Chalino Sánchez 15 Éxitos 15 | Country September 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-08-17 | Get it here: bit.ly/3Yw7QnZ "''15 Éxitos 15' came out three years after the last show he’d play (Chalino was shot and killed the day of the concert in 1992). It collects “Nieves De Enero,” and 14 other songs Chalino performed throughout his life: “Los Chismes,” an ode to gossip and its impact on a relationship. “A Todo Sinaloa,” a heartfelt song about his homeland. And “Cuatro Espadas,” a song that equates heartbreak to being stabbed in the chest. Chalino didn’t get to see his fame in his life, but his legend lives on, through this album, and his songs.”-Package Details:- First-Ever Vinyl Release of Sánchez' Posthumous 1995 Narcocorrido Collection- Lacquers Cut by Cicely Balston, Alchemy Mastering at AIR- Pressed on 2LP Red + Yellow Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Erick Galindo-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
🦋 Dolly is a Backwoods Barbie Vinyl Me, Please 2023-08-17 | 🦋 Join #VinylMeParton here: bit.ly/3ZPweRA'Backwoods Barbie,' which signified her return to country pop, is the Vinyl Me, Parton Record of the Month for September 2023. It's here on vinyl for the first time ever on 2LP Hot Pink Galaxy vinyl with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. Exclusive to members of #VinylMeParton – a limited subscription featuring none other than @DollyParton and some of her greatest albums, some on vinyl for the very first time. 😉
Aesop Rock None Shall Pass | Hip-Hop September 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-08-17 | Get it here: bit.ly/3QwdioM "'By 2007, Aesop Rock was a decade into a career that had firmly established him as one of rap’s unreplicable auteurs, an artist who could be bitten only insofar as he could be understood. And still, when he sat down to write hisfifth full-length album, 'None Shall Pass,' relics of his earliest work kept popping back up: the sorrow and salvation that can each be found in rigid structures, the horror of the ordinary, the tyranny of routine. Over a series of beats constructed in near-total by himself and Blockhead (El-P furnishes one track and co-produces another; Aes’ friend Rob Sonic handles the digital-gothic “Dark Heart News”), 'None Shall Pass' argues for Aes as the chief correspondent of an American decline so smooth that it often felt comfortable.”-Package Details:- Lacquers Cut by Barry Grint, Alchemy Mastering at AIR- Pressed on 2LP Gold and Black Marble Vinyl- Exclusive Listening Notes Booklet by Paul Thompson-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Santigold Santigold | Essentials September 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-08-17 | Get it here: bit.ly/454AezR "A pinnacle of the era now dubbed indie sleaze, Santigold’s 2008 debut was the soundtrack to smearing your eyeliner, scrolling Tumblr and dressing in grunge and glitz. The Santi White pictured on the cover of 'Santigold,' dead-eyed, gaze fixed on the viewer while she vomits gold, represents the epitome of the late-aughts aesthetic.But White, performing as Santogold at the time, was not trying to be the poster child for anything other than her uncompromising art. “I just knew that I wanted to do whatever I wanted, because I hadn’t,” she said in a cover story for FADER the same year 'Santigold' was released. And what she wanted was to make 12 tracks that pushed her rock foundation — inspired by bands like the Cocteau Twins, the Smiths and the Pixies, according to that same story — to its limit, coating her punk bona fides in a glitter bomb of pop, reggae and dub sounds.”-Package Details:- 15th Anniversary Edition- Booklet and Art Design by Santigold and Matt Meiners- Art Print by Isabelle Lumpkin-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Iggy and The Stooges Raw Power | Rock September 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-08-17 | Get it here: bit.ly/3DVniAB "Iggy and The Stooges’ 'Raw Power' is not a record for audiophiles (apologies to you, discerning listener?); 'Raw Power' is a record for true believers who know that music is sweat, contact, volume, highs, lows, transcendence. Yes, you can make great memories over well-balanced cocktails, where sweetness, acid and bitterness are all in harmony. You can make as great, if not better, memories over alcohol bombs that are way too spirit-forward, way too sugary, flavors clashing against each other on a suicide mission to get you hammered.'Raw Power' is a volatile cocktail: It might make you vomit or convulse, or both. And you’ll never forget the feeling; you’ll want another one.”