat an original but it would be nice to have a deluxe reissue that sounds great. In the beginning, I always thought the original was AAA and then I started to think that it couldn't be as that wasn't really the way in the 90s. Each time I listen, I go back to thinking it's AAA. I need to really check the scribe and see if it matches Bernie's handwriting. Maybe he cut it? Maybe he didn't. I made sure to grab a second copy when you could still get it for ~$20 on the secondary market. They did take the analog tapes in when mastering though. Aquemini, sounds as good as almost any release in my 2,000+ records (RL LZ II, One Steps, etc.). It's all different though.
We're getting a AAA Stax release, a AAA Patsy Cline release, and big name titles in Essentials and RHH with Justice's Cross and Pharcyde's Labcabincalifornia. All in pretty darn quality packaging with extra booklets/prints. Not sure what's not to like other than them using GZ to press records (which they won't be doing anymore after they open their new plant this year).
After taking a break from VMP for several months they reeled me back in with The Low End Theory and the members price on Jose Gonzales’ Veneer. Then I swapped out the June offerings for Erykah Badu’s Mama’s Gun....and added the country track for Patsy Cline. Then I jumped in and purchased the overpriced but beautiful James x VMP knife. Sometimes the offerings aren’t to my taste, other times it rains VMP upon my doorstep!
We usually get at least one or two great titles a month, really big name releases pretty frequently in Essentials and Country tracks especially. Rap and Classics are usually deeper/rarer titles from big name artists. Not any other labels out there putting out top notch country and hip-hop reissues like VMP is.
One thing I think everyone pretty much agrees on - VMP does have pretty awesome customer service. You may get a bad record, but everything I’ve experienced (and heard from others) shows that they’re pretty responsive and will get you a new one.
yep, iv never been denied the very few times ive requested one. And they usually just send a whole new one even if only the LP needs to be replaced
To be clear, @Frangox seems to be saying that only ONE of the titles below is good, and all the rest are crap. I wonder which is the one good title ... ? VOL № E1 Langhorne Slim & The Law The Way We Move VOL № E2 Japandroids Celebration Rock VOL № E3 Leagues You Belong Here VOL № E4 Evenings Yore VOL № E5 Shouting Matches Grownass Man VOL № E6 BOY Mutual Friends VOL № E7 Charles Bradley Victim of Love VOL № E8 Thao and the Get Down Stay Down We The Common VOL № E9 Explosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place VOL № E10 Typhoon White Lighter VOL № E11 Califone Stitches VOL № E12 Thelonious Monk Paris 1969 (Live from Salle Pleyel, Paris, France/19 VOL № E13 SBTRKT SBTRKT VOL № E14 Express Rising Express Rising VOL № E15 Courtney Barnett The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas VOL № E16 Diarrhea Planet I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams VOL № E17 Jonathan Allen Guerra Hue VOL № E18 Sisyphus Sisyphus VOL № E19 Sylvan Esso Sylvan Esso VOL № E20 NO LISTED TITLE NO LISTED TITLE VOL № E21 Madvillain Madvillainy VOL № E22 R.L. Burnside Too Bad Jim VOL № E23 NO LISTED TITLE NO LISTED TITLE VOL № E24 The Ben Webster Quintet Soulville VOL № E25 Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation VOL № E26 Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear VOL № E27 J Dilla Donuts VOL № E28 Menomena Friend & Foe VOL № E29 Torres Sprinter VOL № E30 Hot Chip In Our Heads VOL № E31 Lee 'Scratch' Perry and the Upsetters Super Ape VOL № E32 Wilco A.M. VOL № E33 Four Tet Pink VOL № E34 Blessed Feathers There Will Be No Sad Tomorrow VOL № E35 Black Sabbath Paranoid VOL № E36 Nils Frahm Spaces VOL № E37 Nada Surf High/Low VOL № E38 Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs VOL № E39 Låpsley Long Way Home VOL № E40 Fugees The Score VOL № E41 Weezer Pinkerton VOL № E42 Wells Fargo Watch Out! VOL № E43 BADBADNOTGOOD IV VOL № E44 My Morning Jacket Z VOL № E45 Glass Animals How To Be A Human Being VOL № E46 Beck Odelay VOL № E47 The Books The Lemon of Pink VOL № E48 Nina Simone Nina Simone Sings the Blues VOL № E49 Panda Bear Person Pitch VOL № E50 Main Source Breaking Atoms VOL № E51 Tennis Yours Conditionally VOL № E52 Gorillaz Demon Days VOL № E53 Fiona Apple Tidal VOL № E54 Kevin Morby City Music VOL № E55 Betty Davis Betty Davis VOL № E56 The National Boxer VOL № E57 The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die VOL № E58 Moses Sumney Aromanticism VOL № E59 St. Vincent MASSEDUCTION VOL № E60 Miles Davis Sorcerer VOL № E61 Moby Play VOL № E62 Ayalew Mesfin Hasabe (My Worries) VOL № E63 Beach House Devotion VOL № E64 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not VOL № E65 Clipse Lord Willin VOL № E66 TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain VOL № E67 The Silvertones Silver Bullets VOL № E68 Mitski Be The Cowboy VOL № E69 Feist Let It Die VOL № E70 Townes Van Zandt For The Sake of the Song VOL № E71 Queen A Night At The Opera VOL № E72 Mavis Staples Mavis Staples VOL № E73 Flying Lotus Cosmogramma VOL № E74 Van Morrison Veedon Fleece VOL № E75 De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising VOL № E76 Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter VOL № E77 Experience Unlimited Free Yourself VOL № E78 Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix VOL № E79 Jorge Ben África Brasil VOL № E80 Sleater-Kinney The Center Won't Hold VOL № E81 Jim Sullivan U.F.O. VOL № E82 The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin VOL № E83 Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf VOL № E84 Aretha Franklin I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You VOL № E85 Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca VOL № E86 The Roots Phrenology VOL № E87 Caroline Rose Superstar VOL № E88 The Stooges The Stooges (John Cale Mix) VOL № E89 Stevie Nicks Bella Donna VOL № E90 The White Stripes De Stijl VOL № E91 John Mayer Continuum VOL № E92 Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club VOL № E93 Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space VOL № E94 OutKast Stankonia VOL № E95 Erykah Badu Mama's Gun VOL № E96 Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues VOL № E97 John Prine John Prine VOL № E98 The Strokes Room On Fire VOL № E99 Kid Cudi Man On The Moon: The End Of Day VOL № E100 M.I.A. Kala VOL № E101 Darkside Psychic VOL № E102 The Doors The Doors (mono) VOL № E103 The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium VOL № E104 Beverly Glenn-Copeland Beverly Glenn-Copeland VOL № E105 Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) VOL № E106 Grizzly Bear Veckatimest VOL № E107 Usher Confessions VOL № E108 The Meters Rejuvination VOL № E109 Sigur Rós Ágætis Byrjun VOL № E110 Grimes Visions VOL № E111 Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West VOL № E112 Aaliyah Aaliyah VOL № E113 A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory VOL № E114 Justice † VOL № C1 Archie Shepp Attica Blues VOL № C2 John Lee Hooker It Serves You Right to Suffer VOL № C3 Ollie & The Nightingales Ollie & The Nightingales VOL № C4 Alice Coltrane Feat. Pharoah Sanders Journey In Satchidananda VOL № C5 Carla Thomas Comfort Me VOL № C6 Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd Jazz Samba VOL № C7 Little Milton Waiting For Little Milton VOL № C8 Max Roach Percussion Bitter Sweet VOL № C9 Koko Taylor I Got What It Takes VOL № C10 Miles Davis/John Coltrane Live in Paris 1960 VOL № C11 William Bell Soul of a Bell VOL № C12 The Lightmen Plus One Energy Control Center VOL № C13 Darrell Banks Here To Stay VOL № C14 Lafayette Afro Rock Band Soul Makossa VOL № C15 James Booker The Lost Paramount Tapes VOL № C16 Sarah Webster Fabio Jujus / Alchemy of the Blues VOL № C17 Donald Byrd Fancy Free VOL № C18 Eddie Floyd Knock On Wood VOL № C19 Muddy Waters Fathers and Sons VOL № C20 Blossom Dearie Blossom Dearie VOL № C21 Buddy Guy Left My Blues In San Francisco VOL № C22 Lloyd Miller Oriental Jazz VOL № C23 Nat Turner Rebellion Laugh To Keep From Crying VOL № C24 Al Green Call Me VOL № C25 Sister Rosetta Tharpe Gospel Train VOL № C26 Willie Bobo Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3 VOL № C27 The Isley Brothers Go For Your Guns VOL № C28 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers The Freedom Rider VOL № C29 Celia & Johnny Celia & Johnny VOL № C30 The Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz Impressions of Japan VOL № C31 B.B. King Lucille VOL № C32 Herbie Hancock Mr. Hands VOL № C33 Aretha Franklin Aretha Now VOL № C34 Patrice Rushen Straight From The Heart VOL № C35 Otis Redding The Immortal Otis Redding VOL № C36 Erroll Garner Magician VOL № C37 Albert King King, Does The King's Things VOL № C38 McCoy Tyner Sahara VOL № C39 The Bar-Kays Money Talks VOL № C40 Sonny Rollins Freedom Suite VOL № C41 Gabor Szabo Dreams VOL № C42 Coleman Hawkins The Hawk Flies High VOL № C43 Donnie Hathaway Everything Is Everything VOL № C44 Isaac Hayes Tough Guys VOL № C45 Frederick Knight I've Been Lonely For So Long VOL № C46 Leon Ware Musical Massage VOL № C47 Charles Musselwhite Blues Band Tennessee Woman VOL № C48 King Curtis Live At Fillmore West VOL № C49 Dorothy Ashby The Rubáiyát of Dorothy Ashby VOL № C50 Abbey Lincoln It’s Magic VOL № C51 Bill Withers +‘Justments VOL № C52 Lee Morgan Take Twelve VOL № C53 Teddy Pendergrass Life is a Song Worth Singing VOL № C54 Freddie King My Feeling For The Blues VOL № C55 Roberta Flack Quiet Fire VOL № C56 Barbara Lea Lea In Love VOL № C57 Sylvester Step II VOL № C58 Lightnin' Hopkins Lightnin' Strikes VOL № C59 Boogaloo Joe Jones No Way! VOL № C60 Phineas Newborn Jr. Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry Of Phineas Newborn Jr.) VOL № C61 Johnnie Taylor Wanted One Soul Singer VOL № RH1 Noname Telefone VOL № RH2 Common Electric Circus VOL № RH3 Living Legends Classic VOL № RH4 Madlib 420 Chalice All Stars VOL № RH5 Little Simz A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons VOL № RH6 Erykah Badu But You Cain't Use My Phone VOL № RH7 De La Soul Buhloone Mind State VOL № RH8 Goodie Mob Soul Food VOL № RH9 Snoop Dogg Doggystyle VOL № RH10 MF DOOM MM..FOOD VOL № RH11 Open Mike Eagle Unapologetic Art Rap VOL № RH12 Queen Latifah All Hail The Queen VOL № RH13 Denzel Curry TA13OO VOL № RH14 Saba CARE FOR ME VOL № RH15 Rico Nasty Nasty VOL № RH16 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III VOL № RH17 Juvenile 400 Degreez VOL № RH18 T.I. King VOL № RH19 Handsome Boy Modeling School