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Title: Vinyl
Post by: antigoon on May 04, 2009, 03:10:33 PM
So, my girlfriend surprised me today with a record player for my birthday. I could not be more excited. I've never played vinyl before and I'm really looking forward to starting a great collection. I'm tormenting myself over what my first album should be :lol


Any fans or collectors of vinyl here?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sigz on May 04, 2009, 03:12:15 PM
I want to get some more vinyl, but I need a better turntable (and money). I REALLY want Thrice's Alchemy Index collection on Vinyl.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: sneakyblueberry on May 04, 2009, 03:15:56 PM
Any prog Genesis makes you feel like your in the 70s.  Ahhhhhh
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: In The Wake Of Poseidon on May 04, 2009, 03:18:14 PM
My collection:


Thrice - The Alchemy Index
Boris - Pink
Boris and Sunn 0))) - Altar
Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
Yes - Close to the Edge
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada, Yanqui UXO
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sigz on May 04, 2009, 03:22:42 PM
Thrice - The Alchemy Index

die.

Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue

I would die to have Choirs of the Eye of vinyl, but I don't think it was ever pressed, was it?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on May 04, 2009, 03:29:19 PM
I'm "kind of" a vinyl collector... I've got about 50 or 60, but a good portion of those are just my mom's old records.  Regardless of where you start, I'd recommend taking a trip to Mr. Cheapos in Commack (Mayfair Shopping Center on Jericho Tpke).  That's where I do the vast majority of my non-online vinyl shopping.  (There's also one in Mineola, but its nowhere near as good as the one in Commack).

Anyway, if you're a Floyd fan, you can't go wrong with the Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition vinyl.  That's as good a place as any to start off your collection :).
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jamariquay on May 04, 2009, 03:30:18 PM
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: antigoon on May 04, 2009, 03:35:17 PM
I'm "kind of" a vinyl collector... I've got about 50 or 60, but a good portion of those are just my mom's old records.  Regardless of where you start, I'd recommend taking a trip to Mr. Cheapos in Commack.  That's where I do the vast majority of my non-online vinyl shopping.

Anyway, if you're a Floyd fan, you can't go wrong with the Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition vinyl.  That's as good a place as any to start off your collection :).

Thanks for the rec! I'll definitely check out the shop. I've been to quite a few record shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn so I'll have to revisit them as well. I'll check out the 30th Anniversary edition, I love PF.

Can anyone recommend a decent (read: not terribly expensive) set of speakers?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: TAC on May 04, 2009, 03:51:50 PM
Hey Goon, this thread made me laugh. Next you should try Atari! :lol

There's nothing cooler than opening, say, Maiden's Live After Death or Kiss Alive 2 and seeing those giant stage photos. But seriously, CD's are so much more convenient.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Nick on May 04, 2009, 03:54:09 PM
One of the coolest things about Vinyl is you won't believe some of the deals you'll find. Just go to a record store and you'll find a TON of albums you probably wouldn't buy for full price, but for $1-4 you can get on Vinyl and check out.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: antigoon on May 04, 2009, 03:59:11 PM
Hey Goon, this thread made me laugh. Next you should try Atari! :lol

There's nothing cooler than opening, say, Maiden's Live After Death or Kiss Alive 2 and seeing those giant stage photos. But seriously, CD's are so much more convenient.

:lol Thanks, TAC. I know that CDs are more convenient and I'm sure I'll keep buying them. But as someone who primarily consumes his music digitally (via the internet) I'm looking forward to having new listening experiences. One thing I really like to do is just sit and listen to an album with no distractions. However with my entire music catalog available at the flick of a thumb anywhere i am it becomes so tempting to do other things simultaneously.

One of the coolest things about Vinyl is you won't believe some of the deals you'll find. Just go to a record store and you'll find a TON of albums you probably wouldn't buy for full price, but for $1-4 you can get on Vinyl and check out.

I would always notice this when I went record store browsing with my friends. Can't wait to check out some old music I've been meaning to get as well as stuff I've never even heard of. 
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: BlobVanDam on May 04, 2009, 04:00:04 PM
One of the coolest things about Vinyl is you won't believe some of the deals you'll find. Just go to a record store and you'll find a TON of albums you probably wouldn't buy for full price, but for $1-4 you can get on Vinyl and check out.

Slippery When Wet for $2. True story. Fuck yeah.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: antigoon on May 04, 2009, 04:00:24 PM
:metal
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on May 04, 2009, 04:00:31 PM
Hey Goon, this thread made me laugh. Next you should try Atari! :lol

If I could find a cheap, functioning Atari I would so buy one.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: TAC on May 04, 2009, 04:07:31 PM
Hey Goon, this thread made me laugh. Next you should try Atari! :lol

If I could find a cheap, functioning Atari I would so buy one.
Nah, you'd hold out for one autographed by a Space Invader!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: BlobVanDam on May 04, 2009, 04:08:10 PM
Hey Goon, this thread made me laugh. Next you should try Atari! :lol

If I could find a cheap, functioning Atari I would so buy one.

I have an Atari 2600 with hundreds of built in games sitting around somewhere. Last I checked, it worked perfectly. Let's play boxing.  :corn
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: brakkum on May 04, 2009, 04:16:25 PM
i have around 150 vinyl records i think, and i love them all to death. TO DEATH.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: staveoffzombies on May 04, 2009, 05:00:22 PM
Hey Goon, this thread made me laugh. Next you should try Atari! :lol

If I could find a cheap, functioning Atari I would so buy one.
Nah, you'd hold out for one autographed by a Space Invader!

(https://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q174/staveoffzombies/forumstuff/sululaugh.gif)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: James007 on May 05, 2009, 02:09:30 PM
I still have most of my vinyl.  About 3000 albums worth.  Me = old.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: antigoon on May 09, 2009, 06:39:27 PM
I just bought a used copy of Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life for 5 bucks :)

Saw it at Virgin Megastore an hour later for $45.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sigz on May 09, 2009, 06:45:28 PM
 :lol :metal
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: bob on May 10, 2009, 01:30:21 AM
Anyway, if you're a Floyd fan, you can't go wrong with the Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition vinyl.  That's as good a place as any to start off your collection :).

This. Or any copy of DSotM. Listening to it on vinyl is like some sort of continuous orgasm.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on May 12, 2009, 12:50:50 PM
Heres the list of vinyls I own, not counting duplicates and not counting the boxes of vinyls my dad has in the basement.

https://www.mikedemb.50gigs.net/vinylsowned.html
(https://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2319/viny.jpg)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: YtseBitsySpider on May 12, 2009, 04:20:41 PM
Abbey Road - The Beatles

This or Dark Side of the Moon.

Seriously. Do it.

If...CD's are cigarette smoke.......................Vinyl is cigar smoke....the sound is so thick...it actually hangs in the air longer for you to hear.

Happy listening.
My old man had some Zappa on vinyl....also not a bad place to start. I don't remember the songs, and I'm not a huge zappa fan I just remember thinking....wow.....could this sound ANY better?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: PixelDream on May 13, 2009, 06:25:48 AM
I have Dark Side of The Moon, Animals, Wish You Were here on Vinyl.

And King Crimson's In The Court of the Crimson King. That is a vinyl must-have.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: brakkum on May 13, 2009, 12:22:50 PM
^I'm really pissed I don't have any of those on vinyl yet...

Though I have The Wall, which sounds great, and plenty of other amazing albums.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: sneakyblueberry on May 14, 2009, 05:35:42 PM
I have Richard Simmon's 'Reach' on vinyl.

That is all.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: LifeIsChaos on May 18, 2009, 03:25:03 AM
Hope someone can help me ?

I will be traveling to Boston in July and I would like to buy some vinyl, so does anyone know so good new or secondhand record shops please.

Thanks

Les
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: brakkum on May 18, 2009, 12:52:20 PM
why do you need to go to boston to buy vinyl?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Piolo on May 18, 2009, 10:30:17 PM
I'm the opposite of you, i have some Vinyls but not a record player, also noob in this, 3 weeks ago i bought Close to the Edge and Classics by Yes, this saturday will be LZ II
Buy some Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin, it should be a good start imo
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: reneranucci on May 18, 2009, 11:00:47 PM
Hope someone can help me ?

I will be traveling to Boston in July and I would like to buy some vinyl, so does anyone know so good new or secondhand record shops please.

Thanks

Les
I have seen many stores in Boston that buy/sell used stuff. I think you should check out Newbury Comics, I don't think it's the largest but it's a nice place to start. Or, just walk around Harvard Square, I have seen at least 4 stores there (one is planet records on the JFK street).
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: LifeIsChaos on May 19, 2009, 02:29:38 AM
Hi and thanks for the reply's

brakkum  I will be on holiday   :biggrin:

reneranucci  Thanks for the info   ;D


Thanks

Les
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Wazoodust on June 25, 2009, 06:30:52 PM
OK I'm and old fart here ~4000 on vinyl, depending on what you like. Chicago's first 2 are great on vinyl, Alan Parsons is a good start too. If you can find a decent copy of Marillion's Misplaced Childhood it's verrry nice. ANd if you feel like splurging a little find the First LTE on vinyl, it's a double album for ~$30 but it blows the CD away
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: TTTSTA on June 25, 2009, 10:29:32 PM
I consider myself a vinyl collector. I have 3500 records. I love having classic stuff on vinyl as well as new stuff.

My most recent purchese was the new Iron Maiden- Flight 666 Double Picture Disc Gatefold :metal
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on June 25, 2009, 10:32:08 PM
Do you guys play your vinyl or just collect it?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: TTTSTA on June 25, 2009, 10:34:36 PM
Do you guys play your vinyl or just collect it?

Well i do both. The cheap-os that i buy for a buck or 2 i listen too, but if i buy new records especially limited editon ones, i leave them sealed.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jamesman42 on June 25, 2009, 10:36:32 PM
I have Queen's A Night at the Opera on vinyl, I believe (it may be another Queen album).

I used to own a nice record player, but I sold it for some cash. They are really great for listening to music to.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on June 25, 2009, 10:40:27 PM
I have Queen's A Night at the Opera on vinyl, I believe (it may be another Queen album).

I used to own a nice record player, but I sold it for some cash. They are really great for listening to music to.

Thats an awesome album on vinyl, especially The Prophet's Song.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: TTTSTA on June 25, 2009, 10:42:53 PM
I have Queen's A Night at the Opera on vinyl, I believe (it may be another Queen album).

I used to own a nice record player, but I sold it for some cash. They are really great for listening to music to.

Thats an awesome album on vinyl, especially The Prophet's Song.

AGREED :metal
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: brakkum on June 26, 2009, 01:00:29 AM
I was spinning Thriller earlier today in honor of Michael, but yes, i love my vinyl.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on June 26, 2009, 01:47:28 AM
I was spinning Thriller earlier today in honor of Michael, but yes, i love my vinyl.

Same! Really good album. Picked up a copy a year ago in a local shop for 99 cents and it plays perfectly
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: brakkum on June 26, 2009, 03:06:39 AM
I was spinning Thriller earlier today in honor of Michael, but yes, i love my vinyl.

Same! Really good album. Picked up a copy a year ago in a local shop for 99 cents and it plays perfectly

same here, i got it super cheap, and its probably my cleanest sounding record, not to mention the songs are top notch. this is how the 80s should have been. RIP.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: antigoon on June 26, 2009, 04:32:38 AM
My Black Clouds & Silver Linings double LP came in last night and boy is it purrrdy.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Nick on June 26, 2009, 01:57:39 PM
I play 95% of my vinyl.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on June 26, 2009, 10:47:23 PM
I dunno if you guys can see this because it's on my facebook and you might have to be my friend... but read the comments, I lol'd.
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/photo.php?pid=30237136&id=1242750096&ref=mf
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sigz on June 27, 2009, 12:26:10 AM
I dunno if you guys can see this because it's on my facebook and you might have to be my friend... but read the comments, I lol'd.
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/photo.php?pid=30237136&id=1242750096&ref=mf

 :lol
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Wazoodust on June 27, 2009, 01:22:29 PM
Do you guys play your vinyl or just collect it?

Both, I don't buy it unless I'm going to listen to it, the only sealed copy that comes to mind for me is Steve Vai's "Passion and Warfare"
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Wazoodust on July 16, 2009, 08:23:53 PM
Did anyone else get the LTE vinyl yet?  Holy F$#%!!!! it sounds great
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on July 17, 2009, 01:53:37 AM
Did anyone else get the LTE vinyl yet?  Holy F$#%!!!! it sounds great

Nope, haven't even heard of it actually.  :blush Which album is it? LTE1? LTE2? Or the new live album? And where can I find a copy? :)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Ouda on July 19, 2009, 03:40:17 PM
I'm trying to more vinyls to cover my rooms walls along with the necessary posters.

My mom has a SIGNED prime condition Led Zeppelin vinyl. Unfortunately, she is too paranoid it will be stolen or I will drool over it and ruin it, so she put it in a safe at a bank.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sputterdude on July 19, 2009, 04:19:13 PM
...

There's nothing cooler than opening, say, Maiden's Live After Death or Kiss Alive 2 and seeing those giant stage photos. ...

I remember those moments from my youth. I would sit and stare at the photos for hours while listening imagining what it would be like to see them in concert. (I was not allowed to go to see Kiss when Alive II came out- too young).
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: antigoon on August 03, 2009, 12:16:28 PM
Bump from the dead! I'm gonna head out to Mr. Cheapo's today on Zep's months-old recommendation :D Hopefully I can get some cool shit.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on August 03, 2009, 01:06:08 PM
My latest haul from last week was as follows:
Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume 1 and 2
Yes - Going for the One
Aerosmtih - Permanent Vacation
Boston - Don't Look Back

I also saw McCartney's debut solo album and the debut Queen album... might go back to pick those up next week. They also had Tomato by Yes but I couldn't tell if it would skip or not. I wish they let you test out the vinyl before you buy it.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ytserush on August 08, 2009, 10:22:08 PM
I had a mini vinyl festival while I was cleaning earlier today.

I listened to Rush's All The World's A Stage and Moving Pictures, Marillion's B'Sides Themselves, A Rush boot from the Signals Tour in Rotterdam in 1983 (I forget the name right now) and an episode of Jim Ladd's "Innerview" Radio show featuring Neil Peart talking about Moving Pictures from June 1981.

Analog bliss.

Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: In The Wake Of Poseidon on January 06, 2010, 07:15:40 PM
My updated Vinyl collection:

Yes - Close to the Edge
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Thrice - The Alchemy Index box set
Sunn 0))) and Boris - Altar
King Crimson - Discipline
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui UXO
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists..
Boris - Pink
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
ISIS - Wavering Radiant
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Converge - Axe to Fall
Choking Victim - No Gods, No Managers
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue


I have been somewhat on a vinyl binge lately. For me it really adds a different level to my music listening experience. It adds a somewhat personal touch to it. I plan on using some of my Christmas money to add a few more to my collection. There is a great store around here that sells hard to find vinyls from experimental and punk bands. 
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on January 06, 2010, 07:52:28 PM
My updated Vinyl collection:

Yes - Close to the Edge


 :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal

Some of the newer vinyls I acquired recently...

Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack
Genesis - And Then There Were Three
Genesis - Abacab
Led Zeppelin - Coda
Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
Elton John - Friends
Elton John - A Single Man Picture Disc
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Birch Boy on January 06, 2010, 07:52:43 PM
My most valuable vinyls would be: #0140 of the 2000 Follow The Reaper (Children Of Bodom) picture vinyls printed, a 1980 pressing of Iron Maiden, but under Harvest Records (they were only printed under Harvest for a very short time), and a limited edition 1989 remaster of Black Sabbath's Sabotage on clear vinyl.  :metal

Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: TTTSTA on January 08, 2010, 01:07:22 PM
a 1980 pressing of Iron Maiden, but under Harvest Records (they were only printed under Harvest for a very short time),


I have this aswell! :metal
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Mladen on January 08, 2010, 01:34:01 PM
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
God, I wish I had this on vinyl, such a remarkable album.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Birch Boy on January 08, 2010, 01:58:10 PM
a 1980 pressing of Iron Maiden, but under Harvest Records (they were only printed under Harvest for a very short time),


I have this aswell! :metal
:metal

One thing I love about Maiden's vinyls is that you can see all the little easter eggs/nuggets/hidden things on the albums. I never noticed the little peace-sign-face thing on the wall behind Eddie, and that that little bin says "LITTER". If you look on the Powerslave vinyl, you can see hieroglyphics of Mickey Mouse, Indiana Jones, the phrase "Not Sid Was Here", and other little things.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: carl320 on January 08, 2010, 02:37:50 PM
a 1980 pressing of Iron Maiden, but under Harvest Records (they were only printed under Harvest for a very short time),


I have this aswell! :metal
:metal

One thing I love about Maiden's vinyls is that you can see all the little easter eggs/nuggets/hidden things on the albums. I never noticed the little peace-sign-face thing on the wall behind Eddie, and that that little bin says "LITTER". If you look on the Powerslave vinyl, you can see hieroglyphics of Mickey Mouse, Indiana Jones, the phrase "Not Sid Was Here", and other little things.

+1

Wot?  No Guinness?

That vinyl was a good find for me... saw it at a record show for $8 and snapped it right up :)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: TTTSTA on January 08, 2010, 03:06:11 PM
a 1980 pressing of Iron Maiden, but under Harvest Records (they were only printed under Harvest for a very short time),


I have this aswell! :metal
:metal

One thing I love about Maiden's vinyls is that you can see all the little easter eggs/nuggets/hidden things on the albums. I never noticed the little peace-sign-face thing on the wall behind Eddie, and that that little bin says "LITTER". If you look on the Powerslave vinyl, you can see hieroglyphics of Mickey Mouse, Indiana Jones, the phrase "Not Sid Was Here", and other little things.

Yeah all the early ones, i have a great maiden collection, I have Maiden Japan on Harvest aswell.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Birch Boy on January 08, 2010, 03:47:27 PM
As of now, my vinyl collection is
(all original pressings, no remasters)

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (rare 1980 Harvest pressing)
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1989 limited edition remaster [clear vinyl])
Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper (limited edition picture vinyl, #0140 of 2000)
AC/DC - Back in Black
The Who - Tommy
Van Halen - 1984
Ted Nugent - Free-For-All
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: In The Wake Of Poseidon on January 08, 2010, 03:51:35 PM
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
God, I wish I had this on vinyl, such a remarkable album.
Agreed, every song is grade A material, and as a whole the album is unlike any other.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Birch Boy on January 08, 2010, 03:55:55 PM
Do you guys go record hunting at shops or buy online? I personally enjoy the excitement of not knowing what you're going to find walking into a record store, as apposed to buying online. I like the novelty of sometimes finding crap, and then finding a gem buy looking through piles/shelves and feeling very accomplished. But that's just me.  :D
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: In The Wake Of Poseidon on January 08, 2010, 04:03:27 PM
Do you guys go record hunting at shops or buy online? I personally enjoy the excitement of not knowing what you're going to find walking into a record store, as apposed to buying online. I like the novelty of sometimes finding crap, and then finding a gem buy looking through piles/shelves and feeling very accomplished. But that's just me.  :D
I go to amazon or ebay for more of the rare records.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Samsara on January 08, 2010, 05:10:32 PM
I'm "kind of" a vinyl collector... I've got about 50 or 60, but a good portion of those are just my mom's old records.  Regardless of where you start, I'd recommend taking a trip to Mr. Cheapos in Commack (Mayfair Shopping Center on Jericho Tpke).  That's where I do the vast majority of my non-online vinyl shopping.  (There's also one in Mineola, but its nowhere near as good as the one in Commack).

Anyway, if you're a Floyd fan, you can't go wrong with the Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition vinyl.  That's as good a place as any to start off your collection :).

Cheapos rocks. I remember back in the late 1990s dropping like $70 bucks there, and walking away with 20 CDs. Not sure if prices are that low still, but yeah.

As for vinyl, I refuse to buy new vinyl unless it is something really special. It's too damn expensive. I buy used vinyl from back in the day all the time, but that's spending 4.99 per LP. This crazy crap with vinyl being 29.99 or some insane amount is ridiculous.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ytserush on January 08, 2010, 06:16:00 PM
Do you guys go record hunting at shops or buy online? I personally enjoy the excitement of not knowing what you're going to find walking into a record store, as apposed to buying online. I like the novelty of sometimes finding crap, and then finding a gem buy looking through piles/shelves and feeling very accomplished. But that's just me.  :D

I'm fortunate enough that there are still record stores that carry vinyl within an hour or so drive from here. I almost never go in looking for anything. I let it find me.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: King Postwhore on January 08, 2010, 06:21:01 PM
Hey Goon, this thread made me laugh. Next you should try Atari! :lol

There's nothing cooler than opening, say, Maiden's Live After Death or Kiss Alive 2 and seeing those giant stage photos. But seriously, CD's are so much more convenient.

Tac, Kiss Avile @ with the tattoo's inside!!!!!!!!  Also the Picture inside when you open the album is one of the best live pics ever.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on January 10, 2010, 05:33:01 PM
Just bought the original Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor pressing for $15. Its a different mix and his vocals are slightly sped up so his voice sounds higher.  :lol Can't wait to listen to it, I've been planning on buying this for some time now.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: carl320 on January 12, 2010, 01:56:55 PM
I go to shops, but there are also record shows that I try to get to... my brother and I travel on occasion to them(since he's the vinyl collector of the two of us).  Pretty cool to check out.
https://www.recordshowsofamerica.com/ (https://www.recordshowsofamerica.com/)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: True Death of Life on January 13, 2010, 07:46:36 AM
We were given a really nice record player out of the blue about 6 years ago, but our family still had one before that. I love vinyl. With both my parent's collections pooled together, there's so much choice. I remember listening to the White Album every day I came home from preschool.


