What kind of dink would wear a shirt from a store they've never been to and have probably never even heard of?
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Monday, 14 September 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
Guys that go to record stores and want to seem cool. Marc Maron types.
― We Boo... The Cross (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 14 September 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link
Is this an extension of that company that does a dive bar tee subscription service?
All for people too proud to actually go to a thrift store for tees or vinyl.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 September 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
How is the Record Store Logo Chosen?The logos are chosen by the crack team of experts at the Vinyl Shirt Club. In other words, we know it when we see it.
The logos are chosen by the crack team of experts at the Vinyl Shirt Club. In other words, we know it when we see it.
it seems odd that there's not a single example of the shirts or logos.
It's to make you want them more.
Hmm... If it's not band/artist T-shirts, but record store logos on a T-shirt, then this business is wandering a few degrees of separation away from the essence of music itself. Not that that's bad. Music is so over.
There is a way to complete the circle, but it's not pretty:
http://s14.postimg.org/eg9if7d9t/vinyls.png
Possible business model right there. (Many apologies, of course, for calling them vinyls. It just felt right)
― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 03:29 (eight years ago) link
They are soliciting suggestions on Facebook. The four I checked looked terrible.
Which made me wonder what would make a nice t shirt. The hmv dog?
― koogs, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 04:37 (eight years ago) link
Rough trade is good. Sister ray is perhaps a bit simple. Maybe the defunkt aron's in LA, just AR in a circle.
Amoeba has a decent logo.
― koogs, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 04:47 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6jRXr78.jpg
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 04:51 (eight years ago) link
Have these bozos actually got permission to use the logos of the record stores? Cuz, y'know, copyright.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 08:06 (eight years ago) link
For some, a vinyl record simply represents 30 minutes of incredible music
Have these people actually ever played a record?
No, but they saw some at Urban Outfitters once.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 08:21 (eight years ago) link
the Hairy Records logo would look nice on a t-shirt (RIP Hairy Records)
http://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/5vYZsXzb_ezFA8xec4PpjQ/348s.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 09:57 (eight years ago) link
its death throes as 'The Vinyl Emporium' less deserving of t-shirt beatification
http://www.thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Untitled1-663x400.png
― soref, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 10:01 (eight years ago) link
The Vinyl Shirt Club!
A shirt made of vinyl, who wouldn't want one
― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 10:13 (eight years ago) link
The Music Consortium's Vinyl Emporium is a Dr Seus, right?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 10:44 (eight years ago) link
unique t-shirt
― niels, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 10:59 (eight years ago) link
i need to make more shirts. we sold a ton of them. and people still wear them. but i've been out of them forever. just black with our logo on the front.
http://johndoejunior.com/sign.JPG
https://lostcontinentbooks.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/john-doe-jr-books-and-records-exterior-1.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 13:51 (eight years ago) link
I wish I'd bought one when they were still around. I'd wear the shit out of it.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 13:54 (eight years ago) link
i'm actually thinking of asking people who know how to make shirts to make me some. limited edition style. i always loved how the philly record exchange would get different artists they knew to make different shirts for them.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 13:59 (eight years ago) link
(or maybe not even people who know how to make shirts. just get people to come up with a design/art.)
cool looking store!
― niels, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link
i can think of at least one great illustrator on ilx whose designs would look amazing on a shirt
― feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:04 (eight years ago) link
My favorite t-shirt is a Justin Bartlett designed Aquarius Records one. It's a little worn down. :(
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:18 (eight years ago) link
if you are in philly you should go to this. wish i could.
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/11990582_738285656318323_1465214365321780138_n.jpg?oh=3b8115526cf6c0d579167b9e6fa02084&oe=569ACA02
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:21 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12011408_740889882724567_6942776905916401054_n.jpg?oh=76c1f9cd3bf2fee66f4a934164c10cda&oe=56619E2E
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:22 (eight years ago) link
greg, who started the record exchange with my pal jacy 30 years ago, is now the president of the rock and roll hall of fame. which still seems crazy to me. he's a really nice guy.
https://rockhall.com/visit-the-museum/learn/staff-bios/greg-harris/
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/16/vinyl-records-club-subscriptions
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 09:56 (eight years ago) link
Those who signed up in August got a limited edition gatefold of Wilco’s mid 90s album AM with a print by artist Ryder V Robison. In June, there was Hot Chip’s 2012 album In Our Heads and September sees Four Tet’s Pink released on vinyl for the first time with a 180 gram double LP ... If you’ve got broad musical tastes, disposable income and the desire to own something relatively unique, it’s a win.
not sure that liking three different indie bands counts as having broad musical taste tbh
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:12 (eight years ago) link
I think there's a fair distance covered across the spectrum between wilco and four tet
― please don't shampoo your eyes (stevie), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:51 (eight years ago) link
probably a lot of Four Tet fans not interested in Wilco and vice versa but probably also a lot of "music fans" interested in both, they kind of fall in the "acclaimed" category?
