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Vinyl Me Please - Record Clubs?

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    Posted: 26 Jan 2021 at 1:17pm
I've always quite liked the idea of joining VMP or similar... although in equal parts find it frustrating when they exclusively press a reissue (that would be hard to get elsewhere) that ends up being not available (easily) to non-members.

The Now Again Reserve subscription always have great looking releases https://www.rappcats.com/shop/reserve/. For me though, when you add in the very expensive international shipping they offer it becomes hard to justify...
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So any good recommendations besides VMP? I’ve almost subscribed to them a few times but I wasn’t thrilled with the choices (too much rap).
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I've been a VinylMePlease member for several months now and have been happy with both the pressings and selections.  I hesitated joining for years because the idea of letting someone else choose what records I get rubbed me the wrong way, but they've had a good run on their "VMP essentials" track lately.

Having said that, I probably won't resubscribe as their prices recently increased by quite a bit.
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Ha, silly me. I looked at the matrix info in the dead wax, but thought I needed a catalog or book to look them up. I never thought about Googling the information or Discogs, duh!

Well, I did just that and guess what, the noisy vinyl was pressed at GZ!
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Originally posted by Pwog Pwog wrote:

Hi David - No, I don't know what pressing plants were used for the noisy LPs. There is no indication on the jackets or record and their website doesn't have the information. 

It's really a shame because they put a lot of work into the final product packaging (record covers, art, booklets, etc.), but the vinyl being noisy kind of defeats the purpose.

The matrix info in the deadwax of the LPs should give a clue. If you post the numbers and letters we can try to decode them. I actually talked with someone that is still a member and they said they had surface noise on some albums also and had to exchange them. They said a lot of the noisy vinyl was pressed by GZ. GZ is a very hit or miss plant IME. I have some records from them that are pressed very well and others that are not so hot. Had a fair amount of records I had to return from them also. 
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Hi David - No, I don't know what pressing plants were used for the noisy LPs. There is no indication on the jackets or record and their website doesn't have the information. 

It's really a shame because they put a lot of work into the final product packaging (record covers, art, booklets, etc.), but the vinyl being noisy kind of defeats the purpose.
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That sounds very frustrating. I don't like automatic shipments and such so I never tried VMP. I did notice they were doing some higher quality releases with name mastering engineers, either as part of their monthly club or a special section for members. I was tempted to try one from their store but when I asked about shipping and they told me media mail was the only option I said forget it. I don't trust media mail anymore for the most part, stuff goes through system, takes too long and it seems the longer USPS has a package the more likely it is to be damaged. So until they can get their stuff together to offer Fedex or UPS shipping I will likely never buy a single thing from them. 

Do you know what pressing plants were making those noisy LPs for VMP? My understanding is that they work with several plants. 
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