My mom also owns so much Genesis, it's crazy. I don't have everything on CD, but she has EVERYTHNIG of theirs on vinyl.  :metal
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ytserush on January 13, 2010, 07:52:23 PM
I go to shops, but there are also record shows that I try to get to... my brother and I travel on occasion to them(since he's the vinyl collector of the two of us).  Pretty cool to check out.
https://www.recordshowsofamerica.com/ (https://www.recordshowsofamerica.com/)

I've been to some of these on this list. These shows are nowhere near as good as they used to be, but they can be fruitful if you're patient enough to look through everything.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Nick on January 13, 2010, 08:06:58 PM
Yay for Access output file.

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| Anderson, Jon              |            1985 | 3 Ships                               |
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| Asia                       |            1982 | Asia                                  |
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| Boston                     |            1986 | Third Stage                           |
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| Bowie, David               |            1973 | Aladdin Sane                          |
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| Bowie, David               |            1983 | Let's Dance                           |
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| Cheap Trick                |            1979 | Live at Budokan                       |
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| Def Leppard                |            1981 | High 'n' Dry                          |
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| Def Leppard                |            1983 | Pyromania                             |
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| Def Leppard                |            1987 | Hysteria                              |
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| Dokken                     |            1987 | Back For the Attack                   |
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| Dream Theater              |            2007 | Systematic Chaos                      |
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| Electric Light Orchestra   |            1973 | II                                    |
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| ELP                        |            1979 | In Concert                            |
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| Europe                     |            1986 | The Final Countdown                   |
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| Genesis                    |            1972 | Foxtrot                               |
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| Hagar, Sammy               |            1981 | Standing Hampton                      |
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| Hagar, Sammy               |            1984 | VOA                                   |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1981 | Made in Japan                         |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1983 | Piece of Mind                         |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1984 | Aces High                             |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1985 | Live After Death                      |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1985 | Run to the Hills                      |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1985 | Running Free                          |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1986 | Somewhere in Time                     |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1986 | Stranger in a Strange Land            |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1986 | Wasted Years                          |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1988 | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son          |
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| Iron Maiden                |            2000 | The Wicker Man                        |
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| Iron Maiden                |            2005 | The Number of the Beast               |
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| Iron Maiden                |            2005 | The Trooper                           |
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| Jethro Tull                |            1972 | Thick as a Brick                      |
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| Journey                    |            1981 | Escape                                |
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| Kansas                     |            1974 | Kansas                                |
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| Kansas                     |            1986 | Power                                 |
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| Loudness                   |            1986 | Lightning Strikes                     |
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| Marillion                  |            1983 | Script for a Jester's Tear            |
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| Megadeth                   |            1986 | Peace Sells… But Who's Buying?        |
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| Megadeth                   |            1988 | So Far, So Good… So What!             |
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| Ozzy Osbourne              |            1982 | Speak of the Devil                    |
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| Ozzy Osbourne              |            1983 | Bark at the Moon                      |
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| Pink Floyd                 |            1979 | The Wall                              |
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| Queensryche                |            1983 | Queensryche                           |
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| Queensryche                |            1984 | The Warning                           |
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| Queensryche                |            1986 | Rage For Order                        |
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| Queensryche                |            1988 | Operation: Mindcrime                  |
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| Queensryche                |            2006 | Operation: Mindcrime II               |
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| Rainbow                    |            1981 | Difficult to Cure                     |
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| Rainbow                    |            1983 | Bent Out of Shape                     |
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| REO Speedwagon             |            1980 | Hi Infidelity                         |
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| Rick Wakeman               |            1974 | Journey to the Center of the Earth    |
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| Rush                       |            1976 | 2112                                  |
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| Rush                       |            1976 | 2112                                  |
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| Rush                       |            1976 | All the World's a Stage               |
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| Rush                       |            1976 | Archives                              |
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| Rush                       |            1977 | A Farewell to Kings                   |
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| Rush                       |            1978 | Hemispheres                           |
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| Rush                       |            1978 | Hemispheres                           |
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| Rush                       |            1980 | Permanent Waves                       |
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| Rush                       |            1981 | Exit… Stage Left                      |
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| Rush                       |            1981 | Moving Pictures                       |
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| Rush                       |            1981 | Rush Through Time                     |
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| Rush                       |            1982 | Signals                               |
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| Rush                       |            1984 | Grace Under Pressue                   |
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| Rush                       |            1985 | Power Windows                         |
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| Rush                       |            1988 | Hold Your Fire                        |
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| Rush                       |            1989 | A Show of Hands                       |
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| Rush                       |            1989 | Presto                                |
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| Styx                       |            1976 | Crystal Ball                          |
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| Styx                       |            1981 | Paradise Theater                      |
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| Supertramp                 |            1977 | Even in the Quietest Moments…         |
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| Supertramp                 |            1979 | Breakfast in America                  |
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| Supertramp                 |            1982 | …Famous Last Words…                   |
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| UFO                        |            1978 | Obsession                             |
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| Van Halen                  |            1978 | Van Halen                             |
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| Van Halen                  |            1979 | Van Halen II                          |
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| Van Halen                  |            1980 | Women and Children First              |
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| Van Halen                  |            1981 | Fair Warning                          |
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| Van Halen                  |            1982 | Diver Down                            |
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| Van Halen                  |            1984 | 1984                                  |
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| Van Halen                  |            1988 | OU812                                 |
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| Wakeman, Rick              |            1983 | Cost of Living                        |
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| Who, The                   |            1969 | Tommy                                 |
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| Who, The                   |            1978 | Who Are You                           |
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| Y&T                        |            1983 | Mean Streak                           |
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| Yes                        |            1971 | Fragile                               |
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| Yes                        |            1972 | Close to the Edge                     |
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| Yes                        |            1973 | Tales From Topographic Oceans         |
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| Yes                        |            1974 | Relayer                               |
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| Yes                        |            1980 | Drama                                 |
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| Def Leppard                |            1983 | Photograph                            |
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| Def Leppard                |            1987 | Pour Some Sugar On Me                 |
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| Iron Maiden                |            1983 | Flight of Icarus                      |
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| Queensryche                |            1994 | Bridge                                |
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| Rush                       |            1980 | The Spirit of Radio                   |
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| Rush                       |            1981 | Closer to the Heart                   |
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| Rush                       |            1981 | Tom Sawyer                            |
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| Rush                       |            1982 | New World Man                         |
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| Rush                       |            1986 | The Big Money                         |
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| Van Halen                  |            1988 | Finish What Ya Started                |
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Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ytserush on January 13, 2010, 08:38:36 PM
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| ELP                        |            1979 | In Concert                            |
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Wow, this album had been previously erased from my consciousness.
 
I'm sure this has been reissued on CD as part of something bigger (The Works Live album?) This has a very pretentious picture of the inside of the top of a stadium, doesn't it? What's the track listing?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Birch Boy on January 14, 2010, 01:46:26 PM
I'm so jealous of Nick right now...  :(
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on January 14, 2010, 02:29:09 PM
Impressive Nick! I'd kill to have Relayer on vinyl, I still have not come across that one yet. (Foxtrot as well)

Heres my vinyl list: (Huge list, sorry)
ABBA:
Greatest Hits

AC/DC:
Back in Black

AEROSMITH:
Aerosmith
Get Your Wings
Toys in the Attic
Rocks
Draw The Line
Live Bootleg
Night in the Ruts
Greatest Hits
Rock in a Hard Place
Done With Mirrors
Permanent Vacation
Pump

BAD COMPANY:
Straight Shooter
Desolation Angels

THE BEATLES:
Yesterday and Today
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1962-1966
1967-1970

BOSTON:
Boston
Don't Look Back
Third Stage

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND:
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

DAVID BOWIE:
ChangesOneBowie
Lets Dance

CHEAP TRICK:
At Budokan

CHICAGO:
Chicago

ERIC CLAPTON:
Slowhand

DEEP PURPLE:
Machine Head

DREAM THEATER:
Black Clouds & Silver Linings

BOB DYLAN:
Hard Rain
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits Vol II

EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Spirit
That's The Way of the World

FLEETWOOD MAC:
Bare Trees
Future Games
Mystery to Me
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Tusk
Live
Mirage
Behind the Mask

ART GARFUNKEL:
Breakaway

THE GUESS WHO:
The Best of The Guess Who

HEART:
Brigade
Bad Animals
Heart

JIMI HENDRIX:
Jimi Hendrix

J. GEILS BAND:
"Live" Full House
Best of the J. Geils Band
Freeze Frame

MICHAEL JACKSON:
Thriller

JAMES MONTGOMERY BAND:
First Time Out

JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS:
I Love Rock N Roll

JOE PERRY PROJECT:
Once A Rocker, Always a Rocker

BILLY JOEL:
Cold Spring Harbor
Piano Man
Streetlife Serenader
Turnstiles
The Stranger
52nd Street
Glass Houses
Songs in the Attic
An Innocent Man
The Bridge
Kohliept

ELTON JOHN:
Empty Sky
Elton John
Friends
Tumbleweed Connection
Madman Across The Water
Honky Chateau
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Caribou
Greatest Hits
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Greatest Hits Volume II
Rock of the Westies
Here and There
Blue Moves
A Single Man
A Single Man (Picture Disc)
Breaking Hearts
Too Low for Zero
The Fox
The Red Piano

GENESIS:
Abacab
...And Then There Were Three

KANSAS:
Leftoverture

KISS:
Alive
Destroyer
Double Platinum

LED ZEPPELIN:
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV
Presence
In Through the Out Door
Coda

GORDON LIGHTFOOT:
Summertime Dream
Dream Street Rose

STEVIE NICKS:
Bella Donna
The Wild Heart
Rock A Little

OHIO PLAYERS:
Honey

PINK FLOYD:
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here

THE POLICE:
Regatta de Blanc

QUEEN:
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
News of the World
Jazz
The Game

ROLLING STONES:
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Beggar's Banquet
Get Yer Ya-Yas Out
Some Girls
Tattoo You
Still Life

RUSH:
Archives
2112
All The Worlds A Stage
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Exit... Stage Left
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
Power Windows
Hold Your Fire
A Show of Hands
Presto
Snakes and Arrows

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL:
Greatest Hits

SMOKEY ROBINSON:
A Quiet Storm

STYX:
Pieces of Eight

TOWER OF POWER:
Tower of Power

VAN HALEN:
Van Halen

THE WHO:
Tommy
Who's Next

JOHN WILLIAMS:
Star Wars: The Original Soundtrack
The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Soundtrack

YES:
The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Going For The One
Tormato
Big Generator
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: jezstyle on January 20, 2010, 03:01:13 AM
2001: A Space Odyssey (OST)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Eugene Ormondy/Leonard Bernstein)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (Egmont Overture)
Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
Debussey - La Mer
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds (DFA Remixes)
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Nine Inch Nails - Things Falling Apart
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Stevie Wonder - Hotter than July
Verdi - La Traviata
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Portrucci on January 20, 2010, 03:14:35 AM
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui UXO
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists..
God I am so jealous  :hefdaddy

You managed to find F#A# (infinity) since that post?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: RobD on October 18, 2010, 09:34:37 AM
Bump'd! :D

One of the coolest things about Vinyl is you won't believe some of the deals you'll find. Just go to a record store and you'll find a TON of albums you probably wouldn't buy for full price, but for $1-4 you can get on Vinyl and check out.

Totally this. Last weekend I picked up a near mint copy of Iron Maiden debut (Fame re-issue) for £2.50. Listening to it now, it sounds sooooo good compared to the CD remaster I had before. The bottom end is just perfect. :D
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ich bin besser on October 18, 2010, 09:51:17 AM
Oh, a list of vinyl? Lemme see what I have (yes, most stuff is from the pre-CD era).
The Sigur Rós box is the most expensive piece of music I have in my collection.
Another thing I really value is the signed copy of King's X "Faith Hope Love".


AC/DC   The Razor´s Edge
Adams, Bryan   Reckless
Adams, Bryan   You Want It, You Got It
Adams, Bryan   Into The Fire
Adams, Bryan   Cuts Like A Knife
Adventures, The   Theodore And Friends
Alan Parsons Project, The   Eve
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe   Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
Asia   Astra
Asia   Alpha
Bap   Da Capo
Beatles, The   1962-1966
Black Sabbath   Tyr
Blind Guardian   Tales From The Twilight World
Brady, Paul   Full Moon
Browne, Jackson   Lawyers In Love
Cara, Irene   What A Feelin´
Carey, Tony   Bedtime Story
Cars, The   Door To Door
Cars, The   Heartbeat City
Carrack, Paul   One Good Reason
Chicago   17
Chroming Rose   Garden Of Eden
Cinderella   Heartbreak Station
Crossroads   The Wild One
D-A-D   Riskin' It All
Damn Yankees   Damn Yankees
Dare   Out Of The Silence
De Burgh, Chris   Into The Light
De Burgh, Chris   Man On The Line
De Burgh, Chris   The Getaway
De Burgh, Chris   Best Moves
De Burgh, Chris   Far Beyond These Castle Walls
De Burgh, Chris   Eastern Wind
DeYoung, Dennis    Boomchild
DeYoung, Dennis    Back To The World
DeYoung, Dennis    Desert Moon
Dio   Lock Up The Wolves
Dokken, Don   Up From The Ashes
Doro   Doro
Etheridge, Melissa   Etheridge, Melissa
Fates Warning   No Exit
Fendrich, Rainhard   Auf und davon
Footloose   OST
Genesis   The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Go West   Go West
Hammer, Jan   Escape From Television
Hartman, Dan   I Can Dream About You
Heart   Heart
Heart   Bad Animals
Heavy Hammer Hits   Various artists
Heavy Hammer Hits   Various artists
Helloween   Lovelife
Helloween   Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Hooters   Nervous Night
Hot Chocolate   The Very Best
House Of Lords   Sahara
Idol, Billy   11 Of The Best
Jackson, Joe   Live 1980/86
Jackson, Michael    Thriller
Jarre, Jean-Michel   In Concert/Houston-Lyon
Jester´s March   Beyond
Joel, Billy   Storm Front
Joel, Billy   Turnstiles
Joel, Billy   Streetlife Serenade
Jones, Howard   Human´s Lib
King´s X   Faith Hope Love
King´s X   King´s X
Kool & The Gang   In The Heart
Little River Band   No Reins
Little River Band   Monsoon
Lynch Mob   Wicked Sensation
Madness   One Step Beyond
Madness   The Rise And Fall
Magnum   Goodnight L.A.
Marx, Richard   Repeat Offender
Metal Ballads   Vol. I
Metal Ballads   Vol. III
Metal Queens   Women In Rock
Mike + The Mechanics   Mike + The Mechanics
Miles, John   Rebel
Moyet, Alison   Alf
Mr. Big   Lean Into It
Moore, Gary   Wild Frontier
Moore, Gary   We Want Moore!
Moore, Gary   Victims Of The Future
Moore, Gary   Corridors Of Power
Moore, Gary   More-Moore – The Best Of
Moti Special   Motivation
Ocasek, Ric   This Side Of Paradise
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark   The Best Of OMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark   Architecture & Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark   Junk Culture
Parr, John   Parr, John
Pink Floyd   Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Pretty Maids   Jump The Gun
Pretty Maids   Future World
Propaganda   A Secret Wish
Queen   A Kind Of Magic
Queensryche   Empire
Raven   Architect Of Fear
Rea, Chris   Tennis
Rea, Chris   Wired To The Moon
Rock Dreams   Vol. II
Roko   Roko
Running Wild   Blazon Stone
Rush, Jennifer   Jennifer Rush
Saga   Time´s Up
Sandra   The Long Play
Satriani, Joe   The Extremist
Saxon   Solid Ball Of Rock
Scorpions   Crazy World
Shaw, Tommy   Ambition
Shaw, Tommy   Girls With Guns
Sieges Even   Life Cycle
Sigur Rós   In A Frozen Sea
Simon & Garfunkel   The Concert In Central Park
Spandau Ballet   True
Spandau Ballet   Through The Barricades
Spandau Ballet   Parade
Stevens, Steve   Atomic Playboys
Stewart, Al   Indian Summer
Styx   Styx
Styx   Styx II
Styx   The Serpent Is Rising
Styx   Man Of Miracles
Styx   Equinox
Styx   Best Of
Styx   The Grand Illusion
Styx   Pieces Of Eight
Styx   Cornerstone
Styx   Paradise Theatre
Styx   Kilroy Was Here
Styx   Caught In The Act
Styx   Edge Of The Century
Talk Talk   It´s My Life
Talk Talk   The Party´s Over
Tesla   The Great Radio Controversy
Torfrock   Oder Watt?
Toten Hosen, Die   Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau
Toto   Toto
Toto   Hydra
Toto   Toto IV
Toto   Isolation
Toto   Fahrenheit
Toto   The Seventh One
Transatlantic   SMPTe
Transatlantic   The Whirlwind
Transatlantic   Bridge Across Forever
Treat   Organized Crime
Turner, Tina   Tina Live In Europe
Turner, Tina   Private Dancer
U.D.O.   Timebomb
Velvet Viper   Velvet Viper
Wagner, Jack   All I Need
Warlock   Triumph And Agony
Wilde, Kim   Catch As Catch Can
Wilde, Kim   Teases And Dares
Yello    Stella
Y & T   Ten
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: RobD on October 18, 2010, 10:02:37 AM
Anyway, if you're a Floyd fan, you can't go wrong with the Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition vinyl.  That's as good a place as any to start off your collection :).

Also, I've been trying to decide between getting the 30th anniversary version or find a good condition one from 1973. How does it sound?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jakartabassplayer on October 18, 2010, 10:44:12 AM
Mah Collection:

1.   Accept                        Balls To The Wall                                                1983
2.   AC/DC                    Let There Be Rock                                      1977
3.   AC/DC                 Highway To Hell                                                       1979
4.   Albert Hammond   The Free Electric Band                                    1973
5.   Angel Witch           Angel Witch                                                                 1980
6.   Anthrax      Penikufesin (EP)                                       1989
7.   BB. King               BB King in London                                                           1971
8.   Black Sabbath       Black Sabbath                                                         1970
9.   Black Sabbath        Paranoid                                                                 1970
10.   Black Sabbath        Master Of Reality                                                      1971
11.   Black Sabbath        Heaven And Hell                                                         1980
12.   Black Sabbath       Live Evil                                                                   1982
13.   Bob Dylan             The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan                                           1963
14.   Bob Dylan             Desire                                                                        1975
15.   Bob Seger      Stranger In Town                                       1978
16.   Bruce Springsteen   Darkness On The Edge Of Town                 1978
17.   Bruce Springsteen      Born In The USA                                                     1984
18.   Chuck Berry          Greatest Hits
19.   David Bowie         Ziggy Stardust                                                             1972
20.   Deep Purple           In Rock                                                                       1970
21.   Deep Purple           Machine Head                                                            1972
22.   Dio         Holy Diver                                           1983
23.   Dio                         Intermission                                                        1986
24.   Dire Straits             Dire Straits                                                         1978
25.   Dire Straits             Making Movies                                                     1980
26.   Focus                 Moving waves                               1971
27.   Focus                      Live at the Rainbow                                              1973
28.   Glen Miller
29.   Glen Miller
30.   Guns ‘N’ Roses     Appetite For Destruction (Original cover)                            1987
31.   Guns ‘N’ Roses     Lies                                                                            1988
32.   Iron Maiden           Iron Maiden                                                                1980
33.   Iron Maiden           The Number Of The Beast                                          1982
34.   Iron Maiden           Piece Of Mind                                                            1983
35.   Iron Maiden           Powerslave                                                                 1984
36.   Iron Maiden           Live After Death                                                          1985
37.   Iron Maiden      Running Free – Sanctuary (EP)                         1990
38.   Janis Joplin            I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!                      1969
39.   Janis Joplin            Pearl                                                                            1971
40.   Jeff Beck               Wired                                                                 1976
41.   Joan Baez               Joan Baez/5                                                        1964
42.   Johnny Cash           Best of pt 1
43.   Judas Priest            British Steel                                                        1980
44.   Led Zeppelin         Led Zeppelin                                                               1969
45.   Led Zeppelin         Led Zeppelin II                                                         1969
46.   Led Zeppelin      Led Zeppelin IV                               1971
47.   Led Zeppelin          Houses Of The Holy                                                  1973
48.   Led Zeppelin         The Song Remains The Same                                           1976
49.   Madness                 One Step Beyond                                                 1979
50.   Megadeth      So Far, So Good…, So What!                                 1988
51.   Metallica                Garage Days Re-Revisited                                        1986
52.   Motorhead             Motorhead                                                          1977
53.   Motorhead             Overkill                                                               1979
54.   Motorhead             Bomber                                                               1979
55.   Motorhead             The Watcher         (RARE)                                     1980         
56.   Motorhead             Golden Years EP  (RARE)                                     1980
57.   Motorhead             Another Perfect Day                                             1983
58.   Motorhead             Rock ‘n’ Roll                                                         1987
59.   Patti Smith             Horses                                                               1975
60.   Paul Simon           Graceland                                                                    1986
61.   Pink Floyd      Wish You Were Here                               1975
62.   Pink Floyd      Animals                                          1977
63.   Pink Floyd            The Wall                                                                    1979
64.   Rainbow                Rising                                                                         1976
65.   Rainbow                Long live Rock 'n Roll                                                1978
66.   Rolling stones       Sticky Fingers                                                              1971
67.   Rush                     Rush                                                                  1974
68.   Rush         2112                                             1976
69.   Rush                     All the Worlds A Stage                                          1976
70.   Rush                     A Farewell To Kings                                              1977
71.   Rush                     Hemispheres                                                        1978
72.   Rush         Moving Pictures                                       1981
73.   Saxon                    Strong Arm Of The Law                                         1980
74.   Saxon                    Denim And Leather                                               1981
75.   Saxon                    The Eagle Has Landed                                           1982
76.   Saxon                    Crusader                                                             1984
77.   Slayer                    Show No Mercy                                                    1983
78.   Slayer                    Hell Awaits                                                          1985
79.   Ten Years After    Recorded Live                                                          1973
80.   Thin Lizzy            Live And Dangerous                                                 1978
81.   Venom                  Eine Kleine Nachtmusik                                             1986


All of them First editions except for the Rolling Stones one
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on October 18, 2010, 10:48:05 AM
Here's my collection so far:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers-Moanin'
The Beatles-Abbey Road
Billy Joel-The Stranger
Bruce Springsteen-Born in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen-Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen-Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
Bruce Springsteen-Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen-The River
Bruce Springsteen-The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
Chicago-Chicago Transit Authority
The Dear Hunter-Act III: Life and Death
Devin Townsend Project-Addicted
Devin Townsend Project-Ki
Fleetwood Mac-Live
Genesis-Second's Out
Herbie Hancock-Headhunters
Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick
Journey-Escape
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Gold and Platinum Band
Mastodon-Blood Mountain
Mastodon-Crack the Skye
The Moody Blues-Days of Future Passed
Muse-Absolution
Opeth-My Arms, Your Hearse
Peter Gabriel-So
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Rush-A Farewell to Kings
Rush-Power Windows
Weather Report-Heavy Weather
Yes-Close to the Edge
Yes-The Yes Album

Thats just off the top of my head.  My Arms, Your Hearse is probably the best-sounding album I have on vinyl.  Everything just sounds fuller than on the CD, and In Rainbows tends to be the LP I reach for when I want to use my record player but don't know what to listen to.

