Listening to Let it Bleed right now. Its a 1969 US London pressing given to me for Christmas that year by my older hippy brother and sister and originally played by me at the time on my Westinghouse portable record player. When home from college and the Navy, they would play it on our Dad’s old Fisher reciever, Garrard turntable and full range speakers, of course LOUD per the instructions on the sleeve, and dance around the house. Listening toit tonight it sounds bloody fantastic on my current system. I must have played my Three Dog Night albums much more back then(!) as it is really no worse for the wear from the Westinghouse’s sapphire stylis.
I have a super well worn original US vinyl pressing of Exile on Mainstreet, an 80s reissue of Flowers, a Japanese original orange vinyl pressing of Some girls, and an original US pressing of Tatoo You. All of these sound great to me, and better than my 2005 CD Virgin Release of Exile on Mainstreet, which sounds OK until you compare it directly to the original vinyl, even the EOM copy with all the scratches.
Audiophile recordings? No. Well recorded rock music with tons of soul? Yes. Exile on Mainstreet has to be one of my favorite albums of all time, and the better my system gets, the more it sounds like it was recorded in somebody’s kitchen, and that is a great part of its charm.
I have a super well worn original US vinyl pressing of Exile on Mainstreet, an 80s reissue of Flowers, a Japanese original orange vinyl pressing of Some girls, and an original US pressing of Tatoo You. All of these sound great to me, and better than my 2005 CD Virgin Release of Exile on Mainstreet, which sounds OK until you compare it directly to the original vinyl, even the EOM copy with all the scratches.
Audiophile recordings? No. Well recorded rock music with tons of soul? Yes. Exile on Mainstreet has to be one of my favorite albums of all time, and the better my system gets, the more it sounds like it was recorded in somebody’s kitchen, and that is a great part of its charm.