00:02:41 VMP - honorable mention 00:08:25 Al di Meola, McLaughlin, de Lucia - Friday night in San Francisco; 45rpm impex 00:09:20 Horace Silver - 6 pieces of silver; Blue Note Classic 00:11:20 John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound, ORG 45 rpm 00:12:09 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust; current in-print std version DBZSLP 40 in deadwax 00:13:19 Miles Davis - Round About Midnight; Speakers Corner 00:14:29 The Doobie Brothers - Captain And Me; Speakers Corner 00:14:59 John Coltrane - Lush Life; Analogue Productions 00:14:59 Sonny Rollins - Rollins Plays For Bird; Analogue Productions 00:17:51 Dexter Gordon - Go; Blue Note Classic 00:18:15 Leopold Stokowski - Rhapsodies, Analogue Productions 45 rpm 00:19:48 Alexander Gibson - Gounod: Faust - Ballet Music / Bizet: Carmen - Suite; Analogue Productions 00:20:50 Fritz Reiner - Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Analogue Productions 00:22:17 Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue; Impex 1step 00:23:45 Ann Pebbles - Straight from the Heart; Speakers Corner 00:24:23 Ernest Ansermet - The Royal Ballet Gala Performances; Analogue Productions 00:26:34 Paul Simon - Graceland; std in-print version 00:27:10 Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 00:27:40 Dave Brubeck Quarter - Time Out; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 00:28:32 Hugh Masekela - Hope; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 00:29:22 Lou Donaldson - Mr. Shing-A-Ling; Tone Poet 00:30:55 Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly; Analogue Productions 00:31:52 Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus; Analogue Productions 00:33:22 Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces; Blue Note Classic 00:33:57 Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - The Big Beat; Blue Note Classic 00:34:43 The Doors - LA Woman; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 00:34:43 The Doors - Soft Parade; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 00:34:43 The Doors - Morrison Hotel; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 00:34:43 The Doors - Waiting for the sun; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 00:36:41 Bill Withers - Greatest Hits; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm 00:37:58 Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm 00:38:43 John Coltrane - Lush Life; Craft Recordings 1step 00:38:43 Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds; Craft Recordings 1step 00:43:50 Lee Morgan - The Cooker; Tone Poet 00:47:25 Elvis Presley - 24 Karat Hits; Analogue Productions 00:49:29 Chet Baker - Chet Baker in New York; Craft Recordings 00:49:29 Chet Baker - Chet; Craft Recordings 00:49:29 Chet Baker - Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe; Craft Recordings 00:49:29 Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings - It Could Happen to You; Craft Recordings 00:51:24 John Coltrane - Love Supreme; Acoustic Sounds/Verve 00:54:29 Otis Redding - Otis Blue; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 00:56:14 Art Blakey - Indestrutible; Blue Note 80s 00:56:56 Lou Reed - Transformer; Speakers Corner 00:58:25 João Gilberto & Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 01:00:29 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 01:00:46 Neil Young - Harvest; std in-print 01:02:29 Al Green - Call Me; Speakers Corner 01:03:13 Tom Petty - Wildflowers & All The Rest; std in-print 01:04:24 Slim Harpo - The Original King Bee; Analogue Productions 01:05:35 Alan Parsons Project - I Robot; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm 01:06:45 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours; 45 rpm Pallas version 01:08:08 Suzuki Isao Trio Quartet - Blow Up; Impex 45 rpm 01:09:57 Son House - The Legendary Son House - Father of Folk Blues; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 01:10:38 Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder; Blue Note Classic 01:11:31 The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?; Analog Spark 01:13:03 Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd); Analogue Productions 45 rpm 01:13:59 Roy Orbison - Crying; Analogue Productions 45 rpm/ORG 01:15:39 Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 01:16:43 Wayne Shorter - Etcetera; Tone Poet 01:18:51 Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue; Analogue Productions UHQR 33 rpm 01:20:49 Warren Zevon - Stand In The Fire; Speakers Corner 01:21:17 Charles Mingus - The Clown; Speakers Corner 01:21:46 Herbie Hancock - Crossings; Speakers Corner 01:22:13 Chet Baker Quartet - Chet Baker in Paris, Vol 1 - Barclay; Sam Records 01:24:17 Barney Wilen - Jazz sur Seine; Sam Records 01:25:02 Toto - IV; Speakers Corner 01:25:57 John Coltrane - Ballads; Acoustic Sounds/Verve 01:26:47 Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings; Tone Poet 01:29:40 Supertramp - Breakfast in America; Mobile Fidelity 01:30:17 Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Moanin; Blue Note Classic 01:31:49 The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin; Intervention 01:32:47 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Country Hits...Feelin' Blue; Analogue Productions 01:33:57 Dean Martin - Dream With Dean; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 01:34:59 Buck Owens - Buck Owens; Sundazed 01:37:00 Gary Bias - East 101; Pure Pleasure 01:38:03 John Lee Hooker - The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker; Craft Recordings 01:38:38 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells; Third Man Records 01:40:00 Fleetwood Mac - 1973 - 1974; Box Set 01:41:19 Miles Davis - Kind of Blue; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm 01:42:15 Peggy Lee - Black Coffee; Acoustic Sounds/Verve 01:43:34 Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere; std in-print 01:44:14 Nina Simone - Pastel Blues; Acoustic Sounds/Verve 01:44:57 Grant Green - Born to be Blue; Tone Poet 01:46:37 Baby Face Wilette - Face to Face; Tone Poet 01:47:21 Van Morrison - Moondance; std back on black version 01:48:41 Bill Evans - Trio 64; Acoustic Sounds/Verve 01:49:40 Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign; Speakers Corner 01:50:12 Charles Mingus - Mingus x5; Acoustic Sounds/Verve 01:51:06 Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l’échafaud; Sam Records 01:52:27 Curtis Amy - Katanga; Tone Poet 01:53:47 Gillian Welch - The Lost Songs; Acony Records 01:55:42 Fritz Reiner - Scheherazade; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 01:56:35 Nathan Davis with Georges Arvanitas Trio - Live in Paris; Sam Records 01:58:40 Muddy Waters - Folk Singer; Analogue Productions 45 rpm 01:59:21 Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill; Analogue Productions 02:00:23 Hank Mobley - Soul Station; Blue Note Classic 02:00:48 Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else; Blue Note Classic 02:01:35 Nivana - Nevermind; non anniversary in-print Pallas pressing 02:02:56 Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World; Impex 02:04:24 Dire Straits - Love Over Gold; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm 02:04:24 Dire Straits - Communique; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm 02:04:24 Dire Straits - Making Movies; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm 02:04:24 Dire Straits - Dire Straits; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm
I began watching this having no idea how great this video would be. I grew up in the 70s and 80s and I used to own a small collection of vinyl which has disappeared over the years. Recently, I have considered getting back into collecting. I had no idea. Superb information here. I listened to this twice through. That’s how much I valued the information. Thank you!