-Package Details:- Iggy's 1997 Remix of the Stooges' Explosive 3rd Album- (AAA) Lacquers Cut From Tapes by Ryan Smith and Joe Nino-Hernes, Sterling Sound- Pressed on Exclusive 180g "Heart Full of Napalm" Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Andy O'Connor-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Hound Dog Taylor and The HouseRockers Natural Boogie | Classics September 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-08-17 | Get it here: bit.ly/3KyPmNX "'In 1974, Hound Dog Taylor recorded his last studio album; Natural Boogie, appearing here in VMP Classics. The release nearly derailed Alligator Records, its creation was a disaster and Hound Dog himself died of lung cancer less than two years after its release. It’s a record that could have sunk multiple ships; that it sounds so raucous, wild, mercurial and is a downright blast feels incongruous in retrospect.Bruce Iglauer, the founder of Alligator Records — who produced 'Natural Boogie,' and worked closely with VMP on this reissue — said of the album: “This reissue is important to me because I hope that this is going to reach some people who have no idea who Hound Dog was. He’d be so tickled that people still wanted to hear his music that much later. He just thought of himself as a happy barroom entertainer. He never thought of a legacy, as such. If he had, he might have left a will and then it would’ve been easier to pay the royalties, too (laughs).””-Package Details:- (AAA) Lacquers Cut From the Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on 180g Black Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Andrew Winistorfer-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
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Arthur Moon Plays Patsy Cline in the Sunshine Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-31 | Get Arthur Moon's latest album 'Chaos! Chaos! Chaos!' from VMP: bit.ly/3DzM74YTheir Picks: Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn - Pigments (Get it from VMP: bit.ly/3OwlpjM) Patsy Cline - Showcase (Get it from VMP: bit.ly/3KjXeT9) Beverly Glenn-Copeland - S/T (Get it from VMP: bit.ly/43GhCos)The Books - Lemon of Pink (Get it from VMP: bit.ly/3YaXCZQ)Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (Get it from VMP: bit.ly/3qh5893)_ Special thanks to Public Records in Brooklyn, NY:https://publicrecords.nyc/_ Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensProduced by Julia McGuireVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There's no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.#VinylMePlease #HIFIVES #ArthurMoon
Indigo De Souza Shares Favorites From Her iPod Nano Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-24 | Check out Indigo De Souza's latest album 'Indigo De Souza' on VMP (Join Waitlist: bit.ly/3u9boOr)Their Picks: Bright Eyes - Wide Awake, It's Morning (Get it from VMP: bit.ly/3rA3TlU)Friendship - Love the StrangerTownes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song (Get it from VMP: bit.ly/3DjaKml)Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (Get it from VMP: bit.ly/3Dq0hFH)Iowa Dream by Arthur Russell _ Special thanks to Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA: utphilly.com_ Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensProduced by Julia McGuireVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There's no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.#VinylMePlease #HIFIVES #IndigoDeSouza
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Waylon Jennings The Taker/Tulsa | Country August 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-20 | Get it here: bit.ly/43lIGcx "'If there is a single album nexus point between what Waylon’s early career was like, and what his Imperial King of Country era was like, it’s 'The Taker/Tulsa:' The one album from his pre-outlaw period that stands above the rest, a record that would help break an outsider songwriter to the Nashville mainstream, prove Waylon had instincts that couldn’t be taught and was maybe onto something that would flower into all his commercial success later on.”-Package Details:- (AAA) Lacquers Cut from Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on Exclusive 180g Olive Green Vinyl- Listening Notes by Andrew Winistorfer-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Sublime 40oz. to Freedom | Rock August 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-20 | Get it here: bit.ly/46RouC8 "For those willing to look, there was always something deeper than the flip-flops, Old English tattoos and shitkicker Oakleys. If the self-titled album belonged to the world, '40oz. to Freedom' belonged to Long Beach, to Los Angeles, to California. It invents its own wild dialect, drunk driving with a shaggy genius often lost in translation, a goofball series of obscene surprises, soundtracking a house party that never ends, always in danger of getting busted up."-Package Details:- Lacquers Cut by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP "Rivers of Babylon" Galaxy Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Jeff Weiss- Includes Crying Sun Stencil-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