Bump'd! :D
One of the coolest things about Vinyl is you won't believe some of the deals you'll find. Just go to a record store and you'll find a TON of albums you probably wouldn't buy for full price, but for $1-4 you can get on Vinyl and check out.

Totally this. Last weekend I picked up a near mint copy of Iron Maiden debut (Fame re-issue) for £2.50. Listening to it now, it sounds sooooo good compared to the CD remaster I had before. The bottom end is just perfect. :D

Yeah this is definitely true, but the biggest problem is that a lot of those really cheap vinyl are a bit too good to be true.  I was browsing a store once, found a copy of 2112 for $4.  I got really excited, then I saw all the scratches on the disc and didn't buy it.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Marvellous G on October 18, 2010, 10:52:16 AM
Lateralus on vinyl actually disappointed me a bit. I'd love to get some Kool and The Gang, some DMB and a LOT of PT ones though. And Toto IV might actually be amazing on it.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on October 18, 2010, 10:57:02 AM
As soon as burning shed gets LBS back in stock on vinyl I'm buying it.  Good to know Lateralus is disappointing.  I've considered buying the cool picture disc version of it before, but backed out because of price.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Marvellous G on October 18, 2010, 10:59:38 AM
Yeah, LBS would be my first pick, it seems like the perfect fit for vinyl. I can't put my finger on what was disappointing about Lateralus, as the mix on the CD is already atrocious. Apparently the vinyl did have a different mix though, maybe it was just even worse. Have you got your eye on any more Springsteen vinyls yet SDN?

Also, Summer Madness by Kool And The Gang is the best vinyl song I've heard yet that's not jazz.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on October 18, 2010, 11:20:33 AM
My dad has Tunnel of Love in the attic, but I'm not a big fan of that one.  All the Springsteen vinyl I've managed to find have been either albums I already have or Working on a Dream.  PT and Rush vinyl are what I'm really looking for right now.

EDIT: just checked Burning Shed and LBS is available on vinyl!  FUCK YES *buys*
DOUBLE EDIT: Oh fuck me this is expensive.  Not using my debit card for anything for a while after this.  Yeesh.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Marvellous G on October 18, 2010, 11:29:31 AM
Oh crap I want this a lot, but I dunno if I can justify it... But it's frigging LBS on vinyl! *orders*
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Scard on October 18, 2010, 11:45:47 AM
I own a good 30 records. I love going to used record stores and finding great deals. My most prized record right now is my mexican pressing on Led Zeppelin 1. Such good condition..
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on October 18, 2010, 01:11:31 PM
Heres my updated record collection.  :D

ABBA:
Greatest Hits

AC/DC:
Back in Black

AEROSMITH:
Aerosmith
Get Your Wings
Toys in the Attic
Rocks
Draw The Line
Live Bootleg
Night in the Ruts
Greatest Hits
Rock in a Hard Place
Done With Mirrors
Permanent Vacation
Pump

JON ANDERSON:
Animation

ASIA:
Asia
Alpha

BAD COMPANY:
Straight Shooter
Desolation Angels

THE BEATLES:
The Beatle's Second Album
Yesterday and Today
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Abbey Road
1962-1966
1967-1970

BOSTON:
Boston
Don't Look Back
Third Stage

DAVID BOWIE:
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
ChangesOneBowie
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Lets Dance

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM:
Law & Order

BUCKINGHAM NICKS:
Buckingham Nicks

CHEAP TRICK:
At Budokan

CHICAGO:
Chicago

ERIC CLAPTON:
Slowhand

BOOTSY COLLINS:
The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away
Ultra Wave
What's Bootsy Doin?

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND:
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

DEEP PURPLE:
Machine Head

DREAM THEATER:
Black Clouds & Silver Linings

BOB DYLAN:
Hard Rain
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits Vol II

EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Spirit
That's The Way of the World

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Tarkus
Brain Salad Surgery
Trilogy
Works Volume 1
Works Volume 2
Love Beach

FLEETWOOD MAC:
Bare Trees
Future Games
Mystery to Me
Heroes are Hard to Find
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Rumours (Chinese Pressing)
Tusk
Live
Mirage
Tango in the Night
Behind the Mask

FUNKADELIC:
The Electric Spanking of War Babies

ART GARFUNKEL:
Breakaway

GENESIS: Nursery Cryme
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Wind and Wuthering
And Then There Were Three
Seconds Out
Duke
Abacab

Invisible Touch
>
THE GUESS WHO:
The Best of The Guess Who

HEART:
Brigade
Bad Animals
Heart

JIMI HENDRIX:
Jimi Hendrix

J. GEILS BAND:
"Live" Full House
Best of the J. Geils Band
Freeze Frame

MICHAEL JACKSON:
Thriller

JAMES MONTGOMERY BAND:
First Time Out

JETHRO TULL:
Aqualung

JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS:
I Love Rock N Roll

JOE PERRY PROJECT:
Once A Rocker, Always a Rocker

BILLY JOEL:
Cold Spring Harbor (original release)
Cold Spring Harbor
Piano Man
Streetlife Serenader
Turnstiles
The Stranger
52nd Street
Glass Houses
Songs in the Attic
An Innocent Man
The Bridge
Kohliept

ELTON JOHN:
Empty Sky
Elton John
Friends
Tumbleweed Connection
Madman Across The Water
Honky Chateau
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Caribou
Greatest Hits
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Greatest Hits Volume II
Rock of the Westies
Here and There
Blue Moves
A Single Man
A Single Man (Picture Disc)
Breaking Hearts
Too Low for Zero
The Fox
Sleeping with the Past
The Red Piano

KANSAS:
Leftoverture

KISS:
Alive
Destroyer
Double Platinum

LED ZEPPELIN:
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV
Houses of the Holy
Presence
In Through the Out Door
Coda

JOHN LENNON:
The John Lennon Collection

GORDON LIGHTFOOT:
Summertime Dream
Dream Street Rose

MASTODON:
Crack the Skye

BRIAN MAY + FRIENDS:
Star Fleet Project

CHRISTINE MCVIE:
The Legendary Christine Perfect Album
Christine McVie

STEVIE NICKS:
Bella Donna
The Wild Heart
Rock A Little

OHIO PLAYERS:
Honey

PARLIAMENT:
Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome
Uncut Funk

PINK FLOYD:
Meddle
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall

THE POLICE:
Regatta de Blanc

PORCUPINE TREE:
Voyage 34
Lightbulb Sun
In Absentia
Fear of a Blank Planet
We Lost The Skyline
The Incident

QUEEN:
Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
News of the World
Jazz
Live Killers
The Game

ROLLING STONES:
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Beggar's Banquet
Get Yer Ya-Yas Out
Some Girls
Tattoo You
Still Life
Undercover

RUSH:
Rush
Fly By Night
Archives
2112
All The Worlds A Stage
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Exit... Stage Left
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
Power Windows
Hold Your Fire
A Show of Hands
Presto
Snakes and Arrows

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL:
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
Bookends
Greatest Hits

SMOKEY ROBINSON:
A Quiet Storm

STYX:
Pieces of Eight

TOWER OF POWER:
Tower of Power

VAN HALEN:
Van Halen

WHITFORD/ST. HOLMES
Whitford St. Holmes

THE WHO:
Tommy
Who's Next
Quadrophenia

JOHN WILLIAMS:
Star Wars: The Original Soundtrack
The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Soundtrack

STEVE WILSON:
Insurgentes

YES:
The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Yessongs
Going For The One
Tormato
Drama
90125
Big Generator

WARREN ZEVON:
Excitable Boy
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Marvellous G on October 18, 2010, 01:16:05 PM
Holy crap, that's a lot. How is LBS? Also, is Big Whiskey good on vinyl? It doesn't seem like a natural fit for it but I can imagine some tracks, specifically LITHOG, being great.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on October 18, 2010, 01:34:21 PM
Holy crap, that's a lot. How is LBS? Also, is Big Whiskey good on vinyl? It doesn't seem like a natural fit for it but I can imagine some tracks, specifically LITHOG, being great.

LBS is great! The packaging itself on that vinyl is very nice too, its definitely one of those albums covers that needs to be in the 12x12 inch setup. Big Whiskey is ok, but I think it was aimed as more of a collector's item than as an actual listening medium. To be honest, I didn't notice any significant difference between the CD and the vinyl.... but then again I usually don't on newer releases.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Marvellous G on October 18, 2010, 01:36:57 PM
Nice, I'm still not regretting spending so much on it, which can only be a good thing.  :D I really want to get my hands on a Before These Crowded Streets vinyl, I'm sure that would be incredible on it.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Gadough on October 18, 2010, 03:20:57 PM
The only album I have on vinyl is Operation Mindcrime. :\
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Birch Boy on October 18, 2010, 03:30:42 PM
Vinyl got brought up today in Music Theory, and my teacher disagrees with the statement that vinyl sounds better than than CD/digital. I have no personal standpoint on this, because I have vinyl, but haven't had a working record player set up in a while.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Portrucci on October 18, 2010, 03:52:15 PM
My collections:

Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Agalloch - The Mantle
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Agalloch - Of Stone, Wind and Pillor
Antonin Dvorak - Symphony Nr. 9 "From The New World" Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Carlo Maria Giulini
Can - Tago Mago
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot EP
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O
Pink Floyd - Animals
Musique du Crepuscule - Les Fragments de la Nuit
Nas - Illmatic
The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death


Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on October 18, 2010, 04:48:50 PM
Mah Collection:
67.   Rush                     Rush                                                                  1974

All of them First editions except for the Rolling Stones one

Where'd you land a first edition of that?!?!  Isn't that worth like a ridiculous amount of money?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on October 18, 2010, 04:49:33 PM
Anyway, if you're a Floyd fan, you can't go wrong with the Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition vinyl.  That's as good a place as any to start off your collection :).

Also, I've been trying to decide between getting the 30th anniversary version or find a good condition one from 1973. How does it sound?

The 30th anniversary version I've got sounds pretty fantastic to me, but then again, I haven't got a 1973 version to compare it to...
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on October 18, 2010, 04:52:06 PM
Vinyl got brought up today in Music Theory, and my teacher disagrees with the statement that vinyl sounds better than than CD/digital. I have no personal standpoint on this, because I have vinyl, but haven't had a working record player set up in a while.

I've found that it's pretty subjective and depends on what it is you're listening to.  Sometimes vinyl sounds better to me, other times CD sounds better.  I think that if you've got a good condition vinyl on a high quality turntable with the right amplification equipment, then the vinyl will usually sound better.  The problem is that most people don't have all those things...
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Quadrochosis on October 18, 2010, 04:59:13 PM
I second the initial rec for Mr. Cheapos. I go there all the time, I love that place. I have over 100 vinyls myself and listen to them fairly often. Great stuff!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: PixelDream on October 18, 2010, 05:01:31 PM
Sat down with my dad yesterday night, played the LPs of DSOTM and Animals. I think I can hear some positive differences in sound, AND there's just way more charm to it. Yup, vinyl is awesome.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on October 18, 2010, 05:29:49 PM
I'm not going to enter the "who has the most vinyl" contest because I grew up in the 70's and all of my original stuff is vinyl anyway.  But I did buy a new turntable last year and yes, I do listen to my vinyl sometimes.  Actually, not a lot, but sometimes.  It's awesome.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on October 18, 2010, 06:58:43 PM
I'm not going to enter the "who has the most vinyl" contest because I grew up in the 70's and all of my original stuff is vinyl anyway.  But I did buy a new turntable last year and yes, I do listen to my vinyl sometimes.  Actually, not a lot, but sometimes.  It's awesome.

The reason I have a list is because I go record shopping often and I sometimes forget which ones I already own.  :lol
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on October 18, 2010, 07:44:15 PM
I second the initial rec for Mr. Cheapos. I go there all the time, I love that place. I have over 100 vinyls myself and listen to them fairly often. Great stuff!

I don't think I realized you were a fellow Long Islander.  What part of the island are you in?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ScioPath on October 18, 2010, 07:50:47 PM
My parents have tons of good stuff, but personally I only own DSOTM, 2112, Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves, Signals, and some The Beatles.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Quadrochosis on October 18, 2010, 08:25:51 PM
I'm from Oakdale, which is a small hamlet in Islip, Suffolk County.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on October 18, 2010, 08:30:36 PM
Vinyl got brought up today in Music Theory, and my teacher disagrees with the statement that vinyl sounds better than than CD/digital. I have no personal standpoint on this, because I have vinyl, but haven't had a working record player set up in a while.

I don't think I can form a solid opinion on this because I haven't compared quality for all of my albums, but I have to say when I put on Opeth's My Arms, Your Hearse for the first time, it sounded a thousand times better than I ever remembered it.

EDIT: Oh.  My.  God.  I just opened my Act III vinyl, and its WHITE.  I had no idea.  AWESOME.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on October 18, 2010, 09:09:23 PM
I'm from Oakdale, which is a small hamlet in Islip, Suffolk County.

I'm quite familiar w/ Oakdale... I did my undergrad at Dowling :).

EDIT: Oh.  My.  God.  I just opened my Act III vinyl, and its WHITE.  I had no idea.  AWESOME.

Mine's clear.   ;D

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Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on October 18, 2010, 09:11:55 PM
Thats Act I and II, not Act III you nub.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on October 18, 2010, 09:36:33 PM
Apparently 14 hour work days + drinking lots of wine impairs my reading skills.  I blame the Roman Numeral system.  I's and II's look way too much like III's for my taste.  Damn Romans.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on October 18, 2010, 10:02:08 PM
What have the Romans ever done for us?  Besides the aqueducts, and the sewage system, and public safety, and...
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on October 18, 2010, 10:36:24 PM
What have the Romans ever done for us?  Besides the aqueducts, and the sewage system, and public safety, and...

Wine!!!!  (I knew it was all their fault!)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: RobD on October 20, 2010, 10:59:37 AM
Mine's clear.   ;D

(https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a174/ZeppelinDT/DSC02340.jpg)

That's just plain gorgeous! :hat
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ytserush on October 21, 2010, 10:03:05 PM
Mah Collection:
67.   Rush                     Rush                                                                  1974

All of them First editions except for the Rolling Stones one

Where'd you land a first edition of that?!?!  Isn't that worth like a ridiculous amount of money?

I've got one of those (Rush Moon 100s). The run anywhere from $350 to $700.


There are also Red labels that are likely more rare than the Moon pressings, but not too many people know about those (I've got a few of those too.). Those were the transition Mercury pressings between the Moon and Buildings and Trees label Mercury pressings.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on October 21, 2010, 10:21:58 PM
Just found a copy of Houses of the Holy.  I am happy.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on October 21, 2010, 10:50:50 PM
Man, you guys would just cry if you saw my vinyl.  Everything by Zeppelin, original covers with all the fold-outs and inserts; I even saved the little stickers they put on the shrink wrap and keep them in the sleeves.  All Queen studio albums.  Every Yes album up through 90125.  The first six Kansas albums, the first 11 Chicago albums, most of The Beatles.

Sorry, had to brag.  What's the point in having a sweet collection if you can't wave it in people's faces once in a while?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jakartabassplayer on October 22, 2010, 03:51:50 AM
Mah Collection:
67.   Rush                     Rush                                                                  1974

All of them First editions except for the Rolling Stones one

Where'd you land a first edition of that?!?!  Isn't that worth like a ridiculous amount of money?

I've got one of those (Rush Moon 100s). The run anywhere from $350 to $700.


There are also Red labels that are likely more rare than the Moon pressings, but not too many people know about those (I've got a few of those too.). Those were the transition Mercury pressings between the Moon and Buildings and Trees label Mercury pressings.
the cool thing was that I found that record on some outdoor market with second hand stuff.
I looked at the thing and was like: AAAAAAAAAAAARRGGHH!!!!!
and then bought it for like 5 bucks.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Scard on October 22, 2010, 07:23:41 AM
Just found a copy of Houses of the Holy.  I am happy.

I know the feeling. I was so happy when i found mine!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: thecrowing on October 22, 2010, 10:46:42 AM
Just spent food/rent money on Sad Sappy Sucker. I'ma try getting my parents to get The Fruit That Ate Itself.
SO EXCITE.
https://store.glacialpace.com/collections/new
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on October 22, 2010, 11:40:54 AM
Just got my new record player.  My old one had tons of pitch problems, and half the time, the right speaker would drone horribly.  Just a few days ago, it went from half the time to all of the time.  Blasting Escape right now.  Journey gets a bad rap sometimes.  Great band.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on October 22, 2010, 12:41:59 PM
Journey is good stuff.  The earlier stuff was more adventurous musically, but I have to admit that the Perry-era stuff was always well-produced and sounds awesome.  A lot of talent in that band, so even if most of it was radio-friendly pop, it was damned good radio-friendly pop.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jakartabassplayer on October 22, 2010, 12:43:38 PM
Just found a copy of Houses of the Holy.  I am happy.

I know the feeling. I was so happy when i found mine!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on October 24, 2010, 04:47:54 PM
Sorry, had to brag.  What's the point in having a sweet collection if you can't wave it in people's faces once in a while?

Good point!

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:D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on October 24, 2010, 09:07:43 PM
Very nice!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: faemir on October 26, 2010, 05:05:17 AM
I still need to buy a record player, I have several vinyls just sitting round :sadpanda:
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zydar on October 26, 2010, 05:15:57 AM
I grew up with dad's vinyl collection as my main source of music, it has shaped my music taste since day one. I took over them when he passed away, but I don't have a record player to play them on (his was broken during the later years). I have most of them on CD nowadays, but it would be cool to be able to dust them off and play them again - like in the old days. My younger brother has shown interest in getting a record player and start to collect some good old classic albums (60s and 70s), hopefully that can be a hobby we can share together.

My LP collection includes such albums as:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
The Who - Odds & Sods, My Generation
Rolling Stones - Dirty Work, Steel Wheels, some hits collection
Status Quo - Quo, Piledriver, Blue For You, On The Level

And lots of singles/EPs, mainly from The Beatles. That's where my Beatlemania came from.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: King Postwhore on October 26, 2010, 11:57:53 AM
If I can find my 10" red vinyl album for Rush Red Sector A and the picture album of Eddie in a cockpit for Aces High I will.  I think they are still at my parents house.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ytserush on October 26, 2010, 05:52:42 PM
If I can find my 10" red vinyl album for Rush Red Sector A and the picture album of Eddie in a cockpit for Aces High I will.  I think they are still at my parents house.

I've got that Awake album  (and some other Dream Theater vinyl) myself.

There isn't much in the way of Rush vinyl I don't have. But one obvious piece I'm missing is the first single from 1973.

I've got that Red Sector A 10" as well.

I have a ton of Marillion vinyl too.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: LudwigVan on October 27, 2010, 03:29:05 PM
Man, you guys would just cry if you saw my vinyl.  Everything by Zeppelin, original covers with all the fold-outs and inserts; I even saved the little stickers they put on the shrink wrap and keep them in the sleeves.  All Queen studio albums.  Every Yes album up through 90125.  The first six Kansas albums, the first 11 Chicago albums, most of The Beatles.