I don’t buy records anymore, am 69 years old and I’ve passed my 2,000 odd LP’s to my son, it’s a great collection, started buying LP’s from 1963 to the late 1980’s or so, interesting take on the current market for albums, it’s so different from my day. I think it was more fun buying records back in my time when the actual music was made and you could see the artists live! Never heard of albums at 45 rpm kinda weird for me, but I guess it’s business for you guys! I have a single of Sidewinder by Woody Herman great track, also Ken Nordine Colours is a great talking Jazz album! Love the Doors, listen to Moonlight Drive my fave song and the first song they wrote!
Cool. Im 67 and have been collecting records since beatlemania. Brother and i split the hoard when we went our separate ways. He lost his through bankruptcy. So half of our stash is gone. But i do still have mine and have augmented it w/my wife’s and two x’s by way of different next door neighbors. Funny thing the last neighbors inventory i annexed were astonishingly close to my tastes and i now have numerous duplicates. Havnt done a deep dive to uncover a valuable hidden gem.re:bowie’s diamond dog cover art . Im confident its not the uber edition of that series. Dont know what will become of them when I embark on the next phase of my evolution. Suppose i might could make some kind if arrangement to pass them along.
I quit collecting when CDs arrived and I don't regret it. I never listen to my old vinyl, I'm not into clicks and pops. I've updated my collection, and then some, with FLACs on a hi-res player. When I see the price of new vinyl, I just shake my head. The average price in my local record store is around $45 CDN for a single LP. It's absurd. Let's say a person wanted to replace a modest 200 LP collection at that price, it would cost them $9000. Nope.
@OMGWTFLOLSMH well... it's all down to supply and demand. The supply is currently low due to high demand... I guess the vinyl pressing factories are slim but the demand is booming now. I think that eventually the supply will go back up and the vinyl craze will die down a bit... then prices will fall. This is a temporary problem. Vinyl records aren't luxury items. As far as pops and cracks go, most of my best records are almost dead silent between tracks. Some of my records need a good cleaning and those do pop a little tad bit but it's not enough to put me off. Digital audio files and vinyl records are apples and oranges to me. I listened to Digital audio for my entire adult life so I really enjoy the warm tone that come from records. That's the best way I know to describe it. I love HiRes Digital audio as well but to me it all has that same flat sound to it... even the best files. Just my 2 cents.
@@OMGWTFLOLSMHToday's audiophile 45RPM records sound amazing. I own records older than me (55) that look and sound new. Most folks have never heard a decent turntable. I went back to vinyl in the mid 90's because with a good needle it sounded better than digital before we got transparency with delta sigma dacs circa 2000. Clean records that were pressed well are very quite.
I actually watched this entire video and also spent €500+ on the way to the end to play on my new system that is on the way. Thank you for doing this and taking the time. Super interesting and I learned a lot. Greetings from southern Bavaria!
Hey Mike, I appreciate the time spent here to share with us - a super informative hang-out. I know you've been doing this a long time, but if I could offer only one note: please HOLD THE RECORD STILL A FEW SECONDS LONGER (while you're talking) AND LET US SEE IT.
This has been a fun listen! I can't agree more about the joy brought by Blue Note. And not just the popular stuff, but the Duke Pearsons, Bobbi Humphrees, etc.
People get their workouts in while watching sports or the news. I’m fairly certain I’m the only one on a treadmill watching this and making mental notes about what I need to buy next. I love a great “list” video, and this one was excellent.
Thanks for making this Mike. Appreciate the time you've taken out of your holidays to put this together. This is really brilliant.. many, many thanks! (And yes, Sam records is rather special, Fred's doing a super job!!!)
So many great records in the video. I'm glad that 2 LP version of Rumours is back in print. I agree that even if you're not a big fan of that era of the band, that particular pressings is a must listen.
It's great to watch your video. I'm just getting back into LPs after an almost 40 year hiatus; I'm REALLY glad I kept my LP collection (in the thousands) AND my 78's (almost a thou). I'm researching system components (separates) and hope to be able to do credible transfers to CD for me, then maybe selling the LPs!
I must admit I know very little about Jazz, but I watched this to educate myself. I learned a lot. I never knew different labels put out the same records in different variations. I don't know about mastering or pressing plants or engineers or differences between 45-33 presses, but this video made me want to know more. I'd love o see a video specifically about mastering, engineers and pressing plants for novices. Also would love to know more about tracks and tape reels that you mention. I knew digital recordings are compressed and inferior and lack warmth, but I would like to know more. You seem extremely knowledgeable, which is why I watched a two hour video about records I mostly never heard of. I will be checking out your other vids. I'd like to see a video like this, but about classic rock and 80s metal. I know there are different pressings of some of them as well. Many 80s metal records originals are hard to find, and expensive, and I know some reissues are digital from the CDs. As a big Metalhead I'd like to know the best versions to get, and where to find them. I'm leary of buying used records on eBay or Discogs. Record stores typically charge a lot for used and new metal, not really sure why. I wish a label would put out quality $20-$30 classic Metal (and Thrash) albums. The same applies to 80s Punk, hard o find affordable good copies, and many were not recorded great. Would love to hear really good sounding 80s Punk. One more thing: You mention all these labels and versions, but where do I find them. Would be nice to see an actual list with information. Do you have a website with that information? Thanks, you are not an arrogant, snarky vinyl snob like some guys that make vids, I detest that I'm smarter than you, my collection is better and I'm a show off attitude. Some store owners are like that as well. You seem like a cool dude that would talk music with me if I came into your store. Peace.
Incredible video Mike! Thanks for all the info. I eill add that Van Morrisons Moondance is now cut from a digital file by kevin gray. The original tapes are in too bad of shape now. The AAA version is out of print now...think it was done in 2008
Great Video. ( I watch em all and buy from you often. ) Love your store and your forthrightness about challenging & touchy record subjects, such as....... death metal cover art fonts! ( lol ) Took me over a month to work my way through the whole video. This morning, I finally finished it. Fantastic mega-work here. Thanks again.
