Just when you think you have all the answers, SURFACE NOISE changes the questions! Join our squad of vinyl connoisseurs as we discuss the 11th hour news of a VMP lifeline - what do we know, what does it mean for open orders, and what do we feel are the biggest things to avoid for this next incarnation?

Plus, why is our resident international phenomenon "John Bong" ordering a coffee delivery during the show while smoldering in the 100+ degree heat? The answer may surprise you.

Remember, if it's vinyl, it's on SURFACE NOISE! 

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For more on Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie

https://concertbuddie.com

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency

For more on Jose Moreno Rahn:

https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn

https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com

For more on David (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

Article with more details on the new team leading Vinyl Me, Please:

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/vinyl-me-please-acquired-owners-restore-record-subscription-1236416655

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BOGO this week only on SURFACE NOISE! For your freebie, here is the latest FREESTYLE! 🤯

The dais briefly hits on Discogs having their own YouTube channel (who knew?) and all that entails, before launching into a blitzkrieg of other physical music formats, sponsored by the immortal John Bong himself. 🚭

Hear why cassettes never really went away (for independent musicians), and why other formats (mini-discs, anyone?) still have the fervent supporters, even inside the walls of the SURFACE NOISE compound! 💽

Dig out your Sony Walkman and listen up, the FREESTYLE is upon us right now! 🎧

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For more on Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie

https://concertbuddie.com

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas

For more on Chris Chach (Groove Seeker):

https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency

For more on Jose Moreno Rahn:

https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn

https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com

For more on David (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

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The show of record on collecting records had a power-packed show lined up, but as fate would have it, The Beatles had other ideas (thanks Ringo). We kick off SURFACE NOISE talking about the sudden announcement of the Beatles + Mono boxset repress coming in a few weeks: who is picking it up, why repress this again (first since 2014), and what will these mean for those who already have the 2014 version and will likely see their value plummet.

Then, as the Surface Noise Boys begins summer hours, our panel of vinylists discuss the greatest "what if's" in music history. If tragedy or bad decision-making didn't take place, how would parts of the popular cultural landscape potentially look different?

It's the one they warned you about: SURFACE NOISE!

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For more on Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie

https://concertbuddie.com

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas

For more on Chris Chach (Groove Seeker):

https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency

For more on Jose Moreno Rahn:

https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn

https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com

For more on David (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

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It's the show in the know about the music format that costs some dough - SURFACE NOISE! 

Getting ready for a long holiday weekend in the US, our panelists are sharing their "lookout" records - records that they'd ask other collectors in their orbit to look for in their travels to records shows and stores near, far, and anywhere they can't get to themselves. Are they only grails? Are they expensive? Find out!

Then the discussion turns to markdowns - are we already in "markdown season" of stores and retailers heavily discounting their wares?

Finally we return to "Kindness Corner" to share some light "flowers" to give others in this vinyl community of ours. 

All this and bad jokes galore (and John Bong RETURNS), only on SURFACE NOISE!

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For more on Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie

https://concertbuddie.com

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas

For more on Chris Chach (Groove Seeker):

https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency

For more on Jose Moreno Rahn:

https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn

https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

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The extras aren't extra here on SURFACE NOISE - case in point, the latest FREESTYLE following the podcast proper. Still filling in for the AWOL Jose, "John Bong" helps lead a spirited discussion on "unofficial European imports" and whether they are good (or bad) for today's hobby. Arnaldo shares some of the records he tried to unsuccessfully trade at VINYLCON: Philly, and more hijinks ensured. 

Download and go, this is the bonus record talk you didn't ask for....courtesy of the FREESTYLE + SURFACE NOISE!

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For more on Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie

https://concertbuddie.com

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas

For more on Chris Chach (Groove Seeker):

https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency

For more on Jose Moreno Rahn:

https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn

https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com

For more on David (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst).

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The show of record talking about records is BACK: SURFACE NOISE! ⌨️

On our show this week the dais talks about MoFi selling their returned records back to customers (and others doing the same), and we hear from our correspondent on the ground about VinylCon in Philly. 📹🎤

Get in where you fit in, only on SURFACE NOISE!

