What's the most analog sounding rock band?

Shyner

I was thinkin zeppelin but i have no idea what I'm talking about. 
I just got back into vinyl but if bands are recording digitally what's the point?
Like i said I'm the dumb one. 
I need vinyl and i need it to sound old
Thanks

Spiritual_Chaos

I guess bands recording on a single mick straight to tape.. like in the 50s...

Try some of Neil Youngs 70s albums?

Shyner

Ok i will

reesdog

Yes of course a lot, if not most bands these days are recording digitally, but that doesn’t mean that having their records on vinyl is a bad thing. I have a straight forward 2 channel set up, amp, 2 decent speakers and a turntable, can listen to digital mp3, through it and they sound really good, but when listening to the same band on vinyl it more than likely does sound better. Hard to describe, but I think it just doesn’t sounds as harsh, it sounds smoother and the more I turn it up the better it sounds. In my opinion vinyl (nearly always) beats any other format..

But for that all analog sound I recommend early pressings by a lot of the original punk, post-punk bands like The Clash, Buzzcocks, Talking Heads, Wire, Killing Joke etc, I’m talking 77-80 here when analog recording was still a big thing.

bflynn1

reesdog said:

Yes of course a lot, if not most bands these days are recording digitally, but that doesn’t mean that having their records on vinyl is a bad thing. I have a straight forward 2 channel set up, amp, 2 decent speakers and a turntable, can listen to digital mp3, through it and they sound really good, but when listening to the same band on vinyl it more than likely does sound better. Hard to describe, but I think it just doesn’t sounds as harsh, it sounds smoother and the more I turn it up the better it sounds. In my opinion vinyl (nearly always) beats any other format..

But for that all analog sound I recommend early pressings by a lot of the original punk, post-punk bands like The Clash, Buzzcocks, Talking Heads, Wire, Killing Joke etc, I’m talking 77-80 here when analog recording was still a big thing.

LOVE my original press of Wire's Pink Flag

mrussel1

Nothing beats an AB-1060 original version of Steely Dan Aja.  It will make you a believer in analog.  

mrussel1

Also, an original promo version of Synchronicity is also very, very good. I have the one that is purple and it's excellent.  Sounds 100x better than their original cd's which are terrible.  

BIGDaddyWil

mrussel1 said:

Also, an original promo version of Synchronicity is also very, very good. I have the one that is purple and it's excellent.  Sounds 100x better than their original cd's which are terrible.  

Thanks for reminding me, that I need to find a copy.

brianlux

Some other suggestions:

Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum
Harvey Mandel: Christo Redentor
Sandy Bull: E Pluribus Unum

For some reason, these albums with Latin titles strike me as being very analog (plus all three are excellent records!)

reesdog

bflynn1 said:

reesdog said:

Yes of course a lot, if not most bands these days are recording digitally, but that doesn’t mean that having their records on vinyl is a bad thing. I have a straight forward 2 channel set up, amp, 2 decent speakers and a turntable, can listen to digital mp3, through it and they sound really good, but when listening to the same band on vinyl it more than likely does sound better. Hard to describe, but I think it just doesn’t sounds as harsh, it sounds smoother and the more I turn it up the better it sounds. In my opinion vinyl (nearly always) beats any other format..

But for that all analog sound I recommend early pressings by a lot of the original punk, post-punk bands like The Clash, Buzzcocks, Talking Heads, Wire, Killing Joke etc, I’m talking 77-80 here when analog recording was still a big thing.

LOVE my original press of Wire's Pink Flag

Same! I have that too, wow what a band. You should try and get their next two, 'Chairs Missing' and '154', superb shit..

mrussel1

Here's a few more:

Counting Crowes August and Everything After [45RPM from Analog Production]
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (lots of different versions, pick your favorite.
John Coltrane - Blue Train (I prefer the mono version from Music Matters

These are all expensive albums, retail, by the way. 

BIGDaddyWil

BIGDaddyWil said:

mrussel1 said:

Also, an original promo version of Synchronicity is also very, very good. I have the one that is purple and it's excellent.  Sounds 100x better than their original cd's which are terrible.  

Thanks for reminding me, that I need to find a copy.

I picked up a near mint copy, off of Discogs.  This is definitely an excellent pressing. Love the color of the vinyl. Great recommendation! Thanks!

mrussel1

BIGDaddyWil said:

BIGDaddyWil said:

mrussel1 said:

Also, an original promo version of Synchronicity is also very, very good. I have the one that is purple and it's excellent.  Sounds 100x better than their original cd's which are terrible.  

Thanks for reminding me, that I need to find a copy.

I picked up a near mint copy, off of Discogs.  This is definitely an excellent pressing. Love the color of the vinyl. Great recommendation! Thanks!

Nice!  Glad you are enjoying it.   I usually find the reissues are better quality, but there are definitely some original pressings out there that have tremendous sonic range.  This is one of them.