I love the list. Only a handful are currently available. Quite a few are awaiting repress (good to know) but the majority is financially out of reach for me unfortunately. I did find one on this list for $12 that I did not currently have and was marked down from $30 so just that one record made my day. Too bad they cannot make more $20 - $30 high quality records like you said.
It really sucks that major labels combined with labor shortages and pvc shortages is why some records are going for crazy high prices. Lot of indie labels are getting absolutely squeezed rn, plants are backed up like crazy. Its unfortunate. RIP to all the techno/house DJs that may have had labels in the states place orders with plants in Europe and mess up 12" single releases too. I wish LPs would come down in price but I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
OMG Mike, you can actually hear and visualize as the folded-into-an-exacto-knife flap on the resealable outer sleeve of that Ann Peebles LP cutting into the grooves of the record as you slide it back into the jacket!!! Careful Mike!! Thanks for taking the time for this post.
Just spent over four hours with this video adding them to my Discogs wantlist! I can't tell you how much I loved this video! Thanks so much for all of the information!
Mike, this was an outstanding video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for the incredible effort in making it. it was a bit expensive for me as well as I ended up buying another 3 records because of this 🙂
Thanks Mike for a really nice video and great information about the vinyls. You are so much better when you stick with the products you sell yourself.👌🏻
I’m sure not all of the Parlophone Bowie reissues are analog, but they are all fantastic. I don’t know where they press, but I have nearly the complete Bowie catalogue on Parlophone and they are flawless. Amazing QC out of wherever they are pressed. Great to know my copy of Ziggy is all analogue.
Agreed 100%. My Bowie reissues from Parlophone are all great sound wise. I have Young Americans, Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Scary Monsters, & Let's Dance. I'm pretty curious who mastered them when I know Optimal Media manufactured them.
I live in Colombia. Standing in line at the market of all places saw a few LP’s. Picked up Ziggy (Parlophone) for the equivalent of $30. Sounds very, very good. Also had The Ramones, Fleetwood Mac and the first Zeppelin. Think I’ll pick up the Zeppelin next time.
Thank you so much for this video this was awesome! Appreciate all the time and effort you put into this it was very informative and helpful!!! I’m gonna watch it again and go through the titles that I don’t have yet and search them out👍👍
This is the first time I've watched your Channel. I've subscribed because you are a wealth of information and musical knowledge for the vinyl LP. Even as a long time record collector, and having quite a bit of knowledge myself, I felt out of sync with a lot of what you were talking about, because I dropped out of record buying from about the mid-80s, until around the early 2000's. I'm unfamiliar with a lot of the new record pressing techniques and labels, but it was fun to hear you speak of them and learn about it. Like your father I'm a huge Elvis fan and have many of his albums. I'm a rocker, but when it comes to Elvis, his gospel is some of my favorite music. I'm a "Doors" fan like you and I may look into the Analogue Productions. Also the Bowie album. What really blew me away, is that some Living Stereo production albums are valuable. I've passed up many over the years. I live in an area, basically in the woods, where the public bought Pop, Classical, but mostly Country music. I bring that up only because of the hundreds of Living Stereo albums that I"ve passed up over the years, for about a dollar a pop, at the local Antique stores. Fun and very informative video. I don't you'll respond to my comment, since being a Record Store owner and doing Album videos must keep you busy all the time. If you do respond, what is a "tip up" album cover? Is that what I've always called a gatefold album cover?
Thank You. A Tip On cover is when they glue the printed front slick to the cardboard jacket rather than printing it directly to a blank cardboard jacket.
Hi Mike, watching this video has turned me on to the way you store your records. Makes so much sense; resealable jacket cover, records in back in nice QRP or MoFi sleeves. Could you tell me what brand of resealable jacket covers do you use? Thanks! 🙏
So glad to see that Cranberries LP was done by Analog Spark. For one or two reissues, Plain Recordings was releasing Cranberries albums, and I can't think of two worse sounding albums than the two reissues by Plain that I had the misfortune of purchasing. Your videos are always excellent, Mike. Thank you for being an incredible resource.
Thank you Michael. This took a long time. It shows. Your passion and that you care. Thank you for mentioning Lynyrd skynyrd free bird. I stopped the video and listened to it. Unbelievable! Continue to point us in the right direction. Thank you also for your dignified response to the negative comments after a remarkable job at MOFI. Finally, thank you for your honesty. When all has been said about MOFI, it is a fact that mostly, the sound is great!! Thank you.
Thank You for this really great video. Your insight are so many and so knowledgeable. You really help bring the music to us...especially people like myself who live way out in the boonies where lp stores don't exist. The Yusef Lateef lp blew me away...feel very lucky to have found a new one for just over 200. Happy New Year to you and your family.
I just discovered you. I ordered The Doors Soft Parade from your eBay store after watching this vid. I also started checking out jazz you recommend. Thanks man.
I got Nevermind and I followed your advice and did NOT get the anniversary edition...good lord...blowing my mind right now, even through a basic setup. Thanks for the advice!
When I first started getting into vinyl, I read websites about RCA's Living Stereo recordings. I bought a few, and while they were good, it wasn't until I upgraded my system that I realized how GOOD the recording engineers were at the time. There are so many to recommend, but -- like you -- I am not a classical music fan. However, "The Music From Peter Gunn" and Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall" are great starting points. They can also be had for peanuts...
Jazz does tend to dominate the audiophile realm for obvious reasons but there has been some 90s rock done all analog in recent years (built to spill, nirvana, pixies, RHCP, Hum, MBV, Spiritualized, Stereolab) I hope to see the major audiophile reissue labels transition toward more recent releases (thinking 90s and newer) because let’s face it a lot of the titles they do have been done over and over and the demographic is getting younger as more young people get into vinyl and some of them get into the audiophile realm
The Dolphy title is out on Prestige also Mike. Hopefully they will all start coming out quicker now. My biggest "Why did I sleep on those?" moments. So stoked they are coming back in print.
Thanks for doing this Mike, I am not sure if you seen my comment the other day but I asked for records under £30 that sound great. You have included quite a few.
Im from mn but if i move to az, im gonna go an tey to get a job working for you.You seem like the coolest audiophile geek that i love to be around.Id probably learn something everyday.
Gillian Welch's studio albums on vinyl are all analogue too. They sound fantastic and I'd highly recommend them. Harrow and the Harvest has been sold out for a couple of years now, but a reissue is coming at the end of February!
You would not know about them being analog if no one had told you. There is absolutely nothing magical about analog as a recording medium. If you want the sound that is as close to what was present in the studio you will buy only digital. But you don't really care about sound quality, right?