― niels, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:55 (eight years ago) link
things radiohead fans like
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 11:09 (eight years ago) link
I was thinking "stuff Wire readers might say they like to relate to normalos"
― We Boo... The Cross (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 11:18 (eight years ago) link
LOL
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 11:19 (eight years ago) link
ie. things Radiohead fans like.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 11:39 (eight years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/The-Edit-Vinyl-823609547727620/timeline/http://theedit.replyyes.com/I'm not a vinyl guy at all but this popped up in my facebook feed and it makes me IA.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
The ad copy read "Build up the ultimate collection with records every vinyl collector should have"
what a fucking bullshit concept
"Here's my bottle of Chateau Lafitte Rothschild 1981, here's my Patek Philippe, oh, and this is an interesting piece, The Shape of Punk to Come by Refused"
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
"Thanks for feeding me good music on the regular, you take all the anxiety out of selecting what to buy next!"
— Steve
Jesus Christ, Steve. Record collecting might not be your thing.
― We Boo... The Cross (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 17 September 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
The Edit Vinyl
Yesterday at 5:10pm ·
.Hard to resist actual dogs listening to Snoop Dogg #Repost @fitzmunoz with @repostapp.・・・The Irish post game is brought to us by a little Gin and Juice on vinyl. #cptnlou #lilhogie #fitzmattrimony
https://www.facebook.com/823609547727620/photos/a.823622291059679.1073741828.823609547727620/906416779446896/?type=1
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/12042839_906416779446896_324134853056187523_n.jpg?
I did think the "Pastor of Muppets" line was funny.
― nickn, Thursday, 17 September 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link
but old
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 17 September 2015 22:13 (eight years ago) link
scott I would totally design a shirt for yr store
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 17 September 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
I'm not a vinyl guy at all but this [The Edit] popped up in my facebook feed and it makes me IA.
Irrationally Angry?
It's a pretty rational reason! This doesn't seem scammy like some of the other stuff itt, but it really embraces the idea of Smug Vinyl Culture... going even more smug, instead of trying a different message. Stickers with "you have excellent taste" in all caps. And the other one, "there's no accounting for excellent taste". (It feels like we're this close to a club announcing as a selling point "we are The Hipsters, follow us if you're a Hipster", if that hasn't happened already.)
We pack every record in a 3mil poly sleeve #cuzwecare
Doesn't make me angry tho. Just disappointed. The service itself sounds harmless enough, if you like famous records and flattery. Does anyone know how much they overcharge?
― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Friday, 18 September 2015 03:10 (eight years ago) link
Free trial, pffffft.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/couldyoudefine/IMG_4224_zps5akchhcr.jpg
― dronestreet, Friday, 18 September 2015 13:16 (eight years ago) link
http://theedit.replyyes.com/about
What a bunch of tools
― paolo, Friday, 18 September 2015 13:21 (eight years ago) link
it just seems like this weird combination of collectorism and cluelessness? Like there's nothing special about these records, it's just "here is a famous album on vinyl." I don't know what the prices are like. I assume they overcharge, but the prices for new vinyl on sites like Amazon are already ridiculous.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 18 September 2015 14:18 (eight years ago) link
Go into a Barnes & Noble sometime -- The Wall for $50! Never Mind the Bollocks for $30!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 18 September 2015 14:23 (eight years ago) link
Almost makes me pine for the days when I walked into a flea market and was outraged that they were selling beat-to-hell common Beatles albums for $15.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 18 September 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, September 18, 2015 10:18 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's so funny how there are these business models that entirely rely on the consumer being:
1. Into the idea of owning vinyl.2. Not yet knowledgable about music aka notable artists/albums3. Not confident or unwilling to do research.4. Excited about subscriptions and/or "mobile app" reliant frameworks
It's weird that vinyl has gotten fashionable enough to make #1 and #2-4 co-exist for an individual, but it is clear that these services are for young people that have only ever known what it's like to listen to various collections songs on pandora or spotify, unlikely ever in context of an "album" so not only is the physical idea of vinyl alien and novel and puzzling and exciting, but perhaps so is the idea of an album at all.
― Evan, Friday, 18 September 2015 14:51 (eight years ago) link
Just the idea that there are enough people that fit that mold for The Edit to have an office and employees. Though that market for vinyl is such a fad I wonder how long it'll be profitable for them.
― Evan, Friday, 18 September 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link