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For more on Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie

https://concertbuddie.com

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas

For more on Chris Chach (Groove Seeker):

https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency

For more on Jose Moreno Rahn:

https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn

https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com

For more on David (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst).

Save 10% using the code(s) below:

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Where bad jokes, bad takes, and bad records go to die, the FREESTYLE of the latest 'sode of SURFACE NOISE follows in that esteemed tradition; a tradition like no other. 

The panel attempts a new segment on new releases called "Grip or Flip" where they discuss whether a title is worth the grip (keeping), or buying to level up on something else (flip). Be forewarned, the landing is rocky.

Then our brand of vinyl connosseurs show recent pickups, including some treasures picked from the bins of the Austin Record Convention.

It's what you know as the FREESTYLE, and it's coming in HOT, now!

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For more on Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie

https://concertbuddie.com

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

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Join us for the latest installment of vinyl record collecting insanity courtesy of SURFACE NOISE‼️

Our panel of dedicated vinylists will discuss the recent spring Austin Record Convention, including observations from the tables, the crates, and the grail walls littered throughout the convention center. Some sold records there, others simply bought. What did they see, who did they meet, what did they grab, and what was Jack White doing there? ⚡️

Then the dais talks about the essential parts of building the perfect record store, including some aspects you might now think about off the top of your head.

Plus, how could someone buy the wrong R.E.M. record for another friend and collector? It happened, in real time, and profuse sweating ensued. Catch it all, here, on SURFACE NOISE, right 🗣️NOWWWWWWWWWWWW! 

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For more on Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie

https://concertbuddie.com

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Jason Roxas:

https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas

For more on Chris Chach (Groove Seeker):

https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency

For more on David (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts: https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

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Back on the airwaves of Vinyl Community Podcasts, Alex (Beer & Vinyl) shares a recent interview with musician/songwriter M Ross Perkins. M Ross Perkins is currently a featured artist on the Colemine Records label, and has a new album that dropped on May 2nd (interview recorded prior) entitled "What's The Matter, M Ross?"

Composed, performed, and recorded completely by Perkins in his Dayton, OH studio, What’s the Matter… is both the most stripped down and expansive within his tryptic of albums ("Wrong, Wrong, Wrong", "E Pluribus M Ross", and Now "What's The Matter...").

The headphone symphonies move with a deliberate, composed sophistication while the lyrics explore fresh territory, turning the camera away from the “butterscotch revue” and pointing it into a mirror. "The touchstones of psych pop remain: flourishes of Nilsson are still here, but so are Gram Parsons and Jonathan Richman. If you want to assign geography to What’s the Matter, M Ross?, the album is equal parts Laurel Canyon and Big Pink, more Woodstock the town than the festival. Perkins is a self-contained (late-period) Teenage Fanclub with George Harrison’s spiritual sense of inner wanderlust.

Want a free copy? Available to anyone in lower 48 states head over to the Beer & Vinyl YouTube channel (specific video link below) and comment with some kind of musical connection to the state of Ohio. Deadline to enter is May 16th, 2025. And don't forget to check out thew new album "What's the Matter, M Ross" at your local independent record store or direct from Colemine Records (link also below). Bottoms up! 🍻🍻

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For more on M Ross Perkins:

https://www.mrossperkins.com

https://mrossperkins.bandcamp.com

IG:  https://www.instagram.com/mrossperkins

To pick up the album from Colemine Records: 

https://www.coleminerecords.com/collections/m-ross-perkins/products/m-ross-perkins-whats-the-matter-m-ross-release-date-05-02-2025

For more on host Alex (Beer & Vinyl):

https://www.youtube.com/@beerandvinyl

Video to comment for chance to win:

https://youtu.be/mBCyNdQw-2E?si=aVtpZE1U-SLCANs0

https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

Back at it, Buddies! Here for a quick 'sode to share what happened when I went to the spring Austin Record Convention over the weekend.

Many records were acquired, many meats and eats were consumed, and many memories were made. And no, I did not get to meet Raekwon or Jack White there (yes, that happened). BUT....I still had a good time and will share a brief recap here!

Before that, I share some quick news on SURFACE NOISE and what to expect in the short term. 

Let's start the week off right, and right now, here on Vinyl Community Podcasts!

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For more on Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie

https://concertbuddie.com

IG: @concertbuddie

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com

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