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What's on the Jersey Shore?

Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 2:08 am
by johnnygothisgun
Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police and Boston's first album, both on vinyl, that's what. And what's more, I paid only thirty beans.

They were charging a little more than I wanted to pay for albums by Jethro Tull, The Kinks, Jefferson Airplane, and others.

Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 2:22 am
by atoga
I dunno, that's a little steep. If you look hard enough, you can get almost anything - and I do mean anything - on vinyl for less than 5 bucks Canadian. Of course, condition does vary. Good choices though, kid.

Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 1:40 pm
by S4ur0n27
You need to roam little stores downtown and you can find anything used D:

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 3:21 am
by St. Toxic
I just borrow and duplicate, works much better. Got a box full of empty disks left.

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 12:23 pm
by johnnygothisgun
They were used - I think it's probably been a few years since they pressed either album on vinyl. You know, like twenty.




Prices were higher than they would have been if I had gone into Philly, but I would have had to go on Southstreet to get a good deal, and there's too many weiners to deal with, so I avoid it like the plague.

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 9:37 pm
by atoga
You can still get a lot of classic albums newly pressed on vinyl, but they usually run the range of $20-30. There's a lot of demand for new albums by 'trendy' artists to be pressed on vinyl as well (off the top of my head, you can get Godspeed You Black Emperor albums on vinyl).

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 7:18 am
by MurPHy
atoga wrote:You can still get a lot of classic albums newly pressed on vinyl, but they usually run the range of $20-30. There's a lot of demand for new albums by 'trendy' artists to be pressed on vinyl as well (off the top of my head, you can get Godspeed You Black Emperor albums on vinyl).
Why the hell would someone want a new album on vinyl? It sounds like shit compared to CD.

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 6:15 pm
by Blargh
Irrelevant. Who listens to music for the sound ? It is all for the image. You naive fool. :drunk:

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 6:32 pm
by johnnygothisgun
As proven by:

Image




Edit: Oh. I thought you meant the imagery invoked by the lyrics and musical progressions. Nevermind, then.

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 8:49 pm
by Kashluk
I thought vinyl quality was still superior to CD, but it's just more expensive to produce and it's a lot more prone to decay of quality?

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 2:56 am
by atoga
MurPHy wrote:Why the hell would someone want a new album on vinyl? It sounds like shit compared to CD.
Uhh, no? It sounds a lot better, provided it's without scratches or any junk like that. I don't know where you're coming from.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:00 am
by johnnygothisgun
Forgive him, my man. He's most likely not heard a record in such condition, which is understandable.

I can assure you, when you've got a turntable with some decent speakers and you put on something that's seen very little playtime, what you hear is going to be better than CD quality - the only issue is that just about every time you play said record, it will sound almost imperceptibly less impressive, and after a while, you certainly do start to notice it.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 6:59 am
by Kashluk
Yay, my point has been prooven! :dance: