Anyone have any interesting vinyl?

Sacksian

Technocentral wrote: »

Nothing compares to vinyl for music listening and aesthetic appreciation, sparkly opaque CD's and Mp3's just don't compare .

I definitely agree with you about vinyl but, as it happens, coloured vinyl is generally considered to be ****ter than normal black vinyl and transparent vinyl for sound quality (more surface noise apparently), not sure what the science is but there's a good link here:

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/mastering-forum/381089-colored-clear-vinyl-vs-standard-black.html

Technocentral

Sacksian wrote: »

I definitely agree with you about vinyl but, as it happens, coloured vinyl is generally considered to be ****ter than normal black vinyl and transparent vinyl for sound quality (more surface noise apparently), not sure what the science is but there's a good link here:

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/mastering-forum/381089-colored-clear-vinyl-vs-standard-black.html

Yeah I was aware of that theory , funny how a colour could affect sound quality, though having said that the coloured stuff I have sounds as good as the black vinyl (direct comparison: Decades by Joy Division I have on a green vinyl 7" which plays at 33 rpm sounds exactly the same as it does on my 1980 copy of Closer, so go figure.)

julio_iglayzis

Dinosaur Jr had some interesting etchings on the flip side of their "Just like heaven" single -



The kings of splatter vinyl, the Brian Jonestown Massacre -





Very nice picture disc from Mr Sonic Youth -



And finally, Sigur Ros really know how to put together an amazing looking product - the vinyl version of Takk is on two 12 inches and one 10 inch, with this on the flip side -

Technocentral

julio_iglayzis wrote: »

Dinosaur Jr had some interesting etchings on the flip side of their "Just like heaven" single -

Some lovely stuff there, btw is that your Audio Technica deck, was thinking of getting one for home use, how would you rate them?

julio_iglayzis

Technocentral wrote: »

Some lovely stuff there, btw is that your Audio Technica deck, was thinking of getting one for home use, how would you rate them?

Yup, that's mine, I got it off insound.com a few years back, and I'd highly recommend it. The sound is fantastic and the its overall "feel" is great too, the thing is built like a tank.
They seem to have attached USB leads onto the current model, which is handy if that's your thing.
http://www.insound.com/AT-LP120USB-Turntable-Turntable-Audio-Technica/P/INS72319/
Be careful with customs charges nowadays though, everything I've ordered off insound in recent times has been hit with them.

Technocentral

julio_iglayzis wrote: »

Yup, that's mine, I got it off insound.com a few years back, and I'd highly recommend it. The sound is fantastic and the its overall "feel" is great too, the thing is built like a tank.
They seem to have attached USB leads onto the current model, which is handy if that's your thing.
http://www.insound.com/AT-LP120USB-Turntable-Turntable-Audio-Technica/P/INS72319/
Be careful with customs charges nowadays though, everything I've ordered off insound in recent times has been hit with them.

Cheers, I have no interest in mp3's but I'm going to get one of those decks.

beng128

Nothing too interesting myself, just this red Blood Sugar Sex Magik



Been reading this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_types_of_gramophone_records And there's some crazy shit out there.

This especially:

Chocolate has even been used to produce promotional recordings that could be eaten once the record had been played

dickdasterly

Technocentral wrote: »

Nothing compares to vinyl for music listening and aesthetic appreciation, sparkly opaque CD's and Mp3's just don't compare .

Love the big Amanita Muscaria Mushroom!

Irish Guitarist

I bought the last Johnny Cash album on vinyl a few days ago. I didn't even realise until I removed it from the shrink wrap that it was on clear vinyl.





Unfortunately I also noticed that whoever put the record in the sleeve did a crap job and creased the corner of the inner sleeve.

Technocentral

Presented by Paul Morley.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ckmgg

It includes an interesting piece about cutting and quality isssues.