Sorry, had to brag.  What's the point in having a sweet collection if you can't wave it in people's faces once in a while?

Orbert, I read somewhere that Jimmy Page had the phrase "Do What Thou Wilt" (Aleister Crowley-ism) inscribed into the vinyl (next to the circular label) on the 1st pressing of Led Zeppelin III.   I fished out my old copy (purchased sometime between 1973-75), shone it under a lamp and sure enough, there it was!   :hat
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on October 27, 2010, 03:45:28 PM
Now I have to check, too.  I don't know if it's a first pressing, but it does have the wheel with the cutouts.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: SPNKr on November 05, 2010, 04:53:51 AM
Man, you guys would just cry if you saw my vinyl.  Everything by Zeppelin, original covers with all the fold-outs and inserts; I even saved the little stickers they put on the shrink wrap and keep them in the sleeves.  All Queen studio albums.  Every Yes album up through 90125.  The first six Kansas albums, the first 11 Chicago albums, most of The Beatles.

Sorry, had to brag.  What's the point in having a sweet collection if you can't wave it in people's faces once in a while?

Crying right now. I only have their stuff through to Chicago V, excluding the massive live album. I'll continue getting the next albums next week when I can.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on November 05, 2010, 08:04:40 AM
The massive live album, Chicago at Carnegie Hall was the first record album I ever owned.

In 1975, I was in junior high and it was time to start acquiring my own music.  One of my friends and I were listening to the radio, it was a song by Chicago and I told him I thought they were pretty cool, with the horns and stuff.  He said his sister had bought their live album but didn't like it.  She tried to sell it to him for five dollars, but he didn't have the funds.  I gave him a fiver on the spot and told him to go talk to her for me.  I had a newspaper route that netted me $20 a week.  I don't think any of my friends had jobs yet.

Anyway, I got the original box with all four records and the huge picture book for five bucks.  There were two posters that came in the box too, but those weren't included as they were already on her bedroom walls.  But that was the start of my vinyl collection.  Original Chicago was jazzy, bluesy, and almost prog-like with their extended instrumentals and nonstandard arrangements.  I listened to that album non-stop for weeks.  Then I picked up Chicago V and Chicago VI.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on November 05, 2010, 09:28:18 AM
I just expanded my small collection with The Dear Hunter's albums:

- Transatlantic - SMPTe - Collector's edition bought at the Whirld tour.
- Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever - Collector's edition bought at the Whirld tour.
- Transatlantic - The Whirlwind - Collector's edition bought at the Whirld tour.
- The Dear Hunter - Act I & II
- The Dear Hunter - Act III

Next step: I gotta get me some Pink Floyd.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: SPNKr on November 06, 2010, 03:32:32 AM
The massive live album, Chicago at Carnegie Hall was the first record album I ever owned.

In 1975, I was in junior high and it was time to start acquiring my own music.  One of my friends and I were listening to the radio, it was a song by Chicago and I told him I thought they were pretty cool, with the horns and stuff.  He said his sister had bought their live album but didn't like it.  She tried to sell it to him for five dollars, but he didn't have the funds.  I gave him a fiver on the spot and told him to go talk to her for me.  I had a newspaper route that netted me $20 a week.  I don't think any of my friends had jobs yet.

Anyway, I got the original box with all four records and the huge picture book for five bucks.  There were two posters that came in the box too, but those weren't included as they were already on her bedroom walls.  But that was the start of my vinyl collection.  Original Chicago was jazzy, bluesy, and almost prog-like with their extended instrumentals and nonstandard arrangements.  I listened to that album non-stop for weeks.  Then I picked up Chicago V and Chicago VI.

Wow!.. Well I'm glad I know a person into Chicago. They made music that sounded like an era, and whenever I put on one of their albums it's like blast to the past. It's just fuckin' cool. :D
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on November 06, 2010, 07:32:30 AM
Yeah, they don't get nearly the respect they do, because most people only know them from their hits with Pete Cetera ("If You Leave Me Now" and "25 or 6 to 4").  As with so many bands, the hits do not even hint at the goodness on the albums.  The first five albums are all incredible, and really, every album with Terry Kath is at least good, though I'll admit things got shaky later as Cetera's star was starting to rise and Lamm had run out of songs.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on November 06, 2010, 09:17:28 AM
Ordered "Relayer" and "Yesshows" on vinyl. I had been looking for them everywhere but I could never find them. eBay solved that.  :hat
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: SPNKr on November 06, 2010, 09:41:05 PM
Yeah, they don't get nearly the respect they do, because most people only know them from their hits with Pete Cetera ("If You Leave Me Now" and "25 or 6 to 4").  As with so many bands, the hits do not even hint at the goodness on the albums.  The first five albums are all incredible, and really, every album with Terry Kath is at least good, though I'll admit things got shaky later as Cetera's star was starting to rise and Lamm had run out of songs.

Agreed. So I forgot to mention they made some cool albums covers :D like the original logo in the foreground while the background was always interesting. If you lay them all out, it's like a landscape or something lol.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on November 12, 2010, 02:30:39 PM
Guys!  I found a copy of Wish You Were Here today!

I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY RIGHT NOW.

EDIT: and a copy of Aqualung, the disc in better condition than WYWH...for $3.  Spent a total of $10 on amazing music today.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jakartabassplayer on November 12, 2010, 03:51:44 PM
updated list:

All first editions expect for the rolling stones one.


1.   Accept                        Balls To The Wall                                                1983
2.   AC/DC                    Let There Be Rock                                      1977
3.   AC/DC                 Highway To Hell                                               1979
4.   Albert Hammond   The Free Electric Band            1973
5.   Angel Witch           Angel Witch                                                         1980
6.   Anthrax      Penikufesin (EP)               1989
7.   BB. King               BB King in London                                                   1971
8.   Black Sabbath       Black Sabbath                                                         1970
9.   Black Sabbath        Paranoid                                                         1970
10.   Black Sabbath        Master Of Reality                                              1971
11.   Black Sabbath        Heaven And Hell                                                         1980
12.   Black Sabbath       Live Evil                                                                   1982
13.   Bob Dylan             The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan                                   1963
14.   Bob Dylan             Desire                                                                        1975
15.   Bob Seger      Stranger In Town               1978
16.   Bruce Springsteen   Darkness On The Edge Of Town         1978
17.   Bruce Springsteen      Born In The USA                                                     1984
18.   Chuck Berry          Greatest Hits
19.   David Bowie         Ziggy Stardust                                                             1972
20.   Deep Purple           In Rock                                                                       1970
21.   Deep Purple           Machine Head                                                            1972
22.   Deep Purple      Made In Japan                  1972
23.   Dio         Holy Diver                   1983
24.   Dio                         Intermission                                                                 1986
25.   Dire Straits             Dire Straits                                                                 1978
26.   Dire Straits             Making Movies                                                           1980
27.   Dire Straits      Brothers In Arms               1985
28.   Focus         Moving waves               1971
29.   Focus                      Live at the Rainbow                                                  1973
30.   Glen Miller
31.   Glen Miller
32.   Guns ‘N’ Roses     Appetite For Destruction (Original cover) (RARE)   1987
33.   Guns ‘N’ Roses     Lies                                                                            1988
34.   Iron Maiden           Iron Maiden                                                                1980
35.   Iron Maiden           The Number Of The Beast                                          1982
36.   Iron Maiden           Piece Of Mind                                                            1983
37.   Iron Maiden           Powerslave                                                                 1984
38.   Iron Maiden           Live After Death                                                          1985
39.   Iron Maiden      Running Free – Sanctuary (EP)         1990
40.   Janis Joplin            I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!              1969
41.   Janis Joplin            Pearl                                                                            1971
42.   Jeff Beck               Wired                                                                           1976
43.   Joan Baez               Joan Baez/5                                                            1964
44.   Johnny Cash       At San Quentin               1969
45.   Johnny Cash           Best of pt 1
46.   Judas Priest      Stained Class                  1978
47.   Judas Priest            British Steel                                                                1980
48.   Led Zeppelin         Led Zeppelin                                                               1969
49.   Led Zeppelin         Led Zeppelin II                                                         1969
50.   Led Zeppelin      Led Zeppelin IV               1971
51.   Led Zeppelin          Houses Of The Holy                                                  1973
52.   Led Zeppelin         The Song Remains The Same                                   1976
53.   Madness                 One Step Beyond                                                       1979
54.   Megadeth      So Far, So Good…, So What!         1988
55.   Metallica                Garage Days Re-Revisited                                        1986
56.   Motorhead             Motorhead             (RARE)                                       1977
57.   Motorhead             Overkill                                                                      1979
58.   Motorhead             Bomber                                                                       1979
59.   Motorhead             The Watcher         (RARE)                                         1980         
60.   Motorhead             Golden Years EP  (RARE)                                     1980
61.   Motorhead             Another Perfect Day                                                   1983
62.   Motorhead             Rock ‘n’ Roll                                                               1987
63.   Patti Smith             Horses                                                                       1975
64.   Paul Simon           Graceland                                                                    1986
65.   Pink Floyd      Wish You Were Here               1975
66.   Pink Floyd      Animals                  1977
67.   Pink Floyd            The Wall                                                                    1979
68.   Queen          Sheer Heart Attack               1974
69.   Rainbow                Rising                                                                         1976
70.   Rainbow                Long live Rock 'n Roll                                               1978
71.   Rolling stones       Sticky Fingers                                                              1971
72.   Rush                     Rush                                                                             1974
73.   Rush         2112                     1976
74.   Rush                     All the Worlds A Stage                                               1976
75.   Rush                     A Farewell To Kings                                                  1977
76.   Rush                     Hemispheres                                                               1978
77.   Rush         Moving Pictures               1981
78.   Saxon                    Strong Arm Of The Law                                             1980
79.   Saxon                    Denim And Leather                                                    1981
80.   Saxon                    The Eagle Has Landed                                              1982
81.   Saxon                    Crusader                                                                   1984
82.   Slayer                    Show No Mercy                                                        1983
83.   Slayer                    Hell Awaits                                                                1985
84.   Ten Years After    Recorded Live                                                          1973
85.   Thin Lizzy            Live And Dangerous                                                 1978
86.   Venom                  Eine Kleine Nachtmusik                                             1986
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Birch Boy on November 13, 2010, 04:10:39 PM
That collection is so :metal that it's not even funny.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jakartabassplayer on November 14, 2010, 11:01:50 AM
That collection is so :metal that it's not even funny.
thanks!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: SystematicThought on December 28, 2010, 03:29:08 AM
I just got a record player for Christmas and have been playing around with some of my Dad's vinyl. I've come back to some of  my favorite childhood albums that I always remember hearing in the car. My personal favorites are:

Million Mile Reflections- Charlie Daniels
Good Singin' Good Playin'- Grand Funk Railroad.

My two favorites on vinyl right now
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jakartabassplayer on March 11, 2011, 04:23:14 PM
Updated list







1.   Accept                        Balls To The Wall                                                1983
2.   AC/DC                    Let There Be Rock                                      1977
3.   AC/DC                 Highway To Hell                                               1979
4.   Albert Hammond   The Free Electric Band            1973
5.   Angel Witch           Angel Witch                                                         1980
6.   Anthrax      Penikufesin (EP)               1989
7.   BB. King               BB King in London                                                   1971
8.   Black Sabbath       Black Sabbath                                                         1970
9.   Black Sabbath        Paranoid                                                         1970
10.   Black Sabbath        Master Of Reality                                              1971
11.   Black Sabbath        Heaven And Hell                                                         1980
12.   Black Sabbath       Live Evil                                                                   1982
13.   Bob Dylan             The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan                                   1963
14.   Bob Dylan             Desire                                                                        1975
15.   Bob Seger      Stranger In Town               1978
16.   Bruce Springsteen   Darkness On The Edge Of Town         1978
17.   Bruce Springsteen      Born In The USA                                                     1984
18.   Chuck Berry          Greatest Hits
19.   David Bowie         Ziggy Stardust                                                             1972
20.   Deep Purple           In Rock                                                                       1970
21.   Deep Purple           Machine Head                                                            1972
22.   Deep Purple      Made In Japan                  1972
23.   Dio         Holy Diver                   1983
24.   Dio                         Intermission                                                                 1986
25.   Dire Straits             Dire Straits                                                                 1978
26.   Dire Straits             Making Movies                                                           1980
27.   Dire Straits      Brothers In Arms               1985
28.   Focus         Moving waves               1971
29.   Focus                      Live at the Rainbow                                                  1973
30.   Glen Miller
31.   Glen Miller
32.   Guns ‘N’ Roses     Appetite For Destruction (Original cover) (RARE)   1987
33.   Guns ‘N’ Roses     Lies                                                                            1988
34.   Iron Maiden           Iron Maiden                                                                1980
35.   Iron Maiden           The Number Of The Beast                                          1982
36.   Iron Maiden           Piece Of Mind                                                            1983
37.   Iron Maiden           Powerslave                                                                 1984
38.   Iron Maiden           Live After Death                                                          1985
39.   Iron Maiden      Running Free – Sanctuary (EP)         1990
40.   Janis Joplin            I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!              1969
41.   Janis Joplin            Pearl                                                                            1971
42.   Jeff Beck               Wired                                                                           1976
43.   Joan Baez               Joan Baez/5                                                            1964
44.   Johnny Cash       At San Quentin               1969
45.   Johnny Cash           Best of pt 1
46.   Judas Priest      Stained Class                  1978
47.   Judas Priest            British Steel                                                                1980
48.   Led Zeppelin         Led Zeppelin                                                               1969
49.   Led Zeppelin         Led Zeppelin II                                                         1969
50.   Led Zeppelin      Led Zeppelin IV               1971
51.   Led Zeppelin          Houses Of The Holy                                                  1973
52.   Led Zeppelin         The Song Remains The Same                                   1976
53.   Madness                 One Step Beyond                                                       1979
54.   Megadeth      So Far, So Good…, So What!         1988
55.   Metallica                Garage Days Re-Revisited                                        1986
56.   Motorhead             Motorhead             (RARE)                                       1977
57.   Motorhead             Overkill                                                                      1979
58.   Motorhead             Bomber                                                                       1979
59.   Motorhead             The Watcher         (RARE)                                         1980         
60.   Motorhead             Golden Years EP  (RARE)                                     1980
61.   Motorhead             Another Perfect Day                                                   1983
62.   Motorhead             Rock ‘n’ Roll                                                               1987
63.   Patti Smith             Horses                                                                       1975
64.   Paul Simon           Graceland                                                                    1986
65.   Pink Floyd      Meddle                  1971
66.   Pink Floyd      Wish You Were Here               1975
67.   Pink Floyd      Animals                  1977
68.   Pink Floyd            The Wall                                                                    1979
69.   Queen          Sheer Heart Attack               1974
70.   Rainbow                Rising                                                                         1976
71.   Rainbow                Long live Rock 'n Roll                                               1978
72.   Rolling stones       Sticky Fingers                                                              1971
73.   Rush                     Rush                                                                             1974
74.   Rush         2112                     1976
75.   Rush                     All the Worlds A Stage                                               1976
76.   Rush                     A Farewell To Kings                                                  1977
77.   Rush                     Hemispheres                                                               1978
78.   Rush         Moving Pictures               1981
79.   Saxon                    Strong Arm Of The Law                                             1980
80.   Saxon                    Denim And Leather                                                    1981
81.   Saxon                    The Eagle Has Landed                                              1982
82.   Saxon                    Crusader                                                                   1984
83.   Slayer                    Show No Mercy                                                        1983
84.   Slayer                    Hell Awaits                                                                1985
85.   Ten Years After    Recorded Live                                                          1973
86.   Thin Lizzy            Live And Dangerous                                                 1978
87.   Venom                  Eine Kleine Nachtmusik         
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on March 11, 2011, 05:59:18 PM
Here is my list... might be missing a couple, I'm not very good about updating my list.  :lol Also included are items I have pre-ordered.

ABBA:
Greatest Hits

AC/DC:
Back in Black

AEROSMITH:
Aerosmith
Get Your Wings
Toys in the Attic
Rocks
Draw The Line
Live Bootleg
Night in the Ruts
Greatest Hits
Rock in a Hard Place
Done With Mirrors
Permanent Vacation
Pump

JON ANDERSON:
Animation

ASIA:
Asia
Alpha

BAD COMPANY:
Straight Shooter
Desolation Angels

THE BEATLES:
The Beatle's Second Album
Yesterday and Today
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Abbey Road
1962-1966
1967-1970

BLACKFIELD:
Blackfield
Welcome to my DNA

BOSTON:
Boston
Don't Look Back
Third Stage

DAVID BOWIE:
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
ChangesOneBowie
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Lets Dance

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM:
Law & Order

BUCKINGHAM NICKS:
Buckingham Nicks

CHEAP TRICK:
At Budokan

CHICAGO:
Chicago

ERIC CLAPTON:
Slowhand

BOOTSY COLLINS:
The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away
Ultra Wave
What's Bootsy Doin?

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND:
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

DEEP PURPLE:
Machine Head

DREAM THEATER:
Black Clouds & Silver Linings

BOB DYLAN:
Hard Rain
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits Vol II

EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Spirit
That's The Way of the World

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Tarkus
Brain Salad Surgery
Trilogy
Works Volume 1
Works Volume 2
Love Beach

FLEETWOOD MAC:
Bare Trees
Future Games
Mystery to Me
Heroes are Hard to Find
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Rumours (Chinese Pressing)
Tusk
Live
Mirage
Tango in the Night
Behind the Mask

FUNKADELIC:
The Electric Spanking of War Babies

ART GARFUNKEL:
Breakaway

GENESIS: Nursery Cryme
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Wind and Wuthering
And Then There Were Three
Seconds Out
Duke
Abacab

Invisible Touch
>
THE GUESS WHO:
The Best of The Guess Who

HEART:
Brigade
Bad Animals
Heart

JIMI HENDRIX:
Jimi Hendrix

J. GEILS BAND:
"Live" Full House
Best of the J. Geils Band
Freeze Frame

MICHAEL JACKSON:
Thriller

JAMES MONTGOMERY BAND:
First Time Out

JETHRO TULL:
Aqualung

JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS:
I Love Rock N Roll

JOE PERRY PROJECT:
Once A Rocker, Always a Rocker

BILLY JOEL:
Cold Spring Harbor (original release)
Cold Spring Harbor
Piano Man
Streetlife Serenader
Turnstiles
The Stranger
52nd Street
Glass Houses
Songs in the Attic
An Innocent Man
The Bridge
Kohliept

ELTON JOHN:
Empty Sky
Elton John
Friends
Tumbleweed Connection
Madman Across The Water
Honky Chateau
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Caribou
Greatest Hits
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Greatest Hits Volume II
Rock of the Westies
Here and There
Blue Moves
A Single Man
A Single Man (Picture Disc)
Breaking Hearts
Too Low for Zero
The Fox
Sleeping with the Past
The Red Piano

KANSAS:
Leftoverture

KISS:
Alive
Destroyer
Double Platinum

LED ZEPPELIN:
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV
Houses of the Holy
Presence
In Through the Out Door
Coda

JOHN LENNON:
The John Lennon Collection

GORDON LIGHTFOOT:
Summertime Dream
Dream Street Rose

THE LOW ANTHEM:
Smart Flesh

MASTODON:
Crack the Skye

BRIAN MAY + FRIENDS:
Star Fleet Project

CHRISTINE MCVIE:
The Legendary Christine Perfect Album
Christine McVie

STEVIE NICKS:
Bella Donna
The Wild Heart
Rock A Little

OHIO PLAYERS:
Honey

PARLIAMENT:
Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome
Uncut Funk

PINK FLOYD:
Meddle
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall

THE POLICE:
Regatta de Blanc

PORCUPINE TREE:
Voyage 34
Signify
Lightbulb Sun
Recordings
In Absentia
Fear of a Blank Planet
We Lost The Skyline
The Incident

QUEEN:
Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
News of the World
Jazz
Live Killers
The Game

ROLLING STONES:
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Beggar's Banquet
Get Yer Ya-Yas Out
Some Girls
Tattoo You
Still Life
Undercover

RUSH:
Rush
Fly By Night
Archives
2112
All The Worlds A Stage
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Exit... Stage Left
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
Power Windows
Hold Your Fire
A Show of Hands
Presto
Snakes and Arrows

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL:
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
The Graduate
Bookends
Bridge over Troubled Water
Greatest Hits

SMOKEY ROBINSON:
A Quiet Storm

STYX:
Pieces of Eight

TOWER OF POWER:
Tower of Power

VAN HALEN:
Van Halen

WHITFORD/ST. HOLMES
Whitford St. Holmes

THE WHO:
Tommy
Who's Next
Quadrophenia
JOHN WILLIAMS:
Star Wars: The Original Soundtrack
The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Soundtrack

STEVE WILSON:
Insurgentes

YES:
The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Relayer
Yessongs
Going For The One
Tormato
Yesshows
Drama
90125
Big Generator

WARREN ZEVON:
Excitable Boy

Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Birch Boy on March 11, 2011, 09:57:03 PM
Just got from a friend for free:

Grateful Dead - Dead Set

I love the album cover.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on April 23, 2011, 01:34:13 AM
So far, my collection is small. There are tons that I would like, but I just need patience and a lot of visits to the nearby stores I commonly use. But, so far:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Rush - 2112
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Yes - The Yes Album
Yes - Fragile
Yes - Close to the Edge
Yes - Drama
Maurice Jarre - "Doctor Zhivago" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Antal Dorati & The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture / Festival Overture

Like I said, it's small, but I plan on getting much more.