🦋 Dolly Makes Music for Everyone Working 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-20 | 🦋 Join #VinylMeParton here: bit.ly/3ZPweRA'9 to 5 and Odd Jobs,' Dolly Parton's vocational album, is the Vinyl Me, Parton Record of the Month for August 2023. It's here on exclusive 180g "Rising Sun" Galaxy-colored vinyl with AAA lacquers cut from tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. Exclusive to members of #VinylMeParton – a limited subscription featuring none other than @DollyParton and some of her greatest albums, some on vinyl for the very first time. 😉
Wynton Marsalis Black Codes (From the Underground) | Classics August 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-20 | Get it here: bit.ly/46GkuV5 "Wynton Marsalis’ thesis, the one he’s still never really compromised in any major way, did away with the kinds of airy, mystical concepts that tend to get thrown around when trying to define what jazz is or isn’t (he, unlike some of his peers, accepts the term as useful). For him, jazz’s beauty and value was bound up in its codes, in its rigor and ambition: the things that were translatable across generations or demographics.On 'Black Codes,' it seems, he found that balance, using and learning from his musical and other memories without living them and, almost without really trying to, sketching an outline for dozens of sophisticated, ambitious, high-minded post-bop albums to come. For those who followed him, it was evidence of aspirational collaboration, vision and fluency; impossibly deep knowledge blended with youthful fire.”-Package Details:- (DAA) Lacquers Cut From Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on 180g Black Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Natalie Weiner-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony E. 1999 Eternal | Essentials August 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-20 | Get it here: bit.ly/3JTTjMR "'After millions of albums sold, globally amassed fans, prison stints and accumulated death, the kids from East St. Clair — who fused the occult, trenchant elements of Freestyle Fellowship, real-life street sagas, The Temptations and the Geto Boys — are united on stages again, selling out venues as legends of the game, and there’s an undeniable sense of harmony in that. They all carry a youthful energy with them to this day, with an undeniable esprit de corps when speaking on their history. Despite their ever-eventful, long career of high highs and at times low lows, 'E. 1999 Eternal' remains the jewel in the crown of the young Cleveland kings who made it.”-Package Details:- First-Ever Vinyl Reissue With the Original Album Art- Lacquers Cut by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP Red-N-White Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by David Ma; Exclusive Art Print-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Atmosphere When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold | Hip-Hop August 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-20 | Get it here: bit.ly/3JYNVI6"Centered on the different paths people choose in life or how they survive their different struggles, Atmosphere’s 'When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold' is a very heavy series of short stories that share the voice of one author and the timbre of one composer. Lyrically and sonically, it’s clear that the words and rhythms were built together, instead of some Frankenstein piecemeal fashion like many other rap songs.For those reasons, the tracks fit near-seamlessly together. But they also stand alone as episodes worthy of solo dissection.No matter how you consume them, some of the songs will undoubtedly bite back, making you angry for or at the characters, their circumstances and the substances that push and pull them in different directions. And that emotion is the telltale sign of this album’s impact on those who hear it.”-Package Details:- 15th Anniversary Edition of Slug and Ant's Gilded Classic- Lacquers Cut by Barry Grint, Alchemy Mastering at AIR- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP Yellow & White Cornetto Vinyl- Exclusive Listening Notes Booklet by Steven Potter-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
