@big_greg: When I think about all the white label promos I got as a product buyer at Tower! I still have a fair number of those, and two days ago found another at one of my LRS: Jackson Browne’s For Everyman ($25, Mint condition). A comparison between it and my stock copy should prove interesting.
180g … It’s All Hype !
I seem to have had an issue with just about every 180g record I’ve purchased… Either warped, surface scuffs or just plan ole doesn’t sound as good as the original.
I’ve noticed on re-masters / re-mixes many times it’s just somebody else’s idea of how the music should sound, adding in a few leads or something and certainly not what I expect or want.
I actually have one I swear they just took the CD as the master and pressed it on to vinyl… Seriously I’ll stick to a decent cartridge, my ultrasonic record cleaner and the bargain bins for my vinyl purchases and listening. I’ve been able to build quite a substantial collection, granted the outer covers may show some wear, but being I’ve been in this for sometime I know by looking at a used record weather it will clean up or not and after cleaning I always replace the inner sleeves with static free high quality sleeves. As for the outer covers… I buy records to listen to so as long as the cover is in tact I’m ok with that.
I’d rather see ‘em re-release stuff if they do on un doctored up original weight vinyl with the same quality control they had back in the day…
Heck, stuff in the dollar bins, after having been played over and over through many a folks’ adolescence then stored for years in basements and attics, then sold at garage sales, flea markets or ending up in bargain bins seem to have made the journey just fine…
I’m tried of the hype and seriously, 180g is nothing but marketing BS to part you with your money.
Need proof of how good older records from the back in the day can sound?….. Check out any of these….
WAR - The World Is A Ghetto
King Curtis & Champion Dupree - Blues At Montreux
John Mayall - Blues Jazz Fusion
Led Zeppelin- Led Zep II
Any LP from James Cotton
Any LP from The Alan Parsons Project
Any LP from Steely Dan
Any LP The Yellowjackets
Most LP’s from Savoy Brown
Most LP’s on The Blue Note Label
just to name a few…
I’ve got of tons of ‘em and if you have any Artists or specific Titles you’d like to suggest feel free to respond
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@bdp24 - I used to have that Dave Mason LP with the swirly colors back when I was in college, when it first came out. Excellent sounding recording, too - we used to use it to judge sound systems! You were a product buyer at Tower? I used to be a buyer in retail and wholesale in the record biz in the SF Bay Area from '74 - '84.... I did a LOT of acid when I was in college from '69 - '73 (smoking it just didn't work, though! 🤣); these days I mostly stick to cannabis!! |
I'm envious of your find on For Everyman. My relatively early original pressing is NM- with the exception of a few pops at the end of side 2 but at a very inopportune place. I've been hoping Asylum or some other record company would get moving on a new reissue like they have on some of Jackson's other albums. |
Yeah @tgilb, Jackson's albums certainly warrant being again available on LP (I wish everyone would stop saying vinyl. LP's are NOT made of vinyl, but rather PVC---Poly Vinyl Chloride. Am I being too literal? ;-). His four albums released in 1993 through 2008 were never available on LP---CD only, another reason to have a CD player. Jackson is a fantastic songwriter, a good singer, and has excellent taste in musicians. Timeless music. @larsman: Hey, did you cross paths with Norman Maslov (calls himself Mazzy) in San Francisco? He managed a SF store in one of the medium-sized record chains (not The Wherehouse, a different, smaller one), then went to work for ABC-Dunhill doing promotion until they were bought by MCA, who laid off the entire department (ah, the record biz ;-). In '79 MCA hired him back to again do instore displays for album releases, which he did for two years. He then quit and started his business as an artists rep---painters, photographers, illustrators, etc., which he now does from Seattle. He has a YouTube channel, where he has posted a lot of Vinyl Community videos, great stuff. |
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