Vinyl isn't dead yet...

kruntry-Hatch wrote:

Yada wrote:

Yada wrote:

Starsky wrote:
Incredibly good price

https://www.amazon.com/Zuma-Vinyl-NEIL-YOUNG/dp/B00004ZKNM/ref=sr_1_5?qid=1646859787&refinements=p_8%3A50-&rnid=301668&s=music&sr=1-5&tag=shtv-20

Whoa.

I'll risk it for $13, but is this a garbage pressing?

yeah but you are supporting the evil Amzon, who steals the food off the plates of mom and pop indie bands

But the bitrate from vinyl is worth the blood on every worker's hands.

Vinyl revenues grew 61% to $1.04 billion in 2021, the format’s 15th consecutive year of growth.
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/with-15bn-revenue-2021-was-the-us-record-industrys-biggest-ever-year-kind-of/

Here’s the headline, folks: The US recorded music industry generated USD $15 billion in 2021 – its biggest annual tally in history.

you’d need to go all the way back to 1999 – over two decades ago – to find the previous peak year for the US industry, when it generated $14.6 billion.

Zuma arrived,  will report my findings!

Please do!

exclusive vinyl for the masses:

Walmart is selling exclusive vinyl versions of Led Zeppelin albums

what's odd is the inclusion of Presence in that 3 pack
so many better LZ albums, honestly don't think I've ever listened to Presence

Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic in The Village Voice…unnecessary in comparison with earlier recordings

Presence has its moments and fans….

Isn’t someone on here an unabashed Presence fanboy? Sweets or Hutch iirc.

Julian, wrote:
Isn’t someone on here an unabashed Presence fanboy? Sweets or Hutch iirc.

two most likely candidates

yup, i'm down with Presence.  not in my top 3, but it's a damn solid album.  very prog-rock.  guitars and drums on that album are as good as anything they produced.  and "tea for one"… oh my.  please have a listen and tell that ain't some top-shelf electric blues.

Recently picked up both the 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 Beatles compilations (Red and Blue albums, respectively) that were reissued in 2014 - I'm not a huge fan of greatest hits records but these were actually cut from the analog master tapes and sound fantastic (especially the Blue album). Most of the Beatles rereleases are out there are just digital transfers, a few of which I own, and don't pack a punch like these do. (I also got my mom's original White Album [Capitol] and holy hell it's such a bad pressing)

The key for the Red/Blue LPs is to make sure the back says Printed in the EU with a copyright year of 2014. If the copyright year is 2018 and/or says Made in Canada, avoid! That's a bad pressing. The 2014 LPs are still floating around out there so grab'em while you can.

That’s a good tip

It’s always a good idea to research reissues before plonking down $35 as there are a lot of lemons

<a href="https://www.hyattsvillewire.com/2022/03/21/wax-altar/">Route 1’s New Eclectic Underground Music Station Plays Vinyls 24-7</a>

To be fair, it's a vinyl source which has been digitized then broadcast over a low powered FM signal…

https://www.thewaxaltar.com/
https://live365.com/station/The-Wax-Altar--a52944
https://tunein.com/radio/The-Wax-Altar-s310197/
https://www.instagram.com/waxaltar/?hl=en

this is a cool concept, vote for the next vinyl reissue

https://www.runoutgroovevinyl.com/

found out as luna wants you to vote (but put the wrong link)
Run Out Groove are considering a deluxe 2LP version of Lunapark for its 30th anniversary. Vote at runout groovevinyl.com

So are they just converting CDs? I'd consider the Kyuss but I already have that on disc. Somewhere.

Starsky wrote:
Presence has its moments and fans….

for the zepheads: a history of Presence.  a long, but good, read.

How Presence pulled Led Zeppelin out of the wreckage
Led Zeppelin were ready to begin another huge US tour – then disaster struck. But out of the chaos rose Presence, an album Jimmy Page considers one of their best

on kickstarter:

DropStation: Vinyl Capture Workstation
DropStation is a self-contained, mastering-grade vinyl digitization workstation aimed at preserving the world's decaying analog media.

But once its digital it won't be as good, right?

Off-season wrote:
But once its digital it won&#039;t be as good, right?

by "good", i'm going to assume you mean "that vinyl sound."

if this product produces a high quality digitization of the vinyl - "mastering-grade" would seem to imply this - then the resulting digital file should sound virtually identical to the original vinyl, including "that vinyl sound."

don't forget amplification: if you run your turntable through a tube amp, you'll want to run the digital file through that same amp to get the sound you're used to.  also, you'll want a high-end soundcard.  it would be silly to spend time, effort and dollars on a good digitization setup only to playback through a laptop's 1/8" headphone jack (i.e. the built-in soundcard, which is invariably not up to the job).

some studio engineer/producer type, can't remember who, once said "i use analog for its sound, and digital for its non-sound."  a properly made high-quality digital recording should be indistinguishable from the original source.  analog, on the other hand, introduces subtle distortion - but in many cases we find that distortion pleasing.  it adds things like "warmth" and "character", vs. digital which is perceived as "cold" (as in it doesn't add any warmth, just what you see is what you get).  abbey road has a sound, pro tools does not.

did sweets have that on a cue card?