I'm glad you agree! I tend to feel slightly scammed while I'm in there among the Hunger Games OST picture discs, even if I'm quite sure that I got a good deal.
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 23 November 2015 03:50 (eight years ago) link
Hey man, a deal's a deal, regardless of where it's had.
― Austin, Monday, 23 November 2015 03:52 (eight years ago) link
has this been on here? they are all a blur by now.
http://theedit.replyyes.com/
― scott seward, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 04:43 (eight years ago) link
beastie boys, nirvana, miles davis. these are really ultimate choices.
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 05:38 (eight years ago) link
always good to discover new things thru technology
http://www.stereogum.com/1850376/columbia-house-to-relaunch-with-vinyl/news/?utm_source=sc-fb&utm_medium=ref&utm_campaign
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 20:08 (eight years ago) link
Ok I just browsed through the latest massive Music Unlimited I have decided that the people buying audiophile dollar bin reissues need to pay more income tax or be forced to do community service or something. I retract my earlier half-assed defenses of rich music consumers.
― lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, 26 December 2015 22:40 (eight years ago) link
Music Direct, I mean
Music Direct catalog
"My dad is STILL waiting for his 8-track copy of Boz Scaggs' "Slow Dancer""
Got a chuckle out this comment.
― earlnash, Saturday, 26 December 2015 23:44 (eight years ago) link
Gawd my dad probably has 7 or 8 copies of that on various formats lol
― lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, 26 December 2015 23:53 (eight years ago) link
hahaha brimstead, what put you over the edge?
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 27 December 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
lol it probably was the WHOLE PAGE dedicated to 80s soundtracks that broke the camel's back
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 27 December 2015 02:31 (eight years ago) link
it might have been 2 pages, it was disgusting
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 27 December 2015 02:32 (eight years ago) link
haha yeah i've seen those cropping up more and more. hard to really imagine who's buying them. the one thing i'll say is that at least a lot of them are albums i don't actually see around a ton, maybe because nobody wants them. nobody needs them anyway but at least it's not something where literally the same store has two totally listenable copies of the damn thing for $5 or less, and five more copies in the back.
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 27 December 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
they would have you pay $$$ for 200g pressings of comedy stereo demonstration records from the 50s.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 27 December 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61R8X6584SL._SX300_.jpg
Dead-quiet 180g 2xLP, cut from analog tape and painstakingly audiophile-remastered with the participation of original 'Gangster' and oboe-repairman David Stearlett. No collection is complete without this seminal 1958 release which virtually defined the Miller sound and has been namechecked by countless contemporary recording artists. A steal at $28.99!
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 27 December 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
$29 would be a steal in audiophile land. Slap $60 on it!
― stupid children forever (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 28 December 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
Haha I get so much stuff from Music Direct. I bought a couple of things from then. They have some ridiculous clearance prices on stereo equipment sometimes.
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 December 2015 20:34 (eight years ago) link
Might be the wrong be the wrong place to ask this, but what's folks experience with British Public Domain reissue vinyl? Half-Price Books has a bunch of new editions of '50s/early '60s roots stuff (Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Jerry Lee Lewis etc.), usually original LPs with a couple bonus tracks given the 180G treatment for around $12-15 a disc (or during their current sale, $10). Was curious because, like with the PD CDs, this sounds like a good way to build up a collection for not a lot of $$$$.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 December 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
British Public Domain?
Never heard of it.
― Mark G, Monday, 28 December 2015 23:25 (eight years ago) link
Music that's public domain in the UK, which makes for cheap export CDs and now LPs from labels like Proper, One Day Music etc.
I rolled the dice on a copy of Hooker's Burnin' on the Waxtime label. Two bonus tracks and a download code...will report back.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
^^Sooo...audio quality pretty good...packaging less so (separated about a half an inch of the back cover from the front when opening the shrink warp with my thumb).
Verdict: Could have been better, but not at this pricepoint.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 02:18 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/hDU2Ocsl.jpg
Future issues will cost £15 apparently.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Friday, 22 January 2016 10:19 (eight years ago) link
Finally, a jazz subscription service for people who don't like jazz enough to own Kind of Blue.