Edit: New additions -

John Coltrane - Blue Train
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works Vol. 1
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
HIM - Screamworks
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Kansas - Leftoverture
KISS - Dressed to Kill
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Pink Floyd - Animals
Rush - Permanent Waves
Fritz Reiner & The Chicago Symphony - Also Sprach Zarathustra
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
The Who - Tommy
The Who - Who's Next
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
Yes - Relayer
Yes - Going For the One
Yes - Tormato
John Williams - E.T. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on April 23, 2011, 03:04:43 AM
My small collection expanded a bit lately:


- Transatlantic - SMPTe - Collector's edition bought at the Whirld tour.
- Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever - Collector's edition bought at the Whirld tour.
- Transatlantic - The Whirlwind - Collector's edition bought at the Whirld tour.
- The Dear Hunter - Act I & II
- The Dear Hunter - Act III
- The Dear Hunter - The Color EPs (preordered)
- Opeth - Watershed

I need Ghost Reveries and Damnation and some Pink Floyd (WYWH & DSOTM mostly) next.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on April 23, 2011, 03:08:35 AM
I need Ghost Reveries and Damnation and some Pink Floyd (WYWH & DSOTM mostly) next.

This. DSOTM is godly on vinyl. That's where I heard it first, and nothing else compares. I heard WYWH on CD, but when I heard the vinyl, I was taken aback. There's something about vinyl that does it for me with certain albums.

As for Opeth, you have chosen wisely.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: mizzl on April 23, 2011, 03:12:19 AM
My collection of vinyls:

Nothing




 :loser:

Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on April 23, 2011, 03:19:52 AM
I need Ghost Reveries and Damnation and some Pink Floyd (WYWH & DSOTM mostly) next.

This. DSOTM is godly on vinyl. That's where I heard it first, and nothing else compares. I heard WYWH on CD, but when I heard the vinyl, I was taken aback. There's something about vinyl that does it for me with certain albums.

As for Opeth, you have chosen wisely.

Crap, I really thought Shine would be smileysome in vinyl :( I want it mostly because of that one song.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on April 23, 2011, 03:29:43 AM
I need Ghost Reveries and Damnation and some Pink Floyd (WYWH & DSOTM mostly) next.

This. DSOTM is godly on vinyl. That's where I heard it first, and nothing else compares. I heard WYWH on CD, but when I heard the vinyl, I was taken aback. There's something about vinyl that does it for me with certain albums.

As for Opeth, you have chosen wisely.

Crap, I really thought Shine would be smileysome in vinyl :( I want it mostly because of that one song.

Wait, is taken aback a bad thing?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on April 23, 2011, 03:45:07 AM
I don't know  :blush it sounded bad to me, but I'm spanish. Glad to hear it's good though!!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on April 23, 2011, 04:10:02 AM
I don't know  :blush it sounded bad to me, but I'm spanish. Glad to hear it's good though!!

I assure you, WYWH is phenomenal on vinyl. Get in. NAO>!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Metro on April 23, 2011, 01:44:02 PM
I've been wanting to collect vinyls for a while. I only have 1 currently(Machine Head - Deep Purple)
And the only record player I own has no needle  :sadpanda:
Title: Re: Huge Erect Cocks
Post by: sonatafanica on April 23, 2011, 01:48:38 PM
My vinyl collection looks like

DT - Black Clouds
Coheed - SSTB



THE END
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: zxlkho on April 24, 2011, 12:13:40 AM
My collection of vinyls:

Coheed and Cambria - Second Stage Turbine Blade



...



and I don't even have a turntable. Anyone want to recommend?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on April 24, 2011, 08:54:54 AM
https://www.amazon.com/Technica-ATLP120-Professional-Turntable-USB/dp/B002S1CJ2Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303656349&sr=8-1

Thats what I have.  They have cheaper models too.  Think the cheapest you can find is $100.  Or dig through your parents' stuff.

Here's my updated collection:

AC/DC-Back in Black
Art Blakey-Moanin'
The Beatles-Abbey Road
The Beatles-Let it Be
Black Sabbath-Paranoid
The Blues Brothers-Soundtrack
Bruce Springsteen-Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen-Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen-The River
Bruce Springsteen-Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen-The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen-Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run
Chicago-Chicago Transit Authority
Coheed & Cambria-The Second Stage Turbine Blade
Phil Collins-Face Value
The Dear Hunter-Act III: Life and Death
Eisley-The Valley
Fleetwood Mac-Live
Peter Gabriel-III
Genesis-Wind and Wuthering
Herbie Hancock-Headhunters
Jethro Tull-Aqualung
Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick
Billy Joel-The Stranger
Journey-Escape
King Crimson-In the Court of the Crimson King
Led Zeppelin-II
Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin-The Song Remains the Same Soundtrack
Mastodon-Blood Mountain
Mastodon-Crack the Skye
The Moody Blues-Days of Future Passed
Muse-Absolution
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
Porcupine Tree-Lightbulb Sun
Opeth-My Arms, Your Hearse
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Rainbow-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble-Texas Flood
REO Speedwagon-You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
Rolling Stones-Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Rush-A Farwell to Kings
Rush-Exit..Stage Left
Rush-Power Windows
Rush-Rush
Wayne Shorter-The Soothsayer
Devin Townsend Project-Addicted
Devin Townsend Project-Ki
The Who-Quadrophenia
Weather Report-Heavy Weather
Yes-The Yes Album
Yes-Close to the Edge

That's a pretty prog list I tell you what.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: seasonsinthesky on April 24, 2011, 12:45:56 PM
how does MAYH sound on wax? doesn't seem that easy to find outside of the ridiculous wooden box set.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on April 24, 2011, 01:15:40 PM
Its a huge improvement over the CD sound.  Nothing wrong with it, but the LP just sounds so much thicker and more brutal.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: zxlkho on April 24, 2011, 07:09:20 PM
Yeah it was between that one and this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-PL-990-2-Speed-Automatic-Turntable/dp/B00009QORL

EDIT: Actually the Audio Technica one I was looking at was this:
https://www.amazon.com/Technica-AT-LP60-Automatic-Driven-Turntable/dp/B002GYTPAE/ref=pd_cp_e_1
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on April 24, 2011, 08:04:23 PM
Yeah that second one was what I was thinking of when I mention $100 cheap ones.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZeppelinDT on April 25, 2011, 01:49:48 PM
If you're looking to spend a little more, this one is pretty great too.  Upgraded from a cheaper model about a year ago and I've been loving it so far -

https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Ject-Debut-III-Turntable-Cartridge/dp/B000CCEQP6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1303760875&sr=1-4
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jakartabassplayer on April 26, 2011, 01:13:04 PM
updated list:


1.   Accept                        Balls To The Wall                                                1983
2.   AC/DC                    Let There Be Rock                                      1977
3.   AC/DC                 Highway To Hell                                               1979
4.   Albert Hammond   The Free Electric Band            1973
5.   Angel Witch           Angel Witch                                     (RARE)              1980
6.   Anthrax      Penikufesin (EP)               1989
7.   BB. King               BB King in London                                                   1971
8.   Black Sabbath       Black Sabbath                                                         1970
9.   Black Sabbath        Paranoid                                                         1970
10.   Black Sabbath        Master Of Reality                                              1971
11.   Black Sabbath        Heaven And Hell                                                         1980
12.   Black Sabbath       Live Evil                                                                   1982
13.   Bob Dylan             The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan                                   1963
14.   Bob Dylan             Desire                                                                        1975
15.   Bob Seger      Stranger In Town               1978
16.   Bruce Springsteen   Darkness On The Edge Of Town         1978
17.   Bruce Springsteen      Born In The USA                                                     1984
18.   Chuck Berry          Greatest Hits
19.   David Bowie         Ziggy Stardust                                                             1972
20.   Deep Purple           In Rock                                                                       1970
21.   Deep Purple           Machine Head                                                            1972
22.   Deep Purple      Made In Japan                  1972
23.   Dio         Holy Diver                   1983
24.   Dio                         Intermission                                                                 1986
25.   Dire Straits             Dire Straits                                                                 1978
26.   Dire Straits             Making Movies                                                           1980
27.   Dire Straits      Brothers In Arms               1985
28.   Focus         Moving waves               1971
29.   Focus                      Live at the Rainbow                                                  1973
30.   Glen Miller
31.   Glen Miller
32.   Guns ‘N’ Roses     Appetite For Destruction (Original cover) (RARE)   1987
33.   Guns ‘N’ Roses     Lies                                                                            1988
34.   Iron Maiden           Iron Maiden                                                                1980
35.   Iron Maiden           The Number Of The Beast                                          1982
36.   Iron Maiden           Piece Of Mind                                                            1983
37.   Iron Maiden           Powerslave                                                                 1984
38.   Iron Maiden           Live After Death                                                          1985
39.   Iron Maiden      Running Free – Sanctuary (EP)         1990
40.   Janis Joplin            I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!              1969
41.   Janis Joplin            Pearl                                                                            1971
42.   Jeff Beck               Wired                                                                           1976
43.   Joan Baez               Joan Baez/5                                                            1964
44.   Johnny Cash       At San Quentin               1969
45.   Johnny Cash           Best of pt 1
46.   Judas Priest      Stained Class                  1978
47.   Judas Priest            British Steel                                                                1980
48.   Led Zeppelin         Led Zeppelin                                                               1969
49.   Led Zeppelin         Led Zeppelin II                                                         1969
50.   Led Zeppelin      Led Zeppelin IV               1971
51.   Led Zeppelin          Houses Of The Holy                                                  1973
52.   Led Zeppelin         The Song Remains The Same                                   1976
53.   Madness                 One Step Beyond                                                       1979
54.   Megadeth      So Far, So Good…, So What!         1988
55.   Metallica                Garage Days Re-Revisited              (RARE)          1986
56.   Motorhead             Motorhead                      (RARE)          1977
57.   Motorhead             Overkill                                                                      1979
58.   Motorhead             Bomber                                                                       1979
59.   Motorhead             The Watcher                  (RARE)          1980         
60.   Motorhead             Golden Years EP           (RARE)          1980
61.   Motorhead             Another Perfect Day                                                   1983
62.   Motorhead             Rock ‘n’ Roll                                                               1987
63.   Patti Smith             Horses                                                                       1975
64.   Paul Simon           Graceland                                                                    1986
65.   Pink Floyd      Meddle                  1971
66.   Pink Floyd      Wish You Were Here               1975
67.   Pink Floyd      Animals                  1977
68.   Pink Floyd            The Wall                                                                    1979
69.   Queen          Sheer Heart Attack               1974
70.   Rainbow                Rising                                                                         1976
71.   Rainbow                Long live Rock 'n Roll                                               1978
72.   Rolling stones       Sticky Fingers                                                              1971
73.   Rush                     Rush                                                   (RARE)       1974
74.   Rush         2112                     1976
75.   Rush                     All the Worlds A Stage                                               1976
76.   Rush                     A Farewell To Kings                                                  1977
77.   Rush                     Hemispheres                                                               1978
78.   Rush         Moving Pictures               1981
79.   Saxon                    Strong Arm Of The Law                                             1980
80.   Saxon                    Denim And Leather                                                    1981
81.   Saxon                    The Eagle Has Landed                                              1982
82.   Saxon                    Crusader                                                                   1984
83.   Slayer                    Show No Mercy                                                        1983
84.   Slayer                    Hell Awaits                                                                1985
85.   Ten Years After    Recorded Live                                                          1973
86.   Thin Lizzy            Live And Dangerous                                                 1978
87.   Venom                  Eine Kleine Nachtmusik                                             1986
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on June 25, 2011, 12:41:09 AM
Bumpage because I'm trying to organize my music collection and create backups for all my physical stuff in order to avoid too much wear on them but I dont know what to do with vinyls. Do you guys just download Jack Sparrow versions of your vinyls or do you backup them by connecting the turntable to the computer and creating a new file?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Portrucci on June 25, 2011, 12:59:13 AM
You can often get some pretty good vinyl rips from torrent websites. I have a USB capable turntable but I've never used the feature. What is the reason for backing up vinyls? It's not like a CD where the backup can be burned onto a blank to make an exact replica. From what I've seen vinyls are pretty robust. They're made to be played and played often! I don't have any hesitation breaking one out...even the 'expensive' ones.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on June 25, 2011, 01:04:55 AM
I get the vinyls mostly for sentimental reasons, I like to have the albums I really like in a bigger format where the art is prominent. Of course, I also love their sound but I don't want to risk damaging the vinyls and for everyday use I prefer to listen to CDs or FLACs since it's less of a hassle than playing a vinyl and switching sides every 4 songs. I mostly play them when I'm not going to do anything else and I just want to focus on the music.

Will check those sites to see what they have, thank you!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Portrucci on June 25, 2011, 01:12:41 AM
Hmm good point. It could also be useful when you have a vinyl of a rare album and you can't find any good download links. In that case a USB turntable is quite useful. They normally have some corresponding software available on the manufacturers site, but my experience with Numaks is that it's quite fidgety. I don't really worry about lossless listening on my computer as with my current set-up there wouldn't be much different between v0 and a usb vinyl rip. There is that characteristic warmness, but I wouldn't go through the effort just for that.  :)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Quadrochosis on June 25, 2011, 09:29:44 AM
Here is my vinyl collection:

ABBA - The Singles
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
Asia - Asia
Tony Banks - The Fugitive
The Beatles - Beatles '65
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Red Greatest Hits
The Beatles - Blue Greatest Hits
Bill Bruford - The Bruford Tapes
Bill Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado
Lindsey Buckingham - Law and Order (two copies)
Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane
Buckingham/Nicks - Buckingham/Nicks
Camel - Mirage
Coheed and Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade
Derek and the Dominos - In Concert
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - Strange Days
The Doors - Moonlight Drive (Live 67)
The Doors - Waiting for the Sun
The Doors - The Soft Parade
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
The Doors - Absolutely Live
The Doors - LA Woman
The Doors - Other Voices
The Doors - Full Circle
Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings (Box Set)
ELP - Tarkus
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
ELP - Trilogy
ELP - Works Vol 1
ELP - Works Vol 2
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games
Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees
Fleetwood Mac - Heroes Are Hard to Find
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Fleetwood Mac - Live
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Car)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Scratch)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Melt)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Security)
Peter Gabriel - Plays Live
Genesis - Trespass
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Genesis - Genesis Live
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Genesis - Seconds Out Live
Genesis - And Then There Were Three
Genesis - Duke
Genesis - Abacab
Genesis - Three Sides Live
Genesis - Genesis
Steve Hackett - Cured
George Harrison - Material World
George Harrison - Thirty Three & 1/Ohm
Jethro Tull - This Was
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Jethro Tull - Living in the Past
Jethro Tull - War Child
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock n Roll: Too Young to Die!
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Elton John - Honky Chateau
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Billy Joel - The Stranger (2 copies)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street
Billy Joel - Glass Houses
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Billy Joel - Songs in the Attic
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
King Crimson - Discipline
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
The Kinks - Soap Opera
The Kinks - Misfits
The Kinks - Preservation Act I
The Kinks - Sleepwalker
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz
Led Zeppelin - 1
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin - Presence
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon - Imagine
John Lennon - Mind Games
John Lennon - Rock n Roll
John Lennon - Walls and Bridges
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
The Moody Blues - To Our Childrens Childrens Children
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Pink Floyd - Relics
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair
Porcupine Tree - Signify
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Radiohead - The King of Limbs (Special 2 10" Edition)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Rush - All the World's a Stage
Rush - 2112
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Rush - Hemispheres (Red Vinyl)
Rush - Hemispheres (Regular)
Rush - Permanent Waves
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - Exit Stage Left
Rush - Signals
Rush - Grace Under Pressure
Rush - Power Windows
Rush - Hold Your Fire
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Tangerine Dream - Cyclone
Tangerine Dream - Exit
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Weather Report - Black Market
Weather Report - Mr. Gone
Weather Report - 8:30
The Who - Who's Next
The Who - Quadrophenia
Yes - The Yes Album
Yes - Fragile
Yes - Close to the Edge (2 copies)
Yes - Yessongs
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Yes - Relayer
Yes - Going for the One
Yes - Tormato
Yes - Yesshows
Yes - Drama
Yes - 90125
Yes - Big Generator
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Frank Zappa - Over-nite Sensation
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures
Frank Zappa - Studio Tan
Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt
Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Act I
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts II & III
Frank Zappa - Tinseltown Rebellion

The Firesign Theatre presents How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All

Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: zxlkho on June 25, 2011, 09:37:14 AM
If anyone cares:

 
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Coheed and Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade
The Dear Hunter - Act I and II
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum Complete
Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# Infinity
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Porcupine Tree - Signify
Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt

Still on the way:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - List Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: MetalManiac666 on June 25, 2011, 10:43:43 AM
Though my record player is not yet set up:

The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
The Beatles - Second Album
James Bond Goldfinger Soundtrack
The Beatles - 1962-1966
Rush - Permanent Waves
Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
Kansas - Monolith
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
Boston - Don't Look Back
Bad Company - Desolation Angels
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: sonatafanica on June 25, 2011, 10:49:18 AM
i'm to broke to be a proper hipster so i only have like 2 vinyls and nothing to play them on
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: FretMuppet on June 25, 2011, 12:44:54 PM
I got a couple but nothing to play them on too :(
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Marvellous G on June 25, 2011, 01:38:47 PM
Just purchased: Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Aiming to purchase in the next week: Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago and Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

Most played in the last week on vinyl: In Rainbows and the (perfectly suited to vinyl) Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird EP.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: jsem on June 25, 2011, 01:57:17 PM
i'm to broke to be a proper hipster so i only have like 2 vinyls and nothing to play them on
:(


Our turntable at home is broke. Also I have no vinyl collection of my own, but the combined collection of my parents is huge and awesome.  :sad:
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: zxlkho on June 25, 2011, 02:38:07 PM
Just bought:

Genesis - Nursery Cryme
King Crimson - In The Wake of Poseidon
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on June 25, 2011, 04:05:26 PM
Just bought:

Weather Report - Heavy Weather

Fucking fantastic album.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on June 25, 2011, 04:19:01 PM
Weather Report is awesome.  :tup

Here's my giant penis list

ABBA:
Greatest Hits

AC/DC:
Back in Black

AEROSMITH:
Aerosmith
Get Your Wings
Toys in the Attic
Rocks
Draw The Line
Live Bootleg
Night in the Ruts
Greatest Hits
Rock in a Hard Place
Done With Mirrors
Permanent Vacation
Pump

JON ANDERSON:
Animation

ASIA:
Asia
Alpha

BAD COMPANY:
Straight Shooter
Desolation Angels

BEACH BOYS: Sounds of Summer

THE BEATLES:
The Beatle's Second Album
Yesterday and Today
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Abbey Road
1962-1966
1967-1970

BLACKFIELD:
Blackfield
Welcome to my DNA

BOSTON:
Boston
Don't Look Back
Third Stage

DAVID BOWIE:
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
ChangesOneBowie
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Lets Dance

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM:
Law & Order

BUCKINGHAM NICKS:
Buckingham Nicks

CHEAP TRICK:
At Budokan

CHICAGO:
Chicago

ERIC CLAPTON:
Slowhand

BOOTSY COLLINS:
The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away
Ultra Wave
What's Bootsy Doin?

