Vinyl records make a return

One thing about LPs that wont come back, but I miss, is the inner sleeve advertising the label's other offerings. Like pulling out the first Led Zep, and seeing these

I was amazed looking at one of these that Redd Foxx has an album called "You Forgot To Wash Your Ass" or something to that extent.. I was 8 or 9 years old at the time, so naturally I laughed at this for several minutes.

Elvis Costello Complicated Shadows b/w Dirty Rotten Shame (exclusive track) (7'' w/ Picture Sleeve) Hear Music ELVISC7 $1.59
Menahan Street Band The Wolf b/w Bushwick Lullaby (7'') Daptone Records / Dunham Records DAP-1045 $3.99
Champion Jack Dupree Blues From The Gutter [LP] Doxy DOYLP 614 $20.39
Charles Mingus Trio (180 Gram Vinyl) [LP] Doxy DOXLP 815 $20.39
Charlie Feathers Liaison Field (180 Gram Vinyl) [LP] Doxy DOYLP 615 $20.39


FIRST TIME
Archies vs BP vs Effcee Satisfaction/Sugar Sugar Cleopatra CLP-SI-1369 $4.29
Black Flag Six Pack [12'' EP] SST Records Inc. SST 5 $5.39
BP vs Effcee vs A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran (So Far Away)/New Year's Day Cleopatra CLP-SI-1378 $4.29
A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran (So Far Away) Space Age Love Song Cleopatra CLP-SS-1938 $5.89
Black Flag Louie Louie / Damaged 7'' SST Records Inc. SST 175 $3.39
Black Flag Nervous Breakdown 7'' SST Records Inc. SST 1 $3.39
Black Flag Six Pack [10'' EP] SST Records Inc. SST 920 $6.59
Black Flag Six Pack 7'' SST Records Inc. SST 5 $3.39
Black Flag TV Party 7'' (non-LP version) SST Records Inc. SST 12 $3.39
Johnny Thunders Glam Punk & Junk - Chinese Rocks / London Boys [7''] Cleopatra CLP-SS-1933 $5.89
Leif Garrett I Was Made For Dancin' Cleopatra CLP-SS-1947 $5.89
Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens What Have You Done? (7'') Daptone Records DAP-1036 $3.99
Sharon Jones How Long Do I Have To Wait For You ? (Ticklah Remix) (7'') Daptone Records DAP-1040 $3.99
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 100 Days, 100 Nights / Settling In (7'') Daptone Records DAP-1037 $3.99
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings I'm Not Gonna Cry / Money Don't Make The Man (7'') Daptone Records DAP-1031 $3.99
Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings / Dap-Kings, The Got A Thing On My Mind (7'') Daptone Records DAP-1001 $3.99
Daptone Records Slipmats (Glow-In-The-Dark - pair) (includes Daptone sticker) Daptone Records G379 $12.99
Black Flag Damaged [LP] SST Records Inc. SST 7 $8.09
Bob & Gene If This World Were Mine...[LP] Daptone Records DAP-010 $10.99
Che Guevara The Voice Of The Revolution [LP] Cleopatra CLP-LP-2430 $14.99
Daktaris Soul Explosion [LP] Daptone Records DAP-009 $10.99
Larry Levan Paradise Garage [2 LP] Salsoul SSL-LP-1018 $16.59
Poets Of Rhythm Practice What You Preach [LP] Daptone Records DAP-007 $10.99
Sid Vicious F#@K Off You C#%T [LP] Anarchy Music ARY-LP-8089 $14.09
Various Artists Como Now: The Voices Of Panola Co., Mississippi [LP] Daptone Records DAP-014 $10.99
Various Artists Punk As Fuck [LP] Cleopatra CLP-LP-2725 $14.99
Various Artists Under The Sun Soundtrack [2LP] Ubiquity UBR11238-1 $16.49


