the Robert Crumb That's What I Call Sweet Music: American Dance Orchestras of the 1920s compilation
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 10 January 2009 08:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, hell, I've got that Cale and like it, but never play it.
I've got one or two of those SOS Band titles on vinyl, too.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 10 January 2009 10:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i can't find a copy of starshipz and rocketz by g-side anywhere on the net :(
― brimstead, Friday, 28 June 2013 01:22 (ten years ago) link
Sasha and John Dogweed - Northern Exposure
30 For Sale from $26.00
17 used & new from $29.95
― brimstead, Friday, 5 July 2013 05:04 (ten years ago) link
Lol, I’m sure I see that all the time in charity shops.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 5 July 2013 07:48 (ten years ago) link
"i can't find a copy of starshipz and rocketz by g-side anywhere on the net :("
Literally registered on here cause of this post. Have been looking for starshipz & rocketz for the longest, and was able to find it in 192 recently, so I can help you out with that.
Ended up finding the album on UK Amazon, 1 final copy in Germany. Came out to around $30 shipped, and it has yet to arrive... Turns out the CD was lost by the Deutsche Post...
― PotentiallyGood, Saturday, 6 July 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Dory Previn's stuff; almost everything is OOP in the States, I think.
― goodoldneon, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
That's a shame. I happened to hear one of her songs last week -- one about a woman who jumps off the Hollywood sign -- and I was reminded of how good a writer she was.
― banjoboy, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 04:13 (nine years ago) link
hollindagain by animal collective
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 05:55 (nine years ago) link
I thought someone like Bgo still had that Dory stuff out. Remember looking through a label site some months back & finding a couple of 2fer cds. Think it was Bgo anyway. But yeah she does sound like a prime candidate for somebody like Water or Light in The Attic to cover.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 06:10 (nine years ago) link
I still haven't found that Lali Puna LP I asked for in this thread 5 years ago.
Other ones that I haven't found and need to be reissued in vinyl already:
Massive Atrack - MezzanineStereolab - Dots and Loops (supposedly will get reissued soon)My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (haven't they promised it for years now?)Can - Ege Bamyasi (and their whole discography, really)
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 08:20 (nine years ago) link
Also all the Kraftwerk and Stone Roses vinyls I've found are crazy expensive / imported.Why!?
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 08:21 (nine years ago) link
Oh and all Kompakt Total compilations should never be put of print.
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 08:22 (nine years ago) link
Oh and Pink Floyd's Meddle and Piper too! It's weird that such a popular rock band hasn't reissued all of their discography already.
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 08:25 (nine years ago) link
The new Kraftwerk CDs are already oop too.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 08:26 (nine years ago) link
Entered tonevendor out of curiosity and right now they're selling PF's piper and the stone roses vinyl at a good price. So you can scratch those.
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 08:28 (nine years ago) link
Also kraftwerk vinyl at $11 which is awesome. Still no luck on finding Computer world at a reasonable price though.
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 08:30 (nine years ago) link
I've never understood the idea of buying albums that originally came out in the CD era (the 1990s or later) on vinyl. They won't sound better than on CD, but the vinyl will cost you at twice as much. Is the bigger cover art really worth the hassle?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
They won't sound better than on CD
This is arguable
― goth colouring book (anagram), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 12:12 (nine years ago) link
Can - Ege Bamyasi (and their whole discography, really)
All the albums were reissued in a vinyl box set last year and are in the process of being released individually. I'm seeing plenty of new copies of Ege Bamyasi in every record shop lately.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 12:13 (nine years ago) link
I don't think it is? I know that some CDs released in the 80s sound worse than vinyls, but that's because CD mastering was in its infancy back then, and vinyls were still the primary market, sotechnicians were still making some mistakes and dodgy choices. But in the 90s CDs became the primary format, so the sound engineering and mastering was geared towards that format, and the dodgy mastering jobs gradually disappeared. So unless an album was deliberately mastered to sound worse on CD than vinyl, any album released after CDs became the dominant format won't sound better on vinyl.
(xpost)
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 12:22 (nine years ago) link
I have a couple of those Dory Previn 2fers on BGO... it may have been about 3 years ago I bought em though. Hearing just a little of her solo stuff made me want to hear everything immediately. She's definitely under appreciated.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
the vinyl will cost you at twice as much
I shouldn't even bother to reply to this, but:
ISLAJA S U U CD MONIKA MONIKA 081CD $15.50
ISLAJA S U U LP MONIKA MONIKA 081LP $17.50
that's a brand new 2014 release, gtfo with this "twice as much" bullshit
― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:35 (nine years ago) link
Well, I was talking specifically about the OOP albums mentioned above, most of which I presume are easily and cheaply available on CD.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
New albums are a different case (though even with them the vinyl versions still tend to cost more), but this thread isn't about new albums.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, gtfo with this "twice as much" bullshit
Psychedelic Pill by Neil Young with Crazy Horse (2012): $55.90 Vinyl Psychedelic Pill by Neil Young with Crazy Horse (2012): $13.88 Audio CD
Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 by Bob Dylan (2013): $60.38 Vinyl
Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 by Bob Dylan (2013): $18.88 Audio CD
― Duke, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
It's actually "thrice as much"
Sorry to be facetious, but the extortionate price of many new vinyl releases puts me off big time.
