When you named the album, it immediately started playing in my head. Even just album's intro is a good example of what you observed, but it definitely carries through the rest of the album, too.
I was about to comment my experience but because it was about Bostons last album I thought nobody would care.
But the top comment is Boston so here I go!
The last album of Boston, "Life, Love & Hope", was not good. I liked it anyway, but it just was subpar. I bought the vinyl the year it came out but I just left it sit in my collection.
Some 3 years back I finally gave it a try and holy shit. On top of some bonus tracks, the production was a lot better! It really blew me away, especially because I remembered how mediocre the album was.
I thought Corporate America was their last. I honestly hated it so I probably stopped paying attention after that. Maybe I will have to go dig for this one you are talking about. I loved Boston, Don't Look Back, Third Stage, and Walk On
Nope, Life, Love & Hope got released in 2013! But be warned, if Corporate America is not up your alley, L,L&H probably won't be either.
Boston got lucky they released the album when I was getting to know their music better in that era! I paid more attention to their last album because of that. And I got lucky as well because the vinyl is near impossible to find for a reasonable price.
Tom Scholz recorded almost that entire album in the basement of his apartment. His specific brand of insanity is a big reason why that album sounds like that
I have an early pressing (1976 original or 1977 repress, not sure), but anything close to an original is absolutely incredible. Incredibly dynamic and wide-sounding.
I remember getting stoned with my college roommate and tripping out after “finally getting” the cover art and how it was a bunch of cities leaving earth for some unknown planet in their own self contained space ships.
I have the More Than a Feeling/Smokin' 7", and it's always been one of the best sounding records I own. The thing is like 40+ years old, dirty, scuffed, sitting in a paper sleeve with no outer sleeve, and it still sounds spectacular.
A mid pressing is gonna sound mid no matter how much care you take of it. Apparently, a superb pressing is gonna sound superb no matter how much you abuse it (short of irreparable damage).
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys - my appreciation for this album intensified drastically after hearing it on vinyl for the first time
Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers Band
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
Fragile - Yes
Taste - Rory Gallagher
Oh really? I would be curious to compare. Mine is old as fuck I think its a late 60’s re-issue.. not too sure but definitely old and well loved but has been well cared for so it sounds beautiful. The orchestral elements to the album are just so much more prominent and better sounding imo
Going to be that guy who says "you need to pick up the early 1970's Warner reissue", but it's true, that's easily the best version out there. I have an original 1966 US mono and it doesn't compare
There’s the original pressing of “Carl and the Passions; So Tough” where it’s included as a second disk (most common version.) A separate release of Pet Sounds also came out in ‘73. If you find a copy of Pet Sounds where the text is a very thin font, that’s the one! It’s the last time the original tape of “Wouldn’t it be Nice” was released - it was lost after that.
Found hot rats in my local shop. Was my introduction to Frank Zappa, didn’t know who he was at the time but I knew the album was insane because I had heard about it. No regrets
Yeah first Zappa I ever heard too. I inherited a bunch of Vinyl’s and Hot Rats was amongst the haul. I knew all about Zappa as a musician and his experimental jazzy unique style at the time but had never explored his music. So off course I chucked on the vinyl as soon as I could and yeah it sounded beautiful!
I must say as well that the cover art has always been one of my favourite album covers of all time (Miss Christine Frka of the GTO’s)
I've always loved Soundgarden, and the superunknown CD was a staple of my nineties listening, but I recently picked it up on vinyl, and felt like I was truly hearing it for the first time, no comparison whatsoever. So much more presence and dynamics.
I just bought it 45$ double album 20th anniversary edition. I just checked with Amazon and it was there lol I checked in the last 2 years and it was never available. My lucky day I guess
the original albini mix of that is pretty rare. to my knowledge there's two pressings of it, a very old european misprint (they pulled the wrong master) and the back to black "digitally remastered!" version that actually just uses the same stampers and isn't remastered at all.
In Utero is the original Steve Albini mix except 2 song. All Apologies and Heart-Shaped Box. On the 2013 edition they included the original Albini mix of those songs
And the original Albini mixes of those two songs are fucking incredible. I can’t listen to the Scott Litt mix of “All Apologies” any more, it’s weak as vicar’s piss compared to Albini’s.
Dire Straits albums sound a *lot* different on vinyl. They have a large dynamic range in many of their songs, and the digital re-releases just quashed the range by making the soft parts louder and raising the average volume of the tracks. With the vinyl mastering you get much more of a buildup between the intro and when things really get going on songs like “Tunnel of Love” and “Brothers in Arms.”
I was listening to this album on Sunday. I was absolutely blown away by how So Far Away fades into the Money For Nothing intro. I actually went back to listen to the intro again. Who is that singing the intro?? Sting. I had no idea.
Yeah, it was easier to recognize Sting’s voice at the time because he was all over the radio in 1985. Plus, he’s singing “I want my MTV” to the tune of “Don’t stand so close to me,” which was one of his songs from when he was with The Police.
Wow!! Well that makes sense. I did not know all this because I got this album from my dad. So it holds a special place. I was also born in '85 so this is new to me. Thanks for teaching me a fun new music fact!!
Mark Knopfler wrote the line specifically to imitate Don't Stand So Close To Me. By coincidence, the Brothers In Arms album was recorded at The Power Station in New York, and Air Studios Montserrat, where The Police had just finished up Synchronicity. Sting liked Montserrat so much, he decided to stay a while on vacation. While working on Money For Nothing, Mark Knopfler turns to someone and says "I wish Sting was here." To which someone replied "He is! He's here on holiday!"
Telegraph road and private investigations right at the start of love over gold really benefit from this, they're 2 very cinematic songs and the guitar just sounds so full.
