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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 07:16
Originally posted by Yukorin Yukorin wrote:

Massive vinyl junkie. Couple of standouts for me:

Heldon (all mint)
Motorhead (everything they released up to and including Iron Fist on coloured vinyl/wax whatever)
about 100 Stockhausen LPs including a 10 inch Gesand Der Jungling


Not to mention your Zeuhl-ultrararities or Klaus Wunderlich multiples.

Just an amateur myself. Got a couple of thousand, though. But hooked. Love a great, thick re-issue almost as much as as the original version.

It seems one of my own rarest albums is a (fantastic) Xenakis, Mãche and Solal clavecin & percussion-album.
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All prog recorded before 1980 should be consumed on a vinyl record. I just sounds so much better! But OK, I will quickly end this endless discussion. My favourite vinyl records are:
 
King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King / In the Wake of Poseidon
Gentle Giant    -   Every record till Intverview
Kayak               -   See see the sun / The second / Royal Bed bounder / The Last Encore
Can                   - Monstermovie / Soundtracks / Tago Mago / Edge Bombyasi / Future Days
Jethro Tull       - Thick as a brick, Stormwatch, Aqualung
Supertramp    - Crises, what crises?
Focus               - Hamburger Concerto / Moving Waves
Pink Floyd        - Almost everything
 
 And lots more, I have over 200 records on vinyl
... I am a junk, am I?...
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Points: 84 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 08:17
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Here's something interesting about vinyls.  Ever look at them with a blacklight?  Some of you may know what I'm talking about. Tongue
 
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

Just an amateur myself. Got a couple of thousand, though. But hooked. Love a great, thick re-issue almost as much as as the original version.

 
I'm a purest. Reissues equals death.
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I love vinyl! I really prefer the format for jazz and most prog (excluding prog metal, which would be silly on vinyl). It just has a feel to it that I feel adds to the atmosphere.
I had a record store right nextdoor for a while, but sadly it burned down. Cry  I guess the upside is I actually have a few dollars in my wallet on a more regular basis, but I miss that place so...
I don't have any terribly rare LPs, my prized records just happen to be my favorites of the collection:
Captain Beefheart- Trout Mask Replica
Frank Zappa/The Mothers- Weasels Ripped My Flesh and Hot Rats
King Crimson- Starless and Bible Black
Camel- Mirage
etc...
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My most prized albums are my Roger Dean collection - Yes, Budgie, Greenslade etc. If anyone has got a copy of Osibisa's flying elephants cover (http://www.connollyco.com/discography/osibisa/woyaya_hi.jpg) going spare lemme know :)
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Points: 21156 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 10:01
Originally posted by Zwerg Bart Zwerg Bart wrote:

(excluding prog metal, which would be silly on vinyl)


Excuse me? I own more than a dozen current prog metal releases on vinyl, and most of them sound really great!. Plus they often have cool vinyl effects (transparent, marble, picture etc.) and they're often limited editions with only about 1000 copies ... great collectors' items!


Edited by MikeEnRegalia - June 04 2008 at 15:18
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Also have you ever tried Skinning up on a Cd cover Shocked much nicer on a lovely Album


 
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well, the most prized stuff i own is actually my father's full LP collection of the Beatles, all originally bought on the 60's. Well, to be frank, i don't own it yet, but surely he will give me them with his Will (my brother dont actually likes good music Big%20smile [thank God, i would kill to have those LPs])
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My "prized" albums:
BOC Extraterrestrial Live
Genesis Seconds Out (near-perfect condition)
Jon Anderson Olias (near-perfect condition)
Triumvirat Illusions
Moody Blues Days Of Future Passed (near-perfect condition, seems to be a first pressing...)

And from what I have been given by my dad:
George Carlin Occupation: Foole (LOL)
Pink Floyd DSOTM (with original stickers/poster inserts)
Neil Young Harvest (near-perfect condition)
Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy and III (both near-perfect condition)

And to boot, Zeppelin III has (what is to me) an alternate version of "Hats Off (To Roy Harper)." I say alternate in that it is definitely a different take of that track than the take put on the CD remaster I own.
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Points: 894 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 14:55
As far as listening preferences, my USB turntable isn't very loud w/o attached speakers (of which I lack), so I have been converting all my LPs to the computer. I find a nice compromise for sound quality is that I record in high-quality .wav files, which are themselves burned directly onto a CD. Then I re-rip the CD for my iPod at 128 kbps to save hard drive space, while of course still having the album in high-quality for when I want it.
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Count me in to Vinylholics anonymous (or is that conspicuous? Wink).
 
My first presses are my most valued - part of it is the thrill of finding one in a shop or boot fair, such as my DSoTM 1st press (which can fetch £900+ on eBay), which I picked up for £5 (and it plays perfectly).
 
