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I have about 3 grey market vinyls and they sound great,and i prefer the official pressings better and they sound prettier and clearer than ever! I came to the vinyl format because of the superior sound conpared to CDs. Albums i have on off brand labels. South pacific Blue hawaii In the wee small hours. None of those really sound awful. South pacific has a ton of inner groove distortion at the end,and made it less enjoyable and made me feel concerned if my stylus is defected. And all 3 albums were expertly recorded albums that are well recorded and sound great when played under normal circumstances. I use an lp60 looking to upgrade soon,a tone poet and mofi is PERFECTLY SAFE FOR LP60 USERS! And i F*ING HATE BOOTLEG GREY MARKET VINYLS! I think blue note still sells the chet baker sings album so im fine when i buy it.
As someone who worked for Virgin and was responsible for shrink wrapping the records I would say that the mintness can’t always necessarily be guaranteed as there’s a remote chance that we might have played that actual record in the shop. Or it may have fallen out in the stock room. I’d say with similar reservations that a factory sealed record is more likely to be mint. It’s a tough grading decision and some might argue that no record can ever be described as mint, I’ve had this argument so many times.
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Hi 👋 Greetings from New Zealand. I like your video. Joy Division were a group i got into . I bought a copy of their 1980 album Closer on vinyl back then. Their single Love will tear us Apart topped our pop charts in early 1981. Interesting that on the sign showing the musicians that recorded at the same studio as Joy Division, American singer Neil Sedaka's name is on it. From Carl.
Late to the party here. I completely disagree. Gray market pressings that break copywrite are illegal and immoral. Further the pressings I have heard sound poor. Sorry for the hard core morality here, but great used copies of great records are available and there are affordable represses available (Blue Note Classic pressings ARE worth the extra £7). The only argument for DOL and other stolen (yes stolen) pressings is to get young people listening. Sol I really enjoy your videos, just don’t agree with you on this. Lastly, you should have done a DOL vs recent repress vs OG listening test before doing this video. Saying something “sounds good” is not enough. My gray market pressing of “Trinity in Blues” by Dizzy Reece sounds absolutely horrible. Take care.
What's interesting about this recovery process, is that you're doing it while lying the jacket on an external rough stone slab floor with earth and grass interspersed...I also don't understand the reason of those scotch tape strips on all three sides, considering that once removed no rips were present...
Kudos for cleaning you used records. I would be a regular there. In houston Tx. Vinyl edge is the only shop I have been to that sonically clean all there used albums and those get alot of my business
If you got a RCM go OG. If not and just starting get a reissue it will have less surface noise. After I invested in a RCM, I love buying older used albums.
I was so happy to come across your video a few days ago. We love the copy of Uknown Pleasures and appreciate how smooth and easy you made the transaction. Best Wishes!
Great Video showing where the music was made. It puts some substance to the history of the musicians How about some from Liverpool as well The history of of the Merseybeat please
I have John Lennon's Imagine in Quadraphonic. It is probably the opposite to your Simon & Garfunkel album. John's voice is really far back in the mix on the Quad version, almost sounds like he's in another room. Interesting to own but not my go to listening experience for the LP.
There was a little shop on Tib Street in Manchester, in the 70's, that sold nothing but bootleg vinyl. I bought 3 Zappa bootlegs there, and I think they were £5.00 each.
I had 5.1 setup for quite a few years. Got into a lot of live music on DVD and Blu-ray. I preferred live music to studio. Now I have gone back to full analogue stereo. A good stereo setup can sound 3D..or is it 4D... .
I’ve a few Quad LPs, Santana Caravanseri on the CBS label, Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother and Dark Side Of The Moon plus Deep Purple Machine Head and a few others, including some classical. As you say they sound that bit different, enough to collect them, which I’m doing when I see them. The 2 Floyd ones in particular are well worth seeking out.
I think it's so funny for these "audiofools" as I'd like to call them to boycott DOL because they master their records digitally, when 60-70-year-old magnetic tape has decomposed into muck so the best available source is CD-quality digital. Anywho, I recently picked up Mingus's Tijuana Moods on one of DOL's "blue collection" reissues, and yes, while the overall fidelity of the recordings are not so great, being recorded in 1957 for crying out loud, the separation of the sounds and the sound field it gives off is remarkable, as well as the pressing quality: virgin beautiful blue vinyl. And at a killer price too, it makes me a bit angry that people aren't looking at DOL as they are one of the few record labels doing it right. A DOL reissue is going to sound much better than a vinyl copy of Taylor Swift's Midnights.
I'm thinking of purchasing the vinyl set and stumbled over your unboxing video. As a big Stones fan I'll get it, but I agree with you that it would've been really nice to have it in a box set. Maybe a booklet would've been a nice touch even if a few more dollars. At least they used the poly lined paper sleeves I guess. Nice video and thank you! 🙌👍
While im at it. My local vinyl store won’t even order tone poet, 45s or Acoustic sounds and all that. They Probably lose money if they would keep the expensive records in stock.
Tone poet sounds better. And records made back in the 60’s sounds better. Where i live its 60+ får any ”real” release. But my dol and waxtime dosen’t sound so bad that its worth 30-40$ extra.
I’ve got two copies (on LP). One is the UK copy I bought in 75 and has Nick Mason’s autograph to me when he did a book signing a years back in HMV Manchester. My other copy is a Philippine’s pressing I bought from a record shop here in Prestwich 4 or 5 years ago.