― stupid children forever (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 22 January 2016 10:26 (eight years ago) link
Could be good charity shop finds a few years down the line.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 22 January 2016 10:57 (eight years ago) link
will probably buy that if they're selling it in WH Smiths tbh but it doesn't strike me as v sustainable in the longterm
― Skaciety (pronounced the way you'd pronounce society) (DJ Mencap), Friday, 22 January 2016 11:10 (eight years ago) link
Oh, I can't see that pic, can someone describe it plz?
― Mark G, Friday, 22 January 2016 12:04 (eight years ago) link
popular jazz record "Kind of Blue", yours for £4.99, plus free magazine.
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Friday, 22 January 2016 12:16 (eight years ago) link
Seems like a good deal really!
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 22 January 2016 12:22 (eight years ago) link
I might just.
― Mark G, Friday, 22 January 2016 12:39 (eight years ago) link
irl lol
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 22 January 2016 12:42 (eight years ago) link
Well, I don't for a kickoff.
― Mark G, Friday, 22 January 2016 12:46 (eight years ago) link
yeah I've got a very crappy copy I picked up 2nd hand, a good opportunity to upgrade
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Friday, 22 January 2016 12:47 (eight years ago) link
I bought this yesterday and am listening to it for the first time now. It sounds like a pretty good pressing to me, though I've only got the CD version to compare it to. I can't see myself spending £14.99 a copy on the rest of the series, though. The general point of these types of things is that you need to buy all of them to make up a complete set, but with LPs, jazz or otherwise, I guess people will just pick the ones they really want, especially at £15 a pop.
― eifion, Saturday, 23 January 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
How's the magazine?
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Saturday, 23 January 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
there kind of isn't one...? you get a slim booklet giving a wiki-level precis of the recording of the album, plus a big fold out poster. bit weird having it the magazine racks all told
― Skaciety (pronounced the way you'd pronounce society) (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 23 January 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link
the website says that the next two issues are going to be Blue Train and Lady in Satin. also that "70 issues are currently planned for this series" which seems a little optimistic maybe
― soref, Saturday, 23 January 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
it's fortnightly as well, so anyone buying every issue would be spending nearly £30 a month.
the list in the 5th post below is apparently the collection that these records are being selected from, the list goes up to 80 rather than 70 so I guess some are going to be skipped over, so no Keith Jarrett
http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/de-agostini-jazz-at-33-1-3-rpm-series-in-uk-newsagents.494052/
― soref, Saturday, 23 January 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
£5 seems like the right price
― I expel a minor traveler's flatulence (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 23 January 2016 18:53 (eight years ago) link
For many on that list anyway
there's an advert in the guardian today for this. shows the first 6 of that list minus the jarrett. and a website link:
https://www.deagostini.com/uk/collections/jazz-vinyl/
― koogs, Saturday, 23 January 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
the ramp in cost is absurd
― I expel a minor traveler's flatulence (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 23 January 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
It can't be a money making endeavor at £5 a throw.
― Austin, Saturday, 23 January 2016 19:45 (eight years ago) link
That's the model for all of those types of mags. First fix is free cheap.
― emil.y, Saturday, 23 January 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
yeah, I guess £10 makes more sense. but £15 for jazz reissues seems steep. and the scheme is scammy.
― I expel a minor traveler's flatulence (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 23 January 2016 19:54 (eight years ago) link
looking these up, I guess I'm wrong though and £15 or more is the going rate for many of these
― I expel a minor traveler's flatulence (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 23 January 2016 19:58 (eight years ago) link
what you're buying there isn't the record, it's the cred and the lifestyle.
― ulysses, Saturday, 23 January 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
"Vinyl is Back, Jazz is Back!" says our demographics which is how we got the venture capital for this enterprise.
― ulysses, Saturday, 23 January 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
But hey, maybe somebody will hear Kind of Blue for the first time this way and it'll change their life? Just seems unlikely.
― ulysses, Saturday, 23 January 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link