In Search of the Lost Chord is my favorite Moodys album, and just a fantastic record. I was just telling Zach/ZeekGeek that the Shelby Lynne album was one Audiophiles go gaga over...
Incredible new adds. Moody Blues "Days of Future Past" is definately one of my favourite classic albums of all time. 3 of their albums are in the same league as The Beatles for me.
I take all of your suggestions to heart, then I start looking for yours. Simply great videos you have. Of my 10 or so MFSL's, my favorite album is YEAR OF THE CAT by Al Stewart. Alan Parsons production of course, but the compositions, mixes, and final product is just outstanding. Keep up your good work. And always the best from us in California. (Moody Blues DAYS OF is Epic)
TARKUS: wow, man, gave it another spin, today, and, fascinating. I happened to be in the USA when Tarkus was launched in the US, august 1971, and bought myself First-Day American pressing on Cotillion, later on got bored with it and sold it: St...d st...d, wrong decision. A few months ago I bought a fresh-new two-record Tarkus over here in Holland, on Music On Vinyl, and it's really awesome. Excellent vinyl, and it emphasizes that selling my Cotillion first-day-copy was big mistake. Great music.
Nice pick ups Armien. All very solid albums. While I don't personally own it, I have heard the Shelby Lynne record from Analogue Productions and it sounds fantastic. I didn't realize there was another company that issued that album.
Yes, the Shelby Lynne is a fantastic album and it's specially good for Dusty Springfield fans. I will get the AP pressing at some point. Thanks for watching - have a good sunday :) Armien
Hi Armien, you Audiomaniac. cooooool finds. I only find scratched versions of Willy (CCR), must be great to hear....one of their best. Just got the Cowboy Junkies a few weeks ago...but nothing like yours......a beauty. Lol, you said exactly why I do not buy classical on vinyl......I just can't. Thanks, Steve
I like your love of music and vinyl, I still have every lp i bought from the early 70s when my hard earned dollars were budgeted for one new lp a week, happy subscriber
mudlinkdog That's great to hear! I talked to so many collectors that sold their entire collection in the late 80s or early 90s and now try to get everything back. Good that you kept all of your records. Thanks for watching :) Armien
hi armien great record purchases.all classic lps and I am sure it is super to habe them on quality audiophile releases. I like Shelby lynne and only own a cd by her but the one you have with dusty springfield covers sounds really nice to try and find but not the clear vinyl release as you say it sucks. thanks for all the information take care. rob
Hello Rob, if you like Dusty Springfield you will definitely also like the Shelby Lynne album. It sounds beautiful and her voice is really special. Thanks for watching :) Armien
some great finds there my friend. And i agree with you, i was blown away when i heard Fortunate Son. When i hear it i pretend i'm flying a Huey helicopter over the jungles of Vietnam during the war
Hey Armien, the other one that reminds me of that kinda scene, is The Animals We gotta get out of this Place..always love your videos my friend..thanks
Hello Jeff, yes, I was so happy to finally get the Cowboy Junkies. With this kind of music it's important to have a dead silent or NM pressing. Sounds beautiful! Thanks for watching and commenting :) Armien
Hi Armien :-) great to see you again! You're really grooving along in your vinyl collecting! Appreciate your updates. We are all the more informed by your varied music acquisitions! Best regards, Your brother in VC, Ian :-) HiViNyws channel.
Hello Ian, thanks for tuning in! I thought that you would especially like this update with all the audiophile pressings. Have a good day my friend :) Armien
Oh yes Armien!!! Hahaha... you know me well!! You must be having a heavenly time listening to them!!!.. we can only drool... Thank you again Brother! Ian.
Hi Armien. Nice pickups. CCR is so much fun to listen! Those Mofi album looks amazing and in great condition. Robert Z should be proud. You really got my attention when you said Alternative Country. I will definitely check out Cowboy Junkies. Great video.
Hey, Armien! some beautiful pressings there! always great to see :D You also reminded me I wanted to check out Cowboy Junkies.... that album sounds very interesting!
Hi Amber, I think that you would like the Cowboy Junkies. That album has a warm and open feel. Beautiful voices and an interesting recording technique. Thanks for watching - have a good sunday :) Armien
Armien great stuff!! My mother actually had that Melissa M. LP. Great Mofis!!! I have very few myself one of which is the Nights in White Satin you have.
