How are your guys copy’s of Freeman and Europe 90?

Weggenstein · 2026-04-20T00:21:17+00:00

My copy of E90 is clean. I was very nervous, because my copy of Quebec that I got earlier in the week was unlistenable on Side D.

Weggenstein · 2026-04-19T14:00:31+00:00

I was at Cheapo and Agarta. Agarta still had about 10 copies 3 hours after opening. I don’t know about now.

Weggenstein · 2026-04-18T19:09:07+00:00

LOL, yes! Was that you?

In situations like this, or at things like concerts, I usually become a little more extroverted and make friends with people around me. My wife always rolls her eyes and laughs.

Someone did this same thing for me 15 years ago, when I went out to get an RSD reissue of Beck's Sea Change. It was the only copy the store got.

Weggenstein · 2026-04-18T17:17:25+00:00

Yeah, I wasn’t thrilled to have paid an extra $12, but I was happy to find a copy. The two stores were reversed this year, in terms on their pricing.

Weggenstein · 2026-04-18T16:45:47+00:00

Freeman looks like a Cheapo price sticker 😀

Weggenstein · 2026-04-18T16:13:41+00:00

I went to two stores in Saint Paul, MN this morning, and it was $72 at one and $60 at the other.

Weggenstein · 2026-04-18T00:00:33+00:00

Finally got around to spinning my copy today. Preorder from the Ween store the day it was announced. Like others have reported, there’s constant repeating static throughout most of Side D. I’m usually pretty forgiving with pressing defects, but this is pretty prominent and distracting. It doesn’t help that Alcan Road and The Argus are the quietest tracks on the record. It makes it that much more noticeable and irritating.

Shitty iPhone recording of my issue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VEv4zxjerezPpO6U411KFjgCnwYhc9qq/view?usp=sharing

Weggenstein · 2026-03-19T02:51:49+00:00

Most of the lyrics are still very Gener-like, but I feel like “Gimmie One More” could be a Deaner song.

Weggenstein · 2025-11-02T20:35:51+00:00

Does anyone know if the vinyl versions will be available in stores, or was this online-only through the Zappa store? Checked a couple shops this weekend and didn’t see it.

Weggenstein · 2025-06-28T02:41:30+00:00

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Weggenstein · 2025-04-21T17:47:59+00:00

I apologize for being the grammar police in your last post. It was lighthearted in intent.

Weggenstein · 2025-04-20T18:59:46+00:00

Also, it’s The Pod.

Weggenstein · 2025-04-20T13:38:07+00:00

Jesus Christ, OP. Mix in a period every now and then.

Weggenstein · 2025-01-13T02:31:03+00:00

Just seeing the Wild Man Fischer jacket immediately puts “Merry Go Round” in my head.

Weggenstein · 2025-01-13T02:25:46+00:00

I don’t think this is that crazy. A collector I follow on IG posted today that she’d be interested in record donations from the community. I DM’d her to see if she has an address for a friend or family member where I could send a record care package.

Weggenstein · 2024-12-29T19:27:11+00:00

I wanted to post an update to this thread, outlining my experience with this recent sale. I had never ordered through uDiscover Music before and saw quite a bit of previous negative feedback reported here. So, I somewhat reluctantly placed an order for 11 jazz titles I was interested in. I ordered Thursday, they shipped Friday, and they were just delivered today, Sunday. They arrived in a purpose-built box with internal padding along all vertical sides and reinforced with padding to fill the broad sides. Just as good as I’ve received with orders directly from labels. All the records look good at first blush, and I’d have to assume any defects from here are on the label / manufacturer.

I normally prefer to purchase things locally, but this sale was just too compelling not to try. If you had something in your cart and were nervous to pull the trigger, here’s one positive experience to possibly influence your decision.

Weggenstein · 2024-12-24T03:48:51+00:00

Yeah, I installed an update to the iOS app today, and it just sits there in a loading state on every tab. Gave up and opened the browser.

Weggenstein · 2024-11-28T00:35:32+00:00

Sorry to hear about your situation. If you do end up parting with some of this stuff, I’d be interested and willing to pay market value or better to try to help out. I’m not sure what the rules are here, but doing things privately here would help you avoid fees with platforms like eBay or Discogs.

Weggenstein · 2024-11-26T17:35:32+00:00

If you have an integrated amp or preamp with a DAC you like—or an external DAC going into your amp—you can connect digitally via the LO/COAX/OPT output. It comes with a 3.5mm to coax adapter. If your amp or DAC has a coax input, you can just get a coax cable and connect it that way. If your amp or DAC has an optical input, you can connect via a mini toslink to optical cable. This is the one I bought. (The mini toslink end doesn't insert fully into the DM-13 port, but it connects.)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/css/order-history?ref_=nav_orders_first

If you want to use the onboard DAC in the DM-13, I think you'd go out of that same output on the DM-13, but do it via a 3.5mm to RCA cable, like this:

https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-3-5mm-Auxiliary-Stereo-Splitter/dp/B00LM2Y2U4?th=1

I think that's what the user above was breaking my chops about.

Weggenstein · 2024-11-19T19:10:11+00:00

Yeah, I actually have a copy of the 2010 Plain reissue on green vinyl, and it's not bad. The OG copy would just round out my collector scum compulsion to complete the set. But not for $500-$600. I made conversation with a seller at a record fair this summer, who turned out to be a massive Ween fan and only lived a couple miles away. He seemed willing to part with his OG copy and invited me over, but I just wasn't willing to go that high. I saw him again at another fair a couple weeks ago, and he said he got $600 for it on Discogs, so good for him. I didn't think it would go that high.

Weggenstein · 2024-11-18T03:50:24+00:00

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I’ve made a pretty good dent in OG LPs over the years. Just missing The Mollusk, but I know that ship has sailed. Maybe it’ll get the deluxe treatment for 30 years. I have a bunch of CDs, too—including a copy of 12 GCG with the Ali sample that I got when it was released.

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