Vinyl - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I'm looking at getting 2 more......Day for Night and Beware of Darkness. Both released in January.

^ Also the first 3 Transatlantic albums are coming out on vinyl too. Whirlwind came out on vinyl originally but did not last long, I think it came out on orange vinyl and was a 3-LP set, the new one is a 2-LP set with another coaster added in.

Edited by Catcher10 - February 09 2016 at 14:32

^^ They know a thing or two about loooong albums Tongue

I should give them another try someday.

This album is fantastic! Big smile

A really cool reissue too. I'll have to get their second album now. Thumbs Up

^ This: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1137
Contrarily to Snow, these classic RPI albums are really short Tongue

Arrived yesterday.......

Feedback is a great tribute to some really great songs, Rush do these songs with class and a lot of respect. It's a very fun listen, Side II is excellent. SQ is very good, Side II sounds better than I. Although a little Feedback is a good thing!

Snakes & Arrows is one of my favorite Rush albums, powerful and dark themes...I love in the liner notes how the band give credit to Lerxst Lifeson for writing/performing Hope "all by his self.." LOL

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SQ of this album you can tell came from a digital master, when you compare the sound of their older albums like Hemisphere's or AFTK which were analog tape, the depth and separation of instruments on the analog recorded albums is better to me. S&A has some compression as the volume levels on instruments are the same in places, they could have done a better job...but it's digital, what can you expect.

Insurgentes is one of my fav SW albums, dark, broody and electronic. Some songs have that "shoegaze" feel to them also raw in some places. SQ is brilliant! Mixed by SW so you know what to expect, all his albums are mastered for vinyl and this one is no exception....amazing sound!

All of these are excellent pressings, especially the Rush albums, 200g pressings by QRP, zero surface noise.

^ Only got it now......Every time I go to buy, it was out of stock. When originally came out was not something I thought I wanted on vinyl, now that I have all the others I figured this one had to sound better than the CD to me, and it does.....very fluid recording.

Snakes & Arrows is a harder rock/prog rock album, very much what Rush is. Feedback is a recording of cover songs they did to pay homage to the bands that influenced them in the late 60's, they are all classic rock songs....Thank GOD the Beatles Dead

are not their influence LOL

. Songs on this album are by The Who, Cream, The Yardbirds and Buffalo Springfield.

Edited by Catcher10 - February 10 2016 at 17:45

^ Holy crap

They both look OUT-FRIGGIN-STANDING !!
I wonder if Greg will get in any copies ??

^ That sounds too good. I did just e-mail Greg, enquiringly about them. We'll see. It's just easier to go through Syn Phonic coz I usually get around 15 LP's in a batch. I have a reserve pile at the moment, just waiting for him to get in fresh copies of Transatlantic Kaleidoscope as he sold out earlier. In the meantime, I've been getting some Meshuggah LP's through e-bay. Itching to finalise my order with Greg though.

Meltdowner wrote:

Fantastic! Clap

I went to the local store yesterday, hoping to find the new SWilson album or a Spock's Beard LP (since I found The Light there) and no luck. I bought some thinner outter sleeves thought and since it was much cheaper, I finally sleeved all my LP's. These are also good for my Iron Maiden box set albums Thumbs Up

I think 4-1/2 sold out via the pre-order, probably waiting for a repress...try Amazon. I get my outer sleeves from SleeveCity. They make different grades and some sizes for like 12mm thick box sets.

Cheaper to buy in the 50 pack sets you are right!

Got in the mail a couple of metal albums. I'm finding that not only do they tend to go nuts on the packaging for new releases, but they often accumulate in value pretty fast.

The Obscura was a no-brainer since I'm quite a fan, but I wasn't initially planning on getting the Sirenia one until I discovered that their previous vinyl (which I own) recently quintupled in value from the 23 bucks I payed for it. That one came with a poster too. Love that cover but I do think the poster would've worked better in landscape format.

I almost wish I bought two, one to keep and one to sell, but I don't know; I'd feel like a scalper in a way. Maybe if my tastes change someday...

The Obscura is three sides as well, with a neat etch design for side D. I wish more new releases did that, especially those about an hour long.

Edited by Prog Sothoth - February 15 2016 at 21:13