However, there are a few rarities, such as my genuine copy of "Tips Zum Selbst Mord" by Necronomicon, which I bought from the band's guitarist. OK, this is from the recent 2nd press run, but there are still only 500 of these in existence, and the more I listen to it, the more amazing I find it.
 
1st (UK) pressings are my main interest, though, because they're closest to the original master tape (after 1,000 presses or so, stampers begin to wear, engineers tweak the mix to suit different qualities of vinyl, etc., so early presses of popular albums like DSoTM sound very different to later ones).
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Points: 62 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 18:59
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Zwerg Bart Zwerg Bart wrote:

(excluding prog metal, which would be silly on vinyl)


Excuse me? I own more than a dozen current prog metal releases on vinyl, and most of them sound really great!. Plus they often have cool vinyl effects (transparent, marble, picture etc.) and they're often limited editions with only about 1000 copies ... great collectors' items!
 
I'm sorry... I didn't mean for that to be offensive.
 
I just feel like CD is really the format that does justice to prog metal (for me anyway). There's a crispness in production with CD that is hard to come by on vinyl (not that it's impossible). That's just how I feel, anyhow, I could be wrong. I just prefer jazz and less aggressive prog on vinyl and metal on CD.
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Points: 1719 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 19:31
Plus, it's fun on LZIII to spin the wheel!Big%20smile
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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 20:33
So I have a question here, somewhat off topic.  I have a number of Mobile Fidelity OMR vinyl albums (Beatles White album, DSOTM, Led Zep II, complete Rolling Stones through Get Yer Ya Ya's Out).  These sound great and blow away the original vinyl of the same albums (granted, I have standard US releases of the albums).
 
Now I also see and occasionally am tempted to buy OMR CD's.  I have a great OMR CD of Ten Years After Ssssh/Cricklewood Green.  But given that the overall assessment is that vinyl is preferable to CD, is there any sane reason to purchase and OMR CD  vs. a standard re-mastered CD of the same album.  I've seen an OMR CD of We're Only In It For the Money that tempts me mightily, but I have the vinyl and remastered CD of that album, so I haven't sprung for it yet.
 
(BTW for the old classic albums, particularly prog, the vinyl is almost worth it for the cover art alone.)
 
 
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Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

Count me in to Vinylholics anonymous (or is that conspicuous? Wink).
 
My first presses are my most valued - part of it is the thrill of finding one in a shop or boot fair, such as my DSoTM 1st press (which can fetch £900+ on eBay), which I picked up for £5 (and it plays perfectly).
 


Yeah i to have a First pressing of DSoTM , but why oh why did i stick them stickers on my Wardrobe in my BedroomCry guess didn't know better back then
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Originally posted by Hawkwise Hawkwise wrote:

Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

Count me in to Vinylholics anonymous (or is that conspicuous? Wink).
 
My first presses are my most valued - part of it is the thrill of finding one in a shop or boot fair, such as my DSoTM 1st press (which can fetch £900+ on eBay), which I picked up for £5 (and it plays perfectly).
 


Yeah i to have a First pressing of DSoTM , but why oh why did i stick them stickers on my Wardrobe in my BedroomCry guess didn't know better back then
 
Yeah I stuck mine's stickers (not from first pressing however) on a guitar case, then later sold the case and the guitar that inhabited it.  Don't feel bad; I would say that in the early-70s only a very few prescient individuals had any idea any of this stuff would eventually have value beyond the music.
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Points: 1158 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 23:16
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Rubidium Rubidium wrote:

But for fifty cents, it's a risk I'm willing to make Smile


Fifty cents? Fifty cents?  The going rate for used vinyl in my neighborhood back in the day was $2 for a single and $3 for a double. 



Well keep in mind that I'm buying these at thrift stores rather than record stores.  The thrift stores are usually just trying to get rid of them.  And for every rock album I find I usually have to flip through 20 or so albums by Mitch Miller, Herb Alpert, and Jim Nabors.

 Although when I lived in Columbus there was a record store that had a pile of "free LPs".  Nobody ever took any of them.  They were the same type of albums that have been sitting in the thrift stores here in Florida for the past few years.
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Points: 1239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 23:57
Total vinyl junkie. Addicted to eBay, second-hand record stores and leafing through the racks at home looking for that perfect mood satisfier. Nothing better than dragging out a whole load of albums from the library that haven't been listened to for years and cueing them up on the turntable. And the best thing is that after years of little or no black stuff being released more and more vinyl is now being released or re-released on decent weighty vinyl, produced with care and attention to detail.
In short, vinyl rules!
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You are all kidding your selves "Vinyl" is worthless junk not even fit for a ABBA recording  .... 


runs,  ducks rotten tomatoes and hides till the coast is clear  Ouch
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