Toto - IV Yes - 90125 (ludwig master) The Cult - Love Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Elton John - Blue Moves Dire Straits - 1978 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Deep Purple - Machine Head Marillion - Marbles Marillion - Brave Albuns with Fantastic sound on Vinyl.
1. Stadium Arcadium- RHCP 2. Grace - Jeff Buckley- 45rpm version 3. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 45rpm version 4. 24 Karat Hits - Elvis Presley 45rpm version
Hello, I am a music enthusiast from the Deep South of Japan. Here is my recommendation. Talk Talk “Spirit of Eden” Mark Hollis “s/t” Massive Attack “Mezzanine” Cat Power “Dark End of the Street”
Totally agree about Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memory” - such a great pressing. My surprising pick for the best-sounding vinyl in my collection? Britney Spears “Glory.” I have over 500 records, but RCA absolutely hit it out of the park with their pressing of this underrated 2016 pop album. One of Spears’ best (she co-wrote most of the tracks) and worth checking out.
Hehe...If you think these LPs sounds great, take the next step and get into 12" singles and acetates and test-pressings. [the TL;DR = _LPs can't sound as good as 12" singles can._ Read on...] Spreading 5-8 minutes of a single onto the entire side of a thick slab running @45rpm can deliver MUCH louder peaks, better channel separation and deeper bass grooves than anything limited to 33 1/3rpm ever will. Frankly, even a Daft Punk 12" isn't particularly special, sonically. I've got a few, and their remix of Ian Pooley's _Chord Memory_ WAS fairly huge-sounding - if an otherwise unremarkable production. Many producers have gone further, well before the 2000s hit; Kerri Chandler's use of layered kick drum is one example. MAW, Luke Slater, Juan Atkins and many many more... Test pressings and acetates are rarities that can become quite valuable, can wear faster and sound somewhat "askew" while also providing some insight into how a mix develops and is mastered. Naturally the "purist" will say that "only AAA" all-analog production is acceptable, but in the end people only care about how good it sounds. How the sound is _handled_ electronically one way or another is a technical concern that ultimately serves the aesthetic, anyways. i.e. "Reason is the slave of the passions" - _David Hume_
@@HARTYNMUGHES Records don't crack and pop unless one of three things are happening: 1)shitty pressing 2)damaged record, be it scratches or being worn out on a turntable that's miscalibrated or has a damaged stylus 3)dirt is getting involved in the process somewhere A good record on a well maintained and adjusted turntable will be just as clear as a CD
You should hear Supertramp's "Crime Of The Century" if you haven't already done so. To me, it's one of the best -sounding ever albums in the history of recorded popular music.
Standouts for me that aren't the typical popular albums you might always hear about: The Dears - No Cities Left Joanna Newsom - Divers Kings of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street The Knife - Silent Shout Kraftwerk - Computer World/The Man Machine/Trans Europe Express (2009 Kling Klang reissues) Yo La Tengo - Fade Low - C'mon Nada Surf - Let Go Nils Frahm - Spaces Pink Floyd - Meddle (all of the PF reissues sound phenomenal by the way) Islands - Return to the Sea Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (or Spirit of Eden - can't go wrong) Andrew Bird - Are You Serious Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons Clues - Clues Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love
You picked 5 great albums! These sound great on vinyl: Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch (Music Matters), and one of my favourite record in terms of music. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest Om - Adviatic Songs The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops James Blake - James Blake Massive Attack - Mezzanine etc etc etc ;) There really are too many great sounding vinyl records!
You need to know how the music was recorded and mastered. Most of recordings made after mid 80s were recorded and mastered digitally. When you convert digital source to analog output, how vinyl could possibly sound better than Hi-Res digital copy?
No, while modern vinyl will never be as good as an original print, there isn’t much of a difference if you have a budget setup while I can hear a difference on my friends higher end setups when I listen to an original print and a modern print I can’t tell much a difference on my budget setup
@@kiansaghafi8681 I was mentioning completely different aspect. Vinyl could be considered as media for recordings made in studio on analog devices (pre 1980's). For albums which are recorded digitally, vinyl is just a kind of past nostalgia. Reissues of older albums are probably re-mastered, so original and new issue (print) of same album may sound different, simply because of newer master process (and maybe newer remix too).
@@kiansaghafi8681 If new copy (vinyl pressing) using original master tapes is done, you cannot hear any difference whatsoever as it will sound just as original first issue. Recording equipment evolves, of course. These days vast majority of recordings are done digitally (for such recordings a Hi-Res file is the best option to get). But even in past they made great sounding albums (for example, Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" from 1959, is sound amazing)
There's albums where the CD/Digital version is a soundwalled mastering made to sound loud on cheap speakers or a car stereo while the one used for the vinyl is actually done competently since they know a lot of copies are being bought for a decent sound systems So it's not that vinyl is a better format, it's just that some labels put more care into mastering the vinyl version than the other formats
This video really helped me with my initial collection. The Daft Punk album sounds absolutely amazing. The White Strips album was a bit noisy when I got it but it has since really grown on me. And last night, the Damien Rice album arrived and it by far is the most amazing piece of vinyl I have seen thus far. It is perfectly packaged. The discs are thick and sound absolutely perfect. It feels like Damien was in my living room. Thanks for putting this together. Stadium Arcadium is also blowing my mind, and Paul's Boutique is just rocking my table!
The Prince estate Piano and a Microphone is amazing on vinyl. If you want to feel like you are getting a private 1 person concert, put this on your table and turn it up. AMAZING!
trench by twenty one pilots is an album that most people wouldn’t give the time of day to, considering who made it, but it’s one of the best produced album’s i’ve ever heard, and all the songs hit like a ton of bricks. that experience is amplified hundredfold on vinyl. easily the best album i’ve ever heard on vinyl, and the packaging of it is beautiful as well. the whole aesthetic of the album is really nice, with the cover being yellow and black and the gatefold having lots of foliage and more yellow on it. it’s an album i personally think any vinyl collector should own.
Beck - Sea Change (MFSL) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues Lou Reed - Transformer (Speakers Corner) Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence Alice in Chains - Unplugged (MoV) Led Zeppelin (Classic Records) Hum - Downward is Heavenward Some off the top of my head, plenty more but just some i can think of right now...
You should check out Swans newer releases. "To Be Kind" is a phenomenal trippy amazing rock epic that sounds phenomenal on vinyl. Also "The Seer" and "The Glowing Man". They're independently released and the records and packaging are top notch.
My Original pressing of "Recovering the Satellites" by Counting Crows sounds so much more full and it's just one of those albums that's as you're listening you can just tell it's supposed to be heard on vinyl. I've listened to the CD my entire life and it's nowhere near as great as the vinyl. They did just repress it like two years ago, so idk how that one sounds. But my OP is where it's at. Truly one of the best sounding records I own.
Bat Out of Hell was the favourite album for 14 year old me. 56 year old me still loves the album, but the sound is really muddy on it. Have they managed to clean it up? If so, I will buy, yet, another copy of that album.
There's also the Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture on vinyl, the Telarc VErsion, with has probably the hottest dynamic range ever recorded on vinyl. Digitally recorded cannons make the needle go cray when they hit! It's amazing. Very few turntables can play that without skipping. Although is not really atest, because you'll probably need a high tracking force to play that record.
I like Daft Punk’s first two albums (Homework and Discovery) a bit more than Random Access Memories, But the Vinyl pressings can be mixed. Discovery sounds good on Vinyl (as it’s a good album to listen in full), but Homework can vary on depending on your turntable as the mastering on the grooves were likely made for more DJ turntables (which can handle more heavy bass) which was the main market for Vinyl releases at the time of its release. However Random Access Memories is pressed perfectly on Vinyl.
You should really get Buena Vista Social Club -Buena Vista Social Club, 2LP, 180 grams. Sounds fantastic.. I think it's the best sounding record I have. Also very good: Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring Jazz Samba - Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd I think Radiohead - Ok Computer double LP is also very nice. Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans. Love it.. My list of shitty sounding records is way longer. Just tell me if you want me to list them ;) .
Just ordered the Wilco LP after your recommendation - I read a customer review on Amazon UK and a customer marks it down as its a double album!?! I have Elephant (bought on release) and Daft Punk and I agree they sound amazing. You have a new subscriber - cheers.
Agree on all of those! My most recent favorite is the new Vampire Weekend album- Father of the Bride. Loved the album from from the first stream but it sounds even better on vinyl.
Love your choices.. I would like to share a masterpiece imo with you.. The Church-Starfish. This one I always go back to and it’s dark and powerful. Al tracks are excellent but a couple. Start with track 1 Destination, and get a firm footing on what’s to come. Avoid any deluxe editions.
The best sounding records in my collection are (in no particular order): Radiohead “Hail to the Thief” (45rpm) Radiohead “A Moon Shaped Pool” Nine Inch Nails “Pretty Hate Machine” No Doubt “Rocksteady” Kansas “Leftoverture” TOOL “Undertow” Fiona Apple “When the Pawn” I own all of these on both CD and vinyl, and they all sound much better on vinyl. The No Doubt one is interesting too, because I don’t believe it was necessarily mastered for vinyl, but I did an A/B test with the CD on the same exact system, same speakers, same volume, and the vinyl sounds SOOOO good in comparison. It’s definitely thicker and warmer sounding, but it doesn’t lose any clarity or punch. I was kinda shocked by how good it actually held up against the CD. Kinda the same thing with TOOL “Undertow.” That’s an album that I have admittedly never gotten super into before, but I got the vinyl because I was told by a friend that it sounded good. And it’s crazy… Just the sound difference alone was enough to make me love the album more than I ever did before. Just like the No Doubt album, it still has all the clarity, it’s just much thicker and lively. I’m using a Denon DO-400 table with a Grado Prestige Red3 cartridge, though a set of Klipsch R-51PM powered speakers. I’m typically using an Ampapa A1 tube preamp, but the built in preamp on the Klipsch speakers sounds very good on its own. I just don’t use that as much because I like to keep the RCA input set to line level so I can run other equipment into it through a mixer.