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The Story of Impulse! Records | VMP Anthology Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-13 | Get it here: bit.ly/44CP93C Introducing VMP Anthology: The Story of Impulse!, an eight-album trip through the catalog of one of the most important jazz labels ever dreamed up by record executives. Established as a way to challenge the status quo in jazz LPs, Impulse! charted the evolution of jazz in the ’60s, capturing all of its disparate strands, as well as its finest composers and performers. The Story of Impulse! charts the flow from John Coltrane beginning to push his own boundaries to Alice Coltrane expanding the palette of spiritual jazz. In between are out-there excursions from Charles Mingus and Gábor Szabó, vocal jazz highlights from Lorez Alexandria, and one of John Coltrane’s understudies stepping into his own. These eight albums were carefully mastered from the highest quality masters, and come on 180g black vinyl, in an exclusive box. --Vinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
The New Pornographers x Hi-Fives Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-10 | Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/UrLokRodxjg
Around the World in Records with A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers Vinyl Me, Please 2023-07-10 | Shop The New Pornographers' picks on the VMP store: bit.ly/46FN4puTheir Picks: Beastie Boys - Check Your HeadAir - Moon SafariDungen - En Är För Mycket Och Tusen Aldrig NogThe International Submarine Band – Safe At HomeCourtney Barnett – The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas_ Special thanks to Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA: utphilly.com_ Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensProduced by Julia McGuireVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There's no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.#VinylMePlease #HIFIVES #TheNewPornographers
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Ramblin Jack Elliott Ramblin Jack Elliott | Country July 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-06-15 | Get it here: bit.ly/3PlNA67 "'If Woody Guthrie epitomized the hardscrabble first half of the 20th century — the political action, the collective power of the working class, the Depression, the Dust Bowl — Ramblin’ Jack captured the freewheeling optimism of the second half. He was the spirit of reinvention, rejecting the dour middle-class respectability of his Brooklyn parents for the freedom of the open road, the cowboy spirit, and the rolling carnival of the touring musician, long before those ideals fell prey to the curdled patriotism of pickup truck marketing campaigns and country radio and Hollywood fabulism. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott plays the music of America, but, more than that, he captures the soul of America, the spirit of rebellion that holds that the greatest riches are good company. The music he recorded at the beginning of the 1960s, 'Ramblin’ Jack Elliott' among it, was a bellwether for the decade to come.”-Package Details:-(AAA) Lacquers Cut From the Original Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on Exclusive 180g Baby Blue Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Kyle Kramer-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
The Strokes Is This It | Rock July 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-06-15 | Get it here: bit.ly/45YGUAr "'Sex, stripped-back ingenuity, New York City street smarts and a ’70s punk bent. The Strokes didn’t just disrupt the early 2000s music scene with their debut, 'Is This It,' they annihilated it and created one of their own. Though their formation reads like a mythical chapter of rock history, The Strokes’ creation story is not the least bit contrived. In one way or another, the five Manhattan friends were destined to make music together. There is an underlying and discernible unease ever-present in New York. It’s an undercurrent you can flow with or try (and fail) to push against. But, as those who choose to live between Gotham’s tight walls and bustling streets can attest, even when it feels menacing, it’s still exhilarating, thrilling and charming enough to draw you in. With 'Is This It,' The Strokes presented the world with the musical manifestation of that undertow. More than two decades on, the record still marks the last time a band truly rose the tide for rock ’n’ roll. 'A band like The Strokes only comes along once in a lifetime,' NME wrote of the downtown denizens at the close of their first major interview. 'You should be grateful that they’ve come along in yours.'"-Package Details:- First-Ever Vinyl Release Including "NYC Cops" and "When It Started"- Lacquers Cut by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on Exclusive 180g Blue and Orange Splatter Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Erica Campbell-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
