Vinyl Me Please - Record Clubs?
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Category: Music
Forum Name: Record Shops
Forum Description: Just where do we buy records? (Record shops welcome here!)
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Topic: Vinyl Me Please - Record Clubs?
Posted By: itsmanhattan
Subject: Vinyl Me Please - Record Clubs?
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 11:49pm
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Does anyone have any experience and know of any good record clubs? I joined http://www.vinylmeplease.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.vinylmeplease.com/ a couple of years ago and enjoyed it at first, but recently have been disappointed with the record selection - are there any others out there?
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Posted By: jango
Date Posted: 24 May 2018 at 8:44pm
| Looks like this was posted quite awhile ago. Are you still a member? I've been one for almost three years and have been very happy. Not every Album of the Month is my cup of tea, ie Clipse, but they're so flexible about swapping that it's worked out well for me. The Classics releases have been pretty stellar too. |
Posted By: Pwog
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2019 at 10:50pm
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I see this is an older post and the thread is not active, but I thought I’d add my opinion. I was a member for a few months, recently, but every record I received had quite a bit of surface noise. They were very good at trying to resolve my issues, but every replacement had a lot of surface noise. I canceled my subscription. ------------- Paul Acoustic Research ES-1, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Ayre C-5xemp disc player, Dynaco SCA-35 (updated), Dynaco ST-70 (updated and modified), Revel performa M20, Accession M, CuSat 50 interconnects |
Posted By: patientot
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2019 at 2:42am
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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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Posted By: Pwog
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2019 at 1:08pm
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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. ------------- Paul Acoustic Research ES-1, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Ayre C-5xemp disc player, Dynaco SCA-35 (updated), Dynaco ST-70 (updated and modified), Revel performa M20, Accession M, CuSat 50 interconnects |
Posted By: patientot
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2019 at 3:30pm
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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Pwog wrote:Posted By: Pwog
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2019 at 10:29pm
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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! ------------- Paul Acoustic Research ES-1, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Ayre C-5xemp disc player, Dynaco SCA-35 (updated), Dynaco ST-70 (updated and modified), Revel performa M20, Accession M, CuSat 50 interconnects |
Posted By: AlienRendel
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2020 at 6:10pm
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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. ------------- Ortophon 2M Blue cartridge> Music Hall mmf-2.2le > Graham Slee V Era Gold (w/mono switch)> Kenwood AR-A5080> Paradigm Titan speakers |
Posted By: mdnicke2
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2020 at 3:23am
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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). ------------- Pro-j X2, Sumiko Moonstone, Cambridge Duo, Cambridge CXA80, KEF LS50 |
Posted By: Ashleip
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2021 at 1:17pm
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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/ - 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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