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Vinyl Moon Volume 097: The Pond Beyond

Listening notes

Vinyl Moon Volume 097: The Pond Beyond is a 2023 various-artists compilation released by Vinyl Moon on vinyl format. It carries the catalog designation Volume 097, placing it within the label's ongoing numbered series. The release is categorized under pop and rock.

The record spreads eleven tracks across two sides. Side A opens with "Sen-ti-men-tal Dinner" and continues through "Lies," "Love In New Madrid," "I Only Think About You," and "PPP." Side B carries six tracks: "Useless," "Back for More," "Fortune," "I Dont Need U," "Baton Rouge," and "Pacing Like A Lion," giving the second side a slightly longer sequence than the first.

Vinyl Moon operates as a subscription-based label built around curated compilations, and the volume numbering of this release reflects its place within that ongoing output. The title, The Pond Beyond, functions as a thematic designation for this particular volume, consistent with how the label distinguishes individual installments in the series.

Beyond the tracklist, format, genre classification, and year of release, the available documentation for this entry is limited. Track durations are not listed, and personnel, pressing details, and artist attributions for individual tracks are not confirmed in the current record. A fact checker reviewing this draft should verify contributor credits for each track, confirm whether any additional documentation accompanies the physical release, and determine whether standard Vinyl Moon subscription packaging is associated with this volume. Any characterization of the music, its reception, or its place within the broader series would require sourcing not present here and has been withheld from this draft accordingly.