Thanks for tuning in man! And thanks again for the Colgen World. I was really happy to find the other one from the Pro Use Series. Always worth picking them up. Armien
What a headline: -In Search Of The Lost Chord-. Well, Armien, if you are searching, I know where to find: the Lost Chord is on ECM-1173 first song: -Spirit Lake- It's there being played on the instrument some three or four times.
Dorka Dezsö haha that's good to know! I just listened to Abercrombie Quartet ECM 1164. Thanks for the recommendation. It's on my want list now but it should be easy to find.
Hey, möchte Dir ein Lob für die interessanten und unterhaltsamen Videos aussprechen. Gucke sie mir echt gerne an, Hoffentlich kommt noch das ein oder andere dazu. LG Felix
Hi Felix, danke für den netten Kommentar! Das motiviert natürlich. Es kommen bestimmt noch welche dazu! Ich versuche immer wöchentlich oder alle zwei Wochen ein neues Video hoch zuladen. Stay tuned :) LG Armien
I have a question. When you flip over your LPs to reveal the back side, there appears to be a white index card in the sleeve with the record. I'm just curious what that's for. I have a friend who sticks Post-it notes on his inner sleeves with the date he cleaned the record, what fluids he used, and what machine. I was curious if you're doing something similar.
Nice find on the classic records copy of The Cowboy Junkies Trinity sessions album! Since you really liked it, I would suggest looking for The Caution Horses, and Black Eyed Man, they are two great albums. I'm from Toronto, the band's home town, and have owned these records since they were released. Funny enough, I didn't buy them on cd at the time, even though it was a much more popular format, and I'm happy I kept my original vinyl all these years!
I will definitely check out The Caution Horses and Black Eyed Man. Yes sometimes good things like that happened. I talked with a friend of mine about Metallica's Black Album and he told me that he had to buy it on vinyl in 1991 cause the CD was sold out for some weeks in Germany. He wasn't happy about back in the days but today he says that it was one of the best buys :) Thanks for watching and recommending me the albums. Armien
Nights in White Satin is actually not the first song, you're referencing the lyrics to The Day Begins, but it's a great album either way. Cheers, Armien!
Hi Armien Great audiophile additions to your collection... I always want to to strait to a web shop that sells audiophile vinyl, when I see video's like this. It's been a while since I've bought a MoFi pressing. It's about time I buy one again :) Did you shoot the video like I showed in my iPhone selfie video?
Hi Carsten, oh yes! I remember your last video about the Mofis and all the good stuff you got like Yazoo and Judas Priest, The Band etc. I have to say that the "new" mofi titles from the last few month aren't that interesting for me so I thought that I try to get some older ones. I tried it but I had some problems with updating my quicktime player. I decided to give it another try next time. Thanks for tuning in :) Armien
It is likely that the noise that is heard on the record even after having thoroughly cleaned it is due to static in the vinyl, use an anti-static cleaning product to eliminate it, if you have not done so yet my friend.
Love your enthusiasm for vinyl , your taste in music and love most the fact you have an excellent replay system. I am more a digital man myself , 60s baby I grew up on vinyl. Check out Kin - Pat Metheny Group it is sublime
Thanks for the kind words! I am glad you like it. I have some older Pat Metheny stuff on ECM but didn't listen to his latest albums. I will check it out - thanks for the recommendation :) Armien
Love your videos. Top 2 of all VC channels. Since you go hunting in Germany a lot, is there a way you'd check for a German pressing of an album for me? Looking for Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut" on the Harvest Label. Most important would be to find on with the best, closest to mint sleeve. Since the sleeve is black, the ones I find here in the U.S. show major ring wear and corner damage. I'm hoping to pay little more for a near mint German Harvest pressing.
Hello Steven, thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it. It shouldn't be a problem to find a good german copy of The Final Cut here. I would say you need to invest around 15 Euro (which is pretty much 15$) at the moment. Let me know.... Thanks for watching :) Armien
I am using a Clearaudio Smart Matrix (oldest model). To my mind a vacuum record cleaning machine is the only way to get a clean record. I am using two fluids: One based on alcohol and the other one is called L art Du Son. I also use a MFSL brush. Maybe I will do a video about the whole cleaning process. Thanks for watching :) Armien
I have begun to watch your videos for two days , I think you should add Supertramp's Brother where you bound. (German pressing) and Jethro Tull's Crest of a knave.
