What on earth happened to vinyl pressings?

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,211
edited October 2013 in The Porch
I've read numerous comments now mentioning the flaws in the new LB vinyl pressings. This boggles my mind. And I'm not just talking about that particular record. I've had the same problem with other new vinyl in recent years- the kind that boasts 200 grams! So what. I still have some of those old thin floppy vinyl records from the 70's and 80's that sound superior to these big fat monsters. When I started buying vinyl records in the early 60's I only remember one time having any issues with a new record- my first copy of the self titled first Santana album- and my mother told me I was being too fussy about that- she thought it sounded fine. That was in the days before cell phones, iPods, heart transplants, catalytic converters, hybrid vehicles, in fact, before we had put a man on the moon. So if we can accomplish all those things and many more, why must we be concerned with defective vinyl pressing of record albums? It's ancient freakin' technology. I really don't understand this nonsense.
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  • iOnlyownMymind
    iOnlyownMymind Posts: 3,015
    :lol: Very good points, although wouldn't you say many things these days are not well put together like they used to be?
  • I'm a Truck
    I'm a Truck Milwaukee Posts: 3,508
    iOnlyownMymind wrote:
    :lol: Very good points, although wouldn't you say many things these days are not well put together like they used to be?

    You forgot to mention condition. Not that I'm a collector at all but kinds pisses me off the fact my record can come well packaged but the corners looked like it had been dropped a couple times and the fact tht it was torn in several spots on the sleeve and gatefold. I don't mind if I do it over the years but to come shrink wrapped that way? Come on!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,211
    I'm a Truck wrote:
    iOnlyownMymind wrote:
    :lol: Very good points, although wouldn't you say many things these days are not well put together like they used to be?

    You forgot to mention condition. Not that I'm a collector at all but kinds pisses me off the fact my record can come well packaged but the corners looked like it had been dropped a couple times and the fact tht it was torn in several spots on the sleeve and gatefold. I don't mind if I do it over the years but to come shrink wrapped that way? Come on!

    In other words, "Handle With Care" does not mean, "Let's Play Frisbee". :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • PJammer4life
    PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,674
    Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer goes into the lab and messes up the yogurt results. Maybe someone was getting it on as the vinyl was pressing.
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