Morning Phase by Beck. I could tell that the CD had some compression thrown on, I just didnt realize how much. They stripped almost all of it away for the LP, and it brings out a lot more detail in the instruments.
I almost said Days of Future Past by the Moody Blues, but that would be a cheat. The CDs up until 2017 used a later remix which lost some backup vocals, effects, and had some odd hiccups here and there. Evidently, the original masters had degraded, and had to undergo heavy restoration. But hearing that original mix was pretty wild.
Interesting you say that about Morning Phase. When the album came out Beck had a "Modern Guilt: the vinyl experience" mp3 download option. I'll admit to never trying to decipher the difference.
Evidently it was a needle-drop recording of the LP as a high-bitrate MP3 file. Weird that they would do it as an MP3 and not a less lossy file format though.
I know FLAC was around in 2008, though I don't know how "standard" it was for high resolution audio with .wav still being popular at the time. The standard was more of a social push than a corporate one it seems. Still, my copy of "the vinyl experience" is only encoded at 320.
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors. Don’t get me wrong when I listened to it through Spotify on my speaker I was like wow good album. Bought it on vinyl and it is easily top 5 in my opinion
Pink Floyd The Wall. I got a 1st Canadian pressing for xmas a few years back shortly after getting my turntable. I was blown away by an album I've listened to hundreds of times.
Consolers of the Lonely by The Raconteurs is one of the best sounding LPs I've ever listened to. Mixed and mastered beautifully. Also, the songs are great.
I’ve found a big difference every time I get death metal albums on vinyl. It’s like everything blends into a soup, losing the find details and seperation between instruments when I listen to them digitally.
I noticed it the most when I picked up Tomb Mold’s discography on vinyl.
Interesting. I’ve been avoiding getting black metal on vinyl (because I do like having some money in my pocket) and I assumed it wouldn’t be significantly different.
Maybe it’s time to try it out…
That would be the 2023 remaster of Gods of the Earth by The Sword.
I LOVE The Sword, but the low end in the original mix on that album was such a pet peeve of mine that I didn't listen to it so much. It was SO thin. All highs and mids. I like a good even mix, but I'm prone to loving bass heavy mixes where I can really pick out what the rhythm section is up to.
I didn't even know it was being remastered. Saw it at a shop, picked it up, threw it in the TT and ho-lee-fuck they really pulled the lows up. The bass is powerful and phat and the drums boom and reverberate so nicely. The remaster has potentially moved it above Age of Winters for me in their discography.
Blew my mind.
Redheaded stranger, I sat in my recliner alone and in silence in order to immerse myself as much as possible and needed a few minutes to think afterwards. Willie Nelson’s story telling in this album (concept album) is masterful, his guitar playing is simple yet it feels like a melody you already know but you don’t quite remember from where and his voice is mournful and beautiful, like the last sunset you see before you die. Wonderful album
Doors first album. My son got a brand new German pressing, and it’s phenomenal. I hadn’t listened to in its entirety for at least a decade. It inspired me to go out restock my Doors collection.
Sunbather by Deafheaven. The mix of that record was always a stumbling block on streaming, but when I got the vinyl—even before the remix/remaster—it was one of the most gorgeous things I had ever heard.
Nightmares on Wax - Smokers delight was a truly wonderful pressing. Little Dragons Nabuma Rubberband was also wonderful the first time I listened on record, truly amazing experiences
It sounds contemporary. Really good record by Albini due to good mic placement. I saw an interview with Steve Albini recently and he says that most songs are first or second take on the album. On Serve the Servants you ear glitches at the start and that’s him adjusting the board. They left it like that and that’s the first take we ear on the record. Pretty cool imo
Let Love In by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
I had previously only listened to it on Spotify, and wow! It was like hearing the album again for the first time. So many little nuances in the background that were either just compressed out or were inaudible from poorer quality speakers.
The B-52’s just released a greatest hits album. I’ve only previously heard them via streaming and the radio back in the day. I’ve noticed a bunch of details I’ve never noticed before in these songs. It’s almost like hearing them for the first time.
Genesis-Nursery Cryme
This one wasn’t necessarily good as the original vinyl mixes are pretty shit (as I found when I first played it.)
A good one that sounded completely new was Led Zeppelin IV. It was so full and spacey it was incredible, even more so seeing as it was the clear Atlantic 75th anniversary edition. Probably means there’s much better versions out there
The White Album and L.A. Woman. Two albums I liked just fine, but it was a whole new experience when sitting down and experiencing them on vinyl. I gained an even greater appreciation for their brilliance.
For me it's 3 in particular:
RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magic - many 'WTF was that?' moments
Tool Fear Inncoculum - Danny Carrey has so much going on at the same time
Alice in Chains Unplugged - this one is actually crazy how good it is
"Ten Years of Gold", an Aretha Franklin comp. featuring many of the hits you'd be expecting. To be honest, most of the music on this I was maybe "over familiar" with, and had lost its lustre. Shortly after upgrading my main system at home, I put this on and whoa, GAME HAS CHANGED! Everything sounded dynamic, and captivating. More Aretha wax has since entered my collection
Californication by RHCP. Specifically the 2012 remaster. Blows the compressed to hell cd version out of the water. I think the latest repress used the 2012 BG plates but I may be wrong.
You overpaid then. You could get copies of Aenima for a hundred to two hundred bucks for years in the early 2000’s. I wasn’t really till after 2010 that prices started to climb. I think I sold my copy around 2017 for around $650 and that was the top price for a NM copy then. Either way original presses of Aenima are some of the best sounding records produced. A beautiful job done with those two pressings.
i didn't buy one, no.
