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Posted: August 06 2020 at 15:26 |
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Haven't bought any new vinyl in almost 25 years, but I did buy some used vinyl that people dumped back then since some of it is collectable...mostly prog and obscure things.
Only buy cd's these days but I still pull out some vinyl and play it now and then for those I don't have on cd.
We have had numerous discussions here about sound quality so I'm not going there since it's completely subjective.
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Well ....in the very early days when cd's came out lots of people sold their used vinyl to various record stores and one could get some nice things cheap but the vinyl hounds soon snapped up all the good stuff. Now it's very very hard to find any obscure prog things at any record store ( at a decent price anyway...) assuming you can even find a decent record store.
| GUILTY !!I had a collection of about 1200 LP's when I moved to CD's like most. If I bought the CD and the packaging was complete like the LP I tended to sell the LP. I stopped that practice when I was down to about 975 LP's. I've since rebought used copies of about 150 of them. But some of the ones I lost (ok, sold) I doubt I'll ever replace. I've just gotten so used to the 'clean surface' sound of digital that even LP's with super minor surface noise tends to annoy me. But when you get a pristine LP, it's a thing of beauty.
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Life is not a 'clean surface' or void of noises ![Big smile Big smile](smileys/smiley4.gif) . Honestly only my old original LPs have some surface noise, I was meticulous at cleaning my records and keeping them well stored. But most play with virtually no noise, understand that this is also a huge function of the cartridge in use. It's like tires on a car, the more you spend the better the ride is.
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Posted: August 10 2020 at 16:48 |
I'd say a good 90% of my collection falls into that category. But I have LP's that I bought new that had more noise than I'd care to have. At least two of my Alan Parsons project LP's are rough pressings. I second your cart comment.
On a side note, there doesn't seem to be a thread for magazines, but I was digging through some bins in the basement today and came across these, as well as few others from back in my teen years.
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Posted: August 11 2020 at 11:17 |
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I'd say a good 90% of my collection falls into that category. But I have LP's that I bought new that had more noise than I'd care to have. At least two of my Alan Parsons project LP's are rough pressings. I second your cart comment.
On a side note, there doesn't seem to be a thread for magazines, but I was digging through some bins in the basement today and came across these, as well as few others from back in my teen years.
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Ohh man!! See now I'm pissed, I had gobs of music mags from the 70's......all of them gone when my parents moved us back to the mother country for a few years, I lost so much stuff.
I do see mags at the large record stores, but they are spendy.
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I just saw Cherry Five's original pressing mentioned on the most expensive records of June. I had no idea it was such a collector's item ![Shocked Shocked](smileys/smiley3.gif)
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Life is not a 'clean surface' or void of noises ![Big smile Big smile](smileys/smiley4.gif) . Honestly only my old original LPs have some surface noise, I was meticulous at cleaning my records and keeping them well stored. But most play with virtually no noise, understand that this is also a huge function of the cartridge in use. It's like tires on a car, the more you spend the better the ride is.
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I go through phases, sometimes I get tired of the noises and just listen to CD's, other times I find the CD's too clean and miss the noises. I'm mostly on a CD phase right now although it's also because I've been listening to more modern Psych Rock and Electronic lately and my vinyl collection is pretty much classic Prog.
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I also find that sometimes it's nice to have 45 - 75 mins of uninterrupted music. Getting up off the sectional every 15 -22 mins can get a little laborious...especially after some bud.
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Posted: August 12 2020 at 13:59 |
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I also find that sometimes it's nice to have 45 - 75 mins of uninterrupted music. Getting up off the sectional every 15 -22 mins can get a little laborious...especially after some bud. ![Thumbs Up Thumbs Up](smileys/smiley20.gif)
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Posted: August 12 2020 at 20:03 |
Today apparently was National Vinyl Record Day, so these are the records I played today. I have photographic proof but don’t have a photo server I currently use to link them to, so just take my word for it:
All vinyl day #VinylRecordDay
Hugh Hopper | 1984 Rabbitt | Boys Will Be Boys Renaissance | A Song for all Seasons Tomita | Pictures at an Exhibition Blind Faith | s/t Grateful Dead | Wake of the Flood Utopia | Deface the Music Yo La Tengo | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner | Make it Be Joe Jackson | Night & Day Drab Majesty | Careless Fred Frith | Speechless D.R.I. | Crossover
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Posted: August 12 2020 at 20:10 |
Weird how vinyl has made a comeback but not cds.
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It was today, I have a shirt to commemorate it but I could not find it......oh well, this is what I spun today.
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^ INXS ??
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Posted: August 13 2020 at 06:28 |
Catcher10 wrote:
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I also find that sometimes it's nice to have 45 - 75 mins of uninterrupted music. Getting up off the sectional every 15 -22 mins can get a little laborious...especially after some bud. ![Thumbs Up Thumbs Up](smileys/smiley20.gif)
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Posted: August 13 2020 at 10:30 |
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^ INXS ?? ![](smileys/smiley3.gif) |
That's right!!! Remember prog suxs.......gotta expand the mind ![LOL LOL](smileys/smiley36.gif)
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Came in the mail today from across the pond, a pre-order. This issue is spotless, pure enjoyment and the cut and mastering is brilliant, these are all 1/2 speed mastered. Matt Colton cut the vinyl and Tony Cousins mastered it for vinyl, everything these two have done on PG albums is amazing. Covid pushed Secret World Live out to November, dammit!!!
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 02:01 |
I love that KICK album! Has killer sonic integrity.