RESTOCKS
50 Cent I Get Money Interscope B000980811 $3.99
Betty Padgett vs. Artur Foy Sugar Daddy / Get Up And Dance 12'' Luv N Haight Records LHR 100571 $5.39
Black Eyed Peas Pump It Interscope B000630611 $3.99
Black Flag TV Party 12'' (non-LP version) SST Records Inc. SST 12 $5.39
Bloody Beetroots WARP (feat. Steve Aoki) 12'' Downtown/Dim Mak DM133 $5.19
Chingy Fly Like Me (Featuring Amerie) Def Jam B001058711 $3.99
Daddy Yankee Gangsta Zone (Machete Remix) Interscope B000702611 $3.99
DJ Felli Fel Feel It (feat. T-Pain, Sean Paul, Flo Rida, Pitbull) (12'') Def Jam B001270911 $3.99
Elvis Presley That's All Right Mama (Elvis vs 13 Cats Remix) 12'' Cleopatra CLP-SI-1377 $4.99
Eminem Encore (feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent) 12'' Aftermath B000383611 $3.99
Estelle American Boy (Feat. Kanye West) Atlantic 422972 $4.25
Estelle Wait A Minute (Just A Touch) Atlantic 405948 $4.25
Game Game's Pain (feat. Keyshia Cole) Aftermath B001156211 $3.99
Jay-Z Anything / Big Pimpin' Def Jam 3145626701 $3.99
Jay-Z/Linkin Park Numb/Encore ADA/Warner Bros. Records WBR 427730 $4.39
Juvenile Back That Azz Up Universal 0121564821 $3.99
Lady GaGa Just Dance (feat. Colby O'Donis) [Remix] Interscope B001129811 $3.99
Lil Wayne Got Money (ft. T-Pain) Universal Motown B001160211 $3.99
LL Cool J Baby (ft. The-Dream) / Rockin' With The G.O.A.T. Def Jam B001165911 $3.99
Ludacris Stand Up (Feat. Shawnna) Def Jam B000118311 $3.99
Mariah Carey I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time b/w Remix feat. T.I. Island B001177511 $3.99
Memphis Bleek Like That Def Jam B000377611 $3.99
Nas Hero (feat. Keri Hilson) Def Jam B001166011 $3.99
Ne-Yo Because Of You Def Jam B000867811 $3.99
Ne-Yo Closer Def Jam B001122211 $3.99
Ne-Yo Sexy Love Def Jam B000734211 $3.99
Ne-Yo So Sick Def Jam B000619011 $3.99
Plies Bust It Baby Part II (feat. Ne-Yo) b/w Who Hotter Than Me Atlantic 506620 $4.25
Shiny Toy Guns Le Disko (Remixes) Universal Motown B000829911 $3.99
Shiny Toy Guns You Are The One (Remixes) Universal Motown B000980911 $6.79
Simian Mobile Disco Hustler Interscope B001052911 $3.99
Weird Science Haus Of Cards 12'' Downtown/Dim Mak DM125 $4.99
Yuksek Tonight (includes new remixes) 12'' CherryTree/Interscope B001288411 $4.49
Yung Joc Bottle Poppin' (Feat. Gorilla Zoe)/Play Your Cards Bad Boy 334460 $4.25
Johnny Thunders Disappointed In You 7'' Cleopatra CLP-SS-3298 $5.89
Ramones I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend b/w Judy Is A Punk 7'' Norton NR 65 $5.69
U2 Vertigo [7''] Interscope Records B0003580-21 $3.99
Ultimate Breaks & Beats I Believe In Miracles Street Beat SBR774-7 $5.99
Vibrators Troops Of Tomorrow 7'' Cleopatra CLP-SS-3308 $5.89
I (turntable) Vinyl T-Shirt (Large) Warner Brothers MH-63804 $12.99
I (turntable) Vinyl T-Shirt (X-Large) Warner Brothers MH-63805 $12.99
Amy Winehouse Frank [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl Import) Island (Import) 1776241 $19.79
Black Flag Everything Went Black [2 LP] SST Records Inc. SST 15 $10.29
Bob Dylan Another Side Of Bob Dylan (180 Gram Vinyl) [LP] Sundazed Music SUN-LP-5121 $14.09
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan [LP] [MONO EDITION] Sundazed Music SUN-LP-5120 $14.09
Bob Marley & The Wailers Gold Collection 1970-71 Vol.1 (Picture Disc) [LP] Erika ER2002 28 $14.19
Bob Marley & The Wailers Gold Collection 1970-71 Vol.2 (Picture Disc) [LP] Erika ER2002 29 $14.19
Brian Wilson Smile Rhino Records RHI 765821 $20.59
Budos Band The Budos Band [LP] Daptone Records DAP-005 $10.99
Budos Band The Budos Band II [LP] Daptone Records DAP-011 $10.99
Common Be [2 LP] Geffen B000467001 $10.77
Daft Punk Homework [2 LP] (Import) EMI Canada MB 42609 $31.29
Dan Deacon Bromst [2 LP] Carpark Records CPK 700481 $11.79
Duffy Rockferry [LP] Mercury B001082201 $10.77
Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) / [2 LP] Universal Motown B001080001 $10.77
Erykah Badu Worldwide Underground [LP] Motown B000073901 $6.19
Game Doctors Advocate Geffen B000793301 $10.77
Game LAX [2 LP] Geffen B001146501 $10.76
Jay-Z American Gangster Acappella / [2 LP] Def Jam B001052201 $10.77
Kanye West College Dropout Def Jam B000203001 $10.77
Killers Day & Age [2 LP] (180g + mp3 download card with photo + poster) Island B001219701 $13.39
Kinks Muswell Hillbillies [LP] Velvel Records VEL-LP-79823 $15.79
M.I.A. Arular Interscope B000484401 $10.77
Mariah Carey E=MC2 / [2 LP] Island B001027201 $10.77
Miles Davis Isle Of Wight Concert (200 Gram) [LP] (DMM) Vinyl Passion VP 80001 $15.49
Neil Young Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House [2 LP] (200 Gram Japanese HQ Vinyl) Reprise A-512563 $53.39
Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad [2 LP] Def Jam B000896801 $10.77
Shiny Toy Guns Season Of Poison [2 LP] Universal Motown B001220901 $10.79
Shiny Toy Guns We Are Pilots Universal Motown B000761501 $10.77
Snoop Doggy Dogg Doggystyle (Explicit Version) [2 LP] Death Row DRR-LP-63002 $13.29
The-Dream Love Vs. Money [2LP] Def Jam B001257901 $10.79
Timbaland Timbaland Presents Shock Value [2 LP] Interscope B000859401 $10.77
Various Artists Ultimate Breaks & Beats v.10 Street Beat SBR510-LP $11.79
Various Artists Ultimate Breaks & Beats v.11 Street Beat SBR511-LP $11.79
Various Artists Ultimate Breaks & Beats v.8 Street Beat SBR508-LP $11.79
Weezer Weezer [LP] (Blue Album) Geffen 424629 $26.69