I love everything by Analogue Productions. I am currently collecting the 25 Living Stereo Classical reissues. Just wow. The CCR Absolute Originals box set by AP is available for pre-order, I think I will get that one. I don't have any MoFi reissues, but I really don't like the banner across the top they put on the jacket. I think it ruins the spirit of it.
That sounds fantastic! I also wanted to get some AP pressings of classical music. The Living Stereo series must be breath taking. Pines Of Rome, Reiner Sound or Sherazade would be on my want list. I agree with you on the banner but I can highly recommend to get a MoFi pressing. I am sure you would love them. Soundwise they are still a big reference. Specially the old titles. Thanks for watching - greetings from Germany :) Armien
Hi armien! Zuerst einmal: Richtig cooles video! Respekt! ;) Meine fragen: könntest du einmal eine top liste mit deinen lieblingsalben erstellen? Und hast du schon einmal von der gruppe tame impala oder archive gehört? Lg aus österreich! :)
Vielen Dank! Das mit der Top Liste ist immer so eine Sache. Meine Top Liste hätte mindestens 300 Plätze und wäre "ohne Rangfolge". Vielleicht mache ich es aber mal. Von Tame Impala habe ich ein Album auf Vinyl. Das habe ich vor ein paar Monaten geschenkt bekommen. (Guck mal ins Video VCLT Madness) Archive kenne ich bisher noch nicht. Sollte ich mal reinhören? Beste Grüße :) Armien
AudiophileLaws Ok in das video werd ich mal reinschauen! ;) Archive ist mMn eine der besten aktuellen bands. Die musikrichtung geht in richtung prog rock enthält aber auch trip hop elemente. Wenn du sie dir mal anhören willst würde ich dir "you all look the same to me" oder "controlling crowds" empfehlen. Es lohnt sich! :)
Hallo Armien, Sind wirklich ein paar tolle Sachen dabei! Ich wollte dich fragen ob du vielleicht ein paar Empfehlungen für Alben auf Kopfhörern hättest? Ich höre mit Stax-Elektrostaten und habe bisher ganz tolle Erfahrungen mit Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Paul Simon, Fleetwood Mac (Rumours) und vor allem auch Jazz gemacht. Hättest du vielleicht ein paar Alben die ich mir unbedingt noch holen sollte? LG
Hallo Kevin, mit Kopfhörern zu hören ist immer etwas anderes. Ich habe ein paar Sennheiser und benutze sie meistens wenn ich unterwegs bin oder abends wenn man man die Anlage nicht mehr so laut aufdrehen kann. Ich habe die Erfahrung gemacht, dass man Vinyl Störgeräusche über Kopfhörer nicht ganz so stark wahrnimmt. Du hast schon ein paar schöne Beispiele genannt. Pink Floyd höre ich auch gerne über Kopfhörer aber eigentlich ist jede Musik geeignet. Ich persönlich mag es auch gerne schon mal etwas härter. Habe letzte Woche noch einmal Nirvanas Nevermind gehört oder Metallica. Danke fürs reinschauen :) Armien
Danke für die Antwort Armien! Nevermind fehlt mir noch in meiner Sammlung. Welche Ausgabe würdest du mir da empfehlen? US First oder Mfsl anadisk? Oder gibt es auch vergleichbare günstigere Alternativen?
Die Mfsl und US First sind natürlich beide extrem teuer. Von der MFSL habe ich bisher immer nur durchschnittliches gehört. Meine klare Empfehlung wäre ein europäisches Original, eine Simply Vinyl von 1997 oder eine der neueren Pressungen mit dem "pressed at Pallas" Sticker.
Hello from Canada!! I collect the Audiophile Prod and MFSL as well. Great review. You have great Parents!!!...(ELP) Dying to get the Peter Gabriel on Classic Records....if you know anyone who has them sealed...let me know. Your new Vinyl Friend from Canada Darrin PS - Love your videos!!!
Hello Darrin, I was really happy to get the ELP! Those 90s Mofi's are even harder to find. I heard so many good things about the Peter Gabriel albums as Classic Record pressings but I never came across one of them. Thanks for watching :) Armien
I love the end of this video, "classical music sucks on vinyl." That's why I don't buy vinyl. CD IS THE PERFECT MEDIUM FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC, it's virtually noise free. I don't know how people can stand to listen to Jazz, or anything else for that matter, on vinyl. I got tired of the "snap, crackle, pop" years ago and dumped it for CD.