The 24 minute mark was unintentionally hilarious to me! “Huuuh…we’re going” I fully appreciate RSD and the new customers it brings to stores. But man…these are really niche albums. It just becomes a list of word salad after a while. Thanks for doing the video all the same!
The way we enjoy music all comes down to how you were introduced to it, and I’ll never fathom how someone can find the recording quality of a guitar solo more important than the melody it’s playing
Great list MIke, thank you!. By the way, I'd love to hear your opinion on the Original Jazz Classics (OJC) editions of the Prestige/Contemporary catalogue. I think those are an excellent entry into AAA vinyl, those Miles Davis and Coltrane Prestige albums sound killer, and they are super cheap. They also have all those BIll Evans Riverside records in print, they even come with a nice polyline sleeve. Also, when doing another Kind Of Blue shootout, please include the Sony Legacy Mono (originally a Record Store Day release), mastered by Kevin Gray, it sounds great, a good addition to a great sounding stereo version like the UHQR.
One of my two favorite bands of all times! I'm on board for audiophile pressings definitely at an affordable price! It will happen one day I'm sure. I just hope that when it happens they do it right and it sounds spectacular 😁 BTW, today is 7/25 and Led Zeppelin played their last American show on 7/24/77. It was at the Oakland Coliseum and they left from there to go back home because Robert Plant's son died. So this is almost the 50th anniversary of that sad incident. It will be in four more years. Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
I'm with you 99% on The Doors. I adore them, and they sound sensational. Shame Strange Days isn't as good sounding as the others. I still think it sounds nice, though. Strange Days is a top 10 album for me and my favourite by the band, following by L.A. Woman.
A hundred is a content of one(!) of the cells behind you sir ;) That’s for a case people think that’s alot... You visible vinyl library is twice larger than my digital one. You’re in heaven )
I'm really psyched about the AP reissues coming out of the Prestige material next year. You can still get OJCs, new but I seems a lot of them are warped from being in storage too long.... 21:01 Don't forget that besides Elvis, the Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra was used extensively in the Film "2001 Space Odyssey". Most people will recognize the music from that movie. I have a common pressing of the Hugh Masakala "HOPE" which is great music but the sound quality is not so great....maybe I have a bad copy?
I’ve been collecting records since the late 90s. Only because I like old things and I thought maybe they’ll be worth money one day. So I’ve always collected them when I found them or had a chance. Fast forward to 2018 a buddy of mine who looks and sounds exactly like this guy. He got me into vinyl and back to collecting. I love it. It’s by far the best hobby I’ve gotten into. However, mike here got me into “sound” and quality. I listen to hardcore metal, metal, jazz, 90s pop (little bit) 90s rap, classic rock, 90s electronic. And a few more genres here and there. Now the last 2 years or so I go for better quality, better sounding records.
This is why I LOOOVE vinyl, but don’t get myself concerned over “All Analog”… there are MANY examples of “Analog Snobs” (not meant as an insult) proudly saying how amazing they sound and citing as an example of how analog only is the best way - only to find out there was a digital step. Whoopsie! Doesn’t matter folks, listen with your ears and try to remove any confirmation bias from the equation.
Got a record player for Christmas. Started looking into the why around vinyl. Now that I've researched this more it feels bit like falsehoods driving consumerism. Not only that but apparently the gift I was given will destroy the records I haven't purchased yet? Fun stuff here!
I suppose someone might already have mentined that Richard Strauss's "Also sprach Zarathustra" was also used in the Stanley Kubrick film "2001: Space Odyssey". The film starts with that piece, if I remember rightly.
Just a heads up that the orig UK Buddy Holly Lps sound FANTASTIC! No injected plastic here. Hard to find in decent condition cos we love him over here and they got played a lot.
Hey Mike, on the topic of Nevermind, it seems like 2020/current in stock pressings actually dont have the same stampers as the ORG does. It has the DGC catalog number, the pallas catalog number (albeit crossed and engraved), and the BG stamp. Both have BG in the deadwax, but the ORG info and the RTI number are both gone from the deadwax. The BG also looks different on both records. I recently got a 2013 pressing that does have the ORG and RTI info to compare and the 2013 sounded a bit better to my ears
00:02:41 VMP - honorable mention
00:08:25 Al di Meola, McLaughlin, de Lucia - Friday night in San Francisco; 45rpm impex
00:09:20 Horace Silver - 6 pieces of silver; Blue Note Classic
00:11:20 John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound, ORG 45 rpm
00:12:09 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust; current in-print std version DBZSLP 40 in deadwax
00:13:19 Miles Davis - Round About Midnight; Speakers Corner
00:14:29 The Doobie Brothers - Captain And Me; Speakers Corner
00:14:59 John Coltrane - Lush Life; Analogue Productions
00:14:59 Sonny Rollins - Rollins Plays For Bird; Analogue Productions
00:17:51 Dexter Gordon - Go; Blue Note Classic
00:18:15 Leopold Stokowski - Rhapsodies, Analogue Productions 45 rpm
00:19:48 Alexander Gibson - Gounod: Faust - Ballet Music / Bizet: Carmen - Suite; Analogue Productions
00:20:50 Fritz Reiner - Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Analogue Productions
00:22:17 Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue; Impex 1step
00:23:45 Ann Pebbles - Straight from the Heart; Speakers Corner
00:24:23 Ernest Ansermet - The Royal Ballet Gala Performances; Analogue Productions
00:26:34 Paul Simon - Graceland; std in-print version
00:27:10 Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
00:27:40 Dave Brubeck Quarter - Time Out; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
00:28:32 Hugh Masekela - Hope; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
00:29:22 Lou Donaldson - Mr. Shing-A-Ling; Tone Poet
00:30:55 Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly; Analogue Productions
00:31:52 Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus; Analogue Productions
00:33:22 Donald Byrd - Places And Spaces; Blue Note Classic
00:33:57 Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - The Big Beat; Blue Note Classic
00:34:43 The Doors - LA Woman; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
00:34:43 The Doors - Soft Parade; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
00:34:43 The Doors - Morrison Hotel; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
00:34:43 The Doors - Waiting for the sun; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
00:36:41 Bill Withers - Greatest Hits; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm
00:37:58 Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm
00:38:43 John Coltrane - Lush Life; Craft Recordings 1step
00:38:43 Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds; Craft Recordings 1step
00:43:50 Lee Morgan - The Cooker; Tone Poet
