Lack of vinyl...

ikiT
ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
edited March 2014 in The Porch
Not to be a dick but...I'm looking for a decent reason why a band that is supposedly SO pro LP, makes absolutely no vinyl available for over 80% of it's catalog at a regular retail price. Is a $20 No Code that hard to produce?

I'd prefer to see newly pressed Binaural's than this stuff.....
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    That and it would be nice if their vinyl was mastered and pressed correctly. Very few PJ albums sound better than "decent"
  • jamburger
    jamburger Posts: 1,775
    The profit margin on hats/scarves/shirts/etc. is larger than when you'd have to split proceeds with Sony.
  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    edited March 2014
    Sorry JB, splitting the proceeds with Sony is not a what I consider a acceptable reason.
    This website is their official "store"...the fact is PJ is a band whose main product is music, they're not a clothing manufacturer.
    Try to buy some vinyl from the Foo Fighters site. http://www.myplaydirect.com/foo-fighters
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  • nicky-p38
    nicky-p38 Posts: 421
    I could be wrong but in pretty sure they did put their albums out on vinyl when most didn't. They just weren't pressed in high numbers because nobody wanted vinyl then.
    As for no reissues on all studio albums...patience.
  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    special deluxe version reissues aren't what I'm talking about...I'm just talking about basic 33 and a third records. Pressing records is a part of the business, it can't be all touring, bootleg digitals, and t-shirts. You can buy Metallica LPs on their site.
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  • hsohi
    hsohi Posts: 1,033
    Have to agree with the original poster on this one. It's amazing how new bands and and older ones are making vinyl much more accessible via their own websites and stores than PJ does. For all the vinyl talk by PJ it seems that they are being surpassed by bands that don't talk about vinyl....they just do it.
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,890
    Pearl Jam has a lack of RSD vinyl releases! :(

    If PJ management is reading this, man, offer up a 10club Monthly Exclusive Fanclub Vinyl release. THAT would be awesome, like to the max!!!
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,232
    edited March 2014
    demetrios said:

    Pearl Jam has a lack of RSD vinyl releases! :(

    If PJ management is reading this, man, offer up a 10club Monthly Exclusive Fanclub Vinyl release. THAT would be awesome, like to the max!!!

    Or how about like every quarter like TMR. Pressed to order.
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    PJ on record store day would be a nightmare unless its out of 8000 or higher. Just repress the albums. No need for any announcements
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,890
    cp3iverson said:

    PJ on record store day would be a nightmare unless its out of 8000 or higher. Just repress the albums. No need for any announcements

    Just imagine ..

    Pearl Jam No Code RSD Exclusive 2 LP Marble Blue!

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  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    I agree. I do find it strange. Vinyl is pretty easy to come by for almost every other band I'm in to.

    And as far as being patient...I don't think we should be holding our breath for deluxe stuff. Also, it shouldn't require patience. Shit should just be available. It's the music! We're not asking for anything special. In the days of digital, people here are asking for physical. Any band should be grateful for that and sell that shit!
  • dtr0624
    dtr0624 south jersey Posts: 611
    Esp since on their newest cd they have a song called let the records play and before that was spin but yet... No vinyl lol
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  • boyo79
    boyo79 Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    Balls to RSD releases.

    A huge portion of the fanbase just want a standard reissue of the studio albums, not ones with bells and whistles. Why they can't do this instead of resorting to the fancy reissue boxsets is crazy.
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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    october22 said:

    ...it shouldn't require patience. Shit should just be available. It's the music! We're not asking for anything special. In the days of digital, people here are asking for physical. Any band should be grateful for that and sell that shit!

    Exactly! Especially THIS band.
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  • jamburger
    jamburger Posts: 1,775
    For all this talk about all this vinyl talk, where is it, because I don’t see it. Spin the Black Circle was 1994… picking out 45’s to cover for their Christmas single was 1998… Benaroya Hall, solely released as a collector’s item… Let the Records Play, has nothing to do with actual records. I think I missed the clips in PJ20 of everyone’s (or anyone’s) turntable setup. Was that in the deluxe version? And you know, the LP sized jackets, just look better when the talk show host is introducing you.

    I don't think latter day Pearl Jam cares as much about vinyl other than it being another product to sell, and definitely not nearly as much as their fan base thinks they do. When asked to participate in RSD, they couldn’t be assed and went and repressed a 16 year old single that NO ONE was clamoring for a copy of. There will never be a shortage of Backspacers or Lightning Bolts now that they’re out on their own, and they’ll still provide you will collector’s items such as colored/variable speed platters because, someone will buy it. Maybe even find a few more copies to sell you a year later at a price more in line to market value, once they've learned what that is.

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  • aurynsdad
    aurynsdad Posts: 863
    edited March 2014
    For contrast, look at Radiohead. You can get all their albums affordably on vinyl. They are mastered extremely well (or so I've heard, I don't own any yet), often split into 2 discs, and often even at 45 RPM. Totally contemporary to Pearl Jam. Have never made an issue out of vinyl the way PJ has, but have totally led the pack on providing excellent vinyl to their fan base. I love Pearl Jam, and wish they would learn from that example. Of course, Pearl Jam isn't even the worst culprit. Phish hasn't released their albums on vinyl at all for the most part. How is that remotely possible? I am so dying for a vinyl copy of Billy Breathes.
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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    edited March 2014
    I've been kicking around here for almost 4 years, and not taking into consideration the two studio records Back Spacer and Lightning Bolt , the limited release Vault vinyls, Live on 10 Legs , PJ20 and the available for 2 hours Sevens Box, came and disappeared quick. The Super Deluxe .vs and Vitalogy are available still, but they're not a $25 dollar item. \
    I'm not asking for represses of what was always understood were going to be limited edition Bennys or even Sevens ...I contend the bands REGULAR issue studio albums should be easier to obtain on vinyl.
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    Just ask The Jam 10C for one and see what happens...
  • GustieIII
    GustieIII Posts: 232
    edited March 2014
    Try buying a CD lately?
    Not just Vinyl.
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    That's understandable, but asking lets you know where your at...

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