Leeway Posted May 26, 2004 Report Posted May 26, 2004 It's kinda simple really: If it was recorded before, let's say, 1975, it should be listened to on vinyl. There are very few (and really I can't think of any offhand) rock albums from that era that do not sound better on vinyl than CD. Quote
rockefeller center Posted May 26, 2004 Report Posted May 26, 2004 Do yourself a favor and get rid of your turntables. Quote
wolff Posted May 27, 2004 Report Posted May 27, 2004 (edited) Do yourself a favor and get rid of your turntables. Yeh, right. It will be cold day in hell. Saving my pennies for: Edited May 27, 2004 by wolff Quote
BruceH Posted May 27, 2004 Report Posted May 27, 2004 Used to catch them all down Kenmore Square at The Rat. Some great memories in that place...you ever go? Actually, yes, I went there quite few times. I hear that it's GONE now! Quote
tjobbe Posted May 27, 2004 Report Posted May 27, 2004 (edited) some 70's rock stuff that will never make it on CD: - Ray Manzareks Nite City LP's - Some UK Band called Charlie who's CD re-releases were so bad... - some german stuff from a band called Lake (where only some compilation has been re-issued on CD) - All my Pat Metheny ECM's Cheers, Tjobbe Edited May 27, 2004 by tjobbe Quote
Clunky Posted May 27, 2004 Report Posted May 27, 2004 all my Elvis Costello, Rollingstones and other LPs sound significantly better than their CD counterparts. Why did I give up on LPs so easily !!!!! ( poor pressings and cheap TT) Not sure how much I'd have to spend to bring the sound of my CD up to my relatively humble Rega P3. Probably £1500 plus Quote
AmirBagachelles Posted May 27, 2004 Report Posted May 27, 2004 (edited) True-life Spinal Tap-type moment, mid 80s: Late at the Rat, watching Eric Martin of Neats; during the excruciatingly loud finale, w/ Buck and Mills sitting in for a song or two (REM had played the Orpheum earlier that eve), giddy Martin bent over and stuck his stringy haired head through the legs of a fellow Neat. He lifted his mate so high, this guy smashed his head into the low ceiling, though Martin had no idea. Fans aghast and then hysterical. A great image in my mind from the lovely Rat. Edited May 27, 2004 by AmirBagachelles Quote
Eric Posted May 27, 2004 Report Posted May 27, 2004 probably nostalgia, but London Calling by the Clash. yes, the vinyl is crappy, but somehow that adds to the drive of the music go figure Quote
GregK Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 Everything Neil Young has done since about '95 (when he returned to analog recording) has sounded better on vinyl (particularly Broken Arrow and Greendale!) Quote
Parkertown Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 Everything Neil Young has done since about '95 (when he returned to analog recording) has sounded better on vinyl (particularly Broken Arrow and Greendale!) Some sealed copies of Mirrorball "appeared" at my local mom n pop record store. On the back cover, it had the "HDCD" logo... Quote
Parkertown Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 And it was a single lp, not a double. Quote
GregK Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 And it was a single lp, not a double. my copy of Mirror Ball is a double. I think the HDCD logo is just carried over from the CD artwork. Quote
Parkertown Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 Really? Well, I'm pretty sure this was a single disc. I may go back to check. How's yer 2-Lp set sound? Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 (edited) These five: Edited June 14, 2006 by Son-of-a-Weizen Quote
Werf Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 (edited) It was rock music that got me back into the turntable, after over 16 years of buying CDs. Specifically, Robert Pollard and Guided by Voices had been releasing vinyl only stuff, demos, official "boots," and side-projects. I enjoyed listening to that stuff so much, I started buying the other rock artists I enjoy on vinyl too. Unlike most jazz labels, the independent rock labels are big on vinyl. Matador, Merge, Jagjaguwar, Secretly Canadian, Barsuk, and Luna are just a few of the indie rock labels putting out vinyl. This year Matador has been using the RTI pressing plant, and their releases are absolutely gorgeous. Cat Power "The Greatest," Belle and Sebastian "The Life Pursuit," Mission of Burma "The Obliterati" are the ones I have, and the packaging, the thickness of the vinyl, and the sound are wonderful. I'm really looking foward to the new Yo La Tengo "I'm Not Afraid of You, and I Can Beat Your Ass" in Sept. It should be the finest vinyl release ever for them, quality wise. Every week I check out the new releases at the local independent, and there's always a stack of brand new vinyl. I'm getting "Rather Ripped" by Sonic Youth on my next trip. And as I type, Luna Music in Indiana is shipping the latest Pollard projects on vinyl, The Keene Brothers "Blues and Boogie Shoes," The Takeovers "Turn to Red," and Psycho and the Birds "All That Is Holy." I'm geeked! Edited June 14, 2006 by Werf Quote
GregK Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 Really? Well, I'm pretty sure this was a single disc. I may go back to check. How's yer 2-Lp set sound? It sounds good to me, but then my system isn't special and my turntable is a very cheap, non-adjustable Denon. It sounded better on my old Hitachi from the 70s! I'd like to hear Year of the Horse and Silver and Gold on vinyl, if I could ever find them Quote
Neal Pomea Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 My country rock lps by New Riders of the Purple Sage, Grateful Dead, Great Speckled Bird, Byrds, Ian Matthews.... Canned Heat; Fleetwood Mac when it was Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan; John Mayall Back to the Roots Savoy Brown, Hellbound Train Rockpile, Seconds of Pleasure Neil Young, Harvest and On the Beach Band, Big Pink and brown album Got just about all of Fahey if that counts Quote
Neal Pomea Posted June 15, 2006 Report Posted June 15, 2006 Do yourself a favor and get rid of your turntables. NO! Proud flip flopper here! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 White album and the first two Joy of Cooking lps. Glad I can play 'em, don't want to spend money on reissues. Quote
slide_advantage_redoux Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Quote
paul secor Posted June 24, 2006 Report Posted June 24, 2006 Michael Hurley & Pals: Armchair Boogie Quote
patricia Posted June 24, 2006 Report Posted June 24, 2006 Do yourself a favor and get rid of your turntables. WHY? All of us have CD players, probably audio-tape players, sound-systems for our computers with downloaded music AND I-Pods. And yet, there are still collections of fine music, even rare music available only on vinyl. YOU do yourself a favour and get a nice turntable. Quote
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