Vinyl Junkies

love 'em. For prized possessions: Les Cycles de Thanatos by vortex  

Ah Thats what i am Talking About, that Living in the Past cover is a Perfect example  of why i collect Vinyl
  it's not Just about the actual Music, its the Cover Art the finding the collecting the Ritual of putting the record on the Turntable   Cd ewwwww there ok for Car  , and i need my big Album Covers to Skin up on

Edited by Certif1ed - June 05 2008 at 15:36

Slartibartfast wrote: Don't forget the original Brain Salad Surgery Cover, it opened up in the middle to reveal the rest of the lady's face behind the skull.

Indeed it did, Hawkwind  were always good for Covers that open up to
I Did Start a Thread top ten Prog covers but seems to be ignored

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=49177&PID=2863925#2863925

I am a total convert to vinyl after inheriting a Pink Triangle Anniversary turntable and 800 vinyl albums from my late partner 18 months ago. The sound quality is far above any CD system I've heard, being so realistic it's almost frighening.

My most precious album? Fully Interlocking by Solution - not just great music but recorded so well - the clarity and detail is astonishing.

I have almost 200 LPs (well, I have more but I don't really count old parents albums that I'll probably only listen to once for laughing purposes ) and that's pretty unusual for an 18 year old.  I think the digital vs. analogue debate is about as constructive as arguing whose dad would win in a fist fight.  It's all dependant on a bunch of factors and generally more even than people think.  I believe it's best to utilize both formats as much as possible and draw your own conclusions, but just enjoy the music more importantly.

Some random LPs I have that I paid a decent amount of money for:

A.R. and the Machines - Die Gruene Reise (most I've spent on one album, about $50 after shipping from Germany, but its in NM condition)
Faust - Faust (reissue, still has the clear x-ray cover and rocks)
Maneige - Les Porches NM
Yes - Yessongs (beautiful artwork and live music, got from parents in NM)
Anthony Phillips stuff
a bunch of Psych and Folk stuff
etc etc, I don't feel like listing.  most is VG+ or better, only about 5/200 have disturbing levels of surface noise.  my collection isn't too impressive yet, but I'm working on it


Edited by Bluesaga - June 05 2008 at 19:15

BroSpence wrote: Yorkie X wrote: 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   The coast will never be clear.  Hope you don't mind hiding a while.

darqDean wrote:

I'm getting sleepy, very sleepy, vinyls are good, no, vinyls are great.

Say, have you ever had one of those on the turntable under a black light?

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.  Rubidium wrote: But for fifty cents, it's a risk I'm willing to make 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.  In addition to the cool cover art you usually got with a double, the cover was useful for a certain activity that another few you would know what I'm talking about. explodingjosh wrote: I think some of the most prized ones I have are the ones that I have framed on my bedroom wall: KC's Discipline, Mahavishnu's Birds of Fire, Pat Metheny Group Offramp and Brand X Unorthodox Behaviour.... I reallly reallly like the combination of fusion with vinyl, and I've really been keeping an eye out for Bruford's One of a Kind and Allan Holdsworth's Metal Fatigue. This will make you jealous, I still have my t-shirts from the Discipline and Offramp concerts I saw.  Both at the same venue (the Atlanta Agora) which I was too young to be at at the time, but got in due to attending with friends and family.

I know that may sound redundant but for great bargains on used Lps,CDs ect try your local run of garage sales.I was able to snatch a few near-mint albums from local artists(I'm from Montreal) for mere pennies in the last few years.