Vinyl

`Rush 'Moving Pictures' sounds great...no surprises, same with the Trees album.

`Having the CD of the Nick Cave one, I was hoping the vinyl packaging would be just as gorgeous as the CD box, and I was not disappointed. A work of art.

`Been dying for The Tea Party to release their best album on vinyl at a decent price. Awesome grab. The CD came out in the mid 90's when a lot of bands were throwing in these "hidden" tracks after long periods of silence. And they kept that deal with the vinyl, as side 4 is the one final song followed by a really long period of silence until that odd spoken word Roy Harper deal finishes off things. Thus "Walk With Me" is listed as 14:17 minutes long. Probably won't be playing that side much.

`The Perfume came in three vinyl options, red, clear and yellow...and since I already had clear and red albums in my collection, I went with the more unusual yellow. Quite nice, see through and with a hint of lime to it. Love having some J-techno with powerhouse production values on vinyl.

`The Nile album has fantastic artsy packaging complete with lots of info on what each song is about besides just the lyrics. Great for collectors, but it came with an unexpected surprise concerning the vinyl itself:

Is it me or is a pinkish hue not the typical color to represent brutal technical death metal with an Egyption angle with otherwise black and green packaging?

I had something like this happen before:

The packaging for this Edenbridge album is orange galore so it was a bit weird to find out the vinyl itself was of a 'vomit green' shade. Has anyone else had this situation where the vinyl color doesn't match up with the aesthetics of the packaging and music?

Sorry if this post is a bit big

I guess one good thing about the Edges of Twilight release (besides being...yes, fantastic!) is that by regulating the last song in its extended form to side 4, the other three sides pretty much work out as being of legitimate lengths. I don't really dig having to flip a side after 10-12 minutes, which can happen with these 2xLPs in which the albums were made with typical CD lengths in mind.

 

 

Welcome Ben!! Looking forward to your pics, always good to see another vinyl lover share their collection.

As you know in this thread.....

I take pics with my cell phone, upload to my laptop then edit them to make them smaller. Then I store them on Photobucket. From there you can post them to any website.