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pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
edited September 2009 in Other Music
Found a used copy of Quadrophenia on vinyl a few weeks ago. A steal at $7. But it's odd - the first record has Side One (I Am the Sea - The Punk...) and Four (Dr. Jimmy - Love Reign..), while the second record is Sides 2 & 3. It's a pain in the ass to have to switch LPs twice.
Anyway, anyone know if this is this normal, or did I get a weird pressing?
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    no, it's very common. its just the way the lenght of the sides worked out on the vinyl. lots of two LP sets are like that.
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  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Thanks. I'm new to the vinyl world, and don't know much at all.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    lralle wrote:
    Found a used copy of Quadrophenia on vinyl a few weeks ago. A steal at $7. But it's odd - the first record has Side One (I Am the Sea - The Punk...) and Four (Dr. Jimmy - Love Reign..), while the second record is Sides 2 & 3. It's a pain in the ass to have to switch LPs twice.
    Anyway, anyone know if this is this normal, or did I get a weird pressing?


    Track Records always did this. See also Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and The Who's Tommy. This would go for US versions, too.
  • ArcticangelArcticangel Posts: 1,443
    My sister found me Quadrophenia at a yard sale a couple years ago. :) I love it.
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  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    I got my copy for christmas and I thought I was being thick...i've never come across it before!!
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  • blacknapkinsblacknapkins Posts: 2,177
    ... and here's why. Turntables used to have long spindles which held more than one album at a time. The idea was to put on both albums and start the player. It dropped the first album (side one) and then when it was finished, the second album (side two) dropped and played. You then flipped them over and played sides three and four the same way. I know this because I'm old enough to have listened to a spanking brand new, newly-released copy of Quadrophenia probably a couple of hundred times in this way. :geek:
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    blacknapkins wrote:
    ... and here's why. Turntables used to have long spindles which held more than one album at a time. The idea was to put on both albums and start the player. It dropped the first album (side one) and then when it was finished, the second album (side two) dropped and played. You then flipped them over and played sides three and four the same way. I know this because I'm old enough to have listened to a spanking brand new, newly-released copy of Quadrophenia probably a couple of hundred times in this way. :geek:


    oh jebus... i remember that too!
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    I just unpacked my groceries and listened to The Who LIVE AT LEEDS and it dawned on me that Pete Townshend is good at the guitar. :o MY GOD the way he lays down the riffs at this show is insane. They are played so cleanly. They sound fantastic, so chunky and fat. I love it. The magic bus and young man especially. WOW, play it loud.

    (still need quadrophenia on vinyl :( )
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  • Lost_ClayLost_Clay Posts: 1,085
    blacknapkins wrote:
    ... and here's why. Turntables used to have long spindles which held more than one album at a time. The idea was to put on both albums and start the player. It dropped the first album (side one) and then when it was finished, the second album (side two) dropped and played. You then flipped them over and played sides three and four the same way. I know this because I'm old enough to have listened to a spanking brand new, newly-released copy of Quadrophenia probably a couple of hundred times in this way. :geek:


    oh yeah i remember dad showing me that years and years ago, there we're like extra "arms' to divide em i think?

    but yeah i got Quadrophenia, Tommy & the tommy soundtrack, live at leeds, who are you, big meaty beaty (or whatever it's called), who's next & who came first on vinyl 8-)

    sort or related, the weirdest thing i've seen on a double LP is the Sam Roberts band's 'chemical city' there's side A, B & C, but nothing on the D side, no grooves or nothing!
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Lost_Clay wrote:
    blacknapkins wrote:
    ... and here's why. Turntables used to have long spindles which held more than one album at a time. The idea was to put on both albums and start the player. It dropped the first album (side one) and then when it was finished, the second album (side two) dropped and played. You then flipped them over and played sides three and four the same way. I know this because I'm old enough to have listened to a spanking brand new, newly-released copy of Quadrophenia probably a couple of hundred times in this way. :geek:


    oh yeah i remember dad showing me that years and years ago, there we're like extra "arms' to divide em i think?

    but yeah i got Quadrophenia, Tommy & the tommy soundtrack, live at leeds, who are you, big meaty beaty (or whatever it's called), who's next & who came first on vinyl 8-)

    sort or related, the weirdest thing i've seen on a double LP is the Sam Roberts band's 'chemical city' there's side A, B & C, but nothing on the D side, no grooves or nothing!

