Vinyl

^ That track is really weird I don't know much from him, his discography is overwhelming

I received yesterday a LP copy of 10.000 Anos Depois from José Cid that I talked the other day. This is not the very expensive original LP, but a really affordable limited Peruvian release from last year. The quality is WAY better than my CD copy and it could be even better with a better pressing. I'm still really happy with it though, also because it comes with the EP I talked about on side B, contrarily to the original

^ I don't know that Zappa album, I only heard the ones that are on the top RIO/Avant-Prog albums and they are quite good

The vinyl is new so, it's in great condition I didn't show the whole gatefold cover or the poster with art related to the concept, that makes it even cooler The music has Symphonic and Space Rock influences with lots of Mellotron and Moog You can listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kttg1rXKYo

Catcher10 wrote: psychedelic-space rock......Interesting, never know I might run into a copy somewhere. What label is your copy issued on?

The original LP is very rare, probably only 200 copies were pressed when it was released. The Peruvian edition was limited to 300 copies and it's not an official release, but an official release will probably never happen anytime soon. I bought mine from Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/master/view/199594 I knew about this edition from a Portuguese vinyl community on Facebook and they are raving about this, it wouldn't surprise me if all copies vanish

The Bearded Bard wrote: Meltdowner wrote:  Great album, and that big cover looks wonderful! *drools* Bet it sounds wonderful on vinyl too.

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Don't hate the poster, hate the (record) player.

Awesome, Xanadu and Cygnus X-1 must sound so sweet I still haven't ordered 2112, I'll probably get both next month

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

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

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.