Vinyl

I have a ton of cassette tapes of classical albums, my father was a big classical music lover..Chopin, Strauss. I have been considering adding a cassette deck but cannot find one I like. Plus I have a ton of tapes of my music, so for very nostalgic reasons would be nice to play them.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-music-comeback-of-2014-vinyl-records-1418323133?mod=e2fb

Catcher10 wrote:  http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-music-comeback-of-2014-vinyl-records-1418323133?mod=e2fb More of what we already know, but some other good read in this WSJ article on our beloved 12" round analog music format.

It boils down to the actual 'ritual' of plonking on a large black disc, hearing the AMAZING sounds, flipping it over etc. getting more 'involved' with the whole procedure. Most satisfying. Oh, and 12x12 is better than 4x4........with the visual aesthetics.......

Edited by Tom Ozric - December 11 2014 at 23:30

Catcher10 wrote: I have a ton of cassette tapes of classical albums, my father was a big classical music lover..Chopin, Strauss. I have been considering adding a cassette deck but cannot find one I like. Plus I have a ton of tapes of my music, so for very nostalgic reasons would be nice to play them. Maybe next year I will get a deck......

For me it's the other way around, I think I have 4 cassette decks and not a single cassette worth playing

Meltdowner wrote:  I find annoying those CD's with really small letters that I can barely read. Never heard of those. I'll check them out

Catcher10 wrote: Meltdowner wrote: Received my first paycheck ever. Bought myself something pretty Nice finds.....those are excellent, have not seen some of those in my stores. Let us know about the sound quality

Only that Triumvirat album left to listen. About the others:
- Jean Michel Jarre, Concerts in China - I already knew some tracks from a compilation on CD that my father has but I only got into some of those now: the electronic drums sound really powerful and all those effects and synth tracks are easy to distinct on vinyl. This one needs to be approached carefully though, because some arrangements sound really cheesy; good thing they didn't play any song from Oxygène. Brought some good childhood memories and for me that's something
- Yes, Time and a Word - I noticed earlier that Squire's bass work was impressive and catchy and on vinyl he's the main character. Like many albums from its time, there are those stereo effects that sound like they were trying to impress listeners to the power of stereo: I compare it to what movie producers recently did with 3D . I also like Kaye's simplistic but effective keyboard work and Banks' jazzy guitar tone. The orchestral arrangements contribute to their popier sound and it's a very enjoyable and unique album but good thing that Howe and Wakeman joined Yes after
- Camel, Nude - Like Supertramp, I think Camel is also made to be listened on analogic. I finally understood the concept thanks to those big liner notes and it's a really sad story. This one sounds like The Snow Goose's younger brother with soft 80's sound and Gilmourish guitar.

Anyway, my trip to Lisbon was nice and bought some really cool LP's and saw many others (this is starting to be a good touristic tradition). With my enthusiasm I forgot to ask about the sleeves I'll share those one by one after listening, it seems more fun this way

Meltdowner wrote: Very creepy covers, like some of the best prog albums ;)

Argonaught wrote: Meltdowner wrote: Very creepy covers, like some of the best prog albums ;)  And here what progressive music was like before there was "prog", more precisely, 101 years ago. Perhaps, I should re-post it in the thread, discussing whether Miles Davis is prog ..

Great read, I can feel the enthusiasm of the person who wrote that. I'll have to listen to it, although I won't understand the concept like you do

^ Almost all classical music carries structure that exceeds anything within the progressive rock umbrella. It does take a deeper understanding of music to appreciate it..