I’m not sure how you feel about hair metal from the 80’s.. but the quintessential Hair Metal band “sound” is in an album by N. I.T.R.O. / O.F.R. ... best of the best players n singer of that era.. I had the tape in High School and played it daily.. I just bought the vinyl online just hoping it had that same sound (I can’t explain.. clean n polished) .. when I dropped the needle I was back in High School in my car! You have to give it a spin and let me know what you think.. I have photos of it on my Instagram page 🤘😜
Brothers in Arm's is an amazing sounding album, but Dreamboat Annie? DARK Side of the Moon? Way too many too list. Don't stick to just one...there's MANY that sound this good!
Solid vid man thanks, damn I know for a fact that YHF and In Rainbows already sound incredible on CD, so... Guess I need to pick those up on vinyl, Stat! For me the 2015-ish Bob Marley & the Wailers reissues have been revelatory, I've never heard the original vinyl but just compared to the CDs I've listened to so many times. For example, Exodus, the soundstage is unreal with great depth and it's as if Bob is in the room singing to you. Get those reissues if you like Bob!
You have it behind you!!! “Tidal” by Fiona Apple (VMP). And sorry just discovered your content. We agree and have the same editions for Stripes, Damien Rice and Radiohead. So you’re a cool 😎 guy! Daft Punk I think is the same from years ago not the renewed issue
my copy of j dilla’s donuts on clear vinyl sounds absolutely amazing. also, my original pressing of spiderland by slint sounds fantastic, it was made to be listened to on vinyl (in fact, the booklet of the cd version has a note saying that it’s meant to be listened to on vinyl).
Question if you don't mind. First love the video. Dope collection. Is showing album art on UA-cam a clash with copyright laws? I have an idea to showcase the clothing from album art but not sure if youtube will flip a nerve and blast me into oblivion. Appreciate the feedback
At Long Last ASAP sounds so much better on vinyl. The mix sounds so much clearer and vivid compared to the digital releases which sound kinda flat and a little too low fi for me and for what I think a rocky record should sound like. Super glad I picked it up changed my entire view on the album!
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell, it's like you can hear the fingers on the strings. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days, similar, but it's the breathes that get you. Sam is in the room with you.
Primary Colours and Skying by the Horrors are both exceedingly better on vinyl. Also The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails definitely sounds way better on vinyl. There are more for sure but those always stand out to me.
"Polygondwanaland" by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Aural Pleasure pressing (from a Kickstarter campaign) 45RPM 2 LP set is beyond words amazing. "Tidal" by Fiona Apple VMP pressing (which happens to be in the corner of the video) is also a 45RPM 2 LP gem. "Solitude Standing" by Suzanne Vega was pressed on translucent virgin vinyl and is gorgeous. both albums by The Mystery Lights on Wick Records sound great. "Forever So" by Husky on Sub Pop may not be audiophile (and neither are The Mystery Lights pressings) but it's a great pressing of criminally underrated band/album. I wish I could add "Pang" by Caroline Polachek but all of the pressing I've heard aren't great - I haven't heard the VMP one though - that album deserves a MoFi pressing. Last but not least, "SF Sorrow" by The Pretty Things Madfish pressing is mind-blowing.
1. Black Market Clash - The Clash ( the original 1980 pressing with 9 songs. The bass on this album is phenomenal, I cried when I purchased the CD , criminal sounding garbage) 2. In Transit - Saga ( Live album ) 3. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason - Pink Floyd 4. The Wild Willing And The Innocent - U.F.O. 5. Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
Elephant is amazing on vinyl, my only problem is that (this is probably just a problem with my turntable) there is some distortion on the vocals, mainly on the last song but other than that it just sounds so much more full of life, dynamic and captivating. It just flew by fast because I got so invested in the music. Also another album that I’ve heard sounds amazing on vinyl is the 2014 box set pressing of Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins. I only have the 2012 version so I don’t speak from experience but from what I’ve heard from people who have it the 2014 pressing is musical bliss (which is great because the 1996 pressing was a disaster and the 2012 pressing was pretty inconsistent in terms of quality, with some songs being audio gold and some being audio garbage) Smashing Pumpkins in general usually have great vinyl releases from what I have heard but the 2014 pressing of Mellon Collie is Defenitly worth tracking down
GETZ and GILBERTO - new repress (45 rpm) from Analog Productions. So good audiophiles use it as a demo record. Probably the best sounding record I have is the UHRQ press of Axis Bold of Love.