00:47:25 Elvis Presley - 24 Karat Hits; Analogue Productions
00:49:29 Chet Baker - Chet Baker in New York; Craft Recordings
00:49:29 Chet Baker - Chet; Craft Recordings
00:49:29 Chet Baker - Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe; Craft Recordings
00:49:29 Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings - It Could Happen to You; Craft Recordings
00:51:24 John Coltrane - Love Supreme; Acoustic Sounds/Verve
00:54:29 Otis Redding - Otis Blue; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
00:56:14 Art Blakey - Indestrutible; Blue Note 80s
00:56:56 Lou Reed - Transformer; Speakers Corner
00:58:25 João Gilberto & Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
01:00:29 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
01:00:46 Neil Young - Harvest; std in-print
01:02:29 Al Green - Call Me; Speakers Corner
01:03:13 Tom Petty - Wildflowers & All The Rest; std in-print
01:04:24 Slim Harpo - The Original King Bee; Analogue Productions
01:05:35 Alan Parsons Project - I Robot; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm
01:06:45 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours; 45 rpm Pallas version
01:08:08 Suzuki Isao Trio Quartet - Blow Up; Impex 45 rpm
01:09:57 Son House - The Legendary Son House - Father of Folk Blues; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
01:10:38 Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder; Blue Note Classic
01:11:31 The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?; Analog Spark
01:13:03 Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd); Analogue Productions 45 rpm
01:13:59 Roy Orbison - Crying; Analogue Productions 45 rpm/ORG
01:15:39 Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
01:16:43 Wayne Shorter - Etcetera; Tone Poet
01:18:51 Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue; Analogue Productions UHQR 33 rpm
01:20:49 Warren Zevon - Stand In The Fire; Speakers Corner
01:21:17 Charles Mingus - The Clown; Speakers Corner
01:21:46 Herbie Hancock - Crossings; Speakers Corner
01:22:13 Chet Baker Quartet - Chet Baker in Paris, Vol 1 - Barclay; Sam Records
01:24:17 Barney Wilen - Jazz sur Seine; Sam Records
01:25:02 Toto - IV; Speakers Corner
01:25:57 John Coltrane - Ballads; Acoustic Sounds/Verve
01:26:47 Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings; Tone Poet
01:29:40 Supertramp - Breakfast in America; Mobile Fidelity
01:30:17 Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Moanin; Blue Note Classic
01:31:49 The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin; Intervention
01:32:47 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Country Hits...Feelin' Blue; Analogue Productions
01:33:57 Dean Martin - Dream With Dean; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
01:34:59 Buck Owens - Buck Owens; Sundazed
01:37:00 Gary Bias - East 101; Pure Pleasure
01:38:03 John Lee Hooker - The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker; Craft Recordings
01:38:38 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells; Third Man Records
01:40:00 Fleetwood Mac - 1973 - 1974; Box Set
01:41:19 Miles Davis - Kind of Blue; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm
01:42:15 Peggy Lee - Black Coffee; Acoustic Sounds/Verve
01:43:34 Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere; std in-print
01:44:14 Nina Simone - Pastel Blues; Acoustic Sounds/Verve
01:44:57 Grant Green - Born to be Blue; Tone Poet
01:46:37 Baby Face Wilette - Face to Face; Tone Poet
01:47:21 Van Morrison - Moondance; std back on black version
01:48:41 Bill Evans - Trio 64; Acoustic Sounds/Verve
01:49:40 Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign; Speakers Corner
01:50:12 Charles Mingus - Mingus x5; Acoustic Sounds/Verve
01:51:06 Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l’échafaud; Sam Records
01:52:27 Curtis Amy - Katanga; Tone Poet
01:53:47 Gillian Welch - The Lost Songs; Acony Records
01:55:42 Fritz Reiner - Scheherazade; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
01:56:35 Nathan Davis with Georges Arvanitas Trio - Live in Paris; Sam Records
01:58:40 Muddy Waters - Folk Singer; Analogue Productions 45 rpm
01:59:21 Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill; Analogue Productions
02:00:23 Hank Mobley - Soul Station; Blue Note Classic
02:00:48 Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else; Blue Note Classic
02:01:35 Nivana - Nevermind; non anniversary in-print Pallas pressing
02:02:56 Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World; Impex
02:04:24 Dire Straits - Love Over Gold; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm
02:04:24 Dire Straits - Communique; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm
02:04:24 Dire Straits - Making Movies; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm
02:04:24 Dire Straits - Dire Straits; Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm
Thanks for doing this. Makes life easier to get a list together.
Thank you!!
Well done! Thank you!
Thank you so much.
Hero
Your informed perspective is seriously helpful.
I've bought so many of these at your recommendation and I've been thrilled with every single one. Thank you!
I began watching this having no idea how great this video would be. I grew up in the 70s and 80s and I used to own a small collection of vinyl which has disappeared over the years. Recently, I have considered getting back into collecting. I had no idea. Superb information here. I listened to this twice through. That’s how much I valued the information. Thank you!
I don’t buy records anymore, am 69 years old and I’ve passed my 2,000 odd LP’s to my son, it’s a great collection, started buying LP’s from 1963 to the late 1980’s or so, interesting take on the current market for albums, it’s so different from my day. I think it was more fun buying records back in my time when the actual music was made and you could see the artists live! Never heard of albums at 45 rpm kinda weird for me, but I guess it’s business for you guys! I have a single of Sidewinder by Woody Herman great track, also Ken Nordine Colours is a great talking Jazz album! Love the Doors, listen to Moonlight Drive my fave song and the first song they wrote!
Cool. Im 67 and have been collecting records since beatlemania. Brother and i split the hoard when we went our separate ways. He lost his through bankruptcy. So half of our stash is gone. But i do still have mine and have augmented it w/my wife’s and two x’s by way of different next door neighbors. Funny thing the last neighbors inventory i annexed were astonishingly close to my tastes and i now have numerous duplicates. Havnt done a deep dive to uncover a valuable hidden gem.re:bowie’s diamond dog cover art . Im confident its not the uber edition of that series. Dont know what will become of them when I embark on the next phase of my evolution. Suppose i might could make some kind if arrangement to pass them along.
I quit collecting when CDs arrived and I don't regret it. I never listen to my old vinyl, I'm not into clicks and pops. I've updated my collection, and then some, with FLACs on a hi-res player. When I see the price of new vinyl, I just shake my head. The average price in my local record store is around $45 CDN for a single LP. It's absurd. Let's say a person wanted to replace a modest 200 LP collection at that price, it would cost them $9000. Nope.