🦋 Dolly Stands Up For Women on Just Because Im a Woman Vinyl Me, Please 2023-06-15 | 🦋 Join #VinylMeParton here: bit.ly/3ZPweRA'Just Because I'm a Woman' is Dolly Parton's 1968 sophomore solo album and the Vinyl Me, Parton Record of the Month for July 2023. It's here on 180g Canary Yellow Galaxy vinyl with AAA lacquers cut from tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.Exclusive to members of #VinylMeParton – a limited subscription featuring none other than @DollyParton and some of her greatest albums, some on vinyl for the very first time. 😉
Q-Tip Kamaal The Abstract | Hip-Hop July 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-06-15 | Get it here: bit.ly/42LHgbD "'From the moment 'Kamaal The Abstract' begins, it’s evident that this is Tip at his most free and vulnerable, musically, up until that point. Most songs transform into (and end in) extended jams or have solos sprinkled throughout (or both). Jazz serves as the base, with Tip and his band using its colorful and intricate chord progressions to explore funk, rap, rock, R&B and soul — sometimes all on the same song. The album is an artistic statement that’s just as musically bold as it is conflicted, with a playful Tip at the center of it all, just trying to find freedom through music.”-Package Details:- First-Ever Wide Release of the 2001 Version of Q-Tip's Multifaceted Solo Album- Lacquers Cut by Cicely Balston, Alchemy Mastering at AIR- Pressed on Exclusive 180g Black, White & Yellow Segment Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Elijah C. Watson-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
McCoy Tyner Trident | Classics July 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-06-15 | Get it here: bit.ly/3NktTKd "'With 1975’s 'Trident,' McCoy Tynerfinally achieved his true vision for the piano trio. In an era that finally — and firmly — established Tyner in the upper echelon of jazz masters, adored by critics, set at the top of festival bills and heartily supported by the record-buying public, 'Trident' stands at the pinnacle of his brilliant album run from that decade.'Trident' might not seem as ambitious as Tyner’s other ’70s outings, but don’t let its near-monochromatic gray and silver cover of McCoy by the ocean fool you; just beneath its surface is the heaviest, most vivid and deep music of his career. 'Trident' finds him coming full circle, realizing his — and just about any fantasy jazz fan’s — dream piano trio. Call it 'Money Jungle' for the new decade, only one featuring cogent and telepathic alignment rather than clashing intergenerational conflict. Three titans, three defining masters of their instrument, with thousands of recording dates between them.”-Package Details:- (AAA) Lacquers Cut From the Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on 180g Black Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Andy Beta-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Sly & The Family Stone Theres a Riot Goin On | Essentials July 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-06-15 | Get it here: bit.ly/3oUl8gw"With the ’60s coming to an end, the revolutionary spirit of the times was so ubiquitous that it simply demanded more from its artists. We started to see this shift in rock ’n’ roll (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones) and in jazz (Lee Morgan, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock); it was time that pop and soul music followed suit. Marvin Gaye would release the seminal What’s Going On in May 1971, and while What’s Going On was pivotal in allowing Black artists to deliver popular music with a message that spoke to the times, 'There’s a Riot Goin’ On' followed Gaye’s lead, but pushed the boundaries further. Sly Stone challenged what was possible for a Black artist in popular music, both lyrically and sonically.Sly & The Family Stone’s 'There’s a Riot Goin’ On' was synonymous with the anxiety felt by all alive at that time — how to navigate this new decade, after all the turmoil experienced in the last one. It’s a bit of a “purple haze,” really. Artistically, Sly managed to harness the confusion that not only he felt, but that most people were feeling then."-Package Details:- Sly's Ominously Funky Masterpiece, Featuring "Family Affair" and "Just Like a Baby"- (AAA) Lacquers Cut From Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on Exclusive 180g "Luv N' Haight" Vinyl- Listening Notes by Shannon J. Effinger (Shannon Ali); Art Print by Jean Pierre Consuegra-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