London Grammar - If You Wait Bruce Springsteen - In Concert/Unplugged Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, 45RPM version, (9362-49793-4) Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman, Elektra EKT 44 So many, but just a few from the top of my head :)
someone mentioned brothers in arms, i have that and its great, a few more of my favorites is the wally pressing of boston's s/t, rumours (i have an old and new one and they both sound great), supertramp's breakfast in america, my japanese pressing of olias of sunhillow sounds p amazing, all of the old abc steely dan records sound good, i have a cannonball adderly 12" single on translucent blue 45rpm clarity vinyl and it sounds sooooo good! oh and one of my favorites is one i've never seen anyone mention as sounding great, Ten Years After - Shhhhh!
I'm surprised that Led Zeppelin 2 (which, if you get the right copy from the right year has a gate fold -- pretty sure everybody knows which pressing I'm talking about), The Stooges' self-titled album (which, again, depends on the year - I recommend the 2LP RSD pressing which came out in 2018), NOFX's Punk In Drublic (find a first pressing copy, if you can) and The Propellerheads' Decksanddrumsandrocknroll didn't make this list.
Toto - IV
Yes - 90125 (ludwig master)
The Cult - Love
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Elton John - Blue Moves
Dire Straits - 1978
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Marillion - Marbles
Marillion - Brave
Albuns with Fantastic sound on Vinyl.
1. Stadium Arcadium- RHCP
2. Grace - Jeff Buckley- 45rpm version
3. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 45rpm version
4. 24 Karat Hits - Elvis Presley 45rpm version
Hello, I am a music enthusiast from the Deep South of Japan.
Here is my recommendation.
Talk Talk “Spirit of Eden”
Mark Hollis “s/t”
Massive Attack “Mezzanine”
Cat Power “Dark End of the Street”
Totally agree about Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memory” - such a great pressing.
My surprising pick for the best-sounding vinyl in my collection? Britney Spears “Glory.” I have over 500 records, but RCA absolutely hit it out of the park with their pressing of this underrated 2016 pop album. One of Spears’ best (she co-wrote most of the tracks) and worth checking out.
Fits with the retro theme
Hehe...If you think these LPs sounds great, take the next step and get into 12" singles and acetates and test-pressings.
[the TL;DR = _LPs can't sound as good as 12" singles can._ Read on...]
Spreading 5-8 minutes of a single onto the entire side of a thick slab running @45rpm can deliver MUCH louder peaks, better channel separation and deeper bass grooves than anything limited to 33 1/3rpm ever will.
Frankly, even a Daft Punk 12" isn't particularly special, sonically. I've got a few, and their remix of Ian Pooley's _Chord Memory_ WAS fairly huge-sounding - if an otherwise unremarkable production. Many producers have gone further, well before the 2000s hit; Kerri Chandler's use of layered kick drum is one example. MAW, Luke Slater, Juan Atkins and many many more...
Test pressings and acetates are rarities that can become quite valuable, can wear faster and sound somewhat "askew" while also providing some insight into how a mix develops and is mastered.
Naturally the "purist" will say that "only AAA" all-analog production is acceptable, but in the end people only care about how good it sounds. How the sound is _handled_ electronically one way or another is a technical concern that ultimately serves the aesthetic, anyways. i.e. "Reason is the slave of the passions" - _David Hume_
I love Glory but I think Blackout sounds better on vinyl
I have the in Rainbows reissue of 2016 And it sounds Amazing , one of my best sounding records.
Brubecks Time Out 45RPM Double Disc from Analog Productions is agreed by many to be one of the best sounding albums on vinyl ever.
Radiohead Amensiac UK first press 10' sounds insane. You'll hear things that you cannot even on digital FLAC
crackles and pops?
@@HARTYNMUGHES Records don't crack and pop unless one of three things are happening:
1)shitty pressing
2)damaged record, be it scratches or being worn out on a turntable that's miscalibrated or has a damaged stylus
3)dirt is getting involved in the process somewhere
A good record on a well maintained and adjusted turntable will be just as clear as a CD
i guess it's pretty randomly asking but does anyone know a good site to watch newly released tv shows online ?
I'd recommend a better FLAC playing setup in that case.
You should hear Supertramp's "Crime Of The Century" if you haven't already done so. To me, it's one of the best -sounding ever albums in the history of recorded popular music.
