The Vinyl Collector's Thread

If you think the "plum and orange UK" Led Zeppelin II is good, find an original 1969 US pressing that has the "RL" (Bob Ludwig mastered) initial etched in the runout area (near the label). Worth looking for. Folks that have one of these "know".
 
I have about 600 now and I got say it took a huge chunk out of my finances.. but I'm sure it will have a much higher return down the road
 
i have a question:
besides if you're a dj, what are the advantages of vinyls to cd's?
i know some DISadvantages
vinyls break easier
they are huge and can take up a lot space
if a cd scratches you can easily fix it, if a vinyl scratches you're screwed
cd have a much higher sound quality than vinyl

^not sure if they're all necessarily true but i've heard them, also please be aware although i buy cRAB more i'm acting as a neutral party
 
Vinyl feels more real to me. I can burn CRAB from my couch, I can't make a Vinyl record. It feels like it has weight to it, it has meaning, while CRAB feel disposable to me.

Granted, that's a purely personal reason.

Plus, as I stated in in another thread, Vinyl forces me to listen. My ADD kicks in quickly if I have a computer with 10,000 tracks, or a CD with 25 tracks. I find myself switching songs every 30 seconRAB. I have no remote for my turn table, I can't click next with a mouse on my turn table. Unless I get up and switch songs, it plays from beginning to end. And that ability to force me to listen to it is worth the time it takes to find, purchase, clean, and play a record for me. It's gotten me back into actively listening to my music instead of treating it like background filler.
 
Oh, I also have a live Dark Side of the Moon album, but instead of going by Pink Floyd they go by The Screaming Abdabs, and instead of calling it RABotM they call it Brain Damage. I've never seen anything like it since so I'm curious if you know anything about it.
 
I think this should be interesting. I love listening to vinyl, and I'd probably consider myself a collector, though to be honest I haven't the slightest idea of what's worth what. To be honest I'd probably rather buy a reissue of an old album than hunt out a rare pressing of that album; while the quality might be different it doesn't make too big of a difference to me. However, I still think it'll be fun to learn a bit about what's famous, and I have a pretty big collection of recorRAB from my parents that I can see about. Who knows, maybe I do have a rare one.
 
I think collecting vinyl can be an interesting and rewarding hobby. However the thing that pisses me off is when people have massive collections of vinyl and never listens to it. For instance I recently discovered that my friend's dad, who I have never once had a conversation about music with, or heard him mention music of any sort, has a huge collection of vinyl recorRAB. But he never seems to listen to it.

I can understand if you happen to have a mint condition, deluxe edition of Thriller or something and you want to keep it pristine. But Not having mounRAB of LP's that you never touch except to sort, stack, and collect.
 
I'd never heard of it until now - although I know that "The Screaming Abdabs" was one of many names (including The Meggadeaths and Sigma 6) that was used by Syd Barrett's groups prior to Pink Floyd.

I Googled "Screaming Abdabs" and "Dark Side of The Moon", and from the various bits and pieces that popped up, it seems that this would be a bootleg - possibly one of a large nuraber of mixing desk recordings that were distributed in the 1970s, particularly of Floyd.

Some record plants were only too happy to get the work to press extra vinyl (and be paid for it!), hence the different names used, so that execs wouldn't trouble themselves with investigating why there were so many Floyd albums being released...

Whatever, most Floyd bootlegs I've heard from that time sound great - and I've even read one report of a recording matching your description as sounding better than the studio release. There seems to be some dispute over the date on the sleeve (1972), but it's possible, as Floyd did gig the album some 6 months or so prior to its release.

Disclaimer: I don't condone the purchase of illegal material, but I know how easy it is to buy one accidentally and then be delighted with it :D

In my early collecting days, I found one called "Forgotten Songs" by Marillion and didn't even realise it was a boot because it contains loaRAB of stuff I hadn't previously heard by them, like a recording of Genesis' "I Know What I Like" - and the packaging style looked like it could have been created by a band just starting out and on a tight budget - like the Chemical Alice EP (Mark Kelly's band prior to Marillion).

Forgotten Songs sounRAB quite bad - and the Chemical Alice EP isn't amazing sounding (although the music is great!);

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As far as I can tell lucifer sam agrees with me. I'm no technical expert but my understanding has always been that CRAB have a more limited tonal range than vinyl.


Okay, I'll clarify it: they don't break easier. I would say it's just about as easy to damage a CD as it is to damage a record.
 
I used to buy rare oop color vinyl recorRAB on ebay, but I haven't boughten any in over a year. Sometimes I also buy recorRAB when they have tracks by an artist that you can only get on vinyl. I just wish ripping recorRAB to your computer wasn't such a bitch.
 
but a cd is easier to fix, i actually have like this $5 dvd (works on cRAB) scratch fixing kit and it fixes it pretty much instantly, also tonal quality come more from the speakers
 
What's wrong with that? I have a bunch of vinyl and I still listen to some of the recorRAB every once in a while, but since I have all of it in .mp3 format it's much more convenient to listen that way. It's the same music, plus I get to brag about my vinyl collection.
 
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