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Stravinsky posted:I see complaining about small labels shipping speed to be like complaining the mom and pop diner didn't get your burger out as fast as mcdonalds did. I see it like yelling at your mom because dinner is late.
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Ras Het posted:This doesn't make that record any less dumb or bad (I heard bits of it in a record shop a while ago), but I'd like to point out that in Finland Donald Duck comics have roughly the same omnipresent cultural significance that The Simpsons and all those loving talk shows have in the US, so it's not even an esoteric project, just an achingly lame one. Not to mention Nightwish's absurd popularity here. Yeah, I'm a huge Donald/Scrooge comic fan, so I'm being drawn (no pun intended) to the Don Rosa artwork more than music itself. While I try not to be a sucker for packaging alone, I think Tuomas Holopainen discovered my kryptonite on this one.
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Stravinsky posted:What you are missing is that a lot of the smaller labels are not necessarily there to be a business. Its a couple of friends who get together and release each other's or their other friends music in between their real jobs, touring, being in school or whatever. They are not there to compete with big labels or Amazon or anything so they go at their own pace. I see complaining about small labels shipping speed to be like complaining the mom and pop diner didn't get your burger out as fast as mcdonalds did. I'm not complaining about anything, that other dude was. I'm just objecting to stay depressed saying you can't call it bad business when of course you can. But the world doesn't stop because a tiny record label takes a month to ship a record, obviously.
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I bought Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes & Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen for 2 euros 
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yeah you definitely can say that it'll just mean you have no perspective or understanding about the transaction you made which will also not cause the world to end
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stay depressed posted:yeah you definitely can say that it'll just mean you have no perspective or understanding about the transaction you made which will also not cause the world to end I don't know what transaction youre talking about. I only buy records from the dump and from drunks on craigslist.
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It's always fun seeing teenagers posting on bands/labels facebooks with stuff like "Why haven't I received the thing I ordered last week!?" I always give bands/labels/distros the benefit of the doubt when it comes to shipping. Haven't gotten screwed yet.
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I once received a 7" about four years after I ordered it.
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I really wanted to order all of White Lung's past records (on Deranged Records), but my god Canadian->US shipping costs   I'm still tempted to pay it, but ugh. I like being able to support independent labels, but gently caress if I wouldn't prefer Amazon Prime in this case. At least the LPs themselves are only like $10; their new album on Domino is twice that 
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Doctor Cave posted:I once received a 7" about four years after I ordered it. Was it worth the wait?
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CPL593H posted:Was it worth the wait? Not really. It was supposed to be a split between Dan Boeckner (the reason I bought it) and Adam Franklin of Swervedriver, covering a song of each other. When I received it, Dan was gone.
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Doctor Cave posted:Not really. It was supposed to be a split between Dan Boeckner (the reason I bought it) and Adam Franklin of Swervedriver, covering a song of each other. When I received it, Dan was gone. I think ordered that too. It certainly never arrived.
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May 19, 2014 03:42
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I'm in the opposite boat, to ship the new record to Canada is $15.50. gently caress you 'Murricans, White Lung is mine not yours!
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7lip posted:I'm in the opposite boat, to ship the new record to Canada is $15.50. gently caress you 'Murricans, White Lung is mine not yours! That one ships for $7.50 in the US too, not exactly a steal here, if it's any consolation 
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Finally got my copy of NLDW in the mail. I'll leave out pictures for obvious reasons. I now own all 3 Death Grips albums on vinyl (that were pressed). ...Now what?
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abraham linksys posted:That one ships for $7.50 in the US too, not exactly a steal here, if it's any consolation Not really! Shipping charges suck even harder when you only want one record.. Which apparently makes me spend more money to "justify" it and help I live in a tent.
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3dou posted:I now own all 3 Death Grips albums on vinyl (that were pressed). make three bowls
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7lip posted:Not really! Shipping charges suck even harder when you only want one record.. Which apparently makes me spend more money to "justify" it and help I live in a tent. Agreed! I've seriously been looking into other bands on Deranged to try to figure out if there's anything else I could throw in my cart. It seems to be about $19 shipping for one LP, and only like an extra $1 for each one, so I figure eventually the record cost:shipping cost ratio will be a bit better...