@OMGWTFLOLSMH well... it's all down to supply and demand. The supply is currently low due to high demand... I guess the vinyl pressing factories are slim but the demand is booming now. I think that eventually the supply will go back up and the vinyl craze will die down a bit... then prices will fall. This is a temporary problem. Vinyl records aren't luxury items. As far as pops and cracks go, most of my best records are almost dead silent between tracks. Some of my records need a good cleaning and those do pop a little tad bit but it's not enough to put me off. Digital audio files and vinyl records are apples and oranges to me. I listened to Digital audio for my entire adult life so I really enjoy the warm tone that come from records. That's the best way I know to describe it. I love HiRes Digital audio as well but to me it all has that same flat sound to it... even the best files. Just my 2 cents.
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@@OMGWTFLOLSMHToday's audiophile 45RPM records sound amazing. I own records older than me (55) that look and sound new. Most folks have never heard a decent turntable. I went back to vinyl in the mid 90's because with a good needle it sounded better than digital before we got transparency with delta sigma dacs circa 2000. Clean records that were pressed well are very quite.
this is the place where you learn what version of records sound best. thank you mike from the in-groove. you are doing us a great service.
This video has completely revolutionized the way I look at records. Thank you.
I actually watched this entire video and also spent €500+ on the way to the end to play on my new system that is on the way. Thank you for doing this and taking the time. Super interesting and I learned a lot.
Greetings from southern Bavaria!
Wow. I will come back to this episode for years. Thanks!
I love catching up on this site. It brings a smile to your face on a dark and cold UK winters night, and I want some of these.Thank you Mike.
Hey Mike, I appreciate the time spent here to share with us - a super informative hang-out.
I know you've been doing this a long time, but if I could offer only one note: please HOLD THE RECORD STILL A FEW SECONDS LONGER (while you're talking) AND LET US SEE IT.
This has been a fun listen! I can't agree more about the joy brought by Blue Note. And not just the popular stuff, but the Duke Pearsons, Bobbi Humphrees, etc.
Eagerly awaiting the 2022 rendition. Good vid.
People get their workouts in while watching sports or the news. I’m fairly certain I’m the only one on a treadmill watching this and making mental notes about what I need to buy next.
I love a great “list” video, and this one was excellent.
Love the long videos for jogging
@@keithmoran8004 There are dozens of us! Dozens!
That is how I watched it too. 😀
Thanks for making this Mike. Appreciate the time you've taken out of your holidays to put this together. This is really brilliant.. many, many thanks! (And yes, Sam records is rather special, Fred's doing a super job!!!)
So many great records in the video. I'm glad that 2 LP version of Rumours is back in print. I agree that even if you're not a big fan of that era of the band, that particular pressings is a must listen.
I totally agree. I have the 1975 Fleetwood Mac 45rpm pressing as well
You're single-handedly making want to explore jazz records
It's great to watch your video. I'm just getting back into LPs after an almost 40 year hiatus; I'm REALLY glad I kept my LP collection (in the thousands) AND my 78's (almost a thou). I'm researching system components (separates) and hope to be able to do credible transfers to CD for me, then maybe selling the LPs!
Oh! Cant wait to watch this later... Thank you Mike you have made 2021 interesting...
I must admit I know very little about Jazz, but I watched this to educate myself. I learned a lot.
I never knew different labels put out the same records in different variations. I don't know about mastering or pressing plants or engineers or differences between 45-33 presses, but this video made me want to know more. I'd love o see a video specifically about mastering, engineers and pressing plants for novices. Also would love to know more about tracks and tape reels that you mention. I knew digital recordings are compressed and inferior and lack warmth, but I would like to know more. You seem extremely knowledgeable, which is why I watched a two hour video about records I mostly never heard of. I will be checking out your other vids.
I'd like to see a video like this, but about classic rock and 80s metal. I know there are different pressings of some of them as well. Many 80s metal records originals are hard to find, and expensive, and I know some reissues are digital from the CDs. As a big Metalhead I'd like to know the best versions to get, and where to find them. I'm leary of buying used records on eBay or Discogs. Record stores typically charge a lot for used and new metal, not really sure why. I wish a label would put out quality $20-$30 classic Metal (and Thrash) albums. The same applies to 80s Punk, hard o find affordable good copies, and many were not recorded great. Would love to hear really good sounding 80s Punk.
One more thing: You mention all these labels and versions, but where do I find them. Would be nice to see an actual list with information. Do you have a website with that information?
Thanks, you are not an arrogant, snarky vinyl snob like some guys that make vids, I detest that I'm smarter than you, my collection is better and I'm a show off attitude. Some store owners are like that as well. You seem like a cool dude that would talk music with me if I came into your store. Peace.
Incredible video Mike! Thanks for all the info. I eill add that Van Morrisons Moondance is now cut from a digital file by kevin gray. The original tapes are in too bad of shape now. The AAA version is out of print now...think it was done in 2008
Thanks Mike. These videos are great and really helpful.
Great Video. ( I watch em all and buy from you often. ) Love your store and your forthrightness about challenging & touchy record subjects, such as....... death metal cover art fonts! ( lol ) Took me over a month to work my way through the whole video. This morning, I finally finished it. Fantastic mega-work here. Thanks again.
I love the list. Only a handful are currently available. Quite a few are awaiting repress (good to know) but the majority is financially out of reach for me unfortunately. I did find one on this list for $12 that I did not currently have and was marked down from $30 so just that one record made my day. Too bad they cannot make more $20 - $30 high quality records like you said.
It really sucks that major labels combined with labor shortages and pvc shortages is why some records are going for crazy high prices. Lot of indie labels are getting absolutely squeezed rn, plants are backed up like crazy. Its unfortunate. RIP to all the techno/house DJs that may have had labels in the states place orders with plants in Europe and mess up 12" single releases too. I wish LPs would come down in price but I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
Good video.When I saw the 2 hour time I thought oh-no. But the content was solid. Well done
OMG Mike, you can actually hear and visualize as the folded-into-an-exacto-knife flap on the resealable outer sleeve of that Ann Peebles LP cutting into the grooves of the record as you slide it back into the jacket!!! Careful Mike!! Thanks for taking the time for this post.
The lapel mic makes it sound worse then it is
Thank you sir for taking the time to do this list. There are some real musical treasures here.
Been coming to your store for months and just realized I’ve been watching your UA-cam as well lol
Just spent over four hours with this video adding them to my Discogs wantlist! I can't tell you how much I loved this video! Thanks so much for all of the information!
Pumped for this list. Thanks!
Mike, this was an outstanding video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for the incredible effort in making it. it was a bit expensive for me as well as I ended up buying another 3 records because of this 🙂
Great review. Thank you! You need to get Peter Frampton’s new box set from Intervention..outstanding!