The Story of Waylon Jennings | VMP Anthology Vinyl Me, Please 2023-06-13 | Get it here: bit.ly/45XgMpM Introducing VMP Anthology 18: The Story of Waylon Jennings, a limited-edition vinyl box set featuring eight albums from Waylon’s imperial period when he was on top of the Country Music Universe. Capturing his outlaw era as he redefined country music success, and how the music sounded, these eight albums in eight years represent the best album-to-album run in country music history. The eight albums — Lonesome, On’ry & Mean, This Time, The Ramblin’ Man, Dreaming My Dreams, Are You Ready for the Country, Ol’ Waylon, I’ve Always Been Crazy and Leather and Lace (with Jessi Colter) — have all been mastered AAA from 1-to-1 tape transfers of the master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. The eight albums and eight LPs featured in the box come on 180g color vinyl, pressed at GZ, and will be limited in the first edition to 1,000 units. These albums have not been reissued AAA in many years, and in some cases, ever. --Vinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
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Turn it up with VMP Rock Vinyl Me, Please 2023-06-02 | You asked for it. We listened. VMP Rock is a celebration of the ever-changing genre that changed the world. Rock was music’s Big Bang, and the particles that started spreading the moment someone plugged a guitar into an amp are still reverberating; from punks in Detroit to Zamrockers in sub-Saharan Africa, guitar shredders in London to arty downtown New Yorkers blowing things up, VMP Rock will capture it all.Learn more and join the Track here today: bit.ly/3qdEaPh
Vinyl Me, Parton – Blue Smoke Vinyl Me, Please 2023-05-19 | Where did the name of Dolly Parton's 'Blue Smoke' album come from?Watch the full video on Instagram to learn more about Vinyl Me, Parton's Record of the Month for June, and learn about the music that reminds #DollyParton of home. 🦋 #VinylMePlease
Sturgill Simpson High Top Mountain | Country June 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-05-18 | Get it here: bit.ly/42LHgbD "'High Top Mountain' certainly leaned traditional, but it also set the precedent that Simpson was not an artist content to coast, was not someone just trying to write the easiest song to ride to the top. He was willing to put in the work, and hire $25,000 worth of studio time and band members to make his vision a reality, and didn’t very much care what happened next. Only that he’d done it. Freedom, as a famous country singer once wrote for Janis Joplin, is just another word for nothing left to lose. The most free performer we’ve had these last 10 years is Simpson, who took a trip to High Top Mountain and never came back down.”-Package Details:- 10th Anniversary Edition of Sturgill's Debut Album- Pressed on Exclusive 180g Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl-Listening Notes Booklet by Andrew Winistorfer-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Madlib Shades of Blue | Hip-Hop June 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-05-18 | Get it here: bit.ly/3HACbun"Madlib, one of rap’s most voracious jazz heads and a vinyl collector who once claimed to own four tons of records, was given free rein over Blue Note’s entire physical backlog to cover and rearrange as he saw fit. This was the beginning of 'Shades of Blue,' an album that both embraces and bucks tradition. Even though it’s known as a remix album, Madlib’s work came from recontextualizing personal favorites through sampling and live-band interpolation. Sometimes, he’d change the drum pattern on a song or just add new ones. Other times, he would addflourishes from cohorts like the Morgan Adams Quartet Plus Two — another fake band for Madlib to add to his jazzy extended universe. And with no sample clearance issues looming over his head, Madlib had unprecedented control over how deep the remixes could go."