Well if they're going to keep stretching 47 minute albums into a 2-record set at least they could throw on some bonus tracks or something..

I think a lot of artists could benefit from a 40-minute ceiling for their records.

we're doing double vinyl for our new album but that's cuz its about an hour long

One thing about LPs that wont come back, but I miss, is the inner sleeve advertising the label's other offerings. Like pulling out the first Led Zep, and seeing these

Ha, I got a copy of Tangerine Dream's Rubycon the other day - the sleeve has ads for Acker Bilk 'Sheer Magic' and a Songs Of Praise tie-in record among others. Wonder how much crossover there was?

With prices like those, either the majors are gouging or they don't know shit about efficiency. (Or both, I suppose.) Break-even for small electronic labels is around 300-500 pieces of vinyl, as I understand it (and these are records that are retailing for between 8 and 10 euros; I think the wholesale is around 4 or 5). Granted, these may be bedroom operations with virtually no overhead, promotional budget, etc. But the cost of actually pressing vinyl, even with color sleeves, are not exorbitant, even in tiny runs.

please ban bendy for posting mann hair. rightous flack do can't even cancel that shit out.

(on my copy of push push someone wrote the name CHICO right on herb's belly. also a german pressing. sounds phenomenal.)

Hey cxuxk, is that return-of-vinyl Billboard piece you mentioned available online?

"Once again... M.I.A.'s Kala is 47 minutes and it's a 2-disc set. I'm not into that idea."

i never even made it through the last couple of wu tang albums. we are talkin' like 8 sides there. i can't be expected to get out of my chair THAT much.

xp Maybe with a billboard.biz password, though navigating the website search tool isn't always easy. I'll try poking around and see if I find it.

i prefer multivinyl sets. the loudness of the record is dictated by how long the material on each side is. the more sides you have, the louder your pressing can be. it's that simple.

i'm in the process of making a record right now, you can read about it on my blog where i discuss each step of the process. i'll be able to break even at a very very small number of records sold.

http://991.com/newGallery/Led-Zeppelin-45rpm-Box-Set-358028.jpg

if you like lots of sides, you need this.

i never even made it through the last couple of wu tang albums. we are talkin' like 8 sides there. i can't be expected to get out of my chair THAT much.