Standouts for me that aren't the typical popular albums you might always hear about:
The Dears - No Cities Left
Joanna Newsom - Divers
Kings of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street
The Knife - Silent Shout
Kraftwerk - Computer World/The Man Machine/Trans Europe Express (2009 Kling Klang reissues)
Yo La Tengo - Fade
Low - C'mon
Nada Surf - Let Go
Nils Frahm - Spaces
Pink Floyd - Meddle (all of the PF reissues sound phenomenal by the way)
Islands - Return to the Sea
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (or Spirit of Eden - can't go wrong)
Andrew Bird - Are You Serious
Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
Clues - Clues
Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love
Got Random Access Memories signed last week bij Giorgio Moroder. So cool! The vinyl sounds GREAT indeed!
WOW that's amazing. Let's get a pic!
Too Many Records Yes! Check your Insta DM.
The 50th anniversary of sgt peppers is really good it’s probably my favorite version of the album
Me too!! All The remix Beatles albums sound amazing on Vinyl!!!
You picked 5 great albums!
These sound great on vinyl:
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch (Music Matters), and one of my favourite record in terms of music.
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
Om - Adviatic Songs
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops
James Blake - James Blake
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
etc etc etc ;)
There really are too many great sounding vinyl records!
“Why is this not in a mofi sleeve?” Haha dude I felt that so much.
You need to know how the music was recorded and mastered. Most of recordings made after mid 80s were recorded and mastered digitally.
When you convert digital source to analog output, how vinyl could possibly sound better than Hi-Res digital copy?
No, while modern vinyl will never be as good as an original print, there isn’t much of a difference if you have a budget setup while I can hear a difference on my friends higher end setups when I listen to an original print and a modern print I can’t tell much a difference on my budget setup
@@kiansaghafi8681 I was mentioning completely different aspect. Vinyl could be considered as media for recordings made in studio on analog devices (pre 1980's). For albums which are recorded digitally, vinyl is just a kind of past nostalgia.
Reissues of older albums are probably re-mastered, so original and new issue (print) of same album may sound different, simply because of newer master process (and maybe newer remix too).
@@danender5555 yeah I actually love original copy vinyls and older vinyls but surely the recording equipment was worse then no ?
@@kiansaghafi8681 If new copy (vinyl pressing) using original master tapes is done, you cannot hear any difference whatsoever as it will sound just as original first issue.
Recording equipment evolves, of course. These days vast majority of recordings are done digitally (for such recordings a Hi-Res file is the best option to get).
But even in past they made great sounding albums (for example, Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" from 1959, is sound amazing)
There's albums where the CD/Digital version is a soundwalled mastering made to sound loud on cheap speakers or a car stereo while the one used for the vinyl is actually done competently since they know a lot of copies are being bought for a decent sound systems
So it's not that vinyl is a better format, it's just that some labels put more care into mastering the vinyl version than the other formats
This video really helped me with my initial collection. The Daft Punk album sounds absolutely amazing. The White Strips album was a bit noisy when I got it but it has since really grown on me. And last night, the Damien Rice album arrived and it by far is the most amazing piece of vinyl I have seen thus far. It is perfectly packaged. The discs are thick and sound absolutely perfect. It feels like Damien was in my living room. Thanks for putting this together.
Stadium Arcadium is also blowing my mind, and Paul's Boutique is just rocking my table!
This comment makes it all worth it
Too Many Records it’s a great channel!
Stadium Arcadium is my favourite Vinyl album.
The Prince estate Piano and a Microphone is amazing on vinyl. If you want to feel like you are getting a private 1 person concert, put this on your table and turn it up. AMAZING!
trench by twenty one pilots is an album that most people wouldn’t give the time of day to, considering who made it, but it’s one of the best produced album’s i’ve ever heard, and all the songs hit like a ton of bricks. that experience is amplified hundredfold on vinyl. easily the best album i’ve ever heard on vinyl, and the packaging of it is beautiful as well. the whole aesthetic of the album is really nice, with the cover being yellow and black and the gatefold having lots of foliage and more yellow on it. it’s an album i personally think any vinyl collector should own.
I listened to Kid A on vinyl at my friends house a while back and it was pretty amazing on vinyl
Beck - Sea Change (MFSL)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Lou Reed - Transformer (Speakers Corner)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Alice in Chains - Unplugged (MoV)
Led Zeppelin (Classic Records)
Hum - Downward is Heavenward
Some off the top of my head, plenty more but just some i can think of right now...
You should check out Swans newer releases. "To Be Kind" is a phenomenal trippy amazing rock epic that sounds phenomenal on vinyl. Also "The Seer" and "The Glowing Man".
They're independently released and the records and packaging are top notch.
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
180
Very nice.
Both The Wilco & Radiohead are brighter on vinyl. Compressed on 💿.
Analogue productions, Classic records, Sheffield lab records, crystal clear records, pallas, Jeton. Those are some of my favorite record brands.
Anything I have from Kscope sounds great. The latest A Perfect Circle album sounds incredible also.
Slowdive’s Self Titled is the best record I’ve heard on a turntable. Truly amazing, sonically.
Also, I JUST GOT YEEZUS ON VINYL!