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Fors Yard posted:make three bowls You only really need one. 
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3dou posted:Finally got my copy of NLDW in the mail. I'll leave out pictures for obvious reasons. I can't imagine walking around the house with DG playing over my speakers, but kudos to you
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3dou posted:You only really need one.
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gently caress the USPS. My Swans LP was supposedly delivered to my apartment but my girlfriend was home all day and we got zero mail. Either they dropped it off at the wrong address or stole it. Probably the same thing happened to my "Live at the Hideout" Screaming Females LP.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Tacoyon (Death Yon) Hustle Bowls 
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TubeStank posted:gently caress the USPS. My Swans LP was supposedly delivered to my apartment but my girlfriend was home all day and we got zero mail. Either they dropped it off at the wrong address or stole it. Probably the same thing happened to my "Live at the Hideout" Screaming Females LP. This is why we need Amazon Prime Air so they can drop the records on our turntables 
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My postal lady is really nice and puts my records behind a bush so they don't melt in the NC sun DHL, however, can get hosed, and any label that uses them can too
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alg posted:My postal lady is really nice and puts my records behind a bush so they don't melt in the NC sun Hah! UPS, DHL and FedEx can all eat a bowl of dicks. They always seem to gently caress up my vinyl orders. Only my postal lady drives 100 yards from my road side mailbox, up my driveway to carefully place my vinyl orders in an unlocked utility closet near my back door. Thanks USPS!!!
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alg posted:DHL, however, can get hosed, and any label that uses them can too Here in Germany, DHL are the only people I'd ever trust with anything worth more than the postage. In about 10 years of ordering online, they have yet to gently caress up a single delivery, whereas other companies (UPS and plenty of local ones) seem to be loving poo poo up out of sheer spite. Also, RE: Swans, I dig the new album so far, though I'd say it's not quite as good as The Seer. I guess that's not saying much - I'll have to listen to it a few more times.
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kirkjames posted:Nashville vacation pickups: Where all did you go/find these? Grimey's? The Groove? Fond Object? Phonoluxe? (shudder) Just curious. Badly Jester posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMnwcbh_Gjg @ 1:11 - Careful with that sleeve, you dumb bitch! Davincie posted:... Prefab Sprout... I got From Langley Park to Memphis for $1 on RSD because of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V96qaaQhDkY&t=703s In all its glory for the new-jacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T6e3GJCjow DammitJanet fucked around with this message at 22:35 on May 20, 2014 |
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DammitJanet posted:Where all did you go/find these? Grimey's? The Groove? Fond Object? Grimeys was all new poo poo but I got the bone sickness there and x at grimeys too. The rest at fond object, dude that works there is awesome. I love record stores that are curated and not just a pile of poo poo to pick through.
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kirkjames posted:I love record stores that are curated and not just a pile of poo poo to pick through. The way I see it, that means someone has already been through it all. Best case scenario, they've cherry picked the best stuff out and goldmine priced the rest. Give me a virgin pile of untouched poo poo any day, at least I might get a bargain.
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I might be a slob, but generally I'd rather sort through a selection of fair to steep priced good stuff than spend hours "digging" through complete loving garbage for a few questionable bargains. Which I know goes against the basic aesthetics of record shopping, but still.
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I like second-hand record stores where the records aren't packed so tightly you can't actually flip through them. Oh wait I've never been to one.
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DammitJanet posted:I got From Langley Park to Memphis for $1 on RSD because of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V96qaaQhDkY&t=703s For literally exactly the same reason, I have this. 
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Jonny posted:For literally exactly the same reason, I have this. Awesome!
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Ras Het posted:I might be a slob, but generally I'd rather sort through a selection of fair to steep priced good stuff than spend hours "digging" through complete loving garbage for a few questionable bargains. Which I know goes against the basic aesthetics of record shopping, but still. I agree with this completely because that's basically what a good record store is. I somehow doubt that anything I want to hear is going to be buried under 900 copies of Mitch Miller's Christmas album.