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND:
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

THE DEAR HUNTER:
The Color Spectrum

DEEP PURPLE:
Machine Head

DREAM THEATER:
Black Clouds & Silver Linings

BOB DYLAN:
Hard Rain
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits Vol II

EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Spirit
That's The Way of the World

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Tarkus
Brain Salad Surgery
Trilogy
Works Volume 1
Works Volume 2
Love Beach

FLEETWOOD MAC:
Bare Trees
Future Games
Mystery to Me
Heroes are Hard to Find
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Rumours (Chinese Pressing)
Tusk
Live
Mirage
Tango in the Night
Behind the Mask

FUNKADELIC:
The Electric Spanking of War Babies

ART GARFUNKEL:
Breakaway

GENESIS: Nursery Cryme
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Wind and Wuthering
And Then There Were Three
Seconds Out
Duke
Abacab
Invisible Touch
>
THE GUESS WHO:
The Best of The Guess Who

HEART:
Brigade
Bad Animals
Heart

JIMI HENDRIX:
Jimi Hendrix

J. GEILS BAND:
"Live" Full House
Best of the J. Geils Band
Freeze Frame

MICHAEL JACKSON:
Thriller

JAMES MONTGOMERY BAND:
First Time Out

JETHRO TULL:
Aqualung

JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS:
I Love Rock N Roll

JOE PERRY PROJECT:
Once A Rocker, Always a Rocker

BILLY JOEL:
Cold Spring Harbor (original release)
Cold Spring Harbor
Piano Man
Streetlife Serenader
Turnstiles
The Stranger
52nd Street
Glass Houses
Songs in the Attic
An Innocent Man
The Bridge
Kohliept

ELTON JOHN:
Empty Sky
Elton John
Friends
Tumbleweed Connection
Madman Across The Water
Honky Chateau
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Caribou
Greatest Hits
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Greatest Hits Volume II
Rock of the Westies
Here and There
Blue Moves
A Single Man
A Single Man (Picture Disc)
Victim of Love
Breaking Hearts
Too Low for Zero
The Fox
Sleeping with the Past
The Red Piano

KANSAS:
Leftoverture

KISS:
Alive
Destroyer
Double Platinum

LED ZEPPELIN:
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV
Houses of the Holy
Presence
In Through the Out Door
Coda

JOHN LENNON:
The John Lennon Collection

GORDON LIGHTFOOT:
Summertime Dream
Dream Street Rose

THE LOW ANTHEM:
Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
Smart Flesh

MASTODON:
Crack the Skye

BRIAN MAY + FRIENDS:
Star Fleet Project

CHRISTINE MCVIE:
The Legendary Christine Perfect Album
Christine McVie

STEVIE NICKS:
Bella Donna
The Wild Heart
Rock A Little
Other Side of the Mirror

OHIO PLAYERS:
Honey

PARLIAMENT:
Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome
Uncut Funk

PINK FLOYD:
Meddle
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall

THE POLICE:
Regatta de Blanc

PORCUPINE TREE:
Voyage 34
Signify
Lightbulb Sun
Recordings
In Absentia
Fear of a Blank Planet
We Lost The Skyline
The Incident

QUEEN:
Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
News of the World
Jazz
Live Killers
The Game

ROLLING STONES:
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Beggar's Banquet
Get Yer Ya-Yas Out
Some Girls
Tattoo You
Still Life
Undercover

RUSH:
Rush
Fly By Night
Archives
2112
All The Worlds A Stage
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Exit... Stage Left
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
Power Windows
Hold Your Fire
A Show of Hands
Presto
Snakes and Arrows

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL:
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
The Graduate
Bookends
Bridge over Troubled Water
Greatest Hits

SMOKEY ROBINSON:
A Quiet Storm

STYX:
Pieces of Eight

TOWER OF POWER:
Tower of Power

VAN HALEN:
Van Halen

WHITFORD/ST. HOLMES
Whitford St. Holmes

THE WHO:
Tommy
Who's Next
Quadrophenia JOHN WILLIAMS:
Star Wars: The Original Soundtrack
The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Soundtrack

STEVE WILSON:
Insurgentes

YES:
The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Relayer
Yessongs
Going For The One
Tormato
Yesshows
Drama
90125
90125 Live
Big Generator

WARREN ZEVON:
Excitable Boy
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Quadrochosis on June 25, 2011, 08:32:03 PM
I hate everything about you.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ZBomber on June 25, 2011, 09:01:12 PM
I hate everything about you.

I had sex with your dog and he loved it
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: zxlkho on June 25, 2011, 11:17:22 PM
:rollin :rollin :rollin
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Quadrochosis on June 25, 2011, 11:22:27 PM
I hate everything about you.

I had sex with your dog and he loved it

MY DOG IS A SHE
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: SPNKr on June 26, 2011, 10:57:31 PM
Just bought:



Weather Report - Heavy Weather


OH NO YOU DIDN'T
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: zxlkho on June 26, 2011, 11:01:27 PM
I did.


also I don't get it.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: SPNKr on June 26, 2011, 11:06:20 PM
^ Well in other words I WISH I HAD THAT ON LP.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: zxlkho on June 26, 2011, 11:06:41 PM
lol it was $7.99
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Quadrochosis on June 27, 2011, 07:41:47 AM
It sounds wonderful on vinyl. I own it as well. Great music.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on September 20, 2011, 03:33:13 AM
New additions -

John Coltrane - Blue Train
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works Vol. 1
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
HIM - Screamworks
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Kansas - Leftoverture
KISS - Dressed to Kill
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Pink Floyd - Animals
Rush - Permanent Waves
Fritz Reiner & The Chicago Symphony - Also Sprach Zarathustra
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
The Who - Tommy
The Who - Who's Next
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
Yes - Relayer
Yes - Going For the One
Yes - Tormato
John Williams - E.T. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Nihil-Morari on September 20, 2011, 03:52:40 AM
I love vinyl. Buying a record player was the best 30 Euro's I've spent. Ever.

My collection:
Most loved vinyls are Bon Iver's latest, Sunn O))), Continuum I, Pink Floyd bootleg ft. Zappa and Mono's Palmless Prayer.
Also I nearly have all Floyd albums on vinyl!

Abba   Arrival   1976
AC/DC   Powerage   1978
Aphrodites Child   Greatest Hits   1972
Ashra   Blackouts   1978
B.B. King   The B.B. King Story   1974
Bass Communion   Continuum I   2006
Bass Communion   Lithany   2009
The Beach Boys   Live In London   1970
The Beatles   Live At The Star-Club   1977
Bon Iver   Bon Iver   2011
Roy Buchanan   Roy Buchanan   1974
Roy Buchanan   You're Not Alone   1978
Roy Buchanan   Live In Japan   1978
Kate Bush   The Kick Inside   1978
Camel   The Snow Goose   1975
Alice Cooper   From The Inside   1978
Robert Cray   Strong Persuader   1986
Darts   Everyone Plays Darts   1978
Deep Purple   24 Carat Purple   1974
Dire Straits   Dire Strats   1978
Dire Straits   Love Over Gold   1982
Doobie Brothers   Toulouse Street   1972
Doobie Brothers   Farewell Tour   1983
Dream Theater   Systematic Chaos   2007
Dream Theater   Forsaken   2007
Dream Theater   Black Clouds & Silver Linings   2009
Bob Dylan   Infidels   1983
The Eagles   Hotel California   1976
Earth & Fire   Gate To Infinity   1977
Earth Wind & Fire   The Best Of   1978
Electric Light Orchestra   Out of the Blue   1977
Kenny G   Duotones   1986
Gandalf   To Another Horizon   1983
Genesis   Selling England By The Pound   1973
David Gilmour   David Gilmour   1978
Grease   OST   1978
Grobschnitt    2008 Live   2009
Grobschnitt    2010 Live   2010
Hair   OST   1979
Allan Holdsworth   Atavachron   1986
Japan   Assemblage   1981
Jean Michelle Jarre   Oxygene   1976
Jean Michelle Jarre   Oxygene   1979
Jean Michelle Jarre   The Concerts In China   1982
Janis Joplin   Greatest Hits   1973
Jonsi   Go Do   2010
Kayak   Phantom Of The Night   1978
Peter Kreuder   Piano met ritmische begeleiding   1976
Marillion   Script For A Jester's Tear   1983
The Marc And Clark Band   Double Trouble   1977
Bob Marley    Live   1975
Masada   Live   1980
McLauglin, Meola & De Lucia   Passion Grace and Fire   1983
Meatloaf   Bat Out Of Hell   1977
Meatloaf   Dead Ringer   1981
Mono & World End's Girlfriend   Palmless Prayer & Mass Muder Refrain   2006
Moody Blues   The Moody Blues   1974
Muse   The Resistance   2009
No-Man   Together We're Strangers   2005
Mike Oldfield   Tubular Bells   1973
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark   Organisation   1980
The Alan Parsons Project   Tales Of Mystery and Imagination   1976
The Alan Parsons Project   Tales Of Mystery and Imagination   1976
The Alan Parsons Project   I Robot   1977
The Alan Parsons Project   Pyramid   1978
The Alan Parsons Project   Eve   1979
The Alan Parsons Project   The Turn Of A Friendly Card   1979
The Alan Parsons Project   Eye In The Sky   1981
The Alan Parsons Project   Ammonia Avenue   1984
The Alan Parsons Project   Vulture Culture   1984
The Alan Parsons Project   Stereotomy   1985
Paul en Andre   Live In America   1979
Pink Floyd   A Nice Pair - Piper & Saucerful   1969
Pink Floyd   Ummagumma   1969
Pink Floyd   Atom Heart Mother   1970
Pink Floyd   Relics   1971
Pink Floyd   Meddle   1971
Pink Floyd   Obscured By Clouds   1972
Pink Floyd   Obscured By Clouds   1972
Pink Floyd   The Dark Side Of The Moon   1973
Pink Floyd   Wish You Were Here   1975
Pink Floyd   Animals   1977
Pink Floyd   The Wall   1979
Pink Floyd   The Final Cut   1983
Pink Floyd   A Momentary Lapse Of Reason   1987
The Police   Reggatta De Blanc   1979
Prince   Purple Rain   1984
Queen   Sheer Heart Attack   1974
Queen   A Night At The Opera   1975
Queen   Jazz   1978
Gerry Rafferty   City To City   1977
Gerry Rafferty   Snakes and Ladders   1980
Gerry Rafferty   Sleepwalking   1982
Rainbow   Rising   1976
Lou Reed   Transformer   1972
Roxanne   Play The Funky Music   1988
Santana   Moonflower   1977
Santana   Inner Secrets   1978
Santana   Zebop   1981
Speedway Boulevard   Speedway Bouvelard   1980
Rush   A Farewell To Kings   1977
Saturday Night Fever   OST   1977
Paul Simon   Still Crazy After All These Years   1975
Simon And Garfunkel   The Concert In Central Park   1981
Klaus Schulze   Dreams   1986
Slade   Sladest   1972
Snowy White   White Flames   1983
Spyro Gyra   Incognito   1982
Jim Steinman   Bad For Good   1981
Rod Stewart   Atlantic Crossing   1975
Sting   The Dream Of The Blue Turtles   1985
Sunn O)))   Domkirke   2008
Supertramp   Even In The Quietest Moments   1974
Tangerine Dream   Ricochet   1975
James Taylor   Greatest Hits   1976
Toto   IV   1982
Triumph   Just A Game   1979
Triumph   Just A Game   1979
Triumph   Allied Forces   1981
Vangelis   Sprial   1978
Van Halen   Van Halen   1978
Rick Wakeman   White Rock   1976
Jeff Wayne   War Of The Worlds   1978
Stevie Wonder   Hotter Than July   1980
Rick Wright   Wet Dream   1978
Yes   The Yes Album   1971
Yes   Close To The Edge   1973
Yes   Tales From Topographic Oceans   1973
Yes   Yessongs   1973
Yes   Going For The One   1977
Frank Zappa   Pink Floyd Meets Frank Zappa   1969
Frank Zappa   Baby Snakes   1979
Frank Zappa   Joe's Garage Act I   1979
Frank Zappa   Bobby Brown   1979
Frank Zappa   t Is The Season To Be Jelly   1991
The Zombies   Time Of The Zombies   1968
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sketchy on September 20, 2011, 05:51:04 AM
I do not have a record player, although I am the mentality who would happily collect vinyl. I love having the physical product, and my first listen through any album is accompanied by reading  through all the notes and looking at the artwork. Also, let's face it, when it comes to the artwork, vinyl is THE BEST. It's a decent size for the pictures, and you can see all the little details in the cover.

So no, I don't collect vinyl, but a large part of me really thinks I should.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Liberation on September 20, 2011, 05:57:54 AM
Just stopping by to say I love vinyls. :D
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: bout to crash on September 20, 2011, 09:12:11 AM
Me too! I don't have a shitload but I am slowly building up the collection. Got my first new one recently:

(https://www.pinpointmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/radiohead_king_of_limbs1-300x300.jpg)


And my latest purchases from the Denver record expo:

(https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Eeo1q9suL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

(https://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001FAH.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115574918_.jpg)

(https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qhZag4pxL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

(https://www.vinylsurrender.com/Graphics/AlbumCovers2/Frank%20Zappa%20-%20Cruising%20With%20Ruben%20And%20The%20Jets.jpg)

(https://spotibot.com/img_cache/originals/35RtSV5vwTe2ndQ26sWo8z.jpg)

Also waiting for Steven Wilson in the mail :caffeine:
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Nihil-Morari on September 20, 2011, 10:07:13 AM
Damn. I saw Ruben on a market a couple of weeks ago. But it was too expensive, something like 60 or 70 bucks.
How much did you pay for it?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: bout to crash on September 20, 2011, 10:23:59 AM
Goddamn! It was only $10. The Ponty/Zappa one was the most expensive of those at $20. So fucking cool!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ytserush on September 20, 2011, 11:24:24 PM
Goddamn! It was only $10. The Ponty/Zappa one was the most expensive of those at $20. So fucking cool!


Smart!

Record expos are the way to go. (Especially if you like browsing)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Dark Castle on September 20, 2011, 11:44:13 PM
Friend came over, and we trade/borrowed some vinyls.
Lending him my Converge-On My Shield
and a Black Tusk Vinyl
for
Obscura-Cosmogenesis
Hatesphere
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Guitalguy on September 21, 2011, 05:49:32 AM
I bought a record player recently, along with some records. I now own an amazing collection of 8 LPs. Just ordered a phono preamp from amazon so I'll be able to use the record player on my amp who does not have phono input.. Waiting for both that and ADTOE on vinyl in the mail!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: bout to crash on September 21, 2011, 06:42:07 AM
Goddamn! It was only $10. The Ponty/Zappa one was the most expensive of those at $20. So fucking cool!


Smart!

Record expos are the way to go. (Especially if you like browsing)

Yeah, they're great. I love how you've got the more serious folks selling the expensive stuff but you can also get a decent record for $2 if you don't mind it not being perfect.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: antigoon on September 21, 2011, 09:11:38 AM
My record player doesn't work anymore so now I cry myself to sleep every night with my iPod blasting 128kb/s mp3 files through $5 earbuds.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: bout to crash on September 21, 2011, 12:19:24 PM
 :sadpanda:
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on September 22, 2011, 02:52:03 AM
Damn son, that is tragic. I hope it gets fixed.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Bedwetting Cosmonaut on September 22, 2011, 07:49:48 AM
My record player doesn't work anymore so now I cry myself to sleep every night with my iPod blasting 128kb/s mp3 files through $5 earbuds.

they see me :rollin

BC
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Ħ on September 29, 2011, 12:14:13 AM
I was just getting into vinyl and was going to buy one pretty.  I'm just popping into this thread to ask, what kind of "accessories" are necessary for a turntable?  If you JUST buy a turntable, does it come with speakers?  And if you have to buy speakers, do you have to buy "turntable-compatible" speakers or does anything pretty much work?

So...what I've gathered is that I need:

1. Turntable device
2. Speakers
3. An amp (which I originally thought was just a giant speaker, but oh well...)
4. A subwoofer
5. ???
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on September 29, 2011, 12:49:31 AM
The amplifier is the "main" component of a music system - it's the module that receives the signal from all other modules (CD, tape, auxiliary input, etc) and to which the speakers are connected. You can think of it as a CPU or computer tower - all peripherals (mouse, keyboard) are connected to it giving it input data and it produces some output data (speakers and monitor).

The basic setup is Turntable -> Amplifier -> Headphones/Speakers. Some amplifiers do not have a specific turntable input though (Called PHONO) so you have to build a preamp which is a device that will convert the turntable signal to something your amplifier can understand. In this case, you would have a Turntable -> Preamp -> Amplifier -> Headphones/Speakers setup.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Ħ on September 29, 2011, 12:52:07 AM
Thanks!

So uh...I don't have any idea wtf I'm looking at.

Could you recommend a cheap "starter" set?  I don't need the perfect home theater system or anything....just two good speakers with strong bass.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on September 29, 2011, 12:58:58 AM
I'm gonna wait for someone more experienced for recommendations, I don't really know much about this topic   :-\
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Bedwetting Cosmonaut on September 29, 2011, 07:24:43 AM
H, just search on amazon for one that is in your price range and has good reviews. That's really the best way to start.

Also stay away from USB turntables (note: not turntables that also have USB, I mean turntables that are primarily USB input tables, made by companies like ION, etc.) The general idea is that they use needles that can damage your records.

BC
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on September 29, 2011, 12:57:11 PM
New additions -

John Coltrane - Blue Train

SO JELLY.  I would love to have that on vinyl.

While we're on the subject, Blue Train is a fantastic album and more people should hear it.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Kosmo on September 29, 2011, 01:06:54 PM
I would kill to have some Queen on vinyl.

Even though I don't have a record player.

I'd still kill for it.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: bout to crash on September 29, 2011, 01:12:33 PM
Queen on vinyl is pretty easy to find. Just go to any used record store...
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ACID_FOX on January 13, 2012, 09:59:31 AM
RESSURECTION

Grace for Drowning. Holy fuck.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on January 15, 2012, 04:16:49 AM
Excellent bump! I never did give a full list of everything I have now:

The Animals:
The Best of

Asia:
Asia
Alpha

The Beatles:
Abbey Road

Beethoven:
Symphony No. 6 (Funk & Wagnalls)

Billy Squire:
Don't Say No

Black Sabbath:
We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll

Blue Oyster Cult:
Fire of Unknown Origin

Bob Marley & The Wailers:
Legend

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra:
In Concert With Boehringer Mannheim
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Fritz Reiner/Strauss)

The Cars:
Candy-O
Panorama
Shake it Up

Chuck Mangione:
Feels So Good

Daryl Hall & John Oates:
Rock'n Soul Part 1

David Bowie:
Let's Dance

Deep Purple:
In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

The Doors:
The Doors
The Best of

Electric Light Orchestra:
Out of the Blue
Discovery

Emerson Lake & Palmer:
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Tarkus
Trilogy
Brain Salad Surgery
Works Vol. 1
Works Vol. 2
Best of

Focus:
Moving Waves (II)

Foo Fighters:
Wasting Light

Genesis:
Abacab
Genesis

Grover Washington Jr.:
Winelight

HIM:
Screamworks

Hounds:
Puttin' on the Dog

Jackie Gleason:
A Taste of Brass

Jethro Tull:
Thick as a Brick
A Passion Play

John Coltrane:
Blue Train
A Love Supreme

Judas Priest:
Unleashed in the East

Kansas:
Song for America
Leftoverture
Point of Know Return

Kiss:
Dressed to Kill

The Knack:
Get the Knack

Lady Gaga:
Born This Way

Led Zeppelin:
Led Zeppelin I
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin IV
Presence

Lynyrd Skynyrd:
Platinum and Gold

Mike Oldfield:
Tubular Bells

Neil Young & Crazy Horse:
Rust Never Sleeps

Ozzy Osbourne:
Blizzard of Ozz

Peter Frampton:
Frampton Comes Alive

Phil Collins:
Hello, I Must Be Going!

Pink Floyd:
Animals
The Final Cut

Queen:
Greatest Hits

Red Rider:
As Far As Siam

Robert Plant:
The Principle of Moments

The Rolling Stones:
Some Girls
Tattoo You

Rush:
2112
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Signals
Power Windows
Hold Your Fire

Scorpions:
Lovedrive

Sniff'n' The Tears:
Fickle Heart

Stanlet Turentine:
Tender Togetherness

Steely Dan:
Aja

Styx:
Equinox
The Grand Illusion
Pieces of Eight
Kilroy Was Here

Supertramp:
Crisis? What Crisis?

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers:
Hard Promises

Van Halen:
Van Halen II
Women and Children First
Fair Warning
1984

Vangelis:
Chariots of Fire

Paul Whiteman Conducts George Gershwin

The Who:
Who Are You
Tommy
Who's Next
The Kids Are Alright
It's Hard

Yes:
The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Yessongs
Tales From Topographic Oceans
Relayer
Going For the One
Tormato
Drama
Fly From Here

Soundtracks:
The Big Chill
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Crossroads
Doctor Zhivago
E.T
Heavy Metal
The Who's Tommy
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Ħ on February 29, 2012, 09:34:15 AM
I just thought of something. Why does vinyl play in stereo? What gives it that potential? Does the needle pick up each side of the groove separately?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: BlobVanDam on February 29, 2012, 09:38:40 AM
I just thought of something. Why does vinyl play in stereo? What gives it that potential? Does the needle pick up each side of the groove separately?

Nope, the needle picks up the grooves in different directions instead of just up/down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone_record#Stereophonic_sound

Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Ħ on February 29, 2012, 09:41:23 AM
I just thought of something. Why does vinyl play in stereo? What gives it that potential? Does the needle pick up each side of the groove separately?

Nope, the needle picks up the grooves in different directions instead of just up/down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone_record#Stereophonic_sound


Actually yes. The description on wikipedia is pretty much exactly what I said.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: BlobVanDam on February 29, 2012, 09:47:32 AM
I just thought of something. Why does vinyl play in stereo? What gives it that potential? Does the needle pick up each side of the groove separately?

Nope, the needle picks up the grooves in different directions instead of just up/down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone_record#Stereophonic_sound


Actually yes. The description on wikipedia is pretty much exactly what I said.