So...How's Your Girl? VOL № RH20 Ivy Sole Overgrown VOL № RH21 Camp Lo Uptown Saturday Night VOL № RH22 Outkast Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik VOL № RH23 Method Man Tical VOL № RH24 Knxwledge Hud Dreems VOL № RH25 The Roots How I Got Over VOL № RH26 Da Brat Funkdafied VOL № RH27 slowthai Nothing Great About Britain VOL № RH28 Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell VOL № RH29 N.E.R.D. Fly or Die VOL № RH30 El-P I'll Sleep When You're Dead VOL № RH31 Blackalicious Blazing Arrow VOL № RH32 Rick Ross Teflon Don VOL № RH33 Salt-N-Pepa Very Necessary VOL № RH34 FUTURE Honest VOL № RH35 Prince Paul A Prince Among Thieves VOL № RH36 Lord Finesse The Awakening VOL № RH37 Ghostface Killah Fishscale VOL № RH38 Redman Muddy Waters VOL № RH39 People Under The Stairs O.S.T. VOL № RH40 Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty VOL № RH41 Killer Mike R.A.P. Music VOL № RH42 Quasimoto The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas VOL № RH43 Eyedea & Abilities First Born VOL № RH44 Freddie Gibbs Str8 Killa VOL № RH45 Young Thug So Much Fun VOL № RH46 Nappy Roots Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz VOL № RH47 Ludacris Word of Mouf VOL № RH48 OutKast ATLiens VOL № RH49 Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet VOL № RH50 Three 6 Mafia When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 VOL № RH51 Clipse Hell Hath No Fury VOL № RH52 RZA RZA as Bobby Digital in Stereo VOL № RH53 E-40 Tha Hall of Game VOL № RH54 Young M.C. Stone Cold Rhymin' VOL № RH55 Chief Keef Finally Rich VOL № RH56 Lil Uzi Vert Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World VOL № RH57 UGK Too Hard to Swallow VOL № RH58 The Pharcyde Labcabincalifornia VOL № E1 Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison VOL № E2 Willie Nelson Shotgun Willie VOL № E3 Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds in Country Music VOL № E4 Merle Haggard And The Strangers I’m A Lonesome Fugitive VOL № E5 Reba McEntire For My Broken Heart VOL № E6 Dolly Parton Coat of Many Colors VOL № E7 Emmylou Harris Pieces of the Sky VOL № E8 Sam Hunt Montevallo VOL № E9 Gram Parsons Grievous Angel VOL № E10 Buck Owens And His Buckaroos Carnegie Hall Concert VOL № E11 Iris Dement Infamous Angel VOL № E12 Loretta Lynn Back to the Country VOL № E13 Lyle Lovett Joshua Judges Ruth VOL № E14 Doug Sahm Groover's Paradise VOL № E15 Miranda Lambert Revolution VOL № E16 Patsy Cline Showcase
I swapped the June titles out for Johnny Cash's FOLSOM PRISON and Merle Haggard's LONESOME FUGITIVE. Looks like it's a country month for me. Looking back on my first year with VMP, it's been an eclectic one: Al Green- Call Me The Doors- s/t mono Beverly Glenn-Copeland Bill Withers- Justments Emmylou Harris- Pieces of the Sky Enter The Wu-Tang Coleman Hawkins- The Hawk Flies High Usher- Confessions Freddie King- My Feeling For The Blues The Meters- Rejuvenation Sigur Rós- Ágaetis Byrjun Willie Nelson- Shotgun Willie Gram Parsons- Grevious Angel Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood- Nancy & Lee Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space John Prine- s/t King Curtis- Live At Fillmore West A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory I'm still waiting for the Grateful Dead box to be repressed. I don't know WHY I didn't get it while it was still available since I don't have any GD on vinyl.
Judging by the recent swaps, is it safe to say that VMP is playing catch up a bit with some represses? You'd never see Cash or Shotgun Willie before.
