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VMP and 12on12 are working together to bring listeners highly exclusive and quality vinyl that function as both music and art. RUN DMC’s collaboration with 12on12 — a limited-edition curated album of handpicked songs that inspired the ground-breaking group’s music, with bespoke album art and an exclusive beanie — is available in the VMP store now.

Gift a VMP subscription from now until December 24, 2021 and automatically enter for a chance to win a FREE 12-month membership at VMP. Read the ru...

As VMP approaches a decade of creating transcendent, tangible experiences with music, we are thrilled to announce that we will be opening a new audiophile-grade pressing plant in Denver. The new plant is scheduled to open by the end of 2022 for production, tours and special events.

VMP and Pearl Jam’s Ten Club are partnering to release the first-ever deluxe 2LP reissue of Pearl Jam’s Yield, as part of Legacy Recording’s celebration of the album’s 25th anniversary and VMP’s 10th anniversary this year. Click here to pre-order Yield and read below to find out more.

Vinyl Me, Please is proud to announce today the additions of Rob Jones as Executive Creative Director and Alan Hynes as Senior Creative Director to...

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Our team is constantly working hard to grow and evolve the VMP experience to be as seamless as possible for our community. We’ll be using this page to post updates about member perks, new site features, exciting improvements and more.

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“In my own listening experience, I truly want to hear something I've never heard before,” Semira Garrett tells me from their apartment in New York,...

VMP has partnered with Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment to announce the release of an exclusive reissues in honor of Atlantic Records' 75th...

Keep reading below to learn about the first quarter of records coming to VMP in 2024. 

In celebration of International Women's Day this year, VMP's staff gathered a list of our favorite albums from women and women-identifying artists and why they're special to us.

Keep reading below to learn about the second quarter of records coming to VMP in 2024. 

This September marked five years of VMP Hip-Hop, VMP’s third Record of the Month subscription Track. To celebrate, we asked Hip-Hop subscribers who are still members today after receiving the first-ever Hip-Hop Record of the Month — Noname’s Telefone in 2017 — to reflect on what the Track means to them. Read below to hear from them about why they’ve continued to subscribe, their favorite VMP Hip-Hop records and more.

Read below to see the upcoming Records of the Month in Essentials, Classics, Hip-Hop, Country and Vinyl Me, Parton coming to VMP in July, August and September of 2023. We already shared the first six months of Rock here.

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Read below to learn about the upcoming Records of the Month coming to VMP for the last quarter of 2023, and get ready to join our Atlantic 75th-anniversary celebration with our November selections. For the first time in VMP history, all of our November Records of the Month will feature albums from the same label, Atlantic Records.

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Last week, VMP editorial and music staff traveled to Austin, Texas, for SXSW Music. Here’s the 10 best artists we saw — between the tacos, mechanical bull riding (for one of us) and unexpected thunderstorms.

VMP editorial had an ulterior motive at SXSW: To not only see the best bands and eat the best food in Austin, but to poll attending artists about their favorite records of all time and the memories attached to those albums. We caught up with five artists during the hectic festival week — read below to find out all about their picks.

VMP Rising is our series where we partner with up-and-coming artists to press their music to vinyl and highlight artists we think are going to be the Next Big Thing. Today we’re featuring a compilation from Project Traction, Project Traction Vol. 1.

Today Vinyl Me, Please, the estate of Waylon Jennings, and the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, Legacy Recordings, are excited to anno...

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Our next three Hip-Hop Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Hip-Hop in January, February and March 2023 — feature a Wu-Tang rapper’s solo debut, a West Coast rap classic and one of 2022’s best records in the genre.

OFFAIR, like VMP, wants to facilitate deeper explorations of music, by cultivating “a space for established artists to release music that explores beyond their familiar sonic territories.” Music for Water, Lullabies for the Damned, Mouthful of Salt and The Power of your Subconscious Mind Vol. 1: SPACE are the result of that intention: ambient albums to soundtrack daily mental spaces and moods, evoking outer space, the ocean and beyond. Learn more about VMP’s collaboration with OFFAIR below, and read a Q&A with the artists — Highland Park Sleep Collective, If Anything, Suspicious, Niia and Pauli The PSM — conducted via email.

VMP, the Miles Davis Estate and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, are excited to announce the 17th entry in VMP’s Grammy-nominated Anthology series: Miles Davis: The Electric Years. Collecting seven albums from one of the most fertile, daring eras of Miles Davis’ career, The Electric Years is meant to preserve these albums on vinyl for a new generation of people ready to have their minds blown by Miles’ blending of electronic, rock, jazz and everything else he felt like experimenting with. 

Our next three Hip-Hop Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Hip-Hop in April, May and June 2023 — feature a genre-liberated debut, a coming-of-age story infused with go-go and a landmark instrumental hip-hop record built on legendary jazz samples.

Our next three Essentials Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Essentials in April, May and June 2023 — feature a band’s final album, a bluesman’s debut and the transatlantic sound of an indie rock favorite. 

Our next three Country Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Country in April, May and June 2023 — feature two former VMP Record of the Month artists and a sophomore bluegrass beauty.

SXSW is almost coming to a close, but the music doesn’t have to stop here. We put together a list of records you can buy from the VMP store now to take home select sounds from the many, many artists performing at the festival this week. Read below to learn more and shop the full collection of SXSW-related titles here.

If you sign up now for Vinyl Me, Parton, you’ll receive the first three Records of the Month — My Tennessee Mountain Home, Little Sparrow and Blue Smoke — in April, May and June 2023, which start the limited subscription off by highlighting Dolly Parton’s roots. Click here to learn more about Vinyl Me, Parton, and read on to find out more about these three albums.  