In that case you explained it poorly. I thought you meant just left/right movement on one axis and it picked up the left and right sides/walls of the groove (which wouldn't really work given how the needle reads sound).
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Ħ on February 29, 2012, 09:49:57 AM
Er, maybe I've still got it backwards. But I'm thinking inner/outer sides of the groove and not left/right.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zantera on February 29, 2012, 10:11:05 AM
Lately I've been developing an obsession for Vinyl. When I go to the record store there's just something that drags me down to the Vinyl-section, despite the fact that I don't own a player for it. It just has something magical, and I must buy a Vinyl-player so that I can start collecting it. While I will still continue picking up CDs, they aren't that "special". They are great because you can play them in the car, but unless they have a special packaging or something that makes them interesting, a normal CD-case with a CD in it doesn't feel very interesting. Meanwhile Vinyl just has something.
Problem is that I have no idea where to start, because there's a jungle of Vinyl-players out there. Big range in price, and I have no idea if there are any particular "features" or whatever that I should get. Some people rave about turntables, but hey.. I'm no Skrillex.  :lol
Honestly though, if someone here knows a lot about players, I would love some minor tips on what to look for.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ACID_FOX on February 29, 2012, 10:16:00 AM
(https://img88.imageshack.us/img88/897/img0625xl.jpg)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Nihil-Morari on February 29, 2012, 10:40:47 AM
That's not much, but that's gooooooooood stuff right there.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sigz on February 29, 2012, 10:45:45 AM
Lately I've been developing an obsession for Vinyl. When I go to the record store there's just something that drags me down to the Vinyl-section, despite the fact that I don't own a player for it. It just has something magical, and I must buy a Vinyl-player so that I can start collecting it. While I will still continue picking up CDs, they aren't that "special". They are great because you can play them in the car, but unless they have a special packaging or something that makes them interesting, a normal CD-case with a CD in it doesn't feel very interesting. Meanwhile Vinyl just has something.
Problem is that I have no idea where to start, because there's a jungle of Vinyl-players out there. Big range in price, and I have no idea if there are any particular "features" or whatever that I should get. Some people rave about turntables, but hey.. I'm no Skrillex.  :lol
Honestly though, if someone here knows a lot about players, I would love some minor tips on what to look for.

The idea of having a vinyl collection is really cool to me, but they're such a fucking pain in the ass (and costly) that I really can't be bothered to deal with them.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ACID_FOX on February 29, 2012, 10:51:50 AM
Thanks! I started at Christmas, and I don't have a massive amount to spend as a student. :lol
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zantera on February 29, 2012, 11:08:36 AM
Lately I've been developing an obsession for Vinyl. When I go to the record store there's just something that drags me down to the Vinyl-section, despite the fact that I don't own a player for it. It just has something magical, and I must buy a Vinyl-player so that I can start collecting it. While I will still continue picking up CDs, they aren't that "special". They are great because you can play them in the car, but unless they have a special packaging or something that makes them interesting, a normal CD-case with a CD in it doesn't feel very interesting. Meanwhile Vinyl just has something.
Problem is that I have no idea where to start, because there's a jungle of Vinyl-players out there. Big range in price, and I have no idea if there are any particular "features" or whatever that I should get. Some people rave about turntables, but hey.. I'm no Skrillex.  :lol
Honestly though, if someone here knows a lot about players, I would love some minor tips on what to look for.

The idea of having a vinyl collection is really cool to me, but they're such a fucking pain in the ass (and costly) that I really can't be bothered to deal with them.

I get what you mean. Personally I would use Vinyl as more of a "get the albums I love the most" kind of thing. I wouldn't buy just any album I like (and already have on CD), but slowly collecting the ones I think are worth owning on Vinyl.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Ħ on February 29, 2012, 02:42:05 PM
If an album is made for vinyl (classic rock, SW stuff), then I'll get the vinyl and not the CD. Since vinyls are so expensive, I really don't buy random albums, but only albums I've heard before and really enjoy.

5.1 surround overrides vinyl though. If I own the surround version then I don't see a point for vinyl.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: SystematicThought on February 29, 2012, 03:47:16 PM
I have a 130 records right now. I started collecting in November, I just head out to Cheapo
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Metro on February 29, 2012, 04:23:30 PM
I got a Record player for Christmas last year. Sicne then I've bought:

Genesis:
Full discography

Yes:
The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Tales From Topographic Oceans
Relayer
Drama

Pink Floyd:
Meddle
The Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
The Wall

Emerson, Lake and Palmer:
Tarkus
Pictures at an Exhibition
Trilogy
Brain Salad Sugery
Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson Lake and Palmer

Steve Hackett:
Voyage of the Acolyte

Deep Purple:
Machine Head
Made in Japan

Camel:
Rain Dances

Thin Lizzy:
Jailbreak

Rush:
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves

Metallica:
Kill em All
Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
...And Justice for All
The Black Album
Garage Inc.
S&M
Death Magnetic

The Who:
Tommy
Who's Next
Quadrophenia

King Crimson:
In the Court of the Crimson King

The Beatles:
Abbey Road
Sgt. Pepper

Talas:
Sink You Teeth Into That

U.K.:
U.K.

EDIT: and 1 more I forgot.
Dream Theater:
Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From a Memory
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: TimelessSymphony on February 29, 2012, 07:22:06 PM
damn looking at your collections i feel puny :(... and whats worse i don't even have a record player  :facepalm:

well here i go anyway :3!!..

Rhapsody:
Emerald Sword
Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Dawn of Victory
Power of The Dragonflame

Rhapsody of Fire:
Triumph or Agony

Luca Turilli:
The Ancient Forest of Elves
King of The Nordic Twilight
Prophet of The Last Eclipse

Dream Theater:
Black Line And Silver Linings [Still seal]
Systematic Chaos [Still seal]

Pink Floyd:
The Dark Side of The Moon [Still seal]

Stratovarius:
Element Part I

Kamelot:
The Black Halo

Iron Maiden:
Killers [Steal seal]



Here's a picture of the collection:
(https://s7.postimage.org/iw5gahqzr/IMG_0031.jpg) (https://postimage.org/image/iw5gahqzr/)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zantera on March 02, 2012, 12:01:17 PM
I will most likely buy my first player tomorrow, really excited. :)
Not sure if the names/numbers will mean much to someone outside of Sweden (since I'm not sure how huge the brands are), but what I'm getting is a player called: "Pro-ject Essential" (pretty cheap, but apparently very nice sound). It will cost me about 2400 SEK, which is roughly ~270 €. I'm also getting an amplifier called "DENON PMA-510AE" for around 1800 SEK, which is about ~205 €, and lastly I'll get the speakers called: "Argon 6210S", for 900 SEK which is about ~102 €.

Sadly I don't really have an enormous budget to spend on a massive system, but since this will be my first, I'm very excited. :)
My room isn't very big, so in this case I think it's good because the sound will probably sound better in my small room, then in a big living room for example. I don't know, complete newbie.  :lol

I already know the first Vinyls I'm gonna order as well.  :)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on March 02, 2012, 12:46:10 PM
Great, congratulations! BTW, make sure your amplifier has a "PHONO" input, otherwise you will have to buy a preamp to be able to connect the record player (i.e. record player -> preamp > amplifier "AUX" input instead of record player -> amplifier "PHONO" input).
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zantera on March 02, 2012, 01:17:17 PM
Yeah, I'm fairly sure it does, though I will check it in store. I believe the Phono-output is also called "RIAA" or something, unless I have it mixed up with some other thing. Though the latter is something it must have as well.  :P
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: carl320 on March 03, 2012, 06:05:55 PM
I bought a turntable and amp on Wednesday  :metal

(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/hevycavy1/0228021359.jpg)

Now it's time to buy up dollar vinyl...
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: PuffyPat on March 03, 2012, 06:31:32 PM
Flea markets, dude. Always a great place for vinyl. You can find some really cool stuff at them.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Implode on March 03, 2012, 07:13:34 PM
Just bought my first vinyl yesterday. I found SFAM at Vintage Vinyl in St. Louis while I was visiting a friend. I just need a player so I can listen and start finding other vinyls as well. :)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: seasonsinthesky on March 03, 2012, 10:39:40 PM
Yeah, I'm fairly sure it does, though I will check it in store. I believe the Phono-output is also called "RIAA" or something, unless I have it mixed up with some other thing. Though the latter is something it must have as well.  :P
that may be a bad thing – in relation to vinyl, "RIAA" as an output may refer to the RIAA Curve, a specific EQ setting used to boost the reduced spectral areas (and, indeed, to reduce those areas when the audio is being cut into grooves). would seem weird to output the non-compensated audio, but then, if you can buy vinyl-specific preamps, maybe they'd take care of it...
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zantera on March 06, 2012, 12:01:37 PM
Bought the amplifier and speakers during the weekend, bought the turntable itself yesterday, but it took some time to set up, but now it's all done. (the needle and finding the balance took some time, plus I'm a newbie)
But I test played one of my dad's records and it sounds really good. Will probably spin my first and only vinyl (so far) tomorrow if I have time, for those interested I bought Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One very cheap at the record store here, new copy as well. (I don't really buy used stuff, unless I have no other choice or special cases)
The turntable itself is a "Pro-Ject Essential", and I feel very happy with it so far.

A few pictures (if anyone is interested, maybe not the best pictures but an overview):
https://i42.tinypic.com/vy5zee.jpg (the player)
https://i42.tinypic.com/34oonxu.jpg (amplifier)
https://i44.tinypic.com/rkpums.jpg (vinyl)

Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on August 15, 2012, 11:04:55 AM
Updating my collection:

- Transatlantic - SMPTe - Collector's edition bought at the Whirld tour.
- Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever - Collector's edition bought at the Whirld tour.
- Transatlantic - The Whirlwind - Collector's edition bought at the Whirld tour.
- The Dear Hunter - Act I & II
- The Dear Hunter - Act III
- The Dear Hunter - The Color EPs
- Opeth - Watershed
- Opeth - Blackwater Park (with 5.1 DVD)
- dredg - Chuckles & Mr. Squeezy (signed by the band)
- Thrice - Beggars
- Goodspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞
- Goodspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada
- Goodspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
- Goodspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
- Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

I'm seriously considering giving up vinyl. I can't find anything where I live and I've had a couple of surprises with internet purchases... one of TDH's was slightly damaged in the packaging (the vinyl itself is OK) but I also got Anathema's WHBWH special edition which included a 7 inch single and that one came straight broken in half. If I can't buy anything physically and internet purchases are a coin toss, what's the point? I may sell all of this (except maybe Chuckles which holds sentimental value) and spend that money expanding my CD collection.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zantera on August 15, 2012, 11:17:21 AM
I order most of my vinyl over the web, and I get what you mean. I've only had bad luck twice with the corners being slightly bent, but it's frustrating. However, I love vinyl way too much to let go of it.
My collection so far:

Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Anathema - Weather Systems
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (Orange, Limited 300 copies)
Dir En Grey - Uroboros
Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away
Oceansize - Catalyst (Single)
Oceansize - Remember Where You Are (Single)
Oceansize - Everyone Into Position (Single)
Oceansize - New Pin (Single)
Oceansize - Heaven Alive (Single)
Oceansize - Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up (Vinyl)
Oceansize - SuperImposer (Single)
Oceansize/Steven Wilson - Fear/Stoneage Dinosaurs (Single)
Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One
Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
Steven Wilson - Catalogue / Preserve / Amass (Limited)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (Reissue)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (Reissue)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (Reissue)
The Tallest Man on Earth - 1904/Cycles (Single)
The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on August 15, 2012, 11:38:52 AM
Nice collection, the Wilsons reminded me I forgot to add Storm Corrosion to mine. I should have got the Road Salt Two vinyl when I was in the Opeth/POS concert but I hadn't heard it yet at that point (except the concert songs) and I didn't know I would end up liking it so much.

And yeah I get what you say, the excitement when you pick up a new vinyl is greater than that of CD's or DVD's for me, but the Anathema fiasco really bothered me. I guess it will be pretty hard to sell this stuff anyway (even though the Transatlantics and the Color Spectrum are limited editions) so I may just wait until I'm no longer bummed out by this and then start collecting again. Right now, I really don't feel like investing more money on vinyl.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zantera on August 15, 2012, 11:47:09 AM
One thing I can think of, is to order a vinyl through a recordstore instead of over the net. If it turns up damaged, it's easier to go to the store and show it/explain the situation and have them send it back for a new one, instead of arguing with someone over the web. :P

I'd love to have RS2 on vinyl actually. Storm Corrosion is great, but I haven't picked it up on vinyl yet sadly. Not sure if you heard, but TPE is getting released on vinyl soon (in September I believe?) so should pick it up. :P
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on August 15, 2012, 12:21:51 PM
Does that stand for The Perfect Element? If so, I haven't heard it. The only POS I've heard are the Road Salts and I like them (especially the second one). I gave Remedy Lane a try once and I didn't particularly enjoy it so I don't know if the rest of their discography is suited for me, I got kinda tired of the whole prog metal thing a while ago.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Xanthul on August 15, 2012, 12:22:12 PM
Double post, let's use it to discuss your online vinyl sources. Until now I've ordered either from the band's sites (good experience), the Omega Order (bad experience with the Anathema stuff) and cduniverse dot com (mostly good experience, the only bad thing was the damaged corner on TDH's Act 3). What do you guys use?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zantera on August 15, 2012, 12:49:07 PM
I use Ebay and Amazon mostly. For some reason most of my vinyl has been through Ebay and Amazong has been more CD's, but I like both. Funny enough, I also have some bad experience with The Omega Order, they didn't seem too careful when it came to packaging, so my products got to suffer sadly. I've also used bands own websites from time to time, but that is mostly when a new album is coming out and there's a good bundle-deal or something. Generally I try to check the product on all three sites (their own, ebay and amazon) and see how much difference there is.

And yeah, TPE is The Perfect Element, IMO their best. While I understand if you're "bored" of Progressive Metal, I can still very much recommend it. I'm not the biggest prog metal-fan either anymore, but PoS are one of the bands that has something really good. You can always check the album out and if it sounds cool then consider buying it. :P It's a nice chance to get it physically on vinyl.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sketchy on August 15, 2012, 12:56:04 PM
My vinyl collection currently stands at In The Court Of The Crimson King and Storm Corrosion.

I guess I'm a little behind.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jirpo on August 16, 2012, 03:05:20 AM
I've got:

Mono - Hymm to the Immortal Wind
Sigur Ros - Valtari
Bon Iver - Bon Iver

plus a whole heap of old King Crimson/Jethro Tull/Supertramp/Pink Floyd ones I've been given by relatives.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Zantera on August 16, 2012, 04:02:55 AM
So, just went through my dad's Vinyl collection a bit. He has some great stuff. He used to have a player, but in the last 10 years or so he hasn't bought a new one (the old one is broken) and his vinyl has mostly been stored.
I've only gone through a small portion of his collection, but these are some vinyl I found, and they're all in fantastic condition, all are stored in plastic sleeves and have virtually no marks on them:

*Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
*Pink Floyd - The Wall
*Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
*Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
*Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
*Rush - Grace Under Pressure
*Rush - Power Windows
*Rush - Hold Your Fire
*Neil Young - Freedom
*Neil Young - Life
*Neil Young - Live Rust
*The Who - Quadrophenia

Out of these I've only really heard Live Rust and Grace Under Pressure, but I just couldn't resist picking the others out as well. He also had Marillion - Script For a Jester's Tear (though I'm not a fan of Fish), some ELO-vinyl and also two vinyl with Yes, but it wasn't two of their more known one. It was 90125 and Big Generator.
So yeah, thought I would share. He has another box with vinyl here in our closet, but it's up on a shelf and ways loads, so I'll see if I can get it down. He also has several boxes down in our cellar, so I might check that out later.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Jirpo on August 16, 2012, 05:05:32 AM
Cool stuff!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: skydivingninja on August 16, 2012, 07:47:52 AM
I don't think I've updated my collection in this thread since Christmas.  Well allow me to do so:

Bright Eyes-Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Mastodon-Leviathan
Rush-Moving Pictures (!!!!)

I think the only albums from my top ten that I'm missing on vinyl are Frengers, In Keeping Secrets, and Images & Words.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ich bin besser on August 16, 2012, 02:46:55 PM
Can you guess my age?  ;)
For maaaany years, I did not buy any vinyl, but re-starting now. It's more a collector's thing than actually putting the vinyl on, though.


AC/DC   The Razor´s Edge
Adams, Bryan   Reckless
Adams, Bryan   You Want It, You Got It
Adams, Bryan   Into The Fire
Adams, Bryan   Cuts Like A Knife
Adventures, The   Theodore And Friends
Alan Parsons Project, The   Eve
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe   Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
Asia   Astra
Asia   Alpha
Bap   Da Capo
Beatles, The   1962-1966
Black Sabbath   Tyr
Blind Guardian   Tales From The Twilight World
Brady, Paul   Full Moon
Browne, Jackson   Lawyers In Love
Cara, Irene   What A Feelin´
Carey, Tony   Bedtime Story
Cars, The   Door To Door
Cars, The   Heartbeat City
Carrack, Paul   One Good Reason
Chicago   17
Chroming Rose   Garden Of Eden
Cinderella   Heartbreak Station
Crossroads   The Wild One
D-A-D   Riskin' It All
Damn Yankees   Damn Yankees
Dare   Out Of The Silence
De Burgh, Chris   Into The Light
De Burgh, Chris   Man On The Line
De Burgh, Chris   The Getaway
De Burgh, Chris   Best Moves
De Burgh, Chris   Far Beyond These Castle Walls
De Burgh, Chris   Eastern Wind
DeYoung, Dennis    Boomchild
DeYoung, Dennis    Back To The World
DeYoung, Dennis    Desert Moon
Dio   Lock Up The Wolves
Dokken, Don   Up From The Ashes
Doro   Doro
Dream Theater   A Dramatic Turn Of Events
Dream Theater   Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Echolyn   Echolyn
Etheridge, Melissa   Etheridge, Melissa
Fates Warning   No Exit
Fendrich, Rainhard   Auf und davon
Footloose   OST
Genesis   The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Go West   Go West
Hammer, Jan   Escape From Television
Hartman, Dan   I Can Dream About You
Heart   Heart
Heart   Bad Animals
Heavy Hammer Hits   Various artists
Heavy Hammer Hits   Various artists
Helloween   Lovelife
Helloween   Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Hooters   Nervous Night
Hot Chocolate   The Very Best
House Of Lords   Sahara
Idol, Billy   11 Of The Best
Jackson, Joe   Live 1980/86
Jackson, Michael    Thriller
Jarre, Jean-Michel   In Concert/Houston-Lyon
Jester´s March   Beyond
Joel, Billy   Storm Front
Joel, Billy   Turnstiles
Joel, Billy   Streetlife Serenade
Jones, Howard   Human´s Lib
King´s X   Faith Hope Love
King´s X   King´s X
Kool & The Gang   In The Heart
Little River Band   No Reins
Little River Band   Monsoon
Lynch Mob   Wicked Sensation
Madness   One Step Beyond
Madness   The Rise And Fall
Magnum   Goodnight L.A.
Marx, Richard   Repeat Offender
Metal Ballads   Vol. I
Metal Ballads   Vol. III
Metal Queens   Women In Rock
Mike + The Mechanics   Mike + The Mechanics
Miles, John   Rebel
Moyet, Alison   Alf
Mr. Big   Lean Into It
Moore, Gary   Wild Frontier
Moore, Gary   We Want Moore!
Moore, Gary   Victims Of The Future
Moore, Gary   Corridors Of Power
Moore, Gary   More-Moore – The Best Of
Moti Special   Motivation
Ocasek, Ric   This Side Of Paradise
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark   The Best Of OMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark   Architecture & Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark   Junk Culture
Parr, John   Parr, John
Pink Floyd   Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd   Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Pretty Maids   Jump The Gun
Pretty Maids   Future World
Propaganda   A Secret Wish
Queen   A Kind Of Magic
Queensryche   Empire
Raven   Architect Of Fear
Rea, Chris   Tennis
Rea, Chris   Wired To The Moon
Rock Dreams   Vol. II
Roko   Roko
Running Wild   Blazon Stone
Rush, Jennifer   Jennifer Rush
Saga   Time´s Up
Sandra   The Long Play
Satriani, Joe   The Extremist
Saxon   Solid Ball Of Rock
Scorpions   Crazy World
Shaw, Tommy   Ambition
Shaw, Tommy   Girls With Guns
Sieges Even   Life Cycle
Sigur Rós   Valtari
Sigur Rós   In A Frozen Sea
Simon & Garfunkel   The Concert In Central Park
Spandau Ballet   True
Spandau Ballet   Through The Barricades
Spandau Ballet   Parade
Stevens, Steve   Atomic Playboys
Stewart, Al   Indian Summer
Storm Corrosion   Storm Corrosion
Styx   Styx
Styx   Styx II
Styx   The Serpent Is Rising
Styx   Man Of Miracles
Styx   Equinox
Styx   Best Of
Styx   The Grand Illusion
Styx   Pieces Of Eight
Styx   Cornerstone
Styx   Paradise Theatre
Styx   Kilroy Was Here
Styx   Caught In The Act
Styx   Edge Of The Century
Talk Talk   It´s My Life
Talk Talk   The Party´s Over
Tesla   The Great Radio Controversy
The Dear Hunter   The Color Spectrum
The Tangent   COMM
Torfrock   Oder Watt?
Toten Hosen, Die   Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau
Toto   Toto
Toto   Hydra
Toto   Toto IV
Toto   Isolation
Toto   Fahrenheit
Toto   The Seventh One
Transatlantic   SMPTe
Transatlantic   The Whirlwind
Transatlantic   Bridge Across Forever
Treat   Organized Crime
Turner, Tina   Tina Live In Europe
Turner, Tina   Private Dancer
U.D.O.   Timebomb
Velvet Viper   Velvet Viper
Wagner, Jack   All I Need
Warlock   Triumph And Agony
Wilde, Kim   Catch As Catch Can
Wilde, Kim   Teases And Dares
Yello    Stella
Y & T   Ten
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sigz on January 15, 2014, 06:49:09 PM
So I finally got a turntable setup, I'm loving it so far. Here's what I've got:

Steven Wilson - Raven that Refused...
Jucifer - За Волгой для нас земли нет
Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain is Beauty
Giant Squid - The Icthtyologist
Elliott Smith - Either/Or

Thus far, Jucifer was really the album that blew me away sound-wise. RTRTS and PIB were both wonderful (as expected). Really though, everything's been awesome. Pics to come.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: PROGdrummer on January 15, 2014, 07:14:31 PM
My own small collection:

Asia - Asia
Between The Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis -  Duke
Boston - Boston
Yes - Big Generator
Yes - Fragile
Frank Zappa - In New York
Rush - Rush
Rush - Fly By Night
Rush - Caress of Steel
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery

and a bunch more that I cant remember at the moment
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Nihil-Morari on January 18, 2014, 08:41:53 AM
Finally got around to buying a cabinet especially for my vinyl. Here it is, I'm really pleased, it makes it much easier to just take out a record and play it.

