Vinyl isn't dead yet...

Jack White doesn’t always do what he says he is doing…drives audiophiles nuts




To finish, hopefully, if you gave me a choice between owning the master tapes or a test pressing I would take the tapes any day but the master tapes are incredibly rare.

Many tapes were destroyed in a Cali fire so they don’t exist…many were lost over time


But I really don’t think record companies made a habit of sending copies of master tapes

Haven't bought a record in months and just pulled the trigger on this…

https://www.popmarket.com/carnegie-hall-1970/093624885153

On the one hand Let It Be is one of my least favorite Beatles albums but on the other hand this vinyl 5LP box set looks incredible. Is it worth plunking down $200 tho?  ???

https://www.thebeatles.com/let-it-be-special-edition-super-deluxe

interesting, but not on my list

but never knew about all the Glyn Johns stuff and how those versions got out
https://www.beatlesource.com/bs/mains/audio/GetBack/gb2intro.html

this was a great tid bit too
Martin commented: "I produced the original, and what you should do is have a credit saying 'Produced by George Martin, over-produced by Phil Spector'."

Yeah, I wish they could release the Glyn Johns LP separately instead of forcing you to buy an entire box set.

That’s really the only part of it that I want. The rest is likely worth a listen, but just one.

$150 for a jukebox

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/788184671856777/

Side-Mod wrote:
$150 for a jukebox

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/788184671856777/

Reply #666!

part me thinks we need a vinyl stupidity thread but i'm lazy

sigh \ ugh

$17 for a Limited Edition 40th Anniversary Double 45 reissue

The Salvation Army - Mind Gardens (40th Anniversary 2x45) Pre-Order

who went on to become The Three O'Clock

https://yeproc.11spot.com/the-salvation-army-mind-gardens-40th-anniversary.html

B.R.M.C announce three record boxset 20th anniversary release of their debut with a new disc of unreleased demos… sounds interesting goes to check price… $129.99 for… i'll pass

new bowie boxset covering the albums between 1992-2001 including the unreleased TOY album going for 399.98 vinyl and 159.98 CD
the TOY release runs 124.98 vinyl and 39.98 CD

and for all the decrying of what happens in the aftermarket for limited edition vinyl from them, Third Man Record and Paul Weller sure know how to fuel that… a limited edition Yellow Vinyl single available only one day in the new London store is now being listed for hundreds of pounds.. 

kosmo wrote:
new bowie boxset covering the albums between 1992-2001 including the unreleased TOY album going for 399.98 vinyl and 159.98 CD
the TOY release runs 124.98 vinyl and 39.98 CD

Been waiting for this for a while. Have the first 4 era boxsets.

EDIT: This price is wild since Era 2-4 I got brand new for ~$150 each (vinyl).

I want this but not for $25


https://store.udiscovermusic.com/search.html?term=Blondie

looking like the  Dischord #200 Boxset Update will arrive just in time to put under the xmas tree

Sidehatch wrote:
looking like the  Dischord #200 Boxset Update will arrive just in time to put under the xmas tree

Did you get shipping confirmation or something on yours? I was cleaning out my email folders yesterday and was reminded I ordered this so weird you mentioned it today.

Got this email today, from Ian personally :)


Dischord #200 Boxset Update

When we created the pre-order site for the Dischord #200 Boxset we knew that the enormity of the project combined with the already-overloaded pressing plants meant that the production would take months and months to finish. With that in mind, we made it clear on the site that we had hoped to be able to deliver the boxsets by late 2021, thinking that we would likely be able to ship them out in late October or early November.

Covid outbreaks, machinery breakdowns, supply chain issues, and shipping delays have now added at least couple more months to the delays, so now it’s looking like late December is the earliest that the finished pieces will go into the mail.

The situation is truly out of Dischord’s control and all we can really do is keep the lines of communication open with the manufacturers to encourage them to keep pushing to get this thing made. At this point all of the vinyl has been pressed, but the records have gotten stuck in the shipping/cargo crisis and we don’t know when they’ll arrive at the assembly plant.

We very much appreciate all of the patience and trust that our pre-order customers have given us and we’ll send out another update when we have a clearer idea of actual schedule for the release.

Thank you!

- Ian and Jeff
Dischord Records

There was actually an Economist article about this mess in last week's issue.  I laughed all the way through it….. 


https://www.economist.com/business/2021/10/02/the-music-industry-is-an-unexpected-victim-of-a-plastics-shortage

Smackie you would be so proud of my wife – we are in the middle of moving and she suggested "maybe, just maybe" I could discard my 1400 CDs and only keep the vinyl (baby steps) two days ago.

She should be getting served with the divorce papers sometime this afternoon.

Things are definitely looking up for her….

Julian, wrote:
She should be getting served with the divorce papers sometime this afternoon.

so what is 1/2 of nothing??