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So, a while back I was asking you guys about a turntable and I ended up picking up the AT-LP60 that I was recommended, which I absolutely love. Even connected to a crap travel speaker for an iphone the sound is so interesting (this is my first vinyl experience, I should add) - much more like a live band than the usual. My problem now is that I've got this beautiful turntable, but I can't find any reasonable bookshelf speakers. Best Buy only has a selection of the ones with bare wire clamp-type connections, where the LP60 only has standard audio output cables. If you guys have any words of wisdom here as far as using that type of speaker or recommendations for the easier style speakers, I'd appreciate hearing them. It's worth mentioning that I also need volume control and I'd, ideally, spend less than seventy bucks at this point.
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Citizen Zee posted:So, a while back I was asking you guys about a turntable and I ended up picking up the AT-LP60 that I was recommended, which I absolutely love. Even connected to a crap travel speaker for an iphone the sound is so interesting (this is my first vinyl experience, I should add) - much more like a live band than the usual. My problem now is that I've got this beautiful turntable, but I can't find any reasonable bookshelf speakers. Best Buy only has a selection of the ones with bare wire clamp-type connections, where the LP60 only has standard audio output cables. If you guys have any words of wisdom here as far as using that type of speaker or recommendations for the easier style speakers, I'd appreciate hearing them. It's worth mentioning that I also need volume control and I'd, ideally, spend less than seventy bucks at this point. Check craigslist every day, somebody will list an amp or receiver with speakers as a package for less than $70 eventually. It will probably suck (but might not) but it would be better than any kind of lovely powered speakers you could find for less than 70 bucks. A turntable is a stereo component. It's not a stereo. Even if it has a pre-amp.
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Citizen Zee posted:So, a while back I was asking you guys about a turntable and I ended up picking up the AT-LP60 that I was recommended, which I absolutely love. Even connected to a crap travel speaker for an iphone the sound is so interesting (this is my first vinyl experience, I should add) - much more like a live band than the usual. My problem now is that I've got this beautiful turntable, but I can't find any reasonable bookshelf speakers. Best Buy only has a selection of the ones with bare wire clamp-type connections, where the LP60 only has standard audio output cables. If you guys have any words of wisdom here as far as using that type of speaker or recommendations for the easier style speakers, I'd appreciate hearing them. It's worth mentioning that I also need volume control and I'd, ideally, spend less than seventy bucks at this point. I'm in the same boat as you as far as the AT-LP60 goes. I've been using these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0027VT6V4?pc_redir=1400763739&robot_redir=1. Small, fairly high quality, and the bass kicks like a mule for the price. I mean, they're just a starter kit and you'll want to upgrade eventually, but they're likely the best speakers you can get for a low price.
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Citizen Zee posted:So, a while back I was asking you guys about a turntable and I ended up picking up the AT-LP60 that I was recommended, which I absolutely love. Even connected to a crap travel speaker for an iphone the sound is so interesting (this is my first vinyl experience, I should add) - much more like a live band than the usual. My problem now is that I've got this beautiful turntable, but I can't find any reasonable bookshelf speakers. Best Buy only has a selection of the ones with bare wire clamp-type connections, where the LP60 only has standard audio output cables. If you guys have any words of wisdom here as far as using that type of speaker or recommendations for the easier style speakers, I'd appreciate hearing them. It's worth mentioning that I also need volume control and I'd, ideally, spend less than seventy bucks at this point. For that price point, I'd recommend a used pair of Paradigm Atoms (one of the older versions, e.g., V.2; the newer ones are very expensive). They are legendarily awesome for their size. You might need to be patient to score them for less than $70, but they do sell for less than that on eBay some of the time.
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I finally moved off my piece of poo poo first turntable with vibrating tonearm  and got this the other day:  It was having some speed issues but it seems to be all good now after some thorough cleaning. Sounds so much better, but I'll probably upgrade the cartridge when I've got some more money in the bank too e: also a high priority: new furniture
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