Vinyl

Kansas reissues like the Rush reissues would be really nice!! I can only imagine the cost of a new press is the barrier..

I had read an earlier article about the purchase of these 13 presses, but did not know who bought them. QRP will have them up and running before long and pressing more vinyl for us, amazing that QRP is running 24/7. Everything I have pressed at QRP is very good quality.

^I highly recommend that Arena album, It's actually my favorite of theirs.

^ There's probably no need to have both then, at least for now. Thanks 

Catcher10 wrote: Ha! I just spun that KC this weekend, these Fripp approved remasters are just fantastic.

If Fripp approve, we have to approve them as well

Catcher10 wrote: You make a good point about volume per side on vinyl these days.  Sure that portions of a vinyl may need to have narrower grooves due to low bass sounds or even high frequency sounds like cymbal crashes and such, but this only happens briefly and the groove can then return to a wider pattern. I don't have any vinyl where I hear that the low end has suffered because of this when I have compared the same to a CD which has no limitations apparently, actually I tend to find the CD to be thinner sounding, if that makes any sense. I think my longest 1 side vinyl is either Tubular Bells or Thick As A Brick, neither I feel suffers from any lack of low end. So I am fine when these new albums only have 15-20 minutes per side, seems to me that is more than enough room to fit what we need to hear on vinyl. And lets not forget Suppers Ready, which is brilliant sounding on vinyl........ I know there are many classical albums with 30+ min per side and even Klaus Schulze had some 31+ sides.....Everything I have read people claim they sound excellent with no inner groove distortion, which can be a problem on these long sides.  Who pressed the Arena album?

I think it has better quality than the Floyd album, but I guess there are a lot of variables to consider on vinyl quality. The first track starts with vocals only with barely no noise, it sounded like he was singing right in front of me. Then the whole band enters like an explosion, a really big sound without any  distortion. I was hooked right from the start

I'll let you know when I get some Schulze albums on vinyl

The LP says it was mastered by Optimum Mastering. They talk about vinyl pressing on their website, so it was probably pressed by them

Kati wrote: Catcher10 wrote: Dean wrote: ^ You are still misunderstanding Sonia's observation.    A 2nd party explanation is the issue, let her explain it then. Cause her only comment is that she feels that if digital is the base recording then the argument of what is better is futile in recent recordings.   If that is her belief then so be it....I have ZERO issue with that feeling. Seems everyone was so gung-ho to explaining what she was saying.....   "Yes I understand that, but if the initial studio recording is digital, in this case specific case  in terms of recent releases makes the argument of being best quite futile".   You might be right that I don't understand what she is saying, told by others... You are being very snotty and it's is very silly, don't you see this, Catcher10? P.S. If you want to miss quote me please post everything, this is not nice what you are trying to imply of me.

Tom Ozric wrote: This could well be their strongest effort. I have several Omega records, I love this one, as well as Hall Of Floaters In The Sky, and Nem Tudom A Neved (I don't know your name - I am of Hungarian background). They lost me a bit with Gammapolis - some nice things throughout, but more 'arena/mainstream' rock, with some lush atmospheres.

I'll have to listen to some of their other albums  Do you know if there's a difference between the Hungarian and the English version of Time Robber, besides the language? I noticed the Hungarian one was released one year later

Catcher10 wrote: As a kid this album cover kinda freaked me out....With PG wearing that costume, I always wondered what the music was....Now I know it is wonderful!

You didn't know ITCOTCK when you were a kid? I only have Seconds Out, I'll have to get that one someday

My latest two vinyl purchases:


The Arena one is 55 minute album divided between two discs but it doesn't have the large amount of space like The Endless River has. I guess it's because it has a wider groove, it sure sounds great

I already said a lot about the KC remasters... so did José

Ozark Soundscape wrote: What's the stupidest/most inaccurate grading you've seen a store give to their records? I was at half priced books today and I picked up an original Led Zeppelin 3 (among other things) for 15 bucks. I'm listening to it now; it's fairly noisy but plays through. But on the sticker where they put it's condition it says "price reflects condition." Like, what the f**k am I supposed to take from that? Either grade it or don't. I'm not mad or anything, I'm happy with the purchase, just find it confusing.

Usually it's just that - price reflects condition. I used to regularly haunt this chain of 2nd Hand record shops which employed a strict code-of-practice by having a grading system utilising little stickers in the top right corners of the LP cover - a gold star meant 'mint', silver star meant 'near mint', maybe odd visible scuffs etc. Then green dot was a notch below that. Yellow dot worse again. Then orange. Then blue. They also had inter-grading by placing a little 'minus' on the tiny sticker. Very pedantic, but reliable.
Otherwise, some folks at record fairs overgrade their stock - so many times their 'near mint' was a yellow dot quality. Some 'idiots' even over-price scratched records - their excuse being 'it's rare'. I don't care how rare a record is, if it's scratched, it should be minimal price

I can imagine the strange beginning of X-1 and then the bass and drums groovy intro in analog perfection taking my mind elsewhere. I have goose bumps already

I listened to the Omega album yesterday and it was better than I remembered. It has great guitar work, lots of synths, delayed vocals and clear influences from Eloy (even the accented vocals are an acquired taste ), Nektar and Pink Floyd. My problem with it is one of the tracks from side B, that sounds like some kind of Space Punk, forgetable and completely out of context, and also that the first track is the best one The last track is pretty good too though