Vinyl - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Ordered this from Greg W last week, I have been meaning to get it and he got some copies at a good price. I know it is not the most loved Porcupine Tree album, as it has a lot more pop oriented music, but I still kinda like it.

Plus Porcupine Tree is an artist I don't mind collecting since a lot of the vinyl is sought after and holds value very well, based on Discogs.

The quality of the packaging is the usual very sturdy heavy feel gatefold cover. The inner sleeves are also heavy with pictures, the lyrics are inside the gatefold.

The vinyl press quality is the usual excellent quality from Kscope made in EU, which then translates the excellent mixing job to vinyl giving wonderful sound reproduction. Porcupine Tree is just made to be played on a turntable, the sounds are so warm, lush midrange and bass that you can feel....It's always a wonderful experience to sit down and listen to Porcupine Tree vinyl.

Meltdowner wrote:

I know, right? They speak like it's their most sh**tiest release, althought each fan attributes this title to a different album (to me it's The Final Cut) Tongue

.

Thou speakest wisely

Meltdowner wrote:

Very nice album! Not their best but I return to this one more often than 'In Absentia' and their next albums, I'm generally not much into the Metal genre. 'Stop Swimming' is kind of a weak closer in my opinion, though. Ermm

It's funny that there's a CD on the LP cover, don't you think? Tongue

Its a strange cover for sure.....

An interesting (and depressive) article about people's listening habits and the glorification of vinyl, although they compared it with low quality digital music and not with high definition: that would be more interesting. Ermm

http://mic.com/articles/104250/what-the-internet-has-done-to-your-love-of-music

Meltdowner wrote:

An interesting (and depressive) article about people's listening habits and the glorification of vinyl, although they compared it with low quality digital music and not with high definition: that would be more interesting. Ermm

http://mic.com/articles/104250/what-the-internet-has-done-to-your-love-of-music

Yup read that article the other day.....For me the article speaks to the magic, or lack of with digital files, of sitting down and enjoying a pc of music.

Just like David Gilmour stated about TER, you need to listen to the whole album and take it all in......

Just like this guy is doing

Daysbetween wrote:

Currently listening to an oldie - still love 'Crown of Thorns' from this album which was always superb live.

Is this a real aloe cactus in the background or a picture? (or a digital one Geek

?)

Also, this being a vinyl thread, Mr. Catcher10 needs to report to the public what kind of a stylus is playing the PT album .. different color from what we saw before.

At some point in the past I almost bought this album (don't remember the title, but it was described as a collection of B-sides from the 1990s Wilson's endeavors.

Arrived yesterday , Best Gong albums since Gazouse ? i would say so loving it !!

yepp . im loving it !!

Argonaught wrote:

Also, this being a vinyl thread, Mr. Catcher10 needs to report to the public what kind of a stylus is playing the PT album .. different color from what we saw before.

At some point in the past I almost bought this album (don't remember the title, but it was described as a collection of B-sides from the 1990s Wilson's endeavors.

Correct B sides, but of PT recordings not SW recordings......Album is called "Recordings", very much in the vein of Signify and Up the Downstair, ambient Pink Floydian stuff...its great music.

That cartridge is a Nagaoka MP-200, I love Nag carts. Probably the best MM cartridge for the money, they are very warm carts and surface noise killers as well as insanely accurate trackers.

My current cartridge is a Audio Technica ATOC9ML/II which is a MC cartridge.

Report complete