    I have noticed that on a few records. I always thought, if there was a side by side 2 record changer, you could load it with sida a and b up, then the whole thing would flip leaving c and d in the appropriate places.

    Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta takes up 5 sides of vinyl, and they etched a design on the blank side. Check it out.

    http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/sho ... 0&format=0
  • Vedderman51Vedderman51 Posts: 606
    My local record shop had the 200 gram version for $60. I bet it sounds amazing but I couldn't pull the trigger. That is one record I can never seem to find in the used bin
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Vedderman51 wrote:
    My local record shop had the 200 gram version for $60. I bet it sounds amazing but I couldn't pull the trigger. That is one record I can never seem to find in the used bin

    I think I lucked out. Every couple weeks I go up to the used book shop that has a few records. It was in the 'just in" bin. Pretty banged up cover, and definitely played a lot, but mostly good. Haven't listened to much else since I got it - and that's before I found a mint Vs. for $30.
  • Vedderman51Vedderman51 Posts: 606
    In my few years of collecting vinyl I have NEVER found a PJ record used. My local shop always has TEN instock but finding any other record forget about it. But I still go there every few days thinking there a slim chance that a Binaural is there for $9.99. ha ha ha ya right!
  • Red Lukin2Red Lukin2 Posts: 108
    DewieCox wrote:
    Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta takes up 5 sides of vinyl, and they etched a design on the blank side. Check it out.

    http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/sho ... 0&format=0

    Haha nice. I'm really hoping I can find this album at a decent price sometime. I want to buy Bedlam as well, but it's $60 where I live. A bit too steep imo.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Red Lukin2 wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta takes up 5 sides of vinyl, and they etched a design on the blank side. Check it out.

    http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/sho ... 0&format=0

    Haha nice. I'm really hoping I can find this album at a decent price sometime. I want to buy Bedlam as well, but it's $60 where I live. A bit too steep imo.

    Bedlam is great. I got it for $40, and it comes with a record that shaped like the the oiuja board deal(thing that moves over the board). That songs not that great or even good, but its a pretty neat little record to have.

    The black and red vinyl is cool, as is the orange and white of Amputechture. I have the KoL Because of the Time red vinyl.

    I just kinda realized, I love the crazy colored vinyl. What other more common albums has it?
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Vedderman51 wrote:
    My local record shop had the 200 gram version for $60. I bet it sounds amazing but I couldn't pull the trigger. That is one record I can never seem to find in the used bin

    and there is probably a good reason why. I've never heard the vinyl, but I have high expectations. I love the CD. I found a sealed 200 gram pressing at my local record store too but it was for $40...didn't have the cash for it, and haven't been back since...I hope it's still there...
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    DewieCox wrote:
    Red Lukin2 wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta takes up 5 sides of vinyl, and they etched a design on the blank side. Check it out.

    http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/sho ... 0&format=0

    Haha nice. I'm really hoping I can find this album at a decent price sometime. I want to buy Bedlam as well, but it's $60 where I live. A bit too steep imo.

    Bedlam is great. I got it for $40, and it comes with a record that shaped like the the oiuja board deal(thing that moves over the board). That songs not that great or even good, but its a pretty neat little record to have.

    The black and red vinyl is cool, as is the orange and white of Amputechture. I have the KoL Because of the Time red vinyl.

    I just kinda realized, I love the crazy colored vinyl. What other more common albums has it?