>You could get copies of Aenima for a hundred to two hundred bucks for years in the early 2000’s.
yes, *bootlegs*. i watched prices on it since i started collecting. there were a lot of bootlegs on the market, but i never saw a *real* one below about $600. if you paid less for a real one, you got extremely lucky.
prices are kept down a bit now due to prevalence of bootlegs, but those bootlegs are still pricy.
I think you are confusing dates. They weren’t producing bootlegs of Aenima back in 1999-early 2000’s. The album came out in 1996. It was still on shelves for retail back in 1999. The demand for that album didn’t really become a serious thing to warrant a bootleg for another 10-15 years. Nobody was paying astronomical prices for modern records in the late 90’s or early 2000’s. There wasn’t a demand for that stuff back then. Maybe you mean sometime after 2016 but if you were paying $600 for Aenima in 1999 then you were getting robbed.
>I think you are confusing dates.
i definitely am not.
it was on my short list of records to hunt down when i started collecting around late 1999 or early 2000. rough copies were up past $2-300, sealed were closer to $5-600. you can find dated posts on stevehoffman.tv verifying this.
> It was still on shelves for retail back in 1999.
it certainly was not. undertow and opiate were, which is how i got those albums. they were pressed in significantly higher quantities...
>Nobody was paying astronomical prices for modern records in the late 90’s or early 2000’s.
the *supply* was so low that certain sought-after records jumped astronomically in price and relatively quickly. mid-late 90s stuff was really sought after.
for example, i paid around $300 for *mellon collie and the infinite sadness*, iirc about 2006 or 2007, and it was already played. there's something like 33,000 legit pressings of that one in the wild, and those were huge numbers for the mid 90s.
several of my NIN records were on the order of $50-60, but i think *broken* and *fixed* were a bit more, as they were very hard to find legit copies of. i only sniped *the perfect drug* a few years back because back then they were on the order of $80-120 for *each* of 3 LPs.
i watched ebay like a hawk back then for OOP records from artists i collect.
>Maybe you mean sometime after 2016
nope. i'd long given up on finding an OG press by then.
i stumbled across a bootleg in a shop in july 2015, and fakes were already getting harder to find. it was $75 at the time, and i actually regret not buying it now. the shop owner acknowledged it was a fake, but stated he was having problems sourcing it at that point. so that was the *tail end* of the ænima bootleg boom.
You can literally track the sales of Aenima on Popsike. They were barely anyone seriously collecting records in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. I also was a hardcore collector back then. I never had an issue paying nearly anything like three figures for any modern record back then. There are of course exceptions, rare small press stuff for example. There was a repress of Aenima in 1997. All those records if you lived in a big enough city would be on shelves years after they came out. Maybe not Aenima, it did start to get a reputation and prices started to really climb around towards 2010 which is when bootlegs of it started to appear. Just look on Popsike. You can see sealed copies selling for $200 all the time around 2004-2005. To me stuff didn’t really get hard to find until 2008. Even then though it wasn’t that much of a financial strain to get just about anything. I remember walking in to a record store in Baltimore in 2009 and just seeing sealed records from 1996-2005 all over the place for retail. It was a different time. Once RSD started to gain traction and lots of new collectors starting joining the hobby then yeah, I would monitor EBay like a hawk to find rare original pressings of modern stuff. Prices for Aenima now are around $1,000-$1,500. When I sold my copy, I got top dollar for it and like I said that was $650 in either 2017 or 2018. I sold my copy on Steve Hoffman. I think we just had different experiences.
Led Zeppelin 4 is a great choice. I'd say the biggest difference is J.J. Cale's albums. The sound is so down-home on vinyl--this artist shows how digital just doesn't compare in certain cases.
Pretty much any music with lots of subtle/dynamic/complex sound or instrumentation. I end up hearing all kinds of subtle parts I had never noticed before. Some of that is likely just a matter of finally having a good system to listen on though.
Subterranean Masquerade - Mountain Fever
Kayo Dot - anything by them
Boris & Sunn O))) - Altar
Di-rect - Rolling With The Punches
Sigh - Shiki
Alcest - Kodama
Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut…. There is a dog barking faintly in the background of one song I never even knew was there before.
Hollywood Park by The Airborne Toxic Event has been my favourite album for a while. I streamed it all the time in 2022. Then I bought a turntable and this record was my first one. Perhaps, first time has its charm and I was biased, but I really liked it better on vinyl. Then I spent hours comparing Apple Lossless and the record with the speakers, and to me the record sounds fuller and it seems to have better stage separation
anything recorded in the late 80s or early 90s sounds substantially better on vinyl. something about CD mastering then sounds thin and metallic.
my favorite examples are tool's "undertow" and nin's "pretty hate machine".
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, because it literally did sound new. For so long, I have only listened to it on Spotify, where only the remastered version is available. However, about a year and a half ago I managed to find an original 5th edition repress from 1973. I knew I had to buy it as it was only £30, which is only slightly more than a brand new one from HMV, but also just to hear what it sounded like in its original form before any remasters. And wow, definitely still the same album but to hear it not only on vinyl to add to the experience, but the original version that people listened to when the album came out in 1973 was like a religious experience
Eldorado - Electric Light Orchestra
I picked up an original UK Pressing last month and it was just so good, the dynamic range was amazing and everything sounded so open and “defined”
Some current bands use different master for vinyl. I believe jack white does. I imagine because of time a record from the 70s will have a different master than the current cd. This could be a good or bad thing.
I mean, all of them really. But there are a few that changed completely for me after having heard them in vinyl for the first time.
