Vinyl - back but it never really went away

[hashluck]

Now I want a coffee!

Yes, but how are you going to make it?

 

[Zep]

Yes, but how are you going to make it?

How do you think!

 

[2b1ask1]

Now should I post this in this thread or the SM motorbike thread?

I remember buying Motorhead, Black Sabbath or Judas Priest latest offering and being able to fit the album in my bike jacket. Then there was taking some albums to you mates house just to listen to them or maybe a party. With the added bonus in the winter of some insulation benefit to be gained from them down your front!

 

[Zep]

Perhaps it’s being a bit younger than a lot on here, but, I really don’t get it.
The covers are lovely, in fact I have some displayed on my wall, the theatre… not so much. Its outweighed, for the majority by the downsides, scratches, dust, static..

The quality element, I also don’t really get. I can’t really tell the difference between vinyl and CD, and as it returned as some sort of hipster fad, so many people are listening on 50 quid portable deck rubbish from their local urban outfitters or something. There are even companies now that will press you your own custom vinyl, from mp3 you send in! /facepalm

As for downloads, there is always Ogg Vorbis or Flac or other non lossy format that is more convenient, portable and arguably as good quality.

Personally, though, CD is still my chosen format, though I probably consume by streaming due to convenience (with a selection of Amazon Echo’s in the house, the quality of the speaker wouldn’t warrant better). I still buy CDs, I like listening as intended (albums, in order, not ‘the best of’) but I think the reality is that most use music as a background media, rarely sitting down to just listen.

I comepletely agree, but the collecting of lossless format digital recordings has become its own version of vinyl, but for people with less cupboard space. Then you get into the same rabbit hole of equipment but you remove the turntable and substitute a DAC.

All different flavours of the same obsession!

 

[Zep]

Now should I post this in this thread or the SM motorbike thread?

I remember buying Motorhead, Black Sabbath or Judas Priest latest offering and being able to fit the album in my bike jacket. Then there was taking some albums to you mates house just to listen to them or maybe a party. With the added bonus in the winter of some insulation benefit to be gained from them down your front!

Vinyl is a versatile format!

 

[2b1ask1]

Vinyl is a versatile format!

Almost as warming as having your lady pillion cupping your nuts an the way!

 

[Zep]

Almost as warming as having your lady pillion cupping your nuts an the way!

Keeps them warm and limits your speed I assume?

 

[2b1ask1]

Keeps them warm and limits your speed I assume?

sharpens the reactions!

 

[zagatoes30]

I can’t stand this download culture …And yes convenient etc for the car but I love getting an LP out with the covers etc and even a CD. Feels like you are getting something for your money ….. Yes I know I’m talking like an old fool but there was always something exciting about going to record shop and picking up the latest LP by your fav band taking in the cover and LP notes etc….This download business has not improved any aspect of buying music…

Agree, yesterday was a joy going to a record shop with my daughter and flicking through the LPs brought it all back. Even though she knew what she wanted she loved flicking through them commenting on others she would like, older stuff that I already have and recognising artists she had heard of. Strangely she pointed a few out that she had never herd of but just liked the artwork on the cover, I told here if she asked the owner he would probably play it for her to see if she liked it, she asked and he did some she liked and some she didn't.

 

[CatmanV2]

I do miss it but the quality <> convenience balance is so much in favour if direct digital streaming (and I don't really mean from Spotify et al) that I will almost certainly never buy another physical piece of music again.

What I do miss is the creation of albums as opposed to a set of singles.....

C

 

[zagatoes30]

I like listening as intended (albums, in order, not ‘the best of’) but I think the reality is that most use music as a background media, rarely sitting down to just listen.

This is a key point in the experience, you can tell albums that have been crafted. Even in the early 80s a lot of the albums I have are just 10 or so tracks laid down in a random sequence with no care or feel for the finished article most of these are from new bands where obviously record companies just want to get something out quickly to ride the wave of what is current.

 

[Hurricane52]

Bet there’s some hipster out there who would sell his beard or Fixie for a slice of white vinyl…

 

[CatmanV2]

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Bet there’s some hipster out there who would sell his beard or Fixie for a slice of white vinyl…

What's the deck?

C

 

[Vampyrebat]

Bit too young for vinyl I fall into the cassette and compact disc generation - oh there was minidisc for a while too... None of these formats I wish to return

I can understand the fascination around vinyl, maybe a lot of it is the ritual and collector aspects of it... The analogue vs digital debate is a bit like Super unleaded vs regular unleaded, it can go on forever (hides behind sofa)

Still have (and use) my Walkman from my college days back in the 80's. Still going strong although I won't put in water now. I play the 80's tapes in it also!
The Barchetta still has it's original tape deck in as I refuse to upgrade and ruin the originality.

 

[Oneball]

Still have (and use) my Walkman from my college days back in the 80's. Still going strong although I won't put in water now. I play the 80's tapes in it also!
The Barchetta still has it's original tape deck in as I refuse to upgrade and ruin the originality.
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I always wanted one of those, they were the waterproof one weren’t they?

 

[Vampyrebat]

I always wanted one of those, they were the waterproof one weren’t they?

Yep! Although I never used it to it's full potential as I didn't have waterproof earphones

 

[Nayf]

The flip side to the rebirth of vinyl is that independent artists and labels are being crowded out of the few pressing plants remaining for big labels repressing old rock albums that really don’t need repressing, as they’re still in abundance secondhand (generally).
Swings, meet roundabouts.

 

[Nayf]

Still have (and use) my Walkman from my college days back in the 80's. Still going strong although I won't put in water now. I play the 80's tapes in it also!
The Barchetta still has it's original tape deck in as I refuse to upgrade and ruin the originality.
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Excellent choice of reading material (ahem).

 

[Vampyrebat]

Excellent choice of reading material (ahem).

I stopped buying it because of the new editor who clearly hasn't got a clue

 

[Hurricane52]

What's the deck?

C

It’s a Sony Bluetooth thing. Bought to listen to my old vinyl from the eighties. Works fine, but you still have to get up off your backside to turn it over.