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Music especially good on vinyl

scubaguy10 said:
anything by The Beatles
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I have found that the few Beetles albums I own sound like garbage. Don't know if its the particular ones I have or what, but they are almost unlistenable.

A few of my favorites however are:

Anything by Dire Straits
Traveling Wilburys Volume 1
Pink Floyd Animals or Wish You Were Here
ELP Brain Salad Surgery

Thats what pops into mind for now. I like the fact that all of these records were purchased from local record stores for less than $5 each.
 
TheCrunge said:
I have found that the few Beetles albums I own sound like garbage. Don't know if its the particular ones I have or what, but they are almost unlistenable.

A few of my favorites however are:

Anything by Dire Straits
Traveling Wilburys Volume 1
Pink Floyd Animals or Wish You Were Here
ELP Brain Salad Surgery

Thats what pops into mind for now. I like the fact that all of these records were purchased from local record stores for less than $5 each.
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Hi, re: the beatles, I think the american capitol pressings are no where near as good sounding as the parlaphone originals from across the pond. It all depends though, as there have been MANY different pressings of these albums.
 
I picked up a copy of Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits), on Virtigo Records a couple of weeks ago off the Bay. To date this is my best sounding record. I do love Goucho, I've owned it since new. I'll have to check out Love over Gold.
 
wank said:
Don't shoot me, but Men at Work - Cargo.
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That's hilarious! -- a couple days ago I had the LP in my hands and thought long and hard about it :scratch2:-- I really wanted to pull the trigger, but just couldn't bring myself to do it. I grew up in the 80s, that album was huge back in the day.

I always secretly kind of liked their sound :para:
 
I have always liked Dire Straits a lot, but for me the best thing is price. Around here, for some reason the Dire Straits albums are always cheap. I have gotten NM copies of at least 5 of their albums for less than $15. I'll go from that and look at a copy of Couldn't Stand the Weather by SRV (which I still want, just can't find a used copy for less than $10 around here). I would rather have the 5 DS albums any day. Thats just my $.02 though.
 
Dont' forget "Making Movies" by Dire Straits...another excellent release of theirs.

Another vote for Gaucho - Steely Dan and The Nightfly - Donald Fagen. Always enjoyed Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer also.
 
I bought a few John Cougar Mellencamp albums and they actually are recorded very well and are very dynamic. He has some decent songs but I was never a fan. Uh Huh and American Fool are the standouts from my thrift finds.
 
When I first started listening to vinyl again, one of the first albums I dug out was Jim Croce, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim." I've always loved Jim Croce, since I was a little kid and my parents played him, but the record sounded so much better than the CD I had. No comparison.

The other day I picked up ELP's "Welcome Back my Friends..." and I am listening to it right now and it sounds really good. I only bought it because it was $1 for all 3 records; whatta deal. Now, however, I am genuinely enjoying it.

I listen to lots of stuff on vinyl that I would probably never buy on CD. Bottom line is that I am cheap and you can't go wrong for the price.
 
jwrosenthal said:
The "shaded dog" and "nipper" refer to RCA labels:

http://heroinc.0catch.com/rca/

The 2-eye or 6-eye refer to columbia labels:

http://heroinc.0catch.com/columbia/

or in the case of the "dynaflex" were represses that were on a cheaper vinyl material.
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Thanks for these linques. And for substantiating that Dynaflex records sound like doo-doo. (I just discovered this)

This weekend, i listened to Beethoven's 3rd symphony/Eroica ) can't recall the orchestra/conductor) on Decca Gold label in mono and was really loving it! Sometimes, certain mono recordings just hit something special for me.
 
We are on page four and not a single Jimi Hendrix recommendation? Get all of the studio albums(Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love and Electric Ladyland). Electric Ladyland is particularly great sounding I think. Also, I just got Jimi Hendrix Experience Live At Monterey. Incredible.

Maybe get a 45 RPM copy of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle". Lots of slam.

If you like this video I strongly recommend getting the self titled album by Broken Social Scene. Four sides of Toronto's indie rock superstars cutting loose...and the best part...the fourth side is actually a bonus EP which only comes with the vinyl pressing. Excellent, and excellent sounding album.
 
Lots of stuff of course. But for some reason Tull's Aqualung sounds like incredible and then some on my system. Great stuff but not my favorite. But that first riff and then the chords are incredible.
 
Joni Mitchell - Song to a Seagull as well as Hejira. Both beautiful albums as well as great sounding. And you can usually pick them up for 2 or 3 dollars. Get the orange label if you can (not the blue).
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I've said it before. Anything on the Alligator Label. Blues and Reggae, but the Blue's stuff especially.

Also to parrot another recent thread. Look for 12 inch 45 rpm singles of late 70's- 80's dance albums. I spun Patrick Hernandez's Born to be Alive yesterday and chills ran down my spine. :banana: 12 inch 45 rpm singles of classic rock tunes are a bit scarcer, but many are just as incredible. The 33 1/3 rpm stuff is worth it as well.
 
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