Our next three Classics Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Classics in April, May and June 2023 — feature blues and jazz standards, a gem from Blue Note and a hard-bop masterpiece.

Vinyl Me, Please and Dolly Parton are excited to announce a first-of-its-kind monthly record club devoted to the legendary career and peerless catalog of Dolly Parton. Starting in April 2023, Vinyl Me, Parton will give Dolly Parton fans a monthly connection with her catalog on vinyl, with 12 Records of the Month spanning the entirety of Dolly’s recording career. Pre-order the subscription here and keep reading to learn more about Vinyl Me, Parton.

VMP today announces Truth Is Where It's At: The Best of Gospel Truth, a VMP-curated, exclusive box set that chronicles highlights from Stax Records’ 1972 gospel imprint, which features 6 albums that are now being reissued for the first time in over 40 years. Read below to learn more about the box set and click here to read an excerpt from the liner notes, written by Memphis  journalist Jared “Jay B.” Boyd.

To celebrate our Record of the Month announcements, we’re turning Guess Me, Please, into an official contest. Both members and non-members are invited to participate in our quarterly guessing game. Read on to learn the contest details.

To celebrate our Record of the Month announcements, we’re turning Guess Me, Please, into an official contest. Both members and non-members are invi...

Our next three Classics Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Classics in January, February and March 2023 — feature an early ’60s release from a folk icon, an ice-cold funk album and a southern rock record built around an unexpected cover.

Our next three Essentials Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Essentials in January, February and March 2023 — feature a one-of-a-kind rock release and the anniversary editions of an electronic French duo’s and modern country pop icon’s debuts. 

Our next three Country Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Essentials in January, February and March 2023 — feature a controversial country classic, the first bluegrass album in the Track and the sophomore album by an outlaw originator.

In collaboration with CuationRiah, VMP is offering one winner a chance to win a VMP exclusive 25th Anniversary Edition of Mariah Carey’s Butterfly,  pressed on 2LP Champagne Wave vinyl.

VMP and 12on12 are working together to bring listeners highly exclusive and quality vinyl that function as both music and art. Read more about the partnership and 12on12 below in a Q&A with founder Claudia Moross.

Selected and written by members of the VMP team, below is an unranked list of albums that we felt were among the best to come out in 2022. On it, you’ll find 30 records that meant something to each of us, ranging from ASMR&B to hyper-futuristic pop, hardcore to house, and plenty of hard-to-label sounds in between.

Read on to find out why we picked these albums, listen to our Best of 2022 playlist and discover your new end-of-year soundtrack.

In celebration of the VMP 30th anniversary edition of Beastie Boys’ Check Your Head, anyone who is subscribed to VMP Essentials as a primary membership or add-on Track as of November 1 will be automatically entered to win a Beastie Boys fan bundle, which includes records from past collaborators, music that inspired the record and more! 

Read below for the full terms and conditions and FAQ.

Our next three Essentials Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Essentials in October, November and December 2022 — feature three groundbreaking albums that marked a change in sound for each of the artists. Read more about them below.

Read below for the full terms and conditions for Lee Fields x VMP Giveaway. 

Our next three Classics Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Classics in October, November and December 2022 — feature an album that set the foundation for free jazz, a former Classics artist and an album straight from the soul.

Five years ago, VMP issued its first Hip-Hop Record of the Month. In celebration of this special milestone, we’re hosting a sweepstakes for VMP Hip-Hop subscribers. Two grand prize winners will receive a record bundle of 10 sold-out Hip-Hop albums, while five runner ups will receive a record bundle of five sold-out Hip-Hop albums. Anyone who subscribes to VMP Hip-Hop as a primary or add-on Track is automatically entered to win. Read below for additional details about the sweepstakes and the full terms and conditions.

Our next three Country Records of the Month — which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Country in October, November and December 2022 — feature a breakthrough album, the live return of a star and an anniversary-edition album from the King of Country.

In celebration of her touring Here And There festival, Courtney Barnett herself curated a collection of her favorite VMP records, available now. Read below to hear from Barnett on why she hand picked these albums.

After releasing VMP exclusive pressings of all of Fiona Apple’s previous albums, it only makes sense that Extraordinary Machine would be next. In celebration of this highly anticipated moment, we’re hosting a sweepstakes for members to win a VMP bundle of Fiona Apple’s records, including Fetch The Bolt Cutters, When the Pawn… and Tidal. 

Any VMP member who purchases Extraordinary Machine from Tuesday, August 30 at 10 a.m. MT through Friday, September 2 at 10 a.m. MT will automatically be entered to win the bundle, and a total of ten winners will be selected. Winners will be notified by Wednesday, September 7. 

Read below for the full terms and conditions around the sweepstakes. 

Here And There, the touring festival curated by Courtney Barnett, wrapped up with a final show at Denver’s Mission Ballroom on September 3. Whether you were there and want to relive it, or missed out and are hoping to catch a glimpse of the performances now, see below to explore the event, with images of Barnett, Japanese Breakfast, Arooj Aftab and Bedouine, captured by photographer Richard Edens. (And click here to hear more from Barnett herself on the festival and her curated collection of VMP titles.)

Our next three Hip-Hop Records of the Month —  which you’ll receive if you sign up for VMP Hip-Hop in October, November and December 2022 — feature a mixtape turned album, a posthumous release from a legendary producer and a fiery debut album.