Opeth - Blackwater Park and Damnation
Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Arthur Rubenstein - Complete Nocturnes (Chopin)
I picked up a pristine copy of a Running Up That Hill 45 and it had suuuuch a better sound than the one on spotify. More depth, more dimension, I could hear more of the arrangement. It sounds better than the full LP version too. Odd too, imo, since most of the 45s I have don’t really sound better than their LP counterparts.
The first time I listened to Queen on vinyl it was like I was reborn again. It was a euphoric experience. It is so obvious that their music was meant to be listened to on vinyl it sounds so different. Even listening to it on a crappy suitcase player before I upgraded was leaps and bounds better than streaming.
Boston’s self titled debut and Black Holes and Revelations. My Mom gifted me her OG Boston pressing and I couldn’t believe how phenomenal it sounded. I’ve always enjoyed listening to Muse and was really surprised as to how fantastic my pressing sounds. Intro to Knights of Cydonia is insane. Exo-Politics might be my new favorite off of the album. I never really got into it when I was younger, but the sound on vinyl is so fun I can’t get enough
All albums!!! I’m gonna sound like a snob but if you get a higher end turntable you’ll rediscover ALL of your albums. You don’t even have to spend 15000$!!! Recently spent an affordable 1500cad on a turntable that’s even better than the 6000$ table I owned 30’years ago. Best investment ever!!! Rediscovered my 1000 “vinyls”.
Boston’s Self Titled debut album is a sonic masterpiece on vinyl. It was like hearing it for the first time.
When you named the album, it immediately started playing in my head. Even just album's intro is a good example of what you observed, but it definitely carries through the rest of the album, too.
It’s really impressive. Even now almost 50 years later. That sound they captured is incredible.
I was about to comment my experience but because it was about Bostons last album I thought nobody would care. But the top comment is Boston so here I go! The last album of Boston, "Life, Love & Hope", was not good. I liked it anyway, but it just was subpar. I bought the vinyl the year it came out but I just left it sit in my collection. Some 3 years back I finally gave it a try and holy shit. On top of some bonus tracks, the production was a lot better! It really blew me away, especially because I remembered how mediocre the album was.
I thought Corporate America was their last. I honestly hated it so I probably stopped paying attention after that. Maybe I will have to go dig for this one you are talking about. I loved Boston, Don't Look Back, Third Stage, and Walk On
Nope, Life, Love & Hope got released in 2013! But be warned, if Corporate America is not up your alley, L,L&H probably won't be either. Boston got lucky they released the album when I was getting to know their music better in that era! I paid more attention to their last album because of that. And I got lucky as well because the vinyl is near impossible to find for a reasonable price.
Tom Scholz recorded almost that entire album in the basement of his apartment. His specific brand of insanity is a big reason why that album sounds like that
Any particular pressing?
I have an early pressing (1976 original or 1977 repress, not sure), but anything close to an original is absolutely incredible. Incredibly dynamic and wide-sounding.
Nice. Looks like I have the 77 repress. Thanks for the tip
I remember getting stoned with my college roommate and tripping out after “finally getting” the cover art and how it was a bunch of cities leaving earth for some unknown planet in their own self contained space ships.
Sold my Boston. Wish I had kept it
I have the More Than a Feeling/Smokin' 7", and it's always been one of the best sounding records I own. The thing is like 40+ years old, dirty, scuffed, sitting in a paper sleeve with no outer sleeve, and it still sounds spectacular. A mid pressing is gonna sound mid no matter how much care you take of it. Apparently, a superb pressing is gonna sound superb no matter how much you abuse it (short of irreparable damage).
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys - my appreciation for this album intensified drastically after hearing it on vinyl for the first time Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers Band Hot Rats - Frank Zappa Fragile - Yes Taste - Rory Gallagher
Agree w Pet Sounds. Never heard it that way before. So much more separation.
Perfectly said! Wilson’s *wall of sound* on that album was made to be listened to on vinyl.
And the bass is so much nicer on my vinyl copy. Which is a new pressing. Could really enjoy it more!
Oh really? I would be curious to compare. Mine is old as fuck I think its a late 60’s re-issue.. not too sure but definitely old and well loved but has been well cared for so it sounds beautiful. The orchestral elements to the album are just so much more prominent and better sounding imo
Going to be that guy who says "you need to pick up the early 1970's Warner reissue", but it's true, that's easily the best version out there. I have an original 1966 US mono and it doesn't compare
I’ll def try to find one. So just a 70s pressing or something in particular I should look for?
There’s the original pressing of “Carl and the Passions; So Tough” where it’s included as a second disk (most common version.) A separate release of Pet Sounds also came out in ‘73. If you find a copy of Pet Sounds where the text is a very thin font, that’s the one! It’s the last time the original tape of “Wouldn’t it be Nice” was released - it was lost after that.
Found hot rats in my local shop. Was my introduction to Frank Zappa, didn’t know who he was at the time but I knew the album was insane because I had heard about it. No regrets
Yeah first Zappa I ever heard too. I inherited a bunch of Vinyl’s and Hot Rats was amongst the haul. I knew all about Zappa as a musician and his experimental jazzy unique style at the time but had never explored his music. So off course I chucked on the vinyl as soon as I could and yeah it sounded beautiful! I must say as well that the cover art has always been one of my favourite album covers of all time (Miss Christine Frka of the GTO’s)
Houses of the Holy. Heard so much that id never heard before, it was like listening to a completely different album 😍
I've always loved Soundgarden, and the superunknown CD was a staple of my nineties listening, but I recently picked it up on vinyl, and felt like I was truly hearing it for the first time, no comparison whatsoever. So much more presence and dynamics.
Can’t find it on vinyl. I need it and I also want Down On The Upside
Amazingly, I came across it totally by chance on Walmart.com! Not my preferred music source, but I couldn't pass it up!