Version with Bound 2 or not?
Too Many Records yes! Didn’t even know there were versions without it, how sad 💔
Hot rats by Zappa sounds amazing on vinyl. It's mixed completely different.
My Original pressing of "Recovering the Satellites" by Counting Crows sounds so much more full and it's just one of those albums that's as you're listening you can just tell it's supposed to be heard on vinyl. I've listened to the CD my entire life and it's nowhere near as great as the vinyl. They did just repress it like two years ago, so idk how that one sounds. But my OP is where it's at. Truly one of the best sounding records I own.
If you remotely like Meatloaf, you have to get the 180g Friday Music version of Bat out of Hell. It's so clear.
Bat Out of Hell was the favourite album for 14 year old me. 56 year old me still loves the album, but the sound is really muddy on it. Have they managed to clean it up? If so, I will buy, yet, another copy of that album.
There's also the Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture on vinyl, the Telarc VErsion, with has probably the hottest dynamic range ever recorded on vinyl. Digitally recorded cannons make the needle go cray when they hit! It's amazing. Very few turntables can play that without skipping. Although is not really atest, because you'll probably need a high tracking force to play that record.
Handel’s Coronation Anthems by Acadamy & Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-fields Neville Marriner. ITS AMAZING!!! It is So good!!!
Anything by the band AIR sounds phenomenal on vinyl!
I like Daft Punk’s first two albums (Homework and Discovery) a bit more than Random Access Memories, But the Vinyl pressings can be mixed.
Discovery sounds good on Vinyl (as it’s a good album to listen in full), but Homework can vary on depending on your turntable as the mastering on the grooves were likely made for more DJ turntables (which can handle more heavy bass) which was the main market for Vinyl releases at the time of its release.
However Random Access Memories is pressed perfectly on Vinyl.
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless. Not only sounds incredible but the songs are sublime
My two cents. Gillian Welch Soul Journey. Thanks for the great videos!
I have Alt J first album on white vinyl and it sounds great plus a British artist called Jamie T always does great pressings
You should really get Buena Vista Social Club -Buena Vista Social Club, 2LP, 180 grams. Sounds fantastic.. I think it's the best sounding record I have.
Also very good:
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
Jazz Samba - Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
I think Radiohead - Ok Computer double LP is also very nice.
Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans. Love it..
My list of shitty sounding records is way longer. Just tell me if you want me to list them ;) .
Everyone talks about Daft Punk RAM. Discovery is the real masterpiece when it comes to quality IMO.
Just ordered the Wilco LP after your recommendation - I read a customer review on Amazon UK and a customer marks it down as its a double album!?! I have Elephant (bought on release) and Daft Punk and I agree they sound amazing. You have a new subscriber - cheers.
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (Detroit Mix)
If you like them, Deftones White Pony sounds amazing on vinyl. One of my favorites I have for clarity and quality
Miles Davis - Some Kind of Blue is my current best sounding LP. Abbey Road 2019 remixes are fantastic as well.
come on man... Kind of Blue is only the most popular jazz album ever, maybe get the title right
Like your comments on O. I remember listening to it over and over again when I first found it. I’m looking for a copy on vinyl.
Agree on all of those! My most recent favorite is the new Vampire Weekend album- Father of the Bride. Loved the album from from the first stream but it sounds even better on vinyl.
The Stooges ST 1st pressing masted by Lee Hulko / Eddie Hazel - Game Dames and Guitar thangs 1st Pressing/ Steely Dan - AJA 1st Pressing "AB".
Love your choices.. I would like to share a masterpiece imo with you.. The Church-Starfish. This one I always go back to and it’s dark and powerful. Al tracks are excellent but a couple. Start with track 1 Destination, and get a firm footing on what’s to come.
Avoid any deluxe editions.
The best sounding records in my collection are (in no particular order):
Radiohead “Hail to the Thief” (45rpm)
Radiohead “A Moon Shaped Pool”
Nine Inch Nails “Pretty Hate Machine”
No Doubt “Rocksteady”
Kansas “Leftoverture”
TOOL “Undertow”
Fiona Apple “When the Pawn”
I own all of these on both CD and vinyl, and they all sound much better on vinyl.
The No Doubt one is interesting too, because I don’t believe it was necessarily mastered for vinyl, but I did an A/B test with the CD on the same exact system, same speakers, same volume, and the vinyl sounds SOOOO good in comparison. It’s definitely thicker and warmer sounding, but it doesn’t lose any clarity or punch. I was kinda shocked by how good it actually held up against the CD.
Kinda the same thing with TOOL “Undertow.” That’s an album that I have admittedly never gotten super into before, but I got the vinyl because I was told by a friend that it sounded good. And it’s crazy… Just the sound difference alone was enough to make me love the album more than I ever did before. Just like the No Doubt album, it still has all the clarity, it’s just much thicker and lively.
