It is with great excitement we bring you a new feature at Vinyl Collective, the Collector of the Month. Through our store, we have come into contact with so many incredible people and as we get to know some of them, we thought hey why not feature a little profile on some of the people who frequent our store. Future Collector of the Month’s will be chosen at random, but if you think you have what it takes to be featured, drop us a line.

This first feature is of Loren Pachuta; Loren has ordered more from us than any other person(disclaimer: this is not a prerequisite to be chosen collector of the month). It isn’t uncommon for her to order all 4 colors of a vinyl release or multiple copies of some really rare title and it isn’t unusual for her to place more than one order in a week. I sent her over some questions and asked her to also send us a photo. Click the link to read more about Loren. Thanks Loren for your support of Vinyl Collective and for taking the time to do this interview. And nice photo (if you can tell, she is holding the Fear Before and Limbeck records we put out!)

If you have any ideas on questions we should ask to make this feature even cooler, add it in the comments.

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Portugal the Man “Waiter: You Vultures” LP (clear w/ gold splatter)

Just got in a box of the Portugal the Man vinyl which was just enough to give to the band last night while they are in town with Poison the Well and Fear Before the March of Flames. We wil be getting in the rest of the copies in on Tuesday and will send out all of the pre-orders then. For your reference, the photo makes it look as though the vinyl is white. It is actually clear with Gold specks. Here is a better photo.

If you have not ordered your copies, do so soon; there are only 500 copies that will ever be made of this pressing and we are already half way through them. The vinyl looks so rad, the packaging is great, and this album is out of this world.

Just got in a ton of restocks including records by the Queers, Radiohead, Nirvana, Decemberists, Poison the Well, Ignite, Converge, Terror, Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, and much more.

JOANNA NEWSOM & THE YS STREET BAND 12″

FUCKING CHAMPS “VI” LP

GRINDERMAN “S/T” LP

For those of you not familiar with my State of the Union posts, from time to time, I write about the many things circling in my head which often involve my small indie label, Suburban Home, my vinyl-only online store/vinyl imprint(Vinyl Collective), my blog site IndieHQ, and life in general. These posts are often very, very long so I don’t blame you if you skip them all together. For those of you who decide to read, there is usually quite a bit of insider information as it pertains to my small endeavors. For whatever that’s worth. Click the link if you feel like reading:

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HOT CROSS “RISK REVIVAL” LP

Hot Cross’ debut on Equal Vision/Hope Division is now available on vinyl. Gatefold cover.

HOT WATER MUSIC “Fuel For the Hate Game” LP

In celebration of nearly 10 years since this album’s release, there is a very nice repress of the album on seafoam green vinyl. Make sure you grab a copy before they are gone, gone, gone!

I figured I would give this a shot. Would anyone be interested in designing a Vinyl Collective T-shirt? If there are multiple submissions, we could put it up for a vote. The winning t-shirt design will get $100.00 in credit at Vinyl Collective.

You are free to submit anything, but the idea I had would include our little slogan, “Yes, They Still Make Vinyl.” I was almost thinking of one person holding a record and telling it to another person or animal.

But feel free to do anything you wish. The shirt can be multiple colors and can have front and back designs. Good luck.

“If I were Drunk” 4/9/07 5:56 pm 815 area code – Our good buddy Scott Heisel of Alternative Press called to talk about how radical the Fear B4 vinyl looked. He mentions that he is in fact sober(he called our Drunk Dial Hotline), but that he loved the way the record looked and loves the inscription on the record. Good stuff.

One note, the pressing plant actually messed up and the 2nd record was supposed to have the following inscriptions:

Side A - 4 8 15 16 23 42
Side B - Listen to Radiohead

It sucks that they messed that up, but we still love the inscriptions they used.

Thanks Scott for making Drunk Dial history as the only sober drunk dial we have ever posted!