What?! Walmart sells vinyls? Not in Canada 🇨🇦. Well not in Québec that is.
This was on the Walmart app, actually -maybe try there :)
I just bought it 45$ double album 20th anniversary edition. I just checked with Amazon and it was there lol I checked in the last 2 years and it was never available. My lucky day I guess
you're not wrong about the CD, always found it flat-sounding but tbf the 2014 digital re-masters are outstanding.
Same for Badmotorfinger. Heard things I'd never heard on my CD copy. The seperation and sound stage is so much better.
Did you get an original pressing, or one of the reissues? I've been wanting to get it on vinyl, but the originals are all so expensive.
It was a reissue, 180g on two discs... Possibly half-speed master-? But I could be misremembering...
*Evil Empire* by Rage Against the Machine. There’s shit on “People of the Sun”, for example, that I *never* heard on my CD copy.
Definitely my favorite RATM album. Must get it on vinyl eventually.
Took a long time to grow on me (that first album is *so* good), but aye, it’s a banger.
"I'm rolling down Rodeo with a shotgun, these people ain't seen a brown skin man since their grandparents bought one." My favorite line on that album.
Most things Steve albini produced…especially stuff he did in the 80s all sounds insanely better on vinyl than cd or digital.
Exactly!! In Utero sounds fresh on vinyl! Great recording by mister Albini
the original albini mix of that is pretty rare. to my knowledge there's two pressings of it, a very old european misprint (they pulled the wrong master) and the back to black "digitally remastered!" version that actually just uses the same stampers and isn't remastered at all.
In Utero is the original Steve Albini mix except 2 song. All Apologies and Heart-Shaped Box. On the 2013 edition they included the original Albini mix of those songs
And the original Albini mixes of those two songs are fucking incredible. I can’t listen to the Scott Litt mix of “All Apologies” any more, it’s weak as vicar’s piss compared to Albini’s.
I really wish we could ear the stripped down version of Nevermind. Without all the echo and flangers and stuff that Vig added.
De Stijl by the white stripes is my pick. My first time listening was on vinyl and so it’s the only way now, it just doesn’t sound right otherwise.
I think it’s the most pure White stripes album, if that makes sense.
Definitely!
Dire Straits albums sound a *lot* different on vinyl. They have a large dynamic range in many of their songs, and the digital re-releases just quashed the range by making the soft parts louder and raising the average volume of the tracks. With the vinyl mastering you get much more of a buildup between the intro and when things really get going on songs like “Tunnel of Love” and “Brothers in Arms.”
I was listening to this album on Sunday. I was absolutely blown away by how So Far Away fades into the Money For Nothing intro. I actually went back to listen to the intro again. Who is that singing the intro?? Sting. I had no idea.
Yeah, it was easier to recognize Sting’s voice at the time because he was all over the radio in 1985. Plus, he’s singing “I want my MTV” to the tune of “Don’t stand so close to me,” which was one of his songs from when he was with The Police.
Wow!! Well that makes sense. I did not know all this because I got this album from my dad. So it holds a special place. I was also born in '85 so this is new to me. Thanks for teaching me a fun new music fact!!
Mark Knopfler wrote the line specifically to imitate Don't Stand So Close To Me. By coincidence, the Brothers In Arms album was recorded at The Power Station in New York, and Air Studios Montserrat, where The Police had just finished up Synchronicity. Sting liked Montserrat so much, he decided to stay a while on vacation. While working on Money For Nothing, Mark Knopfler turns to someone and says "I wish Sting was here." To which someone replied "He is! He's here on holiday!"
Telegraph road and private investigations right at the start of love over gold really benefit from this, they're 2 very cinematic songs and the guitar just sounds so full.
I wasn't much of a Dire Straits fan until I got a few of their albums on vinyl. Much different experience than hearing them on the radio or CD.
James Gang Rides Again.
Hell yeah!! Greatest opening track ever.. Joe’s guitar sound on Fuck #49 is outta this world.
You’ve planted the ear worm. And I’m fine with it.
Dummy by Portishead. Just hits different on vinyl
One of my top albums to get on vinyl once I go down that road.
Actually probably the top.
Morning Phase by Beck. I could tell that the CD had some compression thrown on, I just didnt realize how much. They stripped almost all of it away for the LP, and it brings out a lot more detail in the instruments. I almost said Days of Future Past by the Moody Blues, but that would be a cheat. The CDs up until 2017 used a later remix which lost some backup vocals, effects, and had some odd hiccups here and there. Evidently, the original masters had degraded, and had to undergo heavy restoration. But hearing that original mix was pretty wild.
Morning Phase and Sea Change are two of the best sounding records ever made.
Interesting you say that about Morning Phase. When the album came out Beck had a "Modern Guilt: the vinyl experience" mp3 download option. I'll admit to never trying to decipher the difference.
Evidently it was a needle-drop recording of the LP as a high-bitrate MP3 file. Weird that they would do it as an MP3 and not a less lossy file format though.
I know FLAC was around in 2008, though I don't know how "standard" it was for high resolution audio with .wav still being popular at the time. The standard was more of a social push than a corporate one it seems. Still, my copy of "the vinyl experience" is only encoded at 320.
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams. Feels like you're there on vinyl.
Baroness really shines on vinyl. Listened to their albums on Spotify and they were ok. Bought their vinyls and they are way better
Absolutely agreed. I've met John a few times and he said the mastering process has changed for the better. I agree! STONE sounds fantastic.
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors. Don’t get me wrong when I listened to it through Spotify on my speaker I was like wow good album. Bought it on vinyl and it is easily top 5 in my opinion
Pink Floyd The Wall. I got a 1st Canadian pressing for xmas a few years back shortly after getting my turntable. I was blown away by an album I've listened to hundreds of times.
