Led Zeppelin II on vinyl

@audphile1  Watching a TV show last night and the subject of Vinyl came up.  The first person said "oh yeah. Vinyl is the best.  So much warmer".  The second person responded "Vinyl lovers listen with their hearts.  Everyone else listens with their ears"  I had to laugh, but ....... there be a kernel of truth in that statement?  🤔 

@bigtwin there’s some truth to that. I’ll try not to get into vinyl vs digital too much here but…
I have several albums I bought as a teenager (14-15 years old). And when I play them it brings back memories. I’m hunting down a good copy of Iron Maiden’s “Live After Death” now. I had this album on a cassette that was recorded from LP when I was a kid. I love that album. LP will be the closest to that cassette sound wise (obviously my system now is light years ahead of what I had then).
Things like that bring on an emotional connection and I don’t get that with streaming…or if I do it’s not to the same degree and it’s different. 
As to albums I acquired on vinyl that I haven’t listened to in the past, I just love the sound man. In those cases I enjoy streaming and vinyl both and I appreciate what each format has to offer sonically. Plus you are involved when you want to listen to a vinyl record. With digital your tukhes is glued to the chair for hours. Another benefit of vinyl - you get up more often. May be I can even squeeze those stretches in lol

While my copies of Led Zeppelin I and II are AR re-issues, I haven't pulled them out of the collection in over a decade. Just finished cleaning and on the playlist for this evening.

Thanks for posting the thread.

@zigstien 👍

enjoy!

@audphile1  I agree with many of your points.  I still have lots of LPs dating back to the 70's that are in very good shape.  And I love playing them.  Source of pride that I took care of them, which my wife is soooooo tired of hearing.  One other strong plus for vinyl, is the much better surface for rolling a joint.  Just not the same on a Jewel Case.  If I'm not mistaken, the cover of Rasta Man Vibration is often cited as being an excellent surface.  I mean that's what I've heard.  I wouldn't know from personal experience. 🤣