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Points: 6419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 10:57
Regarding sound it varies from album to album in my opinion. Some vinyls sound better than the CD issue of the same album to my ears, and it can also be the other way 'round. It's a personal thing.

Listening-wise, it's the same for me. Some albums I prefer the vinyl version of, some the CD.

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Points: 12813 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2007 at 18:07
Not many responses to this thread, mainly because I would suggest, similar topics have been commonplace in PA, and maybe for many of us the subject has been exhausted:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/search_results_posts.asp?SearchID=20070820180419&KW=vinyl
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I don't yet own a record player, but own a fair few LPs (I buy them for the artwork). My outlook is that I would rather buy an album in CD format than LP and get to know it, then in the future when i'm rich (yeah...) I will seek out the vinyl versions.
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Points: 234 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2007 at 20:48
Vinyl has better quality, but cd's have better sound.....give me vinyl...i grew up with up it and next to my wife, is the most loved thing in my house.

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Funny you should bring this up today.  The first batch of CDs rolled off an assembly line in Germany on August 17, 1982.  Twenty five years to the day.
 
I have found a nice balance between my cherished LPs and my growing collection of CDs.  Both have their advantages and, to my aging ears, it's hard for me to tell all that much difference in the sound.  If I was 21 again I probably would.
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Yeah I think its for different reasons really. Some may claim its because they sound better when they are from that period of time which I dont really believe. The other thing is probably as Robq already said, its a certain feeling when you know these vinyls were already floating around in different houses in the 70's. Its like to get hold of a piece of history or whatever, but the prices on Ebay are pretty laughable at times. If I had the money for it, I would probably go for first press vinyls as well, because I think you get a good feeling when playing them. However, I dont mind buying the re-releases because its just that vinyl "sound" I really dig when listening to an album from that period of time. I doubt they sound that different from each other anyway :)



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Detric, it's all about collecting value, really.
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Originally posted by Detric Detric wrote:

I think both are great. But can somebody explain why so many people pay so much for vinyls that were pressed in the 70's. On Ebay I see a lot of these vinyls that has to be on a certain label, and has to be first press or whatever. These vinyls go for twice (sometimes much more) as the price for the other "normal" vinyls. Is it because its a certain feeling, to have vinyls that were pressed in that time, or is it really because they have another sound? I was at my friends house some days ago, he played Moonmadness for us, on a first press vinyl from the 70's. I went home and played mine which is a re-release and I just couldnt understand why there is such a big difference, concerning the value of them.
 
Some reissues aren't as good quality as first pressings.  A good example are the Polydor reissues of King Crimson's albums.  Some of them though are identical to the original.  I think it has more to do with owning the "genuine" original article.  Like collecting first printings of books.  Personally I'm not that fastidious about it (to go back to the Crimson example, I'm perfectly happy with my "palm tree" pressing of ITCOTKC and won't be shelling out the £100 (at least) needed for a "pink label" pressing.)
 
Moonmadness is an interesting example actually cos that's still a pretty easy LP to get hold of and a first pressing would only set you back about £12 - £15.  Worth the investment I reckon.
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Points: 117 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2007 at 06:47
I think both are great. But can somebody explain why so many people pay so much for vinyls that were pressed in the 70's. On Ebay I see a lot of these vinyls that has to be on a certain label, and has to be first press or whatever. These vinyls go for twice (sometimes much more) as the price for the other "normal" vinyls. Is it because its a certain feeling, to have vinyls that were pressed in that time, or is it really because they have another sound? I was at my friends house some days ago, he played Moonmadness for us, on a first press vinyl from the 70's. I went home and played mine which is a re-release and I just couldnt understand why there is such a big difference, concerning the value of them.
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Oh vinyl is definitely better. I too had the same experience with Caravan's In the Land of Grey and Pink. Some bands are significantly better on vinyl than on CDs; listening to albums like Abbey Road and Foxtrot on vinyl is a completely different experience than listening to them on CD.
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Points: 10618 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2007 at 05:48
Yeah, I prefer albums. I think CDs sound artificial, plus record album jackets are pieces of art, such as the Lizard gatefold album.
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I expect this has been discussed before (I'm new here), but I'm interested in people's views on the old vinyl vs. CD debate.
 
I've always loved vinyl anyway, but recently I've come to the conclusion that original vinyl albums are the ONLY way to hear 70s prog as it was always meant to be heard.
 
I had quite a collection of remastered CDs, but I find them unlistenable now when compared to the warmth and dynamics of 70s vinyl pressings.  A case in point was Caravan's In the Land of Grey and Pink.  I loved the recent CD version, and thought it was a pretty good sounding remaster (although at that stage I'd never heard the original).  Then I got the Deram LP from ebay and it was like hearing it for the first time.
 
Don't get me wrong, I think CDs are brilliant, without them I wouldn't have had access to a lot of ridiculously rare but excellent music.  But for me vinyl is the ultimate way to hear an album - on the format that it was originally written, recorded, produced and mastered for.
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