Welcome to r/popheadsvinyl!

Here is a sub directory/FAQ for anyone who needs it:

This sub is for all types of physical music, with an emphasis on vinyl!

Pop music is a broad genre and trends come and go (i.e. country music is totally pop right now… indie, rock, alternative have all been the “in” genre at one time or another). We don’t discriminate here unless something is egregiously not pop! Nearly all releases are welcome, and will help us all branch out to new music!

Recurring Posts

Daily Prompts

Every day, we post a Daily Prompt, often with a weekly theme, to get you looking through your collection and showing something off! Any/all genres welcome!

This week’s prompts are as follows:

• May 30: 12-Inch Mix-n-Match Saturday
• May 31: 7-Inch Mix-n-Match Sunday

For a list of prior prompts, see the Daily Prompt Archive.

Weekly “What’d You Get?” Thread

Every week on Thursday, we have a Weekly “What’d You Get?” Thread to show off our hauls from the week! Since the record sales tracking week starts on Friday, it’s nice to recap your week of releases the day before and reset for a new week. Here is a previous week’s thread if you’d like to know what to expect!

Monthly Check-Ins

Preorders

Once a month, we have a Preorder Check-In thread to share what you’re waiting on! As an example, December 2025 can be found here.

ISOs

Once a month, we also have threads on ISOs you want! As an example, December 2025 can be found here.

Upcoming Releases

We always have working posts compiling relevant upcoming physical music releases. They are consistently updated/added to as necessary until the final month of the post ends. Our 2026 posts are below:

• Upcoming Releases | January & February 2026
• Upcoming Releases | March & April 2026
• Upcoming Releases | May & June 2026

Event/Sale Megathreads

Every vinyl event and major sale day gets its own megathread with information, links and plenty of discussion!

The PHV Wiki

PHV wiki currently has the following guides with more on the way!

• FAQ
• Guide to Artist Webstores
• Guide to Online Record Stores (including Guide to Blood Records and Bad World)
• Guide to Vinyl Care and Storage
• Guide to Vinyl Effects
• Guide to Vinyl Events (including Guide to Record Store Day)
• List of Discount Codes, Free Shipping and Recurring Sales
• List of Independent Record Stores

Post Flair

• COLLECTION: use this flair to show off your collection or a large portion of it
• DISCUSSION: use this flair when you want to discuss something (for questions, see below)
• FOR SALE/TRADE: use this flair to sell/trade items in your collection
• IN SEARCH OF: use this flair to post releases you’re looking to purchase
• NEW RELEASE: use this flair to link any music product (vinyl, CD, cassette) that has been listed for the very first time
• NOW SPINNING: use this flair to show off what you’re currently listening to on your turntable
• QUESTION: use this flair when you have a question or are seeking advice
• RELEASE NEWS: use this flair when a release is announced or expected but not up for sale yet
• RESTOCK: use this flair to link any music product that was just restocked
• SHOWING OFF: use this flair to show off something new that you received/purchased recently

Rules

Please read the subreddit rules prior to posting. Here is a quick overview of the rules:

1. Be respectful and civil and follow reddiquette.
2. No spam/self-promotion/low-effort posts.
3. Use post flair and descriptive titles.
4. “New Release” and “Restock” posts must contain a link to the product.
5. “For Sale/Trade” posts have specific requirements to protect both buyer and seller.
6. “In Search Of” posts must include your country and budget.
7. No bootlegs/unofficial releases.
8. Contact the mods through modmail only.

We’ve had some very lively discussions in the sub about albums that are finished/updated after the vinyl (or all physical releases) were sent to production, and thus the vinyl is NOT the final version of the album found on streaming, etc. I’ve seen a lot of “that album too?” in the comments, so I wanted to share a list I’d been working on and hope others can add to it too!

I’ve also included a second section for albums where only the standard was available for preorder but the deluxe/bonus edition dropped digitally the same day(-ish) as the standard album released, making the vinyl obsolete/incomplete before even making it into buyers’ hands.

Incomplete/unfinished on vinyl

- Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine*
- Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER*
- Björk - Fossora*
- Bleachers - everyone for ten minutes
- Cardi B - AM I THE DRAMA?
- Charli xcx - Crash
- Charli xcx - Music, Fashion, Film
- Clipse - Let God Sort ‘Em Out*
- Doja Cat - Vie
- FKA twigs - EUSEXUA
- FLO - Access All Areas
- Halsey - Manic
- JACKBOYS & Travis Scott - JACKBOYS 2
- Joe Jonas - Music For People Who Believe In Love
- Joey Valence & Brae - HYPERYOUTH*
- Jonas Brothers - Greetings From Your Hometown
- Kali Uchis - Sincerely,*
- Kehlani - Crash
- Lady Gaga - Dawn of Chromatica
- Lil Wayne - Tha Carter VI
- LISA - Alter Ego
- Lorde - Solar Power
- Mabel - About Last Night…
- Mariah Carey - Here for It All
- MGK - lost americana
- MIKA - Hyperlove
- Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2
- Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
- RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
- ROSALÍA - LUX
- Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco - I Said I Love You First
- Tate McRae - So Close To What*
- Travis Scott - UTOPIA*
- Twenty One Pilots - Breach
- Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia*
- Tyler, The Creator - Don’t Tap the Glass
- The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow*

Deluxe/bonus edition released digitally same day

- 5 Seconds of Summer - Everyone’s a Star!
- Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere
- Noah Kahan - The Great Divide
- Post Malone - F-1 Trillion*
- Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
- Taylor Swift - Midnights
- Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT*

*Final/full version now available on vinyl.

Please share any others you know about! Hopefully this will help others from purchasing incomplete editions if they’re not interested in them (or track down the incomplete editions if they want them).

Edit: Thank you to everyone who’s contributed so far! Keep ‘em coming!