There's so much vinyl!!!!!!!!!!

tremors

Newch91 wrote:

Bought the legendary Band of Gypsy's album today. Such a great album.

groovy baby

Newch91

tremors wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Bought the legendary Band of Gypsy's album today. Such a great album.

groovy baby

Yep. Just adding on to my Hendrix collection.

joely_91

more hendrix in october/november

woodstock being reissued (again!?!)
Blues
BBC Sessions
and a new 8 LP boxset called west coast seattle boy

theres a documentary on him by the same mob that did the beatles anthology to

Newch91

joely_91 wrote:

more hendrix in october/november

woodstock being reissued (again!?!)
Blues
BBC Sessions
and a new 8 LP boxset called west coast seattle boy

theres a documentary on him by the same mob that did the beatles anthology to

joely_91

Newch91 wrote:

joely_91 wrote:

more hendrix in october/november

woodstock being reissued (again!?!)
Blues
BBC Sessions
and a new 8 LP boxset called west coast seattle boy

theres a documentary on him by the same mob that did the beatles anthology to

my exact reaction when I saw the listings on amazon.....there was also a pre-order up for a 7inch christmas single or something but it was taken down, dont know what happened to that but the cd version is still up?

After the busy September/October period for vinyl I'll have to get around to getting Blue Wild Angel off the hendrix website....I just hope they decide to reissue Live at the Fillmore East in the next wave of hendrix stuff.

Newch91

joely_91 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

joely_91 wrote:

more hendrix in october/november

woodstock being reissued (again!?!)
Blues
BBC Sessions
and a new 8 LP boxset called west coast seattle boy

theres a documentary on him by the same mob that did the beatles anthology to

my exact reaction when I saw the listings on amazon.....there was also a pre-order up for a 7inch christmas single or something but it was taken down, dont know what happened to that but the cd version is still up?

After the busy September/October period for vinyl I'll have to get around to getting Blue Wild Angel off the hendrix website....I just hope they decide to reissue Live at the Fillmore East in the next wave of hendrix stuff.

It's times like these I really wish I had a job.

I should also mention there Lennon reissues coming out in October but I don't know if they're going to be on vinyl.

tremors

after all this vintage record playing i am 100% convinced you should only consider re issues if the remain analogue all through the process! a digital remaster reissue is a complete waste of time. the artists seem to be picking up this message too, from us exacting consumers, eg dylan first 8 albums vinyl only from the original analogue mono masters. the bbc issues are usually damn good. if the hendrix go digital tho i would definitely stick to vintage pressings.

today have done some nice 'upgrades' at oxfam, mint early pressings of love over gold and born to run at £2 each, to replace my worn copies.

it's a complete no brainer, classic albums you already know you love. what better use of 6 bucks??

ps, just got an email from what records about vedder ltd 7" better days. no doubt there is a thread about it, but i'm on my mobile here and can't really look!

joely_91

this may seem like a stupid question but is there anyway to tell if a new album has been digitally mastered? Apart from if it has as sticker on the packaging saying it has? I might be experiencing (no pun intended) a placebo effect with the reissues of jimi's first 3 albums but to me they sound really good....first rays isnt to bad but from what i remember i was slightly disappointed with valleys of neptune....but this is one of the reasons why i'm picking up the beatles albums now...because i no the remasters will be digitally done, plus i'm looking to spin them not store them in sleeves for the next 50+ years so i'm not fussed by a torn cover or ring wear....aslong as the vinyl is good i'm happy

tremors

joely_91 wrote:

this may seem like a stupid question but is there anyway to tell if a new album has been digitally mastered? Apart from if it has as sticker on the packaging saying it has? I might be experiencing (no pun intended) a placebo effect with the reissues of jimi's first 3 albums but to me they sound really good....first rays isnt to bad but from what i remember i was slightly disappointed with valleys of neptune....but this is one of the reasons why i'm picking up the beatles albums now...because i no the remasters will be digitally done, plus i'm looking to spin them not store them in sleeves for the next 50+ years so i'm not fussed by a torn cover or ring wear....aslong as the vinyl is good i'm happy

At the end of the day the most important thing is 'do they sound good to YOU, on your system?,' I think. My current turntable really comes into its own with 60s and 70s original material - very warm and resonant (think it's cos it is 'sprung'), whereas other turntables I've owned have been more 'punchy', and less sensitive to such things. I have some recent 180gm reissues which I am more than happy with, and so haven't wished to dig too hard to find out whether they are digital remasters - my hunch is probably not - Moondance & Astral weeks 180gm - sound fabulous, 'What's going on' and some other motown (Stevie Wonder) - also sound fantastic, so I haven't troubled myself with looking too hard at the source / lineage.