― Duke, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
fwiw, original list price of Psychedelic Pill on its release date was around $90.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
I've found that CD's and LP's cost around the same, maybe a couple of dollars more unless it some sort of weird special version which I personally don't like. Just a week ago I bought Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms and it costed me around $30 dollars because it's some sort of reissue with demos and unreleased tracks which I personally don't care for.
I always hated cd's so I don't have many around my house. I only buy vinyl for albums that I love and mp3s for singles or standalone tracks. This isn't really an opinion regarding quality of vinyl vs cds but I really like how my turntable and my vinyl shelf look in my house, they look much better than any stereosystem I had before.
It's perfectly valid to buy things because you think they look cooler than the other options.
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Speaking of vinyl prices vs CD, from an observation I made just now at my local record store:
new Jenny Lewis CD: $12.99new Jenny Lewis LP: $25.99
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
Neil young is a super extreme gouger, not a relevant example
― brimstead, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
^^ otm
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
bob too. All those boomers.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
fair enough. but I regularly encounter vinyl releases that are significantly more expensive than the CD - which annoys be as I prefer vinyl. Anyway, i just thought the "bullshit" accusation up-thread was unfair.
― Duke, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
annoys *me*
It's totally dependent of label and artist. Pink Floyd vinyl reissues are a joke per example, I think I saw a week ago that they're trying to push a $200 division bell vinyl reissue. It's ridiculous. Here's some examples of my latest purchases and their cd prices comparison:
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman LP $13.99John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman CD $18.99
Glass Candy - Beatbox LP+7" $13.98Glass Candy - Beatbox CD $10.98
Chromatics - Night Drive Deluxe Edition 2xLP $19.98Chromatics - Night Drive Deluxe Edition CD $11.98
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender LP $14.98Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender LP $15.98
Madvillain - Madvillainy LP $18.99Madvillain - Madvillainy CD $16.99
M.I.A. - Arular LP $13.98M.I.A. - Arular CD $11.98
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
It also depends where you buy, of course. I dislike Amazon, but they have your Coltrane / Hartmann CD for $11.88.
― Duke, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
Yeah and the vinyl like in $40!? Weird.
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
gtfo with this "twice as much" bullshit
yea just to echo what others have said, this is not bullshit. at least in my local record shops, i'm priced out of most new vinyl. totally common to see $18, $20, $25, $40, $45 price tags for single LPs. i don't know who the fuck pays $40 or even $25 for a new record. vinyl can be a fucking ripoff.
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
If there's people willing to pay for it then the prices will remain up. I remember new CD's being $20 or more.
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
And pressings, particularly of newly-recorded stuff, can be a crapshoot. Last two vinyl records I bought -- Dylan's Tempest and Iris DeMent's Sing the Delta -- have flaws unique to each, flaws not present on any of my other (older) records.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link
oh yea i know there are people who pay that much. i just don't know who the fuck they are! they don't share my values, ha
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
I saw the guy that does pay that much. ONCE. He had an indie girl on one arm, and a stack of Audiophile Weezer reissues under the other. He may not have figured out 'the' way to live, but he found 'a way'.
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
Well I once saw a friend pay for a $35 vinyl copy of RED by Taylor Swift and she doesn't even own a turntable.
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
Granted she also buys books that she doesn't read and buys them because they have pretty spines to decorate bookshelves.
― Moka, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
New albums round my way are pretty much always twice the price for vinyl: £10 for CD, £20 for vinyl.
Still I buy vinyl exclusively, rationale being:
1. I like vinyl.
2. If I want to sell an album three months later, I will get £5 for a CD and £20 for the vinyl.
3. If I want to sell an album five years later, I will get £1-10 for a CD and £20-40 for the vinyl.
I'm not really counting on this continuing (and I don't anticipate selling my records ever, really), but money on vinyl usually feels well spent.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
My rational for buying vinyl is
1. If I can't find it on CD, and
2. it's the only format that can be played without electricity, so I better pick up some shit I'm gonna want to listen to forever.
(the recent news of the 2012 solar storm close call reminded me of the latter)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
you guys need to give some more specific examples, i still find new lps ~15 but it's indie stuff that's not imported.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
yeah all I see in these pricey examples are boomer and legacy artists, everything new and not super high profile is more like "a couple of bucks more than the CD"
if you can't find a used LP copy of Rocks for less than 5 bucks, you deserve to pay for a $29.98 reissue imo
on the other hand, no way in hell am I paying over $100 for an OOP LP copy of Pharoah Sanders' Izipho Zam, I bought that shit on CD, so I agree w/Tuomas there
― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:54 (nine years ago) link