Old Albums on vinyl???

[vespachick]

I just ordered through Darla.  Gotta keep the mom & pop's around!

YAY!  THis day has been good to me/us!!  (Funnily, historically Tuesday's usually are my lucky day!)

XO :-*

[Kory]

I don't know if ordering 2 of each is the issue, but I just bought 1 copy of each through Darla and choose US Priority Mail and it came to $18 for shipping.  While this may be a little steep, I am a partner in a local, small business.  And shit, gas is just a real issue.  Companies like Amazon deal in such large shipping quantities that they can negotiate special pricing, which they can pass along to the consumer.  Small Mom-and-Pop businesses just don't have that luxury.

I am such a vinyl junkie...got everything on vinyl already (including the 45's & 7"), but the lure of colored vinyl... it is just too much for me to pass up.

While I agree with you and love supporting local/small business... Darla is plain and simply overcharging for what they're gonna throw in media mail for less than 5 bucks. (I've ordered vinyl from the before, i think they always use media mail) so I don't feel too bad going with big box this time round... I know, I suck, but is Amazon really big box?

yo wiz, rocked your mix again the other day in the Jeep with the warm, warm spring sun beating down on me... it was glorious! thanks again!

[the_wizzard]

I don't know if ordering 2 of each is the issue, but I just bought 1 copy of each through Darla and choose US Priority Mail and it came to $18 for shipping.  While this may be a little steep, I am a partner in a local, small business.  And shit, gas is just a real issue.  Companies like Amazon deal in such large shipping quantities that they can negotiate special pricing, which they can pass along to the consumer.  Small Mom-and-Pop businesses just don't have that luxury.

I am such a vinyl junkie...got everything on vinyl already (including the 45's & 7"), but the lure of colored vinyl... it is just too much for me to pass up.

While I agree with you and love supporting local/small business... Darla is plain and simply overcharging for what they're gonna throw in media mail for less than 5 bucks. (I've ordered vinyl from the before, i think they always use media mail) so I don't feel too bad going with big box this time round... I know, I suck, but is Amazon really big box?

yo wiz, rocked your mix again the other day in the Jeep with the warm, warm spring sun beating down on me... it was glorious! thanks again!

Yeah, Amazon is big (but I know what you are saying).  $18 is A LOT for priority mail from Cali...but I have "Mom-and-Pop" guilt to no end being part of a small business.  And Darla helped out MMJ back in the days.  No worries, buy where you want to buy  8-)

Glad the mix is still in rotation...just threw it on the iTunes and it is good sunny weather music!  And today is perfect for Oh Happy Day

[vespachick]

While I agree with you and love supporting local/small business... Darla is plain and simply overcharging for what they're gonna throw in media mail for less than 5 bucks.

Ya, Kory, I'd guess that you buy so much music from the M&P's that your conscience is clear for sure. For me, though, I somewhat recently lost my closest independent store (Music Millenium, though the main one on the other side of the river is still open) and every time I walked past it I would think to myself what I was "going" to buy there.  I browsed a lot, but didn't buy much there in reality. There's still a few indies around town, probably more than in many cities, including the two I go to on lunch hour, but still, it's really sad to me to now walk past it and see the old neon marquee doing nothing but looking sad. I feel like I didn't do my fair share...  :'( :'( (although, they wouldn't let me bring the dog in, which was sort of a sore spot for me).

I guess I'm just feeling nostalgic or some stuff.

[the_wizzard]

While I agree with you and love supporting local/small business... Darla is plain and simply overcharging for what they're gonna throw in media mail for less than 5 bucks.

Ya, Kory, I'd guess that you buy so much music from the M&P's that your conscience is clear for sure. For me, though, I somewhat recently lost my closest independent store (Music Millenium, though the main one on the other side of the river is still open) and every time I walked past it I would think to myself what I was "going" to buy there.  I browsed a lot, but didn't buy much there in reality. There's still a few indies around town, probably more than in many cities, including the two I go to on lunch hour, but still, it's really sad to me to now walk past it and see the old neon marquee doing nothing but looking sad. I feel like I didn't do my fair share...  :'( :'( (although, they wouldn't let me bring the dog in, which was sort of a sore spot for me).

I guess I'm just feeling nostalgic or some stuff.

Music Millenium on burnside is so worth the trip across the river  ;)

But this is coming from someone who still has her neighborhood (well work neighborhood) record store in-tact (Jackpot).  But that NW 23rd spot has some major history.  

[the_wizzard]

Hey VC, have you ever gone to 2nd Ave Records (across from Mother's)?  That is my fav P-town record store.  It so reminds me of Everybody's Records in Cincy, where I cut my vinyl teeth.....

check it out

[vespachick]

Hey VC, have you ever gone to 2nd Ave Records (across from Mother's)?  That is my fav P-town record store.  It so reminds me of Everyday Records in Cincy, where I cut my vinyl teeth.....

check it out

No, I haven't. Thanks for the tip!  I'm sure that'll be a good lunchtime walk from the Pearl!

[beanporn]

i ordered ISM  from ear xstacy about three weeks ago and I got an email the other day that said they were out of print and unavailable. just ordered two copies of each lp from darla ive been waiting for them to do this for a few years.

[redmosquito114]

yes yes yes

[bold99]

starting this thread cost me about $60.....I got ISM, and pre-ordered At Dawn and TF...but well worth it.

[Angry Ewok]

I ordered single copies of At Dawn and Tennessee Fire from Amazon and got free shipping for what Darla wanted to charge me $20 for. I work for a small family business, so I'm just as sensitive about the importance of supporting small business as the rest of you guys... but being the only employee in the company, I handle all of the shipping and have a good idea of what it costs to ship materials to customers.

IMHO they were overcharging by about $10, if not more... so they ended up losing about a $50 sale. Tough.

Maybe if I find out they've included something special that Amazon doesn't have, I'll order dupes.

[bold99]

I ordered ISM from earx-tasy and they nulled my ordered...it seems this one is hard to find.

[BH]

Yeah, I just nulled my own order from Ear Xtacy as well, they don't have any ISM.  I wish they would take that down.   Anyway, now I can spend the money on TF and AD instead!!!

[BH]

Is there a 7" Off The Record single that has all four songs on it, not just OTR and How Could I Know?

[Kory]

nope, that's just the CD single. the 7" only has two songs.

[BH]

nope, that's just the CD single. the 7" only has two songs.

Yeah, that's all I could find.   The listing in the MMJ "music" section makes it seem like there is a 4 song version.  It's a bit misleading.  How many minutes typically fit on one side of a 7".  (Sorry, I'm new to this wax thing)

[Kory]

It all depends on the speed of the album 33rpm or 45rpms. That's the difference in calling it a 45 or a 7" but some folks just call anything a 7" or vice versa.
I don't know the limits but a record production company would know. I'm sure you could google it. I won't cause i be at work and mmj site is probably too much of my time as it is.

[AllyDee]

Just ordered from Darla, I am stoked

I hope that 6/9/2008 date is the day the pre-orders go out

I would love to have these before Radio City!

[cfloyd3]

Well, I just couldn't resist either and had to pre-order these.  Thanks for posting this for sure.  I think I saw the It Still Moves vinyl once at my local Disc Exchange but not sure.  It is elusive.

[MMJCOBRA]

Has anyone heard the MMJ Does Christmas Fiasco Style ep?  I had to add this one to the cart along w/ my vinyl TTF and AD!!!

So stoked to see this news today as I was just listening to AD and thinking I needed to take the ebay plunge on that album.

peace,
unravelled