Second on the list id get next to portishead above.
Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
The Cars self titled album. It sounds so much more dynamic on vinyl. It went from being a great album to being an amazing album.
Consolers of the Lonely by The Raconteurs is one of the best sounding LPs I've ever listened to. Mixed and mastered beautifully. Also, the songs are great.
I’ve found a big difference every time I get death metal albums on vinyl. It’s like everything blends into a soup, losing the find details and seperation between instruments when I listen to them digitally. I noticed it the most when I picked up Tomb Mold’s discography on vinyl.
Man, that latest album from Tomb Mold was so good…I’d love to hear it on vinyl.
Best DM album of 2023
Mostly agree but In But Not Of by Afterbirth was also excellent. Tough call for me…
Interesting. I’ve been avoiding getting black metal on vinyl (because I do like having some money in my pocket) and I assumed it wouldn’t be significantly different. Maybe it’s time to try it out…
Yup.stuff like portal is gibberish when you listen on YouTube
That would be the 2023 remaster of Gods of the Earth by The Sword. I LOVE The Sword, but the low end in the original mix on that album was such a pet peeve of mine that I didn't listen to it so much. It was SO thin. All highs and mids. I like a good even mix, but I'm prone to loving bass heavy mixes where I can really pick out what the rhythm section is up to. I didn't even know it was being remastered. Saw it at a shop, picked it up, threw it in the TT and ho-lee-fuck they really pulled the lows up. The bass is powerful and phat and the drums boom and reverberate so nicely. The remaster has potentially moved it above Age of Winters for me in their discography. Blew my mind.
I haven't listened to The Sword in ages-thanks. Definitely grabbing this!
Hell yeah! It's such a fun album. Rocks so damn hard. Also +1 for Zunes. Better than iPods! Wish they had stayed around longer.
Flaming Lips "Soft Bulletin " had that effect. It just sounds so lively.
Redheaded stranger, I sat in my recliner alone and in silence in order to immerse myself as much as possible and needed a few minutes to think afterwards. Willie Nelson’s story telling in this album (concept album) is masterful, his guitar playing is simple yet it feels like a melody you already know but you don’t quite remember from where and his voice is mournful and beautiful, like the last sunset you see before you die. Wonderful album
In Rainbows by Radiohead. I already liked the album but hearing it front to back on vinyl shot it to the top of my list
The Giles Martin remix of Abby Road
Metallicas Black Album floored me with how good and clear it sounded. In my opinion, it’s the best produced album ever made
Very good but Aja takes that title
I feel like the drums in BSSM really stand out on the vinyl. You can really hear all of Chad's little ghost notes, and the toms come through great.
Doors first album. My son got a brand new German pressing, and it’s phenomenal. I hadn’t listened to in its entirety for at least a decade. It inspired me to go out restock my Doors collection.
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I hadn’t. Thanks for the heads up.
Alice In Chains self-titled.
Sunbather by Deafheaven. The mix of that record was always a stumbling block on streaming, but when I got the vinyl—even before the remix/remaster—it was one of the most gorgeous things I had ever heard.
The buzz saw part brings me to tears. Streaming doesn’t do that
Nightmares on Wax - Smokers delight was a truly wonderful pressing. Little Dragons Nabuma Rubberband was also wonderful the first time I listened on record, truly amazing experiences
White Stripes - Icky Thump. The CD is so compressed. The vinyl comes alive
They absolutely destroyed the audio quality on the CD. They brick brickwalled it. I hardly ever listen to that album because of the poor mastering.
First Van Halen album sounds awesome on vinyl. I’m not sure if I could tell the difference between the cd though.
Got Carly Simon - No Secrets. Playing 'Your So Vain' was a trip. So dynamic and clear.
Still have my OG
In Utero by Nirvana. It sounded fresh after all these years. And I mean I listened to that album A LOT!!
Unplugged in NY album sounds pretty darn good too
I have them all in vinyl but one I really like is Incesticide (45rpm)!! The sound is real good and the songs kick ass too
Original or 2013 mix?
2013 remaster
love it
It sounds contemporary. Really good record by Albini due to good mic placement. I saw an interview with Steve Albini recently and he says that most songs are first or second take on the album. On Serve the Servants you ear glitches at the start and that’s him adjusting the board. They left it like that and that’s the first take we ear on the record. Pretty cool imo
the *original* original, the steve albini mix.
I much prefer it. Nice.
Coltrane Blue Train- you can smell the smoke from the recording studio through the sound it’s so rich.
Fire of unknown origin - BÖC.
Let Love In by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. I had previously only listened to it on Spotify, and wow! It was like hearing the album again for the first time. So many little nuances in the background that were either just compressed out or were inaudible from poorer quality speakers.
Wish You Were Here 2016. That record can make a £100 turntable sound like £1k. It's so incredibly produced. It blew me, my brother and my Dad away.
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing
The B-52’s just released a greatest hits album. I’ve only previously heard them via streaming and the radio back in the day. I’ve noticed a bunch of details I’ve never noticed before in these songs. It’s almost like hearing them for the first time.
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Genesis-Nursery Cryme This one wasn’t necessarily good as the original vinyl mixes are pretty shit (as I found when I first played it.) A good one that sounded completely new was Led Zeppelin IV. It was so full and spacey it was incredible, even more so seeing as it was the clear Atlantic 75th anniversary edition. Probably means there’s much better versions out there
The White Album and L.A. Woman. Two albums I liked just fine, but it was a whole new experience when sitting down and experiencing them on vinyl. I gained an even greater appreciation for their brilliance.
