@viridian - I would be interested in what pressings you think are better than the original UHQRs of Dark Side, Crime of the Century, Finger Paintings, Sgt Pepper (especially) and I Robot. I didn't originally get Tea for the Tillerman and have heard that my AP copy of it is better than that UHQR. Maybe that is the one you are talking about. The new (relatively) AP UHQRs of Kind of Blue and Aja are also incredible. I wonder if you think there are better ones of them out there. I traded my Original Mofis of Aja and 45 of Kind of Blue on them and found the new ones noticeably better.
Prices of Records/Vinyl in 2025
Is it me or have prices of vinyl recently surged to an average of $35 or more ? Just a couple of months ago the average seemed to be around $30. I bought around 30 records to play on my exorbitantly expensive turntable and its multi thousand dollar cartridge, its hundred of dollars of cables, the $1000 phono preamp etc and immediately had 7k invested before buying any records. After buying 50 albums or so and finding about half to be shitty recordings I had $1500 invested in realistically 25 playable, great quality recordings. I just went back online to look for a few more and I'm certain prices have jumped from $30 average to close to $40. WTF ??? More gouging I assume. Is this industry truly sustainable when people are expected to have close to 10k invested to play some records? Insane. I protest, with my wallet. Let's see, hmmm....stream a million tracks for $20 a month with perfect sound, no cleaning, snaps, pop or crackle and hiss and- jump tracks and artists the second I don't like what I hear- or- invest $40 in a crappy recording on vinyl, suffer through it or toss it in the trash because the recording or the music suck. I could literally light two $20 bills on fire instead of bothering to gamble on ordering a record online.
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@viridian - understood, but why keep copies that don't sound as good to you (unless you are a hoarder perhaps or a record investor holding onto the asset in hopes of appreciation and selling it a later date or leaving it to your heirs)? Especially DSOTM UHQR which is worth big bucks. I would love to hear the two that you think sound better - I'd get one of them and sell mine (assuming the ones you are talking about aren't exorbitantly priced). I've never heard of those labels/issuers. |
@viridian - sorry forgot about you KOB comment. APs KOB 45 UHQR is significantly better than the Mofi 45, but I agree, enough with the KOB reissues. They just came out with another one on 33 that is supposedly speed corrected on side 1. There are a lot of great jazz records out there, but KOB is still my favorite. The only other one I shelled out for an "ultimate" (IMHO) is Somethin' Else, a Cannonball Adderley record that Miles heavily influenced and really sounds like a Miles album. Most reissued jazz albums sound quite good, especially the 45s from AP/AS. |
I bought a UHQR of Tea back in the day new- ultimately, I found it bettered by a pink rim I bought from a street guy in the Village for 5 bucks. Eventually, I found a clean pink label. I never bothered with the Chad reissue which is supposed to be more "correct." It’s not really something I play often these days anyway- I have a substantial collection of pink labels. One of my favs is Free-Tons of Sobs- not an audiophile record but Paul Kossoff is unleashed here, Guy Stevens did very little to "produce" them which is why Chris B. stepped in for the next album. Eventually Kossoff bailed b/c he didn’t want to play pop hits. Of course, he died badly-- they almost always do. Sad. |
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