Vinyl Me Please...well, not anymore

They were dead to me when they announced the elimination of Rock and Country "tracks" from their monthly offerings. They put out some truly great albums, like those of Iris DeMent, Rodney Crowell, Marty Stuart, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, Billy Joe Shaver, Tammy Wynette, Sturgill Simpson, Buck Owens, Doug Sahm, and John Prine.

I'm glad I got that Miles Davis Electric Years box set from them while they were still here.... 

You have to hand it to the management team that drives a record company into the ground during the great vinyl Renaissance. 

@viridian...agreed!  What a couple of morons, doing what they did.  I’m sure you know the story.  I can’t believe they actually thought they wouldn’t get caught...

For those who haven't followed the story:

https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/91384-vinyl-me-please-drama/

Was never part of their "club" but did want the reissue of Joshua Judges Ruth on vinyl. Apparently, so many copies had issues- warps, non-fill, etc. I finally found a reseller on the secondary market who verified that the copy on offer was a clean player and am glad I have it. Too bad they are gone, I suspect more will go as a result of market changes over time-- the vinyl boom has been a blessing, but it is still a tempest in a teapot when you consider what volumes were sold in the heyday. Still, I’m happy to support any company that wants to venture in to this space with good product and transparency over sources. In the meantime, despite my deep investment and love for the LP, I’m getting good quality sound from digital files without having spent serious money. That is the future in my estimation-- we will be a niche of a niche in the larger market of prerecorded music. 

Better get into master tape dubs than into this faceless digital future. Well, for analogue recordings, of course.

Glad I own the albums I do have from VMP.

Just to pass along my personal experience with VMP regarding returning "Joshua Judges Ruth". .....they sent a sealed copy without having to return the defective one. The new one wasn’t perfect but that was pretty good service. Never had any other issues with the many I own.

@slaw: What was the defect in your first copy of Joshua Loves Ruth? Mine was fine.

By the way, you youngins’: In the early 1960’s a few of the major record labels had record clubs. I joined the Columbia Records club when I was 12 years old, and picked Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits as my first 1 cent (!) album.

@bdp24...I was a Columbia House member starting with records, then cassettes and finally CDs.  I used several different family member names to get that outrageous first offer of like 10 or 20 titles for a penny or dollar or whatever it was.  Built a nice collection that way...

@bdp24 

My two copies had pops/ticks/noisy vinyl

Me too! @bdp24 ​​​@mofimadness 

In my early lp buying days, I'd order CDs I wanted on vinyl as a cheaper alternative. I could then sell the CD to the used store and recoup some money.