-Package Details:- 20th Anniversary Edition of Madlib's Blue Note Invasion- Lacquers Cut by Cicely Balston, Alchemy Mastering at AIR- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP Green + Blue Vinyl- Exclusive Listening Notes Booklet by Dylan Green-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Thelonious Monk Monks Music | Classics June 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-05-18 | Get it here: bit.ly/42jGBO2"'On 'Monk’s Music,' Thelonious Monk elected to use a bigger sonic canvas than he’d used before by adding four horns to a rhythm section of piano, bass and drums — with Gigi Gryce, Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Wilbur Ware, Ray Copeland and Art Blakey joining him to form a septet. This album marked a defining moment in jazz; not just for its enigmatic architect, Monk, whose genius was now beginning to be recognized, but also for Coltrane."-Package Details:- (AAA) Lacquers Cut From the Original Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on 180g Black Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Charles Waring-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Dolly on the Blue Smoke of the Great Smoky Mountains Vinyl Me, Please 2023-05-18 | 🦋 Join #VinylMeParton here: bit.ly/3ZPweRAA reflective album of Dolly Parton's career, the 2014 album Blue Smoke is available as the Vinyl Me, Parton Record of the Month for June 2023. Our version is here on exclusive 180g "Blue Smoke Galaxy" vinyl with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith of Sterling Sound. Exclusive to members of #VinylMeParton – a limited subscription featuring none other than @DollyParton and some of her greatest albums, some on vinyl for the very first time. 😉
Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism | Essentials June 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-05-18 | Get it here: bit.ly/3Bqxi3B"Mattering, as both subject and object, was the animating principle of 'Transatlanticism.' The impulse began with Death Cab for Cutie deciding to embrace their creative and professional ambition, risk losing their place on the tour-record-tour treadmill (as addressed obliquely in “Expo ‘86”) and commit to making a record that required more time, money and effort than any they’d made previously. It then manifested in the music, which dealt with the consequences of failing to recognize what matters, of having no option but to endure the full impact of proper, adult-scale loss while yearning to break free of the failings that led to it. And it extended to the audience: These songs sounded an extraordinarily deep note among a generational cohort of listeners who were on the verge or in the midst of the same process."-Package Details:- 20th Anniversary Edition of Their Melancholic Masterpiece- Lacquers Cut by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP Red Marble Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Sean Nelson; Art Print by Adde Russell-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Hear The Stories Behind Each of the Albums in ‘The Story of Ghetto Records’ Vinyl Me, Please 2023-05-01 | Last chance to purchase 'The Story of Ghetto Records' here: bit.ly/3OM4DL6 Ghetto Records started as Joe Bataan’s dream, a way to get over on The Man and out of the ’hood, a bold move by the "ordinary guy" looking for independence and creative control in an industry that exploited his talents but treated him like property. Watch as Joe Bataan tells the stories behind each of the albums in ‘The Story of Ghetto Records’ Anthology, including the rediscovery of these lost sounds and how the Ghetto Records logo was created.
How ‘The Story of Ghetto Records’ Lives On Vinyl Me, Please 2023-05-01 | Last chance to purchase 'The Story of Ghetto Records' here: bit.ly/3OM4DL6 Joe Bataan gave everything to produce the albums that came out of Ghetto Records. The story of the one-of-a-kind record label came to an end as he was beginning to create the sound he wanted to infiltrate to the public.Watch to learn more about the legacy of Ghetto Records, as well as the album that launched it, why Joe Bataan chose not to sell the label, and the impact it has nearly 50 years later.
The Story of Ghetto Records: Joe Bataan Busting Records With Larry Levan Vinyl Me, Please 2023-05-01 | Last chance to purchase 'The Story of Ghetto Records' here: bit.ly/3OM4DL6 Joe Bataan, founder of the groundbreaking label Ghetto Records, knew how to hustle and get records in music explorers’ hands. ‘Busting’ records was the answer.Watch to learn the story of how Joe Bataan met Larry Levan from Paradise Garage, and how they brought the sounds from the record label to young kids without the help of radio play.