This is amazing. Thank you so much for doing this. Very informative and helpful. Your knowledge is second to none.
What a great gift to the community. Awesome work. Thank you.
Thanks Mike for a really nice video and great information about the vinyls. You are so much better when you stick with the products you sell yourself.👌🏻
I’m sure not all of the Parlophone Bowie reissues are analog, but they are all fantastic. I don’t know where they press, but I have nearly the complete Bowie catalogue on Parlophone and they are flawless. Amazing QC out of wherever they are pressed. Great to know my copy of Ziggy is all analogue.
Agreed 100%. My Bowie reissues from Parlophone are all great sound wise. I have Young Americans, Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Scary Monsters, & Let's Dance. I'm pretty curious who mastered them when I know Optimal Media manufactured them.
I live in Colombia. Standing in line at the market of all places saw a few LP’s. Picked up Ziggy (Parlophone) for the equivalent of $30. Sounds very, very good. Also had The Ramones, Fleetwood Mac and the first Zeppelin. Think I’ll pick up the Zeppelin next time.
Love the channel!
This had to be a lot of work Mike, thanks so much!
Thank you so much for this video this was awesome! Appreciate all the time and effort you put into this it was very informative and helpful!!! I’m gonna watch it again and go through the titles that I don’t have yet and search them out👍👍
This is the first time I've watched your Channel. I've subscribed because you are a wealth of information and musical knowledge for the vinyl LP. Even as a long time record collector, and having quite a bit of knowledge myself, I felt out of sync with a lot of what you were talking about, because I dropped out of record buying from about the mid-80s, until around the early 2000's. I'm unfamiliar with a lot of the new record pressing techniques and labels, but it was fun to hear you speak of them and learn about it. Like your father I'm a huge Elvis fan and have many of his albums. I'm a rocker, but when it comes to Elvis, his gospel is some of my favorite music. I'm a "Doors" fan like you and I may look into the Analogue Productions. Also the Bowie album. What really blew me away, is that some Living Stereo production albums are valuable. I've passed up many over the years. I live in an area, basically in the woods, where the public bought Pop, Classical, but mostly Country music. I bring that up only because of the hundreds of Living Stereo albums that I"ve passed up over the years, for about a dollar a pop, at the local Antique stores. Fun and very informative video. I don't you'll respond to my comment, since being a Record Store owner and doing Album videos must keep you busy all the time. If you do respond, what is a "tip up" album cover? Is that what I've always called a gatefold album cover?
Thank You. A Tip On cover is when they glue the printed front slick to the cardboard jacket rather than printing it directly to a blank cardboard jacket.
Great info !! Thanks Mike for taking the time to make this !
Hi Mike, watching this video has turned me on to the way you store your records. Makes so much sense; resealable jacket cover, records in back in nice QRP or MoFi sleeves. Could you tell me what brand of resealable jacket covers do you use? Thanks! 🙏
Really enjoying your videos! The Vinyl Vault watching from across the pond.
So glad to see that Cranberries LP was done by Analog Spark. For one or two reissues, Plain Recordings was releasing Cranberries albums, and I can't think of two worse sounding albums than the two reissues by Plain that I had the misfortune of purchasing.
Your videos are always excellent, Mike. Thank you for being an incredible resource.
Thank you Michael. This took a long time. It shows. Your passion and that you care. Thank you for mentioning Lynyrd skynyrd free bird. I stopped the video and listened to it. Unbelievable! Continue to point us in the right direction. Thank you also for your dignified response to the negative comments after a remarkable job at MOFI. Finally, thank you for your honesty. When all has been said about MOFI, it is a fact that mostly, the sound is great!! Thank you.
Thank You for this really great video. Your insight are so many and so knowledgeable. You really help bring the music to us...especially people like myself who live way out in the boonies where lp stores don't exist. The Yusef Lateef lp blew me away...feel very lucky to have found a new one for just over 200. Happy New Year to you and your family.
I just purchased Somethin' Else and no non-fill, no warp, very quiet pressing. Kevin Grey's mastering is consistently excellent like Mike says.
I just discovered you.
I ordered The Doors Soft Parade from your eBay store after watching this vid.
I also started checking out jazz you recommend. Thanks man.
Thanx Mike, very interesting two hours, very entertaining. I'm missing only the 45 rpm of Ted Nugent-same. Stranglehold is unbelieveable.
I got Nevermind and I followed your advice and did NOT get the anniversary edition...good lord...blowing my mind right now, even through a basic setup. Thanks for the advice!
A man for the people. Another fantastic and informative video.
Congrats for the list Mike! Awesome! Missing some of them, for the next while hahaha
When I first started getting into vinyl, I read websites about RCA's Living Stereo recordings. I bought a few, and while they were good, it wasn't until I upgraded my system that I realized how GOOD the recording engineers were at the time. There are so many to recommend, but -- like you -- I am not a classical music fan. However, "The Music From Peter Gunn" and Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall" are great starting points. They can also be had for peanuts...
This video taught me one thing
If you want all analogue pressings but you don't dig Jazz, you're shit outta luck.
Jazz does tend to dominate the audiophile realm for obvious reasons but there has been some 90s rock done all analog in recent years (built to spill, nirvana, pixies, RHCP, Hum, MBV, Spiritualized, Stereolab)
I hope to see the major audiophile reissue labels transition toward more recent releases (thinking 90s and newer) because let’s face it a lot of the titles they do have been done over and over and the demographic is getting younger as more young people get into vinyl and some of them get into the audiophile realm
@@gtaylor3350 I would think a very very small percentage of rock music from the 90s was recorded on analog tape to begin with.
All of the Mofi Dire Straits you show are cut from DSD 256. :(
The Dolphy title is out on Prestige also Mike. Hopefully they will all start coming out quicker now. My biggest "Why did I sleep on those?" moments. So stoked they are coming back in print.
Thanks for doing this Mike, I am not sure if you seen my comment the other day but I asked for records under £30 that sound great. You have included quite a few.
I'm glad you bought the album.Happy spinning.
Your recommendations are a god send good sir. Many thanks 👍🏼
I don't think I will go back to records as I buy only CDs.I will say it was/is great listening and learning from you.
I know you are not that big of a Zappa, but they are analogue records and sound INCREDIBLE, all of them!
Mike, many thanks for giving of your vast knowledge and expertise. Much appreciated
Great list! Thanks for putting this together.