(https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1536569_627833303931715_1146228542_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on January 18, 2014, 11:55:11 AM
Nice!  :tup
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: genome on September 25, 2014, 03:10:23 PM
Might as well bump this, just got my first turntable and loving it. I only have three LP's, DT12, an original 1977 pressing of Seconds Out by Genesis and the $5.98 Garage Days Re-Revisited by Metallica (yeah, the rare one). All sounding great.

Going to a huge record fair on Sunday and hoping to bulk up the collection. Apparently Jimmy Page (who lives locally) goes to this record fair every time it's on to look for old Zeppelin bootlegs. I'll look out for him  :laugh:
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on September 25, 2014, 03:48:20 PM
Congratulations!

an original 1977 pressing of Seconds Out by Genesis

Awesome!  My first Genesis album, and still one of my favorites.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: genome on September 25, 2014, 04:57:34 PM
It sounds great, obviously it's the original master, so nothing digital ever touched it! It's so dynamic!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: sneakyblueberry on September 25, 2014, 06:40:49 PM
I lost all my vinyl in a house fire.  I had a ton of my favourite albums on vinyl, most of the Genesis records and had just bought a copy of So that I didn't even get to spin.

This thread makes me sad. :(
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Virtualman64 on September 26, 2014, 09:15:23 AM
I love vinyl,still my favorite medium especially with a good set  of headphones.To me CDs,and digital music just does not sound the same.Check out some new vinyl 180,or 200 Gram you will see what I mean.Just got a copy on SFAM the other day blows my mind!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: gazinwales on October 03, 2014, 03:52:56 PM
The Moonsorrow box set has landed, this is what it looks like for the 'Die Hard' version, which is the most extensive and expensive.
The one I got does not have the t-shirt, and the vinyl is splattered colours.
I'm buying my new Rega 3 turntable today :)

https://imgur.com/a/jO9Ro
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Dark Castle on October 03, 2014, 03:55:28 PM
Pre-ordered this sexy son of a bitch :hearts:
(https://i.imgur.com/6ojB75B.jpg)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: lucky7 on October 03, 2014, 05:54:25 PM
I was stupid enough to leave all my vinyl with my ex when we split up, it was only about 20 records but it was rare Satriani, Vai etc.  :'(
So no all I have is Steve Vai Passion & Warfare and Music from the Motion Picture Untitled (Almost Famous)   :smiley:
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ich bin besser on January 23, 2015, 12:07:08 PM
My newest purchases:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--YyTdXah58I/VMKaocJHUBI/AAAAAAAAHyI/hvSLhQ-cndM/s912/neu.jpg)

A turntable (Pro-Ject Debut Carbon DC Premium) - and a model of the plane that destroyed the dam of the Edersee (near to my place) in WWII in 1943 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edersee_Dam).
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ich bin besser on January 23, 2015, 12:10:22 PM
Oh, and who recognizes the 5 vinyls on display?  :hat
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Evermind on January 23, 2015, 12:14:58 PM
Beardfish's +4626-COMFORTZONE, Helloween's Pink Bubbles Go Ape (the one near it looks like Transatlantic's Kaleidoscope), PT's In Absentia, and the lower one is awfully familiar though I can't remember what it is now.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ich bin besser on January 23, 2015, 12:28:23 PM
Very good so far!  :tup
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sacul on January 23, 2015, 12:45:37 PM
Diablo Swing Orchestra's Pandora's Piñata :hat .
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Evermind on January 23, 2015, 12:46:53 PM
Diablo Swing Orchestra's Pandora's Piñata :hat .

Yeah, this I had no chance of guessing.

What's the one on the lower shelf? It's seriously driving me crazy. I bet I saw it somewhere, either in my promos inbox or maybe somewhere on DTF or facebook, dunno.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ich bin besser on January 23, 2015, 01:25:37 PM
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe.  :hat
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Evermind on January 23, 2015, 01:27:32 PM
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe.  :hat

Oh, right. Totally not in the promos then, DTF it is.  :lol
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: SoundscapeMN on January 27, 2015, 11:27:18 AM
I'm thinking of making a list and maybe talking about in a video and in my blog about albums that have not been released on Vinyl, but I would love to see.

That being said, among some others recently, I finally got

Kevin Gilbert - Thud
Apes and Androids - Golden Prize/Riverside colored 7".
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ReaperKK on February 18, 2017, 04:02:22 PM
Bumping this thread. . . What turntable do you guys have. I'm looking to buy one, I have a bunch of records but no record player. Any recommendations?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on February 18, 2017, 08:03:54 PM
When it comes to audio equipment, I've always sworn by Sony, because it has never let me down and is good quality stuff.  I'm on my second Sony turntable.  The first one lasted like 30 years.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ReaperKK on December 01, 2017, 05:42:43 PM
My gf got me a really nice record player for Christmas (I know because they delivered it to the house with a packing label on the box). I've been listening to it and it's crazy how different the few vinyls I have sound. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the environment is that I'm listening to it is.

Anyway, I made a massive spreadsheet of albums I want to get on vinyl, this is going to take time and money :lol
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Sacul on December 01, 2017, 07:49:43 PM
A lot of it has got to do with the quality of the pressing and the mastering, not taking into account your own equipment of course :P
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ReaperKK on December 01, 2017, 08:07:18 PM
well whatever it is I'm hooked.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: FlyingBIZKIT on March 03, 2019, 07:04:34 AM
Not sure if there's a more recent thread for vinyl discussion, but I'll revive this. My fiancé just surprised me with a wonderful gift! A new turntable and some powered speakers. As someone who eventually wants to get a receiver and have the whole setup, this is going to be a great start and will last me quite a few years. She found an insane deal on the ATLP120 and Klipsch R15PM powered speakers, and I must say, they sound wonderful.

I used to have a ATLP60 but got so frustrated with it due to its multitude of issues (mine, at least), so this feels like a nice upgrade. Luckily, I already have a decent collection of vinyl to play, so I'm excited.

Anyone else have any fun stuff they want to share?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Fritzinger on March 03, 2019, 07:54:18 AM
Not sure if there's a more recent thread for vinyl discussion, but I'll revive this. My fiancé just surprised me with a wonderful gift! A new turntable and some powered speakers. As someone who eventually wants to get a receiver and have the whole setup, this is going to be a great start and will last me quite a few years. She found an insane deal on the ATLP120 and Klipsch R15PM powered speakers, and I must say, they sound wonderful.

I used to have a ATLP60 but got so frustrated with it due to its multitude of issues (mine, at least), so this feels like a nice upgrade. Luckily, I already have a decent collection of vinyl to play, so I'm excited.

Anyone else have any fun stuff they want to share?

I'm a vinyl guy too! I don't have an amazing turntable or speakers, but it sounds good to me. I'm a student, so I live in an apartment where I can't crank it up to 100 all the time anyway.

I do, however, spend like all of my money on vinyl. My collection is around 900 albums strong now, and includes a lot of limited and rare stuff, some of which I'm very proud of.
Examples:
https://www.discogs.com/de/Steely-Dan-Two-Against-Nature/release/3054898
https://www.discogs.com/de/Mark-Knopfler-The-Ragpickers-Dream/release/3023609

I always take at least one LP to concerts, hoping to get some autographs (yeah I'm one of those guys). Sometimes it works :) So I have quite a few vinyls signed too.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ReaperKK on March 03, 2019, 04:38:36 PM
That's awesome, I started getting into months ago when my finance got me a turn table. I don't have much of a collection but here it is:

https://www.discogs.com/user/ReaperKK/collection?sort_by=artists_sort

Bizkit it's good to see you around btw
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: FlyingBIZKIT on March 03, 2019, 05:54:33 PM
Not sure if there's a more recent thread for vinyl discussion, but I'll revive this. My fiancé just surprised me with a wonderful gift! A new turntable and some powered speakers. As someone who eventually wants to get a receiver and have the whole setup, this is going to be a great start and will last me quite a few years. She found an insane deal on the ATLP120 and Klipsch R15PM powered speakers, and I must say, they sound wonderful.

I used to have a ATLP60 but got so frustrated with it due to its multitude of issues (mine, at least), so this feels like a nice upgrade. Luckily, I already have a decent collection of vinyl to play, so I'm excited.

Anyone else have any fun stuff they want to share?

I'm a vinyl guy too! I don't have an amazing turntable or speakers, but it sounds good to me. I'm a student, so I live in an apartment where I can't crank it up to 100 all the time anyway.

I do, however, spend like all of my money on vinyl. My collection is around 900 albums strong now, and includes a lot of limited and rare stuff, some of which I'm very proud of.
Examples:
https://www.discogs.com/de/Steely-Dan-Two-Against-Nature/release/3054898
https://www.discogs.com/de/Mark-Knopfler-The-Ragpickers-Dream/release/3023609

I always take at least one LP to concerts, hoping to get some autographs (yeah I'm one of those guys). Sometimes it works :) So I have quite a few vinyls signed too.

I'm a student, too. I totally understand. And damn! That's a lot of albums. :)

That's awesome, I started getting into months ago when my finance got me a turn table. I don't have much of a collection but here it is:

https://www.discogs.com/user/ReaperKK/collection?sort_by=artists_sort

Bizkit it's good to see you around btw

Oh that's neat, I really need to check that site out.

And yeah man, I haven't been active here in a while, so it's nice to be back. :tup
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Fritzinger on October 20, 2019, 10:11:31 AM
Hello guys,

I have a question for all the vinyl fans here, and I hope that someone can help me.

I own a Denon DP-300F turntable. After 7 years of heavy usage, the needle broke a few days ago. I googled which needle would be okay to order to replace it and finally ordered one called DSN 85 ( https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00FEFMVAS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ).

After attaching it, I put a record on and at first, it sounded great. But after like 30-60 seconds, I noticed a noise on the right speaker. Whenever I take the needle off, wait for 3 minutes and put it back on, it sounds good again. But after a minute it comes back. It sounds like a loose contact or something and it gets worse the longer the record is playing. And it's driving me crazy!

Has anyone experienced something like this and can tell me where the problem is? Is it just the needle that is shitty and should I return it? Or could this be some kind of cable problem?

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ReaperKK on October 20, 2019, 02:14:04 PM
I haven't replaced the needle on my cartridge yet but it sounds like it's a loose contact to me. Have you tried re-installing the needle? I would find it hard to believe the needle is bad because it's ok for the first minute or so.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on October 20, 2019, 05:37:40 PM
Loose contact is my first thought as well.  I was concerned when you kept calling it the "needle".  Typically it's the "stylus" or if it's all one assembly it's often referred to as the "cartridge" (but a lot of people just call it the needle anyway  :xbones).  My concern was because a free-standing stylus (or whatever they're called) is much more fragile and much more a pain in the ass to replace.  I don't read German but it looks like the the DSN 85 is the whole cartridge assembly, which should be a simple replacement, so I'm thinking something inside the cartridge is loose.  Hopefully you can return/replace it.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Fritzinger on October 21, 2019, 12:25:43 PM
Thanks for the answers guys. I'm sorry about the word "needle", that's literally how you call it in German though ;)

Now, I just uninstalled everything around my turntable, including the cartridge, unplugged everything and reinstalled everything for one last time - prepared to totally freak out and smash everything in my apartment into a million pieces after still hearing that weird noise.

I might never know what the problem was... but now it works. After requesting a return-sticker from Amazon and ordering a different cartridge from another website  :lol  Anyway, I hope it stays that way.

Thanks for your help  :biggrin: I will now listen to no-man - Together We're Stranger on vinyl!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on October 21, 2019, 07:52:26 PM
Cool that the problem seems to be fixed!  Too bad you'll probably never figure out what it was.  Life is full of disappointments, but at least it's a "good" unexplainable thing and not a "bad" unexplainable thing, which would really be annoying.

I hadn't considered the language barrier, even though the German site should've clued me in.  As a former aspiring audio snob, I remember audio snobs back in the 70's and 80's discussing at length the difference between "needle" and "stylus" and "cartridge" and I guess it stuck with me.  I always try to use the term which provides distinction wherever possible; I just hadn't considered that there might not be such a distinction in other languages.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: goo-goo on May 22, 2020, 08:46:22 PM
I'm almost pulling the trigger in buying a turntable setup (Fluance RT85) with a Schiit Mani preamp

I'm also looking into getting this standalone CD player (probably will sell the speakers).
Denon D-M41 Home Theater Mini Amplifier and Bookshelf Speaker Pair
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B072635J3H/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_4?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

As far as speakers go, I'm tempted to get some Klipsh, but I'm decided if I should get the active or passive...Would need to connect both the turntable with the amp and CD player.

Which speakers would go best with this setup? Active or passive?
https://www.klipsch.com/bookshelf-speakers (R-41 or R51)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ReaperKK on May 23, 2020, 07:38:05 AM
I would go with passive since you'll a preamp so you'll be able to drive the speakers. I'd love to hear what you think of the Klipsch speakers. I'm looking at getting some better speakers for my turntable.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: goo-goo on May 23, 2021, 07:46:40 PM
Finally pulled the trigger for my office setup. Denon DM-41 Mini Home Office System; Schiit Mani Phono Amp and Project EVO DC with the Sumiko Rainier MM phono cartridge

(https://i.imgur.com/HPOgdTX.jpg)
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ErHaO on May 25, 2021, 09:34:36 AM
Finally pulled the trigger for my office setup. Denon DM-41 Mini Home Office System; Schiit Mani Phono Amp and Project EVO DC with the Sumiko Rainier MM phono cartridge

(https://i.imgur.com/HPOgdTX.jpg)

Nice.

Never even thought about having a stand for the vinyl I am playing. Will immediately go after that.

I own the same Denon set (but have my vinyl player connected to an old Denon microset, the m41 is for gaming, CDs and spotify). For most things I like the Denon speakers (I came from an Edifier R1700BT active set). The most easy upgrade in my opinion is a (small) subwoofer. If you happen to change speakers, keep in mind that there is a audio filter setting in the menu called SPK OPTIMISE ,where the sound of the amp is specifically tailored to the SC-M41 speakers (which is on automatically if you buy it as a set I believe).

And while I am by no means an expert, I think CD's in combination with the HD6xx headphone sounds amazing on the Denon system (and there are gain options if you are going to use a hard to drive heaphone).

My first upgrade will be another vinyl player. I now have an entry-level Sony integrated with phone and all, but want one with more options and of higher quality.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: goo-goo on May 25, 2021, 09:46:51 AM
Do you have a preamp for the headphones? Schiit Audio carries some nice stuff and price competitive.

What subwoofer do you have on your Denon?
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Fritzinger on May 27, 2021, 05:31:27 AM
Nice collection and setup you got there! Congratulations  :metal
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ReaperKK on May 27, 2021, 08:12:26 AM
Agreed, it looks really nice!
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: PixelDream on May 27, 2021, 08:48:53 AM
I really like playing vinyl and I actually just got a second hand Technics that sounds way better than the Sony turntable I used to have.

Anyway, my kid seems to have messed things up.. the tonearm lowers too much, resulting in the stylus being pressed into the cartridge, with the cartridge resting on the vinyl. I get a few seconds of normal play but the stylus scratches along the surface very easily, resulting in a very recognizable sound.. lol.

I checked the counterweight, but she couldn't have possibly adjusted it. Guess I'll bring it for repair soon.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ErHaO on May 28, 2021, 07:29:03 AM
Do you have a preamp for the headphones? Schiit Audio carries some nice stuff and price competitive.

What subwoofer do you have on your Denon?

You will not need a headphone amp. And I really don't think it is a good idea to connect an amp to another amp (a volume knob mistake can potentially damage your equipment). Same for active speakers. Basically don't connect an amp to an amp (unless it is specifically preamp to amp).

But the Denon runs the Senheiser HD6xx really well (I also own a Shiit Magni 3+ for my pc setup). For what it's worth, my audiophile dad who uses an AKG k1000 (and some other audio technica closed phones) with a Naim amp I probably can't afford was really impressed by listening to the Denon playing CD's with the HD6xx.




As for a sub. It makes the sound more well rounded and for certain genres the lower frequencies do really enhance the music. I believe the subwoofer out is a pre-out, so here you do need an active subwoofer. For most smaller speakers a certain range of low frequencies will always be compromised due to, well, physics. I am, however, not enough of an expert to really give advice. The best you can do is contact a local audio dealer and look for some advice. Or even ask Denon support themselves what are recommended subwoofer specs.

I personally bought a cheap used Yamaha (Yamaha YST FSW 150) on the Dutch, local equivalent of ebay, cost me 40 euros. I have to put this subwoofer at a very, very low volume level for music (otherwise it will overpower the music). Perhaps it is a tad too powerful for this setup, but for a cheap tryout it worked out. And oddly enough for bluetooth it sounds boomy but both CD's and digital signals via optical sound great. Not sure if I recommend my model, but for the price I paid and as a test, it worked out well enough that I will consider going for a sub that has more options (adjust filters and crossover) and is a bit smaller.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Metro on February 14, 2024, 06:39:52 PM
Bumping because I finally got a turntable setup

Fluance RT83
Sony RTDH190 Reciever (w/ Phono Input)
And a pair of Klipsch R-51M speakers

I've been buying vinyl for years with the intent of one day getting a turntable. Excited to finally have one  :D
First record I'm spinning is The Whirlwind - Transatlantic
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Orbert on February 14, 2024, 09:02:52 PM
Analog is still the best.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on February 14, 2024, 10:28:24 PM
Bumping because I finally got a turntable setup

Fluance RT83
Sony RTDH190 Reciever (w/ Phono Input)
And a pair of Klipsch R-51M speakers

I've been buying vinyl for years with the intent of one day getting a turntable. Excited to finally have one  :D
First record I'm spinning is The Whirlwind - Transatlantic
Nice! The Fluance turntable are really good. I have an RT84, but I find myself constantly going back to my Schiit Sol turntable that I got back when they were still selling them. I'm a little sad they don't make them anymore.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: Skeever on February 16, 2024, 05:34:37 PM
I've got a Fluance RT85, and I think it's excellent. Well worth the money.
I bought the pre-amp on their site, and that goes into my TV home theater speakers (a pair of tower Sony speakers that half "atoms" rear speakers on top, a center speaker, and a subwoofer). Obviously this doesn't matter for a stereo format, but actually, the additional separation you get from listening in multichannel stereo is really excellent.

There's a lot of advantages of vinyl (unique sound quality, beautiful physical package, excellent used market) and some serious drawbacks (price, environmental concerns), but the big one for me is one that'd go with any non-streaming product - it meters the pace of musical exploration. I found with apps like Spotify and Tidal, there's just too much new (and new old) stuff being flung at you all the time. Nothing, to me, beats going to a record store and buying something you've never heard based on either 1.) artist's previous work or 2.) friend recommendation, making an upfront investment in it, and then going home and listening to the product until you truly feel like you've got something out of the experience.

As I type this, I'm listening to Opeth's In Claudia Venenum, which I have never heard before. I fell off Opeth like a decade ago, but the artwork of the "Connoisseur" caught me eye in the record store today. I'm listening to it now, and man, it's a glorious album that has been preserved beautifully. To make it sound even more authentically "vinyl", the band had it first transferred to tape before it was then cut to lacquer. How many bands are willing to do something special like that for a physical product?

It's just such a special way to experience music, and I'm glad I waited on this record until the time was right. Now I'm enjoying it very much, and won't forget about it or, especially, the whole experience of buying it and listening to it, any time soon.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: SoundscapeMN on February 17, 2024, 11:07:51 AM
Record Store Day 2024?
https://recordstoreday.com/NewsItem/11083

UK RSD 2024
https://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/

Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas?
Monkees?
Emerson Lake and Palmer?
Chris Isaak?
Ultravox?
Steven Wilson?
Yes?

if I could go to a Record Store in the UK, I'd be seeking

Oceansize - Home & Minor
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ytserush on February 17, 2024, 11:16:23 AM
Record Store Day 2024?
https://recordstoreday.com/NewsItem/11083

UK RSD 2024
https://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/

Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas?
Monkees?
Emerson Lake and Palmer?
Chris Isaak?
Ultravox?
Steven Wilson?
Yes?

if I could go to a Record Store in the UK, I'd be seeking

Oceansize - Home & Minor
Jessie Ware - Tough Love

Saw the list this week. As has been the case for about 5 years now there is nothing that I am remotely interested in. I guess that's a good thing since I'm behind on my CD buying anyway.
Title: Re: Vinyl
Post by: ErHaO on February 18, 2024, 11:06:21 AM
I want to get the Steven Wilson Harmony Codex extra's and the Within Temptation promo acoustic live EP (not sure if that last one is a Dutch only thing, they are this years am ambassadors).

Last year I only got the Porcupune Tree EP with those In Absentia bonus tracks.