Vinyl

^ Your killing me Hawk!!! I need to find more Nektar....

Yes it looks different because there is no "lip" on the outer edge due to the outside locked groove, so it is a flat record. Also one side is a flat black matte finish to give it that old 78rpm looking finish.

One thing I have not done is play the tracks that lie in the label...My tone arm will not go that far, and you are playing the tracks thru the paper label, not too keen on doing that with my cartridge...what I understand its just some noise anyway...

I think it is a cool album to have in a collection.

uduwudu wrote: HolyMoly wrote: OK, this is kind of weird, but here goes. For my birthday, my wife's sister and her husband sent me an LP in the mail.  It wasn't on my wish list, and I don't even know if they are fans of the artist or not (neither of them are really music fans at all, to be honest), it was a total surprise.  The LP in question was "Lazaretto", the new album by Jack White (formerly of White Stripes).   I have no real knowledge of his music in any of his various bands, but I was aware of who he is and I may have heard a White Stripes song or two in the past.  So I never dreamed I'd ever get this album, least of all on vinyl. Now the weirder part.  Tonight, I put it on, and all I heard was a weird looping noise in a locked groove at the beginning of side 1.  So I figured ok, a defective record.  I'll just skip past that part and pretend that wasn't there.  So I did, and about a minute later it happened again.   So I dropped the needle much farther into the side and watched.  And lo and behold, the record was running backwards!  I mean, it was spinning the right way, but the grooves were running out from the center to the edge rather than vice versa as it has been on every other record I've seen.  I admit to being a little creeped out by this.  Thousands of records over 40+ years and I... I... I need to sit down. Doesn't seem natural, and I'm not sure it sounded that great.  What's up with that? This is the best (sort of) thing I have read about a record since hearing about one that was half ITCOTCK and half Status Quo (or one labelled Bruce Springsteen when it was supposed to be Aerosmith. Satanic Messages (backward masking) notwithstanding - the fun you could have with these and this record on the gullible and suggestible. Do not get rid of this record! Wonder what the digital medium sounds like...An interesting pressing fault. Tweet White and see what he says.

Its not a pressing fault......everything on the album was done on purpose.
This release charted the highest vinyl release of the year a couple weeks ago..I think it was something like 50,000 units on vinyl...I think

Pretty cool!

HolyMoly wrote: OK, this is kind of weird, but here goes. For my birthday, my wife's sister and her husband sent me an LP in the mail.  It wasn't on my wish list, and I don't even know if they are fans of the artist or not (neither of them are really music fans at all, to be honest), it was a total surprise.  The LP in question was "Lazaretto", the new album by Jack White (formerly of White Stripes).   I have no real knowledge of his music in any of his various bands, but I was aware of who he is and I may have heard a White Stripes song or two in the past.  So I never dreamed I'd ever get this album, least of all on vinyl. Now the weirder part.  Tonight, I put it on, and all I heard was a weird looping noise in a locked groove at the beginning of side 1.  So I figured ok, a defective record.  I'll just skip past that part and pretend that wasn't there.  So I did, and about a minute later it happened again.   So I dropped the needle much farther into the side and watched.  And lo and behold, the record was running backwards!  I mean, it was spinning the right way, but the grooves were running out from the center to the edge rather than vice versa as it has been on every other record I've seen.  I admit to being a little creeped out by this.  Thousands of records over 40+ years and I... I... I need to sit down. Doesn't seem natural, and I'm not sure it sounded that great.  What's up with that?

This is the best (sort of) thing I have read about a record since hearing about one that was half ITCOTCK and half Status Quo (or one labelled Bruce Springsteen when it was supposed to be Aerosmith. Satanic Messages (backward masking) notwithstanding - the fun you could have with these and this record on the gullible and suggestible.

Do not get rid of this record! Wonder what the digital medium sounds like...

An interesting pressing fault. Tweet White and see what he says.

OK, this is kind of weird, but here goes.

progbethyname wrote: Also Catcher!! Congrats on the new cartridge. I am sure that turntable of yours is singing pretty clear now. The worst is hearing any kind of 'popping' or small crackling sounds when trying to concentrate on an album your listening to. ;) So what's the make and model on that sucker? :)

My older vinyl has some surface noise but that is perfectly fine...old things creek and crack on occasion
But I am meticulous on cleaning my vinyl and needle, I have 30yr old vinyl that has no surface noise. Once the music starts you don't hear any tics or pops..In between songs who cares....

Cartridge is an Audio Technica ATOC9ML/II moving coil cartridge. The ML stands for Micro-Line, that shape mimics the shape of the cutter head used to create the master stamper, so it digs deep and pulls out much more detail. Shibata and Line Contact are other terms to describe that cut of diamond.

Edited by Catcher10 - July 10 2014 at 13:11

Slartibartfast wrote: You know things are bad when you have to remaster your own original vinyl masters...

Yeah. Like someone in feb recording studio spilt an entire cup of coffee on the soundboard.

Meltdowner wrote: ^I have their entire discography on CD from the 1994 remasters and I think the first 3 albums have less quality then the others. Maybe that's why they re-remastered those.

The 90's remasters were horrid. All they really did was change the equalization of the original analog tapes and increased the volume...hence the stupid digital loudness wars began. The mix on the original tapes was probably fine, but increasing the volume level on all channels is dumb and did no justice to the original versions.

I am super glad that Jimmy Page reissued these albums this year. Most people unless you are 50+ have never heard the original vinyl issues which are wonderful with nice beefy bass lines, full midrange and decent highs (it is rock music!). Most only have the horrid 90's CDs or low quality downloads.
Jimmy brought back what these albums truly sound like and made them better using todays technology but retaining all that wonderful analog bliss.
All my LZ vinyl albums are played to hell, I don't even know where my CD versions are and I don't care!
These new issues are fantastic...and the CDs are done really well too. But this is Led Zeppelin, recorded to live in the analog world of vinyl...and its awesome.
I understand that by Christmas he will release Zoso (LZIV)....I have started my Christmas list already.

I can't wait for Physical Graffiti next year!

^
I have their entire discography on CD from the 1994 remasters and I think the first 3 albums have less quality then the others. Maybe that's why they re-remastered those.

Catcher10 wrote: We welcome all to our little vinyl thread...

Yeah. It's nice and warm in here.