Whatever label pressed my copy of 36 chambers did it the right way.. 58 minute album, 1 LP. The order of tracks is not consistant with the CD, but somehow I totally do not mind at all.

Once again... M.I.A.'s Kala is 47 minutes and it's a 2-disc set. I'm not into that idea.

the idea of bass?

yeah more than 20 minutes a side is really asking for trouble. unless you don't care about the last track on each side

The thing is, sometimes doubles happen w/albums where the sides couldn't possibly be more than 20 minutes

Case In Point:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mNN3mIp-L._SS400_.jpg

Total time: 34:33 for 11 songs, resulting in a double w/two and three short songs per side.

i never even made it through the last couple of wu tang albums. we are talkin' like 8 sides there. i can't be expected to get out of my chair THAT much.

Whatever label pressed my copy of 36 chambers did it the right way.. 58 minute album, 1 LP. The order of tracks is not consistant with the CD, but somehow I totally do not mind at all.

― billstevejim, Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:37 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

those old loud pressings don't really sound very good though

i just don't think i have the energy to take every album on a case-by-case basis, doing internet consumer report testing on whether cd or vinyl sounds better

Esp. since indie-rock bloggers are mad gung ho about it right now, and somehow got the idea that records like Merriweather Post Pavillion and Veckatimest were "Made for vinyl"

And they're welcome to it.

back in the day (mid-90s) i bought vinyl -- new and old -- because it was cheaper for my teenage budget. I could get, say, the new pavement album for $8.99 on LP, rather than $15.99 on CD. Now i go to record stores and they're trying to sell stuff like that REM album posted above for $27 ...

yeah i mean i dunno we've had zillions of arguments about it, but honestly it also depends a lot on your turntable, needle, cartridge too...it's not like if you're playing it on some hashed old table with a worn out needle it's going to sound good...the difference in hardware is a lot more apparent with vinyl IMO than with CD

back in the day (mid-90s) i bought vinyl -- new and old -- because it was cheaper for my teenage budget. I could get, say, the new pavement album for $8.99 on LP, rather than $15.99 on CD.

so true - for a long time I was buying vinyl both cuz it was a better product, sounded nicer, and was cheaper.

you can still buy plenty of new LPs for $10-15, which doesn't seem like too much money imho.

a lot of it depends on who the label is aiming the product at (aging REM fams developing a hip audiophilia vs. punx) and how they manage their costs.

yeah, i suppose you can still find cheap indie vinyl, as opposed to like REM/Radiohead collector gouging.

re: Radiohead, like I said earlier (xpost) they create digital music, so listening to it on an analog medium does not make sense to me.

yeah it depends...sometimes i don't mind. like the capital reissues of roxy music and the band have been really nice sounding....or anything pressed at RTI like the astral weeks reissue..if it's a total classic record i don't really mind cuz i know i will always want to have it...but yeah a lot of newer punk stuff is still around the 12-13 price range...or like deerhunter cryptograms was about 16 i think? and that had the flourescent gray EP on it too

re: Radiohead, like I said earlier (xpost) they create digital music, so listening to it on an analog medium does not make sense to me.

― billstevejim, Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:47 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's a lot more than digital vs analog. like i've said before you can get a pretty sensitive great record player for not too much, the equivalent CD player would be way more expensive.

plus a lot of the ways in which vinyl sands off the harsh edges of stuff can really help to make newer records more listenable, they aren't compressed as much in mastering, etc

like i've said before you can get a pretty sensitive great record player for not too much, the equivalent CD player would be way more expensive.

Well, I dunno about that. Rather depends on what you mean by "equivalent". I mean, if you accept that there is no real equivalence because the two formats have different strengths, then I don't know at what point you can say that any given turntable is as good as any given CD player.

You can get close to state-of-the-art 16/44.1k playback from a $300 Sony - the same can't really be said wrt vinyl replay of a $300 Thorens or MusicHall (that's what they called ProJect in the US, right?). It'll sound good - indeed, if that's the sound you prefer, it'll sound better than maybe any CD player. But I'm not sure you can really say "this old belt-drive Dual beats any sub-£1000 CD player" cos I don't think it works like that.