However, have had some bad experiences, eg- laying out £15 for the doors' strange days and it sounding absolutely facking awful - a tinny racket, then compared with an original edition -which was rich, warm, 'organic' - an obvious difference. I have done a few trials and to stop myself wasting any more money and so have tended towards second hand original early editions over the remasters that are typically 3 times the price.

I think you can find out fairly easily by looking online, and also the analogue reissues are now tending to state this quite boldly (see Dylan's press release from last week). I think the 'Back to Black' series, and even some of the Rhino ones tend to be digital, and I have read some poor reviews and also had some bad experiences of them too. At the end of the day, if it's coming from a digital source, then it's probably going to sound at its best on CD - why bother with the vinyl? You are going analogue (sound waves from the voice etc), to digital (recording them), turning them into 1s and 0s, then turning them back into analogue signal for the record, before analogue (sound wave) coming out of your speakers - that's a few more stages each with room for degradation.

A CD from a digital source is simply:- digital recording, stays digital until it come out of your speakers - that's the advantage of CD - less lossy stages, less room for degradation. To be honest I'm probably getting out of my depth here with the technics - I studied this for my Masters in 1994, and I was one of the few on the course who was a) doing an MA rather than an MSc, and b) thought the scientists were waaaay overstating the advantages of digital recording - depsite the obvious evidence from my own ears!!

All I'll say is - do a few trials. If you can get a 1960s copy of Hendrix quite readily for $10 - a near perfect album with little room for improvement; or a digital mish mash that doesn't sound as good for 3 times the price, then stick with the originals! If you prefer the sound tho, then it might be worth it.

I'm aware this is becoming one of my longgggg wordy posts - but the question I have been asking myself recently is 'How else can record companies look like they are making their money's worth, other than by doing a lot of additional 'stuff' to these classic albums, before re-releasing them at three times the price?' They aren't running charities, and they are making absolutely zero profit from ME buying 1970 Cat Stevens records at record fairs and charity shops. Vinyl is back, and they want a slice.

What Dylan is doing has confirmed my own experience - the 60s analogue master tapes are the real gold-dust. People like Jack White are buying all this equipment to try and recreate those kinds of sounds. Just keep an ear to the ground tho I guess, and see who is emphasising the analogue lineage and who is not. I think Van Morrison has point blank refused ANY digital remaster of astral weeks - for CD or any other format. There is a reason for that - probably that he has a perfect analogue tape of a perfect album already!!

Ok, shoot me down in flames techie guys - just my 22 cents!!

Fraser

tremors wrote:

c'mon - does a grown man really need a glow in the dark piece of vinyl?? I

YES! EVERY man, woman and child should own at least one piece of glow in the dark vinyl!

sadly this one can only be ordered by people who live in North America!....................damn you!

theserialthrilla

Fraser wrote:

tremors wrote:

c'mon - does a grown man really need a glow in the dark piece of vinyl?? I

YES! EVERY man, woman and child should own at least one piece of glow in the dark vinyl!

sadly this one can only be ordered by people who live in North America!....................damn you!

and i live in th uk...got to have frieends in the usa.. :P

tremors

I think I finally gave up on collecting the' interesting' vinyl when I came home and found this in my bag many years ago.



What a lot of crap it was!

theserialthrilla

tremors dont hate me....but just won this on ebay

tremors

Yeah yeah, bought that when it came out mate . Is one of my less worn ones too - plays perfectly. (Law of averages - 2010-1998 / 2010-1992. 6 years less wear!!


[congrats tho!! - is a very vinyl friendly record that!!]

theserialthrilla

tremors

theserialthrilla wrote:

What the hell is this serial!! ?? I am beginning to get concerned about your listening habits

Picked this up yesterday from oxfam - have had a run of great deals on smiths records from them in the past year - now have meat is murder, strangeways, queen is dead and now this - all on the original Rough Trade label, and all playing flawlessly at £5 a piece. Great records!!

DewieCox

Just made an order from acousticsounds.....

ITW Reissue
MMJ-Okonokos 4 LP boxset with 4 bonus tracks
AIC-MTV Unplugged
Black Crowes-The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion(hope I get one of the cleaner ones)

theserialthrilla

theserialthrilla wrote:

lmao it was one of my dads..dont think ill be playing it again...do you want it

tremors

theserialthrilla wrote:

theserialthrilla wrote:

lmao it was one of my dads..dont think ill be playing it again...do you want it

Think I can afford to pass on that offer!!

'This month tremors will mainly be collecting..... the 'Now that's What I call Music' LP series' - got 4 today @ 25pence each, 2 last week for one pound each, and 2 the week before for 50p each' I need numbers 1 and 5 I think it is to complete the first ten double albums!

theserialthrilla

ive got 1-8 i tihnk..lol

the first is called "out now" i think