Vinyl

A copy of the 1001 Centigrades LP!  I had so many chances back in the day to pick up Magma LPs and just passed them over.  Now they're a rarity to come by.  Oh, the wide open days when CDs were all the rage; vinyl just sat in closets and sold for pennies at flea markets. Those same LPs now are fetching 50 bucks a copy!

^^ The original copies are really expensive but this great reissue wasn't. I'm not obsessed to have originals like some people I know, as long as it sounds good 
I also do that although I don't travel much

Finished a tiresome workweek and here's my reward

Thanks! Yeah, I didn't have anything from them, but I was looking for their albums I also finally found a copy of Misplaced Childhood in great condition and gave it a listen (after cleaning them all) for the first time since I started liking Neo Prog and it's incredible, don't you think the drums sound really great on that one? I also listened to Ricochet (the TD albums are always the ones I'm most excited to have), it sounded so good that I fell asleep on side 2 The one on the right is also Oldfield, it's a live album: it has a fantastic live version of Tubular Bells on the first disc (probably even better than the studio version) and a compressed performance of Incantations on the second.

I didn't know he played with Kevin Ayers, I never listened to his solo albums. Pierre Moerlen played on those two Oldfield albums. I like his music very much, although I don't listen to Incantations often because I hate the second of the four sides... I think I'll skip it the next time I play the album.
That Roxy live album in awesome, I especially like Wetton's bass work, he really improved the songs
That's why I fell asleep too It never happened to me while listening to Metal

I am very excited for this news from Pro-ject. If you guys have ever looked into vacuum record cleaners they are NOT cheap! I have always wanted a VPI 16.5 RCM but my gosh at $650 I just can't do it. If I had 1,000 or more albums probably could justify.

I love the sound of Mosley's china - well, he probably uses 2 or 3, but one in particular he hits is a real cracker. Really sharp and bright. His drumming is always a joy to focus on - all the Wolf albums (Darryl Way's band after he left Curved Air) and I believe Ian was in Trace, but I only have their debut with Pierre Van Der Linden.
A very young Mike Oldfield played with Kevin Ayers on Shooting At The Moon and Whatevershebringswesing (between Kevin and Mike they share lead guitar and bass duties) - Mike's work is very detailed even here. Kevin is no slouch on bass, but he never really got into the technical side of playing the way Mike does.
I have a VHS tape of an Oldfield performance with Moerlen on drums, and I think Maggie Reilly on vocals - haven't watched it for, probably 20 years..........(my small but precious VHS collection is still well cared for and stored, any random tape I have chosen to watch has been fine).

Edited by Tom Ozric - May 30 2015 at 19:19

Meltdowner wrote: Catcher10 wrote:   That's me if I ever get a copy of Mort Garson's Plantasia or Ascenção e Queda from Petrus Castrus... Youtube is a good friend though

It was reissued for the first time two months ago, it was ripped from vinyl (there were two pops that didn't come from my record ), but it has really good quality... much better than on Youtube, that's for sure

^ The original is very rare, although not as rare as the other one I mentioned
It's far from being a masterpiece, but it's the most joyful Electronic album I know and has some catchy tunes that get stuck in my head for days The album has some sentimental value to me, more than the quality of the music

^ Very cool!! Thanks for sharing......later this year wife and I are taking Med cruise to several ports and I hope to carve out some time to vinyl shop. Will spend 3-4 days in Barcelona with friends too.

^ I will remember that and let you know as we get closer to actual trip......