I’m using a Denon DO-400 table with a Grado Prestige Red3 cartridge, though a set of Klipsch R-51PM powered speakers. I’m typically using an Ampapa A1 tube preamp, but the built in preamp on the Klipsch speakers sounds very good on its own. I just don’t use that as much because I like to keep the RCA input set to line level so I can run other equipment into it through a mixer.
I’m not sure how you feel about hair metal from the 80’s.. but the quintessential Hair Metal band “sound” is in an album by N. I.T.R.O. / O.F.R. ... best of the best players n singer of that era.. I had the tape in High School and played it daily.. I just bought the vinyl online just hoping it had that same sound (I can’t explain.. clean n polished) .. when I dropped the needle I was back in High School in my car! You have to give it a spin and let me know what you think.. I have photos of it on my Instagram page 🤘😜
The best of Sade, amazing pressing
Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" is hands down, in my opinion, the best sounding vinyl ever.
Brothers in Arm's is an amazing sounding album, but Dreamboat Annie? DARK Side of the Moon? Way too many too list. Don't stick to just one...there's MANY that sound this good!
Question: have you had any issues showing album art covers as you have on UA-cam? Thanks.
Solid vid man thanks, damn I know for a fact that YHF and In Rainbows already sound incredible on CD, so... Guess I need to pick those up on vinyl, Stat! For me the 2015-ish Bob Marley & the Wailers reissues have been revelatory, I've never heard the original vinyl but just compared to the CDs I've listened to so many times. For example, Exodus, the soundstage is unreal with great depth and it's as if Bob is in the room singing to you. Get those reissues if you like Bob!
You have it behind you!!! “Tidal” by Fiona Apple (VMP). And sorry just discovered your content. We agree and have the same editions for Stripes, Damien Rice and Radiohead. So you’re a cool 😎 guy! Daft Punk I think is the same from years ago not the renewed issue
my copy of j dilla’s donuts on clear vinyl sounds absolutely amazing. also, my original pressing of spiderland by slint sounds fantastic, it was made to be listened to on vinyl (in fact, the booklet of the cd version has a note saying that it’s meant to be listened to on vinyl).
Might not believe it, but Green Day's Warning: sounds night and day different on vinyl/CD. It's fantastic on vinyl, highly reccomend.
Noted!
I can't put my finger on it... but Psycho Candy sounds amazing on my set-up.
Way too fuzzy and distorted for me. Never liked it...
Talking Heads - Remain In Light sounds so much better on vinyl
I know your not a fan, and he’s personally a dirtbag (I still love his music). But the Ryan Adams “Love Is Hell” mofi box set sounds phenomenal.
I have a Clearaudio Turntable too. The album that, I think sound great on my turntable is Dreams and Daggers by Cecile Mclorin Salvant .
I'll have to check it out :)
Question if you don't mind. First love the video. Dope collection. Is showing album art on UA-cam a clash with copyright laws? I have an idea to showcase the clothing from album art but not sure if youtube will flip a nerve and blast me into oblivion. Appreciate the feedback
At Long Last ASAP sounds so much better on vinyl. The mix sounds so much clearer and vivid compared to the digital releases which sound kinda flat and a little too low fi for me and for what I think a rocky record should sound like. Super glad I picked it up changed my entire view on the album!
Yessss. In rainbows too. Love it.
Will have to check out the Wilco album.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell, it's like you can hear the fingers on the strings.
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days, similar, but it's the breathes that get you. Sam is in the room with you.
*Obvious omission to this list: Zeppelin II Ludwig pressing
If only I had a clean copy :P
If you can afford a VG copy. 😭
I just got a turntable for christmas and I already wanted to get Zepplin 2, is that particular press hard to find?
@fangsabre lots of copies out there on Discogs, eBay or in record stores- what you pay will depend on condition
@@adamkinowski2354 yeah, I'm living off a minimum wage job rn so my banks pretty easy to break. Are the Jimmy Page remasters worth getting?
Primary Colours and Skying by the Horrors are both exceedingly better on vinyl. Also The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails definitely sounds way better on vinyl. There are more for sure but those always stand out to me.
I've got an 180g pressing of The Japanese House's Good At Falling and it is definitely the best sounding in my collection.
"Polygondwanaland" by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Aural Pleasure pressing (from a Kickstarter campaign) 45RPM 2 LP set is beyond words amazing. "Tidal" by Fiona Apple VMP pressing (which happens to be in the corner of the video) is also a 45RPM 2 LP gem. "Solitude Standing" by Suzanne Vega was pressed on translucent virgin vinyl and is gorgeous. both albums by The Mystery Lights on Wick Records sound great. "Forever So" by Husky on Sub Pop may not be audiophile (and neither are The Mystery Lights pressings) but it's a great pressing of criminally underrated band/album. I wish I could add "Pang" by Caroline Polachek but all of the pressing I've heard aren't great - I haven't heard the VMP one though - that album deserves a MoFi pressing. Last but not least, "SF Sorrow" by The Pretty Things Madfish pressing is mind-blowing.