Im from mn but if i move to az, im gonna go an tey to get a job working for you.You seem like the coolest audiophile geek that i love to be around.Id probably learn something everyday.
This was such an exceptional video - really great!
Ryan K. Smith is a young man in his 30s I believe, maybe 40s ! He was mentored by the late great "George Marino" , excellent engineer! 👏
Gillian Welch's studio albums on vinyl are all analogue too. They sound fantastic and I'd highly recommend them. Harrow and the Harvest has been sold out for a couple of years now, but a reissue is coming at the end of February!
You would not know about them being analog if no one had told you. There is absolutely nothing magical about analog as a recording medium. If you want the sound that is as close to what was present in the studio you will buy only digital. But you don't really care about sound quality, right?
Can we get a 2022 edition of this video. Love this !
Always enjoy your videos.
Mike you need to add Dave Matthews Band Crash to your list. Super vinyl quiet, almost one-step sound from a 33. AAA Bellman cut
The 24 minute mark was unintentionally hilarious to me!
“Huuuh…we’re going”
I fully appreciate RSD and the new customers it brings to stores. But man…these are really niche albums. It just becomes a list of word salad after a while. Thanks for doing the video all the same!
Wanna get drunk? Watch this video and take a shot everytime Mike says "Kevin Gray" or "Bernie Grundman" LOL
😂😂😂
Or "this 1 makes my top 5 list" 😅
Just bought the Scheherazade on your recommendation. Thanks Mike!
The way we enjoy music all comes down to how you were introduced to it, and I’ll never fathom how someone can find the recording quality of a guitar solo more important than the melody it’s playing
I'm going to go out on a limb here and bet there aren't any ERC LPs on this list. 😉✌️
^ I was thinking the same^
That’s only because they’re not in print anymore
He’s talking about records still in print.
@Jazzer2349 wrong thing, those are lacquers. ERC make standard yet crappy vinyl records,
There couldn’t be, they’re out of print 😅
Great list MIke, thank you!. By the way, I'd love to hear your opinion on the Original Jazz Classics (OJC) editions of the Prestige/Contemporary catalogue. I think those are an excellent entry into AAA vinyl, those Miles Davis and Coltrane Prestige albums sound killer, and they are super cheap. They also have all those BIll Evans Riverside records in print, they even come with a nice polyline sleeve.
Also, when doing another Kind Of Blue shootout, please include the Sony Legacy Mono (originally a Record Store Day release), mastered by Kevin Gray, it sounds great, a good addition to a great sounding stereo version like the UHQR.
One of my two favorite bands of all times! I'm on board for audiophile pressings definitely at an affordable price!
It will happen one day I'm sure. I just hope that when it happens they do it right and it sounds spectacular 😁
BTW, today is 7/25 and Led Zeppelin played their last American show on 7/24/77. It was at the Oakland Coliseum and they left from there to go back home because Robert Plant's son died. So this is almost the 50th anniversary of that sad incident. It will be in four more years.
Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
I'm with you 99% on The Doors. I adore them, and they sound sensational.
Shame Strange Days isn't as good sounding as the others. I still think it sounds nice, though. Strange Days is a top 10 album for me and my favourite by the band, following by L.A. Woman.
A hundred is a content of one(!) of the cells behind you sir ;) That’s for a case people think that’s alot...
You visible vinyl library is twice larger than my digital one. You’re in heaven )
Ill bet that Tea for the Tillerman behind you in the rack sounds great
Great as always, thank you.
I'm really psyched about the AP reissues coming out of the Prestige material next year. You can still get OJCs, new but I seems a lot of them are warped from being in storage too long....
21:01 Don't forget that besides Elvis, the Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra was used extensively in the Film "2001 Space Odyssey". Most people will recognize the music from that movie. I have a common pressing of the Hugh Masakala "HOPE" which is great music but the sound quality is not so great....maybe I have a bad copy?
Awesome content! Would love to hear your cool jazz and jazz funk genre suggestions.
I’ve been collecting records since the late 90s. Only because I like old things and I thought maybe they’ll be worth money one day. So I’ve always collected them when I found them or had a chance. Fast forward to 2018 a buddy of mine who looks and sounds exactly like this guy. He got me into vinyl and back to collecting. I love it. It’s by far the best hobby I’ve gotten into. However, mike here got me into “sound” and quality. I listen to hardcore metal, metal, jazz, 90s pop (little bit) 90s rap, classic rock, 90s electronic. And a few more genres here and there. Now the last 2 years or so I go for better quality, better sounding records.
I'm glad that 2 LP version of Rumours is back in print.
Great listing. Where might I ask, do I find those super sweet sleeves?
Mike, I would appreciate the lable ID's of these. Esp. the Bowie..
So many prints out there..
This is a vinyl master class, thanks much!
Eric Dolphy - Outward Bound was another Prestige title back in stock from Analogue Productions on 200 Gram Vinyl
*Names several MoFi releases*
Welp...
This is why I LOOOVE vinyl, but don’t get myself concerned over “All Analog”… there are MANY examples of “Analog Snobs” (not meant as an insult) proudly saying how amazing they sound and citing as an example of how analog only is the best way - only to find out there was a digital step. Whoopsie!
Doesn’t matter folks, listen with your ears and try to remove any confirmation bias from the equation.
You are a BALDY LEGEND MATE 😂
Another great video! Thank you!!
Great video, thanks Mike.
Also got the copies of Satchmo PKO today. Thank you Sir.
Got a record player for Christmas. Started looking into the why around vinyl. Now that I've researched this more it feels bit like falsehoods driving consumerism. Not only that but apparently the gift I was given will destroy the records I haven't purchased yet? Fun stuff here!
This video is a true treasure - thank you!!
I suppose someone might already have mentined that Richard Strauss's "Also sprach Zarathustra" was also used in the Stanley Kubrick film "2001: Space Odyssey". The film starts with that piece, if I remember rightly.
Just a heads up that the orig UK Buddy Holly Lps sound FANTASTIC! No injected plastic here. Hard to find in decent condition cos we love him over here and they got played a lot.
Hey Mike, on the topic of Nevermind, it seems like 2020/current in stock pressings actually dont have the same stampers as the ORG does. It has the DGC catalog number, the pallas catalog number (albeit crossed and engraved), and the BG stamp. Both have BG in the deadwax, but the ORG info and the RTI number are both gone from the deadwax. The BG also looks different on both records. I recently got a 2013 pressing that does have the ORG and RTI info to compare and the 2013 sounded a bit better to my ears
I bought one of the new Pallas records and it sounds amazing.
I received the Nirvana album and the sound is amazing!