Vinyl Me, Parton – Little Sparrow Vinyl Me, Please 2023-04-20 | How did Dolly Parton's 'Little Sparrow' come to life?Watch the full video on Instagram to learn more about Vinyl Me, Parton's Record of the Month for May, and why Dolly decided to record an album of what she dubbed 'mountain music.' 🦋
Freddie Roach Brown Sugar | Classics May 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-04-20 | Get it here: bit.ly/40uAdmg "Freddie Roach’s first three albums introduced him to the world, but 'Brown Sugar' showed it who he was. It was the album that Roach made to capture the energy of soul jazz. To somehow take the sounds in the city, in the clubs, and bring them to a record. In his original liner notes, Roach writes that the album is an ode to late nights and loud clubs, to backs damp with sweat, arms wrapped around waists. “Not caring for the moment about troubles or problems,” he wrote of people dancing, “their bodies quivering under smiles that seemed to promise ‘after the dance.’” After talking to Alfred Lion, president of Blue Note, they decided that the album needed to be made up of standards — not the standards of the stage or screen, but the standards of the people. “To get the ‘soul,’” Roach wrote, “I decided to do show soul tunes.”-Package Details:- (AAA) Lacquers Cut From the Original Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on 180g Black Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Ashawnta Jackson-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood | Essentials May 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-04-20 | Get it here: bit.ly/3TIoDBW "Stevie Ray Vaughan had already done his 10,000 hours by the time he released his debut LP, 'Texas Flood,' the most important, and definitely most impactful, blues album of the last 40 years. There isn’t even a record that comes close; the only one that challenges its supremacy is 'Couldn’t Stand the Weather,' Stevie’s second album.He was the first blues guitarist to come of age in a post-rock world who seemed to absorb all its tendencies. This was blues music that could crush you like a Zeppelin live show, had more pyrotechnics than a WWF show in Madison Square Garden, had moreair than the New York Dolls, Kiss and Motley Crue combined, and sounded like the ’80s."-Package Details:- 40th Anniversary Edition of SRV's Electrifying Debut- (AAA) Lacquers Cut From Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on 180g "Pride and Joy" Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Andrew Winistorfer' Art Print by Don Hunstein-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Keith Whitley Dont Close Your Eyes | Country May 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-04-20 | Get it here: bit.ly/3zqatf7""Don’t Close Your Eyes” came out as a single two months before the album of the same title, and it became Keith Whitley’s first No. 1 hit, and, eventually, was deemed Billboard’s country single of the year. And it wasn’t the last hit he would have — the album ushered in rave reviews, nonstop radio play and a line of subsequent No. 1s in its wake. The next single, “When You Say Nothing at All,” catapulted him even further. He spent the rest of 1988 and the first few months of 1989 touring under his newfound mega stardom, but the demands of fame refused to let up. Despite finding his sobriety not long before the release of Don’t Close Your Eyes, the pull of the disease was too strong. On May 6, Whitley played his final show at the Armadillo Ballroom in Brazoria, Texas. Three days later, he died from alcohol poisoning at the age of only 33, just three weeks shy of seeing his lifelong dream of being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry come true."-Package Details:- First Vinyl Reissue of Whitley's Beloved 1988 Album- Lacquers Cut by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound- Pressed on Exclusive 180g Lavender Marble Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Marissa Moss-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Goldlink At What Cost | Hip-Hop May 2023 | VMP Vinyl Me, Please 2023-04-20 | Get it here: bit.ly/40fX0lW"'At What Cost' is GoldLink’s coming of age story. The grief, joys and tragedies of an artist who wants to be something bigger than himself for a city he deeply cares about — even if it sometimes doesn’t seem to care for him. Interwoven in his story is also a celebration and eulogy of a D.C. that has gradually disappeared: a city once affectionately known as the nation’s “Chocolate City,” now not so much, and with that an erasure of Black history, music and spaces that people are trying to keep alive.All of this culminates in what is still GoldLink’s most ambitious endeavor to date: an album that posits the question “At what cost?” to shed light on a D.C. that’s much different than the one it is now."-Package Details:- Lacquers Cut by Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering at AIR- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP Orange + Blue Galaxy Vinyl- Listening Notes Booklet by Elijah C. Watson-Video by Richard Edens // @richardedensVinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
🦋 Dolly on the Mountain Music of Little Sparrow Vinyl Me, Please 2023-04-20 | 🦋 Join #VinylMeParton here: bit.ly/3ZPweRAThe second album of a bluegrass trilogy, the rootsy 2001 album "Little Sparrow" is the May 2023 Vinyl Me, Parton Record of the Month. On vinyl for the first time ever, it's available on 2LP Lavender Galaxy vinyl with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.Exclusive to members of #VinylMeParton – a limited subscription featuring none other than @DollyParton and some of her greatest albums, some on vinyl for the very first time. 😉