    Vs. was released as a limited blue pressing that I've seen on the internet a couple times...
    I think Benaroya Hall is like a deep, dark like wine red type of color....i think.... :?
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,708
    They should put out a condensed single-lp version....call it Schitzophrenia

    (FYI: Quadrophenia = double schitzophrenia!)
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    blacknapkins wrote:
    ... and here's why. Turntables used to have long spindles which held more than one album at a time. The idea was to put on both albums and start the player. It dropped the first album (side one) and then when it was finished, the second album (side two) dropped and played. You then flipped them over and played sides three and four the same way. I know this because I'm old enough to have listened to a spanking brand new, newly-released copy of Quadrophenia probably a couple of hundred times in this way. :geek:
    Yep. I purchased Quad when it was released in 73. That black and white cover was the antithesis of album cover art at the time. Discussions like this make me feel like I need to start looking for an Old Ladies Home. ;)
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  • pearljimpearljim Posts: 1,312
    I have 3 copies of this album that I've bought used. Love this album and I haven't spent over 10 dollars on any of em. Back in the later 70's a good friend of mine bought me the Soundtrack album of Quadrophenia for XMAS. I think of her everytime I see it.

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  • YieldedYielded Posts: 839
    My favourite piece in my vinyl collection. It's such a great sounding album!
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  • Gonzo1977Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Amazing album and an absolute must for any vinyl collector.
  • Fender_ManFender_Man Posts: 408
    blacknapkins wrote:
    ... and here's why. Turntables used to have long spindles which held more than one album at a time. The idea was to put on both albums and start the player. It dropped the first album (side one) and then when it was finished, the second album (side two) dropped and played. You then flipped them over and played sides three and four the same way. I know this because I'm old enough to have listened to a spanking brand new, newly-released copy of Quadrophenia probably a couple of hundred times in this way. :geek:

    That is spot on, also one of the reasons why it is so hard to find original copies in great condition. I seem to remember that when one record was on top of the other they would sometimes slip or revolve at different speeds, causing two sides of the record to sort of grind together. I can rememeber parties my parents had where a bundle of 10 or more 45's would be put on the spindle and as soon as one finished another would drop onto the turntable, this was great until a slightly out of shape disc dropped and the whole thing went tits up!
  • Brownie9160Brownie9160 Posts: 190
    DewieCox wrote:
    Bedlam is great. I got it for $40, and it comes with a record that shaped like the the oiuja board deal(thing that moves over the board). That songs not that great or even good, but its a pretty neat little record to have.

    The black and red vinyl is cool, as is the orange and white of Amputechture. I have the KoL Because of the Time red vinyl.

    I just kinda realized, I love the crazy colored vinyl. What other more common albums has it?

    The new pressing of Hendrix's 'Band of Gypsys' is on red vinyl...very nice and $20 brand new!
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Brownie9160 wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    Bedlam is great. I got it for $40, and it comes with a record that shaped like the the oiuja board deal(thing that moves over the board). That songs not that great or even good, but its a pretty neat little record to have.

    The black and red vinyl is cool, as is the orange and white of Amputechture. I have the KoL Because of the Time red vinyl.

    I just kinda realized, I love the crazy colored vinyl. What other more common albums has it?

    The new pressing of Hendrix's 'Band of Gypsys' is on red vinyl...very nice and $20 brand new!

    I feel guilty sayin this, but I am a guitar player and have never owned Band of Gypsys. I'll have to pick it up next time I'm at my local.
  • Brownie9160Brownie9160 Posts: 190
    DewieCox wrote:
    I feel guilty sayin this, but I am a guitar player and have never owned Band of Gypsys. I'll have to pick it up next time I'm at my local.

    Blasphemy! You definitely gotta pick it up!
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    yes to this vinyl

    here's a great quad youtubeclip&some cool comments

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a9QBufHtXg




    quad is it
  • bobbyboy1969bobbyboy1969 Posts: 45
    i have just purchased the 200grm edition double , had to bring it across the pond from the states . absolute beauty !! the artwork design & booklet everything just reeks of class!! one of my favourite albums ever ...
    buy it if you can !!! 8-)
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