Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back

[podunklander]

In this week's issue of Time:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1702369,00.html

This article is a bit out of touch with the times...as is TIME, which is why I advised my son to cancel his subscription. Still, there are some interesting tidbits in the article. And yet still...I had to chuckled at, "LPs generally exhibit a warmer, more nuanced sound than CDs and digital downloads." DUH

[Yuri]

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Pam, I have always held that the sound of vinyl has a warmth and personality that is lost with the sampling rate of CD’s and even more so with the compression of MP3s. LP sales continued even after CDs became the preferred format. True ‘audiophiles’ continue to embrace the analogue sound for it’s realistic reproduction, even if you have to flip the record and ignore the occasional click and pop. Turntable sales continue but the offerings tend to be higher end audiophile instruments costing as much as $10,000. (see attached thumbnails)

I wrote a post for Corfid on Christmas day of 2006 about the various recording formats recorded music has gone through over more recent years.

http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=17200

I miss the album for all the liner notes, artwork and recording information that doesn’t accompany a downloaded MP3. I really feel that today’s youth are missing out on a larger musical experience.

The photo below is of my vinyl collection taken around 1980. (note DSR in upper right) I continued to accumulate vinyl even after CDs made their debut shortly thereafter. I lost count after 2500 albums. I should offer room and board to any Corfidian during Massey week if he/she would offer help in digitizing these albums ranging from the folk trio ‘America’ to the ‘70’s rockers, Zebra. From Ozzy to Bach.

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As for the article you posted being "somewhat out of touch with the times"? We’ll so am I - I still think the ‘60’s rule!!! ;)

Yuri

[Jesse Joe]

All very amazing Yuri. I agree, to me nothing will ever replace the turntable. I still play my LP's once in a while. :)

[fezo]

Wow! Your collection puts mine t shame. I'm a fair bit under a thousand..... Nice work!

[Borderstone]

A we know,I wont surrender my vinyl without a fight! Closet flood or not!
(Now down to 56 to go!) ;)

I need shelves like that for my records! I'm back over the 600+ mark thankfully. :)

[Jesse Joe]

Wow Yuri & Border very impressive. :)

[timetraveler]

I have to confess to missing the old fashioned record player myself. My mum has tons(well, maybe not TONS, but she does have several)of classic LPs all boxed up & in storage, simply because she didn't have anywhere to put a record player. I miss hearing things like Peter,Paul & Mary, Harry Belafonte & other assorted classic artists that she has put away. Only one that I know she doesn't have is Gordon. Jeez! Would you believe it? I even miss listening to people like Mantovani, Caterina Valente, Smothers Brothers & numerous others. I've often thought about getting a good basic LP player,and never did, simply because of the price, as well as the fact that they look to be something straight out of a Sci-Fi movie.

[Nightingale]

Straight out of a Sci-Fi movie? What kind of record players are you looking at tt...lol.
I know what you mean though. I haven't replaced my old player either. I have stereos all over this house plus mp3 players, ipod and a cd player walkman...I think I have enough stuff to play music on so I spend the extra cash on the music itself.

I lost most of my vinyl albums when my sister got divorced...long story, but most of them never got replaced. The old 8 tracks that I had got tossed a long time ago...lol.

I do have all the Moody Blues albums though. Moody Blues fans discuss the artwork on the album covers as much as they do the music that's inside.
Phil Travers, the artist that did all of their early albums, is an amazing artist and did some mind blowing stuff that speaks volumes on living in the 60's.