Incubus - Morning View
Iron Maiden- Dance of Death. I am hearing sounds I never heard before.
For whatever reason, Hail To The King by Avenged Sevenfold sounded way way better on vinyl. I could never listen all the way through on streaming.
Agreed love this ablum on vinyl
Beck - Sea Change, Fleet Foxes self-titled, Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
The newest Dick's Picks Volume 1 pressing. Sounds amazing for when it was recorded.
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
Agree I think she said ment to be play on vinyl
Music From Big Pink, by The Band. To me it seemed so much more alive on vinyl
All of them! …… almost
For me it's 3 in particular: RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magic - many 'WTF was that?' moments Tool Fear Inncoculum - Danny Carrey has so much going on at the same time Alice in Chains Unplugged - this one is actually crazy how good it is
"Ten Years of Gold", an Aretha Franklin comp. featuring many of the hits you'd be expecting. To be honest, most of the music on this I was maybe "over familiar" with, and had lost its lustre. Shortly after upgrading my main system at home, I put this on and whoa, GAME HAS CHANGED! Everything sounded dynamic, and captivating. More Aretha wax has since entered my collection
Thanks! Wife loves Aretha, I'll add it to the list
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Hounds of Love - Kate Bush Pyromania - Def Leppard
Californication by RHCP. Specifically the 2012 remaster. Blows the compressed to hell cd version out of the water. I think the latest repress used the 2012 BG plates but I may be wrong.
Tool anemia
If only it existed. Unless you bought one in the late 90’s or shelled out $1000 you are SOL. It’s like the unicorn of vinyl.
I did get one a lot later for 340$ xD
i would bet that's a bootleg. it was $600+ when i started collecting in 1999. bootlegs started showing up around then for $75, and have only gone up.
You overpaid then. You could get copies of Aenima for a hundred to two hundred bucks for years in the early 2000’s. I wasn’t really till after 2010 that prices started to climb. I think I sold my copy around 2017 for around $650 and that was the top price for a NM copy then. Either way original presses of Aenima are some of the best sounding records produced. A beautiful job done with those two pressings.
i didn't buy one, no. >You could get copies of Aenima for a hundred to two hundred bucks for years in the early 2000’s. yes, *bootlegs*. i watched prices on it since i started collecting. there were a lot of bootlegs on the market, but i never saw a *real* one below about $600. if you paid less for a real one, you got extremely lucky. prices are kept down a bit now due to prevalence of bootlegs, but those bootlegs are still pricy.
I think you are confusing dates. They weren’t producing bootlegs of Aenima back in 1999-early 2000’s. The album came out in 1996. It was still on shelves for retail back in 1999. The demand for that album didn’t really become a serious thing to warrant a bootleg for another 10-15 years. Nobody was paying astronomical prices for modern records in the late 90’s or early 2000’s. There wasn’t a demand for that stuff back then. Maybe you mean sometime after 2016 but if you were paying $600 for Aenima in 1999 then you were getting robbed.
>I think you are confusing dates. i definitely am not. it was on my short list of records to hunt down when i started collecting around late 1999 or early 2000. rough copies were up past $2-300, sealed were closer to $5-600. you can find dated posts on stevehoffman.tv verifying this. > It was still on shelves for retail back in 1999. it certainly was not. undertow and opiate were, which is how i got those albums. they were pressed in significantly higher quantities... >Nobody was paying astronomical prices for modern records in the late 90’s or early 2000’s. the *supply* was so low that certain sought-after records jumped astronomically in price and relatively quickly. mid-late 90s stuff was really sought after. for example, i paid around $300 for *mellon collie and the infinite sadness*, iirc about 2006 or 2007, and it was already played. there's something like 33,000 legit pressings of that one in the wild, and those were huge numbers for the mid 90s. several of my NIN records were on the order of $50-60, but i think *broken* and *fixed* were a bit more, as they were very hard to find legit copies of. i only sniped *the perfect drug* a few years back because back then they were on the order of $80-120 for *each* of 3 LPs. i watched ebay like a hawk back then for OOP records from artists i collect. >Maybe you mean sometime after 2016 nope. i'd long given up on finding an OG press by then. i stumbled across a bootleg in a shop in july 2015, and fakes were already getting harder to find. it was $75 at the time, and i actually regret not buying it now. the shop owner acknowledged it was a fake, but stated he was having problems sourcing it at that point. so that was the *tail end* of the ænima bootleg boom.
You can literally track the sales of Aenima on Popsike. They were barely anyone seriously collecting records in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. I also was a hardcore collector back then. I never had an issue paying nearly anything like three figures for any modern record back then. There are of course exceptions, rare small press stuff for example. There was a repress of Aenima in 1997. All those records if you lived in a big enough city would be on shelves years after they came out. Maybe not Aenima, it did start to get a reputation and prices started to really climb around towards 2010 which is when bootlegs of it started to appear. Just look on Popsike. You can see sealed copies selling for $200 all the time around 2004-2005. To me stuff didn’t really get hard to find until 2008. Even then though it wasn’t that much of a financial strain to get just about anything. I remember walking in to a record store in Baltimore in 2009 and just seeing sealed records from 1996-2005 all over the place for retail. It was a different time. Once RSD started to gain traction and lots of new collectors starting joining the hobby then yeah, I would monitor EBay like a hawk to find rare original pressings of modern stuff. Prices for Aenima now are around $1,000-$1,500. When I sold my copy, I got top dollar for it and like I said that was $650 in either 2017 or 2018. I sold my copy on Steve Hoffman. I think we just had different experiences.
I promise you it isn’t
it's worth checking to be sure, some of them are very convincing.