I'll sell my Copland before I sell my Michell, though...

Whatever label pressed my copy of 36 chambers did it the right way.. 58 minute album, 1 LP. The order of tracks is not consistant with the CD, but somehow I totally do not mind at all.

― billstevejim

that wu tang lp sounded so horrible audio-wise i sold it back after a week, it was mixed so low : /

interesting that m@tt's said that the newer vinyl's mastered different from the cd, i'd been wondering abt that

that wu tang lp sounded so horrible audio-wise i sold it back after a week, it was mixed so low : /

I don't mind it at all.. My stereo has a volume knob. As far as I can tell, all the music is there.

I bet if they made less expensive special editions of these records that were 1-LP instead of 2, the 1-LP editions would sell better.. which is exactly what they should do if they want to increase sales.

Yeah, 36 Chambers doesn't sound great but it's not horrible and somehow this album just wouldn't WORK as a double - I mean, too few songs per side, too many flips, but also the whole out-of-the-underground speed and raggedness of the whole presentation is hard to sustain with a double-LP 180 gram prestige package, you know? (Hence the impact and swagger of Wu-Tang Forever being a double CD, this time around they'd conquered all - I mean the lead single was "Triumph" for pete's sake.)

I buy vinyl exclusively; I won't rehash the reasons because there's tons of threads like that - but as far as supply and demand goes, I will say that I would buy a LOT more new vinyl if major reissues could get priced at the point of, I dunno, new releases on Kill Rock Stars. I hear what people are saying about economies of scale and shit, and I'm no economist, but I'm pretty sure if KRS can put out a $12 record Sony should be able to. The REM cited above is a case in point, actually all their vinyl post-New Adventures has been one continuous gouge. WTF, guys?

plus a lot of the ways in which vinyl sands off the harsh edges of stuff can really help to make newer records more listenable, they aren't compressed as much in mastering, etc

But the problem here is the way current CDs are being compressed, not that CD sounds that way in the first place. Today's music isn't being mastered for CD, it is being mastered for iPods and mobile phones. And that is the main problem about it.

yesterday i got my first new vinyl album in many many years.

http://www.recordstore.co.uk/images/covers09/02.2009/madness_200.jpg

its a object of desire, as i doubt i'll ever play it (the package also includes the cd .. ), but it does look good.

