OFFICIAL: Vinyl yet?

With the quality of some of these LPs I have been purchasing it is really making me want hi-rez files for all my music more and more. I still have not received mine and if it sounds in any less then idea I will not be ordering another PJ lp.

Going back to my off topic of AF. AF is an amazing band that continues to evolve from their wonderful first album to the new one. They remind me of PJ of old as in how PJ evolved from the Ten album to No Code. What I see in the new PJ music is a status quo sound. Lightning Bolt is a good album but AF new album is a master piece of music. Yes AF is not for everyone, but I listen to many different genres of music and this new AF is a classic.

Still no vinyl Lightning Bolt in Toronto record stores

Here is my email correspondence with the Ten Club. I can’t believe how poor the customer service is. It seemed like it was lie after lie and not taking ownership of the situation.


On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Ten Club LLC <shipping@tenclub.net> wrote:
Hello Matt Angiulo,
Your Ten Club LLC order is on its way!
Your order number ******* includes:

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Qty Product Code - Product Name Status

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1 6371 - 2013 PEARL JAM 10C VERSION LIGHTNING BOLT V shipped
Carrier: Mail Innovations
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Your package will be delivered to:
Matt Angiulo
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Havertown, PA 19083
USA
Once again, thank you for your business!

Best Regards,
Ten Club LLC
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On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Matt Angiulo <*******@gmail.com> wrote:
To whom it may concern,
I still have not received the new record. Can you please check to see where it is.

Frustrated and disappointed,
Matt

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Tenclub <shipping@tenclub.net> wrote:
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Vinyl was received 10/11/13 from the manufacturer and began shipping that day.
Digital files are in your order history, click order number and you'll see the links.
10c

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Matt Angiulo <*******@gmail.com> wrote:
I appreciate your response but if I was only interested in the digital files I could have gotten them several different ways. I am more concerned about the physical format, in particular, vinyl. Why would you post on your website that if you pre-order it, it will arrive on release date and in actuality it isn't going to arrive until a week later?

Still frustrated, disappointed, and now upset,
Matt

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Matt Angiulo <*******@gmail.com> wrote:
I would appreciate a responce as to why your website said I would receive the product by October 15th and I still have yet to receive it. If I knew that I would not be receiving the vinyl on the release date, I would have gone to my local record store to pick it up. Another company could have benifitied from your false advertsing. My son and I have been waiting months to be able to sit around the record player to listen together.

According to the UPS tracker, it seems that my item was not even shiped until 10/14.



Knowing that your website said I would receive it by the release date (10/15), why would you ship it on 10/14?

Still awaiting an answer,

Matt

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Tenclub <shipping@tenclub.net> wrote:
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hi,
All vinyl shipments were delayed due to a manufacturing issue. Vinyl will not be available at other retailers until 10/28.
Productions delays are out of our control. You have the digital links and order will arrive shortly.
10c

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Matt Angiulo <*******@gmail.com> wrote:
I find that hard to believe when @PearlJam retweeted a record store on 10/16 (day after release) that they had vinyl in stock. Please see link below. I preordered this in July. There should be no excuse why I this could not be on my doorstep on 10/15.

https://twitter.com/vintagevinylSTL/sta ... 7923519488


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Matt Angiulo <*******@gmail.com> wrote:
Currently, my local record store has copies in stock. How can that be if it isn't to be released until 10/28? I could of bought it from them before receiving mine from the 10club.



https://twitter.com/ElectricAveWC/statu ... 7786605568



As of time of this positing, the UPS tracking has not changed once.

Ott wrote:

Arrived in SA. Skips on Getaway, Pendulum, and Swallowed Whole. Visibly jacked.

I'd been abstaining until the vinyl got here, and I was prepared for the letdown. But I couldn't wait.

I absolutely love the album. Mature, deep, different, and I'm OK with it all. I'm not the same person I was 23 years ago. And this band has changed as well.

I hope the folks at the hq address and resolve the album issues. It's disappointing to say the least.

The beauty of vinyl is that when it's done right, it's the best playback medium that exists. But it's still a physical medium and so has some specific drawbacks -- a few which seem apparent on Lightning Bolt.

One: Record sides should be 18-22 mins max before it starts to be a major compromise between dynamics, bass, volume, frequency, etc. All the good stuff needs a little room! Jam too much music on a side and you're increasing the odds of distortion, buzzing, ripping, etc. unless you have a great system. Personally, i have really good equipment and i record washed the LP 2x, but i'm still getting groove distortion on pendulum and others.

Two: When you cut it close with time & space like this, your mastering engineer / lacquer cutter and pressing plant have to both be top quality if they hope to pull it off. One thing goes wrong and it becomes a cluster funk. I don't know anything about Golden Mastering, but if URP pressed these vinyls, then i'm not surprised about the crap job.

Three: On one hand, they mastered the album specifically for vinyl, which is awesome news. Few if any bands do shit like that. Hopeful sign that someone cares. But if they REALLY cared, they'd have enlisted Robert Ludwig or Kevin Gray and gotten everything pressed at RTI. And if they super really cared, they would have issued LB as a 2XLP release. The packaging was beautiful, but i'll never spend hundreds of hours with it like i will the music. If the record sounds friggin awesome and you need to sell it to me in a brown paper lunch bag, i'm all for it. Music always 1st!

Aight ... i'm all love here. not trying to stir stuff up, just ranting and wishing for a slightly stepped up respect for great sound & sonics to match the killer music.

BK5403 wrote:

And if they super really cared, they would have issued LB as a 2XLP release.

Would have been great if they had BS & LB as this.

I'm hoping my vinyl arrives today, in pristine condition! I just heard something drop in my door, and thought it was the vinyl. It was the Billboard with PJ on the cover, so that's a nice surprise, coming that quickly. I just ordered it last week! :shock:

Should be getting mine today.

The mail here comes around 1230/1 est, I don't expect today to be the day, my order was never updated so all I know it's in a ditch somewhere :(

Is it true that a few red ones were added randomly to the records sold at the shows? I've heard that rumour at least 2 times from different sources :shock:

If this thing makes it in one piece, it will be a miracle. This is one well traveled vinyl.

Location Date Local Time Activity
DES MOINES, IA, United States 10/21/2013 1:31 A.M. Package processed by Post Office
CINCINNATI, OH, United States 10/19/2013 10:54 A.M. Package processed by Post Office
WARRENDALE, PA, United States 10/18/2013 11:30 A.M. Electronic Shipment Information Received for Package by Post Office
UPS Mail Innovations Shipment Progress
Location Date Activity
Urbancrest, OH, United States 10/18/2013 Postage Paid/Ready for destination post office entry
Urbancrest, OH, United States 10/17/2013 Package received for sort by destination UPS Mail Innovations facility
Auburn, WA, United States 10/15/2013 Package transferred to destination UPS Mail Innovations facility
Auburn, WA, United States 10/14/2013 Package processed by UPS Mail Innovations origin facility