Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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"As you hold this record in your hands, imagine pressing play on Aaliyah on the day of its release. Just for a moment, imagine only hearing the album itself, removed from its context. All you’d hear is a record of the creatively fruitful and personally transformative years in which it was created. All you’d hear is a warm red light, a blossoming, a revelation, the sound of someone shedding a complex girlhood as she crossed the threshold of womanhood to emerge on her own terms. Aaliyah is a living monument to not only Aaliyah's own personal growth and foray into adulthood, but to a sound that would come to define R&B and an entire era of popular culture at large, inflicting an incalculable influence on future generations of artists to come."
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Package Details:
- Definitive Vinyl Reissue of the R&B Star's Masterful Final Album
- Half-Speed Mastered by Barry Grint, Alchemy Mastering at AIR
- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP Red & Gold Galaxy
- Listening Notes Booklet by Amileah Sutliff; Art Print by Jacob Rochester
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Video by Richard Edens // @richardedens
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.
Get it here: bit.ly/3wHCsH8
"As you hold this record in your hands, imagine pressing play on Aaliyah on the day of its release. Just for a moment, imagine only hearing the album itself, removed from its context. All you’d hear is a record of the creatively fruitful and personally transformative years in which it was created. All you’d hear is a warm red light, a blossoming, a revelation, the sound of someone shedding a complex girlhood as she crossed the threshold of womanhood to emerge on her own terms. Aaliyah is a living monument to not only Aaliyah's own personal growth and foray into adulthood, but to a sound that would come to define R&B and an entire era of popular culture at large, inflicting an incalculable influence on future generations of artists to come."
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Package Details:
- Definitive Vinyl Reissue of the R&B Star's Masterful Final Album
- Half-Speed Mastered by Barry Grint, Alchemy Mastering at AIR
- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP Red & Gold Galaxy
- Listening Notes Booklet by Amileah Sutliff; Art Print by Jacob Rochester
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Video by Richard Edens // @richardedens
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.