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 02:02 |
Catcher10 wrote:
Came in the mail today from across the pond, a pre-order. This issue is spotless, pure enjoyment and the cut and mastering is brilliant, these are all 1/2 speed mastered. Matt Colton cut the vinyl and Tony Cousins mastered it for vinyl, everything these two have done on PG albums is amazing.Covid pushed Secret World Live out to November, dammit!!!
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^ Yes, tons of ear candy.....Cutting it for vinyl rather than the CD version I have is all the difference. My point is I have given up buying numerous CD versions looking for the one that is not compressed to hell, sure used CDs are cheap, but buying 10 used CDs at $5 is still $50, the vinyl version is much less.
I will go to my grave saying digital should be better, but the mastering is garbage for the most part.....Digital has missed the boat 20yrs ago. Now you have to spend as much if not more on digital gear and 24bit hi-rez/SACD to match analog today. Digital does win the lazy factor ![LOL LOL](smileys/smiley36.gif)
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 14:39 |
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^ Yes, tons of ear candy.....Cutting it for vinyl rather than the CD version I have is all the difference. My point is I have given up buying numerous CD versions looking for the one that is not compressed to hell, sure used CDs are cheap, but buying 10 used CDs at $5 is still $50, the vinyl version is much less.
I will go to my grave saying digital should be better, but the mastering is garbage for the most part.....Digital has missed the boat 20yrs ago. Now you have to spend as much if not more on digital gear and 24bit hi-rez/SACD to match analog today. Digital does win the lazy factor ![LOL LOL](smileys/smiley36.gif) | You are definitely right in most respects with in your comment. I have so much trouble buying new music, however there are still some wonderful gems that are mastered to disc incredibly that come out each year, especially those expensive MOFI discs. What I can say about my original first cd pressing of Peter’s incredible 1984 “plays live” is that it sounds incredible on my very costly Hi-Fi headphone set up. Very low compression with a ton of DNR, however the remaster on disc is no good. I sold it years ago and of course just kept my original. Anyhow, my favourite track is “the Humdrum.” Love the crescendo/ build up of that tune. Also Jose, do you have Secret World on vinyl? Bet that sounds awesome. I’m a huge Peter Walsh fan. One of my favourite producers and mixing engineers.
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^ Yes, tons of ear candy.....Cutting it for vinyl rather than the CD version I have is all the difference. My point is I have given up buying numerous CD versions looking for the one that is not compressed to hell, sure used CDs are cheap, but buying 10 used CDs at $5 is still $50, the vinyl version is much less.
I will go to my grave saying digital should be better, but the mastering is garbage for the most part.....Digital has missed the boat 20yrs ago. Now you have to spend as much if not more on digital gear and 24bit hi-rez/SACD to match analog today. Digital does win the lazy factor ![LOL LOL](smileys/smiley36.gif) |
You are definitely right in most respects with in your comment. I have so much trouble buying new music, however there are still some wonderful gems that are mastered to disc incredibly that come out each year, especially those expensive MOFI discs. What I can say about my original first cd pressing of Peter’s incredible 1984 “plays live” is that it sounds incredible on my very costly Hi-Fi headphone set up. Very low compression with a ton of DNR, however the remaster on disc is no good. I sold it years ago and of course just kept my original.
Anyhow, my favourite track is “the Humdrum.” Love the crescendo/ build up of that tune.
Also Jose, do you have Secret World on vinyl? Bet that sounds awesome. I’m a huge Peter Walsh fan. One of my favourite producers and mixing engineers. ![](smileys/smiley2.gif) |
No, Secret World Live has never been issued on vinyl till now, it was only issued digital and cassette. I have a US 2xCD version which is pretty good. I am certain the vinyl version will be brilliant as all these PG releases are. But as I said Covid has pushed it out to end October release ![Angry Angry](smileys/smiley7.gif)
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Posted: September 07 2020 at 14:23 |
Catcher10 wrote:
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^ Yes, tons of ear candy.....Cutting it for vinyl rather than the CD version I have is all the difference. My point is I have given up buying numerous CD versions looking for the one that is not compressed to hell, sure used CDs are cheap, but buying 10 used CDs at $5 is still $50, the vinyl version is much less.
I will go to my grave saying digital should be better, but the mastering is garbage for the most part.....Digital has missed the boat 20yrs ago. Now you have to spend as much if not more on digital gear and 24bit hi-rez/SACD to match analog today. Digital does win the lazy factor ![LOL LOL](smileys/smiley36.gif) |
You are definitely right in most respects with in your comment. I have so much trouble buying new music, however there are still some wonderful gems that are mastered to disc incredibly that come out each year, especially those expensive MOFI discs. What I can say about my original first cd pressing of Peter’s incredible 1984 “plays live” is that it sounds incredible on my very costly Hi-Fi headphone set up. Very low compression with a ton of DNR, however the remaster on disc is no good. I sold it years ago and of course just kept my original.
Anyhow, my favourite track is “the Humdrum.” Love the crescendo/ build up of that tune.
Also Jose, do you have Secret World on vinyl? Bet that sounds awesome. I’m a huge Peter Walsh fan. One of my favourite producers and mixing engineers. ![](smileys/smiley2.gif) |
No, Secret World Live has never been issued on vinyl till now, it was only issued digital and cassette. I have a US 2xCD version which is pretty good. I am certain the vinyl version will be brilliant as all these PG releases are. But as I said Covid has pushed it out to end October release ![Angry Angry](smileys/smiley7.gif) | Well I’m so glad they’re finally releasing that one as a nice double vinyl. About time! Yeah the 1994 disc pressing from realworld is very decent. Have no intention of getting the remaster. I love “Steam” off Secret World. Levin’s Bass punches a whole through the sky! :)
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