Top Selling Jazz Vinyl-April 2009


Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um [1 LP] 180 Gram Vinyl
Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds
Diana Krall - Quiet Nights [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Jorge Ben - Forca Bruta [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Roy Hargrove & The Rh Factor - Strength [Ep]
Bobby Hutcherson - Solo / Quartet
Bill Evans Trio - How My Heart Sings
Norah Jones - Live From Austin Texas [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
John Coltrane - Blue Train [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Cassandra Wilson - Loverly [LP]
Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby [LP]
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me [LP] (200 Gram Vinyl)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin Else [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Moanin' [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Lee Morgan - Sidewinder [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew [2 LP] (180 Gram)
Miles Davis - Bags' Groove (w/ Modern Jazz Giants) [LP]
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Bill Evans - Time Remembered
Miles Davis - The New Miles Davis Quintet [LP]
Miles Davis Quintet - Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet [LP]
Miles Davis - Nefertiti [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Milt Jackson / Ray Brown / Mickey Roker / Joe Pass - The Ellington Album - 'All Too Soon'
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Various Artists - Droppin Science: Greatest Samples from the Blue Note Lab [2 LP]
Pyramids, The - King of Kings [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man (180 Gram Vinyl)
Miles Davis Quintet - Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet [LP]
Thelonious Monk - With John Coltrane [LP]
Gal Costa - Gal Costa [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
John Coltrane - Soultrane [LP]
Pyramids, The - Lalibela [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Pyramids, The - Birth/Speed/Merging 1976 [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Art Blakey - Kyoto [LP]
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition [LP] (180 Gram BLUE Vinyl plus 2 CD's / 1 DVD / Book / Poster i
Herbie Hancock - Blow-Up (Soundtrack) (180 Gram Vinyl) (feats. the Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page)
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Diana Krall - Live In Paris [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Hank Jones - Just For Fun
Medeski Martin & Wood - End Of The World Party [2 LP]
Diana Krall - The Look Of Love [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Hank Mobley - Soul Station [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Joe Henderson - Page One [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny
Milt Jackson - Milt Jackson And Strings - Feelings
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West [LP]
Dexter Gordon - Go! [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
John Coltrane - Ballads [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans [LP]
Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins & The Contemporary Leaders
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
McCoy Tyner - Real McCoy [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Straight Ahead
Cal Tjader Sextet - A Night At The Blackhawk [LP]
Bill Evans - Sunday At The Village Vanguard [LP]
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue [LP] (200 Gram Classic Quiex SV - Super Vinyl)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home [LP] (200 Gram)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather [LP] [180 Gram Vinyl]
Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child [LP]
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Up In Duke's Workshop
Norah Jones - Not Too Late (200 Gram)
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Horace Silver Quintet - Song For My Father [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
Gene Ammons - Boss Tenor
John Coltrane - The Last Trane [LP]
Joe Bataan - Riot!
Eric Dolphy - Out There [LP]
Bob Scobey - The Scobey Story Vol. 1 [LP]
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil [LP] (120 Gram Vinyl plus CD)
John Coltrane - Giant Steps [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Red Garland Trio with Paul Chambers & Art Taylor - Groovy [LP]
Ray Barretto - Acid
Eric Dolphy - Outward Bound [LP]
Charles Mingus - Mingus At The Bohemia (with special guest Max Roach) [LP]
Wes Montgomery - Incredible Jazz Guitar [LP]
John Coltrane - Inch Worm
Nina Simone - The Amazing Nina Simone [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
John Coltrane - Live At The Village Vanguard Again [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
John Coltrane - Crescent
Don Ellis Quintet - New Ideas
Lucky Thompson Quartet - Lucky Strikes [LP]
Herbie Hancock - Thrust [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights [LP] (PICTURE DISC) (includes Poster)
Cedar Walton - Plays Cedar Walton
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Montreux '77
Milt Jackson Quartet - Milt Jackson Quartet [LP]
Ray Barretto - Barretto - Power
Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool [LP] (180 Gram - Mono)
Ray Barretto - Hard Hands

those pyramids records are pretty dope imho.

re: Radiohead, like I said earlier (xpost) they create digital music, so listening to it on an analog medium does not make sense to me.

― billstevejim, Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:47 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

instinctively I would agree with this and it probably holds generally. I have In Rainbows on vinyl and it seems to sound just a lot lovelier in that format than on CD. I think of it as their most analogue-y record at least since The Bends, and most of the time it sounds more warm and natural even than that. The exception is 15 Step. Surprisingly I felt like it made more sense with the vinyl sound, with the digital noise at the beginning being a bit too jumbly and distorted in digital versions

so are any of you finding that new cds are really cheap? i've been to about 4 or 5 record stores in the past week and have found tons of new cds that are like $8 or $10. major label stuff, even, anything from byrds/stones/dylan to newer hip-hop stuff that came out in the past 5 years.

like 6 years ago all these wouldve been like $15. anyone know the reason for this? are record companies actually bringing down the prices of cds? thought it'd be the opposite but i don't know

I haven't bought a new CD in a long time but a price drop makes sense according to economics 101 - drop in demand > drop in price.

Then again, drop in demand for NYT has led to an increase in price, so what do I know. I guess it all depends on profit margins per unit sold.

Forca Bruta is a jazz album?

target end caps have been doing the 8$ new CDS for like "hot new artists" for a while...i remember buying the strokes for that reason cuz it was so cheap

^^^you still got ripped off

nah bro i like that record

The Bends is 48:37 on 1 LP.
Kid A is 49:57 on 2 LPs.

I just don't get it. Does a minute & 20 seconds really make that much difference? Also additionally frustrating because I always thought "Treefingers" would be a great Side A closer.

kid A is on a 10" lp iirc

you can def get more on a record (prefab sprout's jordan the comeback, for example, is 64 minutes long and was issued as a single lp). there are quality concerns, i guess, the more you fit on one side. i guess the people who buy records now are willing to spend more, so you have all these 180 gram high quality pressings, and a lot of double albums. personally i like albums to be on one lp whenever possible.