I would put Jeff Buckley's Legacy box set pressing on there and REM's Eponymous.
Off the top of my head. Eternal by Guts, and the Logan soundtrack sound phenomenal.
From a year after, 2014 RAM was the last daft punk album. But robots never die.
Genuinely surprised no one has mentioned Donald Fagen's The Nightfly
Nice video, Matt! Can't wait to spin some records with you in NYC later this summer!!
Can't wait to spin YOUR RECORD.
1. Black Market Clash - The Clash ( the original 1980 pressing with 9 songs. The bass on this album is phenomenal, I cried when I purchased the CD , criminal sounding garbage)
2. In Transit - Saga ( Live album )
3. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason - Pink Floyd
4. The Wild Willing And The Innocent - U.F.O.
5. Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
Sams town sounds very good on my turntable but most likely just because it’s 45 rpm
It’s a solid pressing.
Elephant is amazing on vinyl, my only problem is that (this is probably just a problem with my turntable) there is some distortion on the vocals, mainly on the last song but other than that it just sounds so much more full of life, dynamic and captivating. It just flew by fast because I got so invested in the music. Also another album that I’ve heard sounds amazing on vinyl is the 2014 box set pressing of Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins. I only have the 2012 version so I don’t speak from experience but from what I’ve heard from people who have it the 2014 pressing is musical bliss (which is great because the 1996 pressing was a disaster and the 2012 pressing was pretty inconsistent in terms of quality, with some songs being audio gold and some being audio garbage) Smashing Pumpkins in general usually have great vinyl releases from what I have heard but the 2014 pressing of Mellon Collie is Defenitly worth tracking down
Best sounding album, Fleetwood Mac rumors 200 gram vinyl, or David Bowie let’s dance original Canadian pressing
Anything by Sade sounds insanely good..
GETZ and GILBERTO - new repress (45 rpm) from Analog Productions. So good audiophiles use it as a demo record. Probably the best sounding record I have is the UHRQ press of Axis Bold of Love.
London Grammar - If You Wait
Bruce Springsteen - In Concert/Unplugged
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, 45RPM version, (9362-49793-4)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman, Elektra EKT 44
So many, but just a few from the top of my head :)
The 2016 copy of “In Rainbows” I own is one of the best sounding albums I own.
I have an OG pressing of Dirty Work by the stones (i know its not for everyone) but the first pressing really has great quality.
Get the soundtrack to “Casino Royale” 1967 on Colgems. It is considered by audiophiles as the finest vinyl recording ever pressed. Check it out.
Interesting, thanks
someone mentioned brothers in arms, i have that and its great, a few more of my favorites is the wally pressing of boston's s/t, rumours (i have an old and new one and they both sound great), supertramp's breakfast in america, my japanese pressing of olias of sunhillow sounds p amazing, all of the old abc steely dan records sound good, i have a cannonball adderly 12" single on translucent blue 45rpm clarity vinyl and it sounds sooooo good! oh and one of my favorites is one i've never seen anyone mention as sounding great, Ten Years After - Shhhhh!
Is that a pioneer sx-890?
Bon Iver - 22, A Million sounds incredible on vinyl!
That Wilco suggestion! game changer!
Great episode thanks man.
Thank YOU my dude!
I didn't even know Damien Rice had a reissue. Copping that right now.
Your ears will thank you.
Def agreeing with white stripes elephant!! amazing album, i am going to The Raconteurs this sunday!!
I'm surprised that Led Zeppelin 2 (which, if you get the right copy from the right year has a gate fold -- pretty sure everybody knows which pressing I'm talking about), The Stooges' self-titled album (which, again, depends on the year - I recommend the 2LP RSD pressing which came out in 2018), NOFX's Punk In Drublic (find a first pressing copy, if you can) and The Propellerheads' Decksanddrumsandrocknroll didn't make this list.
“Miami Vice Soundtrack”
Me against the world~Tupac 25th anniversary 180gram sounds great
1:25 I think every record collector has this happen to them at least once or twice a month. 😂😂
Random access memories is my favourite record I own
Add to the list:
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
Any Mofi UD1S pressing, expensive but have never heard quality like it on any medium.
Phish - Fuego is definitely worth checking out. Excellent quality.
I still see fiona apple staring in the left corner... Will that be for sale at any time?
Probably not.
Man that Wilco record looks amazing
I seriously want a radiohead in rainbows record of my own
You won't regret it , sounds AMAZING
i’m really new to collecting records but i feel like Illmatic by Nas sounds amazing on vinyl
Albums that sound better on vinyl are albums that were recorded on analog, in my opinion