Yesterday, It finally moved from Nola to Memphis, so that's... something. I imagine I'll have it by Wednesday.

Considering Im still in the dark.... Im not too happy

Today is the lucky day! I hope you get it and it was worth the wait haha! Let me know If they slip a little something in there. I'm of the side that for these delays and bullshit we should get a free shipping coupon or 10%,off next purchase or something

Got my SQÜRL vinyl from Sacred Bones yesterday. I ordered the limited edition that comes with the negative version of the photograph on the cover, digital version, blue splatter, and a special numbered's and wax sealed sleeve that houses the whole thing.




They only made (obviously) 230 limited edition EP's and I have #109 of #230. They have the regular version in plentiful stock via Sacred Bones' website.

^ That looks awesome. I wish I had grabbed a copy!

The good news is, it showed up yesterday! The packaging is beautiful. No coupons or anything, but I agree... there really should have been one with the extensive delay.

Now some not-quite-negative, but... lukewarm thoughts... I'm spoilerizing them because I think you shouldn't read it until you get your own copy and judge for yourself. I don't want to taint your experience!



I didn't get a chance to listen to it last night, so I'll follow up on that... later.

Anyway, you should contact Waxwork again and make a fuss about getting your copy. The fact that you haven't even received a shipping notice makes me angry FOR you! Give 'em hell!

Pretty awesome, Blu? Hows the vinyl look?

Well speak of the devil, I got my shipping confirmation finally. So I did NOT read your spoiler!! Stay tuned, it should be arriving soon!

^Awesome!



I'll throw this out there...

If ANYONE is going to SDCC (specifically, on Preview Night, which is today)...


Or, if you go on a different day, and they have the Portal soundtrack... that too!

I'd be eternally grateful if someone could swing by the Mondo booth and grab me one or both of these. I'll pay you for the cost + shipping + a bit extra.

Damn that Contra looks cool. Isn't it going for sale on the site? I didn't know it was just for sdcc.

I got my Thing in today aND will hear it tomorrow!

Pretty cool. It's got this midnight blue splatter thing going.

Ok, I gotta know Dan, have you had the chance to hear it? I did not get the $70 one, just the $32 ice variant and I gotta say, Im not that impressed with the sound. Parts of me thinks they just sent me one from the bad batch to get me to "shut up" .... It sounds great in alot of parts, but in the middle theres some staticy distorted parts. And with the score being very quiet, I hear a fair share of snap crackle and pops.... Im a bit concerned.

Listening to it as I type, actually. I thought you got the $70 set, too. I guess my comments about the package don't really apply to you then.

The sound. Seems mostly fine here. A decent amount of clicks and pops, yeah, but not a ton. I did need to clean it quite a bit though. Lots of white specs all over it.

I'll keep listening and see how it changes.

And for a brand new 180gram record, it sure has some warp to it. Kinda disappointing.

Yea man, I had that touch of warp to!! WTF. Its what made me think they sent the old one lol. I noticed something wierd with mine that I may be causing. With the all WHITE variant, I cleaned it and its all white. I brushed it while spinning and I think bristles are coming off my brush because when i took the record off and looked, its like hair in a lot of grooves!! WTF, again!

This fucker showed up the other and and I've been giving it some spins...



I made sure to get the German pressing since I heard that the US pressing is inconstant.

It's pretty much perfect - flat, quiet, clean, zero noise, and the remaster sounds better to me here.

General question, do you guys track the % breakout of new vs used vinyl you purchase? Seems like most of the posts in this thread are around new vinyl releases. Perhaps it's because it's a release announcement as much as it is an addition to your collection, as part of those posts.

Only asking because most of my vinyl purchases these days are used - maybe 10% are new. Similar with others here or am I tipping the scale?

I don't buy used vinyl hardly ever. Just too much of a crap-shoot as to quality. Some may look great, but then sound like crap, and buying them online, you never know what condition it might really be in. So that's why I tend to gravitate towards new re-issues for older albums - most of the time they do sound great, and if they've been pressed in Germany, I know I'll get a good quality record.

I'm the opposite, I buy a lot more used than new. It takes more work because you have to vet sellers, find ones with good communication and reasonable return policies, but IMO it's worth it as I prefer AAA vinyl when I can get it, and most reissues are digitally sourced. If a new reissue is AAA and sounds good I'll get that instead, like the recent Ziggy Stardust reissue.

I've gotten excellent copies of classic albums for not an insane amount of money via ebay and discogs by doing due diligence.

I think accessibility is key as well. I recognize I may be spoiled since I have access to no less than 5 used record stores w/in a few min drive of my house. If my used options were limited to Discogs and eBay I may be a little more reluctant - though I've had pretty good luck with both thus far in the used purchases I've made online. I too am quite selective in the releases I seek out and have passed up countless copies because it either wasn't the pressing or condition I sought.

Most of my collection are used Vinyls. I used to live in Seattle and there were tons of used record stores. And unlike many i kinda enjoy that old, dirt hissing sound of several LPs it adds some warmth to the recordings (at least on my mind )

But yeah I agree most people here post the newest releases. I posted once my Nat king Cole finding and i don't think anybody care about my old ass vinyl of an equally old artist

I'm at about 70% new - 30% used. I. have 2 used shops in my city and Amoeba is near by. Now if I get lazy and don't want to go to those shops I will get them on Discogs.

This thread does need more pics of everyone's collections

I like seeing people's collections...

I'm about split with used/new. I find some old ones sound amazing where 180g or others I've gotten are shit pressings. See the thing above. But I have a question.

How the hell do you find out where the pressing is from?? Germany? How would I even find out?

A lot of them say it on the back. But when you're buying something from Germany (or even most of Europe), it's usually a good bet it was pressed there. If you know what you're looking for, Dicogs has that info as well.

If i can find it used, i usually go w used, espeically on older stuff. I probably don't have the equipment to tell a brand new remaster

Got my reissue of Fu Manchu!