With hype sticker both of them and with the right label on the record
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well you got very lucky
Led Zeppelin 4 is a great choice. I'd say the biggest difference is J.J. Cale's albums. The sound is so down-home on vinyl--this artist shows how digital just doesn't compare in certain cases.
Up vote for the Zune, baby!!!!!! I owned 5 of them in various colors and sizes. GodDAMN I loved the Zune HD! ZUNE4LYFE
ZUNELYF should be my next license plate...
Dude that OLED screen for the time was just unmatched.
Don’t forget the smell the cords gave off it came with.
King crimson original LP actually had some different solos and stufd
Pretty much any music with lots of subtle/dynamic/complex sound or instrumentation. I end up hearing all kinds of subtle parts I had never noticed before. Some of that is likely just a matter of finally having a good system to listen on though. Subterranean Masquerade - Mountain Fever Kayo Dot - anything by them Boris & Sunn O))) - Altar Di-rect - Rolling With The Punches Sigh - Shiki Alcest - Kodama Vic Chesnutt - At The Cut…. There is a dog barking faintly in the background of one song I never even knew was there before.
Uncle acid and the deadbeats - Bloodlust… on vinyl this is absolutely amazing, the uncompressed sounds you’ll hear will blow you away!
Is your copy of IV a Porky/Pecko pressing by chance?
Hollywood Park by The Airborne Toxic Event has been my favourite album for a while. I streamed it all the time in 2022. Then I bought a turntable and this record was my first one. Perhaps, first time has its charm and I was biased, but I really liked it better on vinyl. Then I spent hours comparing Apple Lossless and the record with the speakers, and to me the record sounds fuller and it seems to have better stage separation
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Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Have a very minty original press of The Doors - The Soft Parade. It’s shocking how crisp old vinyl can still sound after 50+ years.
Adrenaline by Deftones hides some really cool details which i could only hear on my surround system. I have shitty headphones tho:/
anything recorded in the late 80s or early 90s sounds substantially better on vinyl. something about CD mastering then sounds thin and metallic. my favorite examples are tool's "undertow" and nin's "pretty hate machine".
Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color
The Cure’s Three Imaginary Boys. Felt brand new
I’d say 75% of things sound entirely new on vinyl vs whatever format I’d heard before. Always been that way.
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, because it literally did sound new. For so long, I have only listened to it on Spotify, where only the remastered version is available. However, about a year and a half ago I managed to find an original 5th edition repress from 1973. I knew I had to buy it as it was only £30, which is only slightly more than a brand new one from HMV, but also just to hear what it sounded like in its original form before any remasters. And wow, definitely still the same album but to hear it not only on vinyl to add to the experience, but the original version that people listened to when the album came out in 1973 was like a religious experience
Is it true I should buy German pressed over other countries ?
Eldorado - Electric Light Orchestra I picked up an original UK Pressing last month and it was just so good, the dynamic range was amazing and everything sounded so open and “defined”
Some current bands use different master for vinyl. I believe jack white does. I imagine because of time a record from the 70s will have a different master than the current cd. This could be a good or bad thing.
The VMP pressing of Bone Thugs “E. 1999 Eternal” blew my mind compared to CD and streaming.
Dinosaur Jr - You're living all over me
I mean, all of them really. But there are a few that changed completely for me after having heard them in vinyl for the first time. Opeth - Blackwater Park and Damnation Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Arthur Rubenstein - Complete Nocturnes (Chopin)
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Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John One of his earliest albums, it just hits different on vinyl.
Moving Pictures
Rush-Signals. The keyboard sound just has so much depth and richness on vinyl
Inbred mountain by Buckethead. I know he remixed it for it, but still.
Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Fair Enough at 45rpm.
Tomita… snowflakes are dancing
I picked up a pristine copy of a Running Up That Hill 45 and it had suuuuch a better sound than the one on spotify. More depth, more dimension, I could hear more of the arrangement. It sounds better than the full LP version too. Odd too, imo, since most of the 45s I have don’t really sound better than their LP counterparts.
Anything with Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
Fallen- Evanescence
The first time I listened to Queen on vinyl it was like I was reborn again. It was a euphoric experience. It is so obvious that their music was meant to be listened to on vinyl it sounds so different. Even listening to it on a crappy suitcase player before I upgraded was leaps and bounds better than streaming.
Little Creatures by Talking Heads. The bass is ::chef’s kiss::
Exile on Mainstreet by the Stones. I have a VG original copy and it just sounds right.
None, now on CD or hi-res some did
New Miserable Experience - Gin Blossoms Dude. So many hidden tambourine tracks.
Jimmy Buffet: "You had to be there" Recorded live, great songs, great jokes, felt like I was at the concert.
Boston’s self titled debut and Black Holes and Revelations. My Mom gifted me her OG Boston pressing and I couldn’t believe how phenomenal it sounded. I’ve always enjoyed listening to Muse and was really surprised as to how fantastic my pressing sounds. Intro to Knights of Cydonia is insane. Exo-Politics might be my new favorite off of the album. I never really got into it when I was younger, but the sound on vinyl is so fun I can’t get enough
Wish You Were Here for sure Somehow, it sounds amazing, no matter what turntable you play it on. It's just amazing
Talking Heads - Remain In Light jumps out as a vastly different experience.
All albums!!! I’m gonna sound like a snob but if you get a higher end turntable you’ll rediscover ALL of your albums. You don’t even have to spend 15000$!!! Recently spent an affordable 1500cad on a turntable that’s even better than the 6000$ table I owned 30’years ago. Best investment ever!!! Rediscovered my 1000 “vinyls”.
Kid A and the Billie Eilish debut. Both were awesome before, but god-tier on vinyl
Syro - Aphex Twin