My vinyl record collection & a journey to play the whole lot: Part 1
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- My vinyl record collection & a journey to play the whole lot: Part 1
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Love the t-shirt. Only Beatles fans will know where it comes from. I used to commute quite a bit, and I have met the type on the t-shirt quite often. Who didn't? I loved John's put downs, the eyes fluttering always gets a laugh, and I would imagine that's the sort of thing he'd say in real life. Thanks for the vinyl journey!
Nice to see Dexy’s getting some love. Highly underrated band.
"I fought the war for your sort." That shirt is everything! Scary Monsters is a Bowie masterpiece. It came out at the same time as Double Fantasy. I have a great memory of holding both in a record store deciding which one to buy first. I bet you know who won. :)
Another excellent video by the Gold Standard of Beatles/Vinyl UA-cam: Mr. Dixon! I love the discogs tool where it will pick a record at random out of your collection. Once or Twice a week, i let it pick out an album for me and I put it on. My goal for 2023 was to listen to all of my records before I buy any new ones.
Good plan! I only have a tiny percentage of my collection logged on Discogs, I should get more on there.
Hello Andrew ! I am in the same boat, having many sealed, new records. I buy a lot, as I get amazinly great deals on records ( .25 cents to 1.50 per ) over here in Reno, Nevada. I buy new repress as well.. Again I might say.. I buy everything ! LoL ! Still watching and enjoying your video. 🤚
Such a great video! It’s a great reminder to listen to what you have ❤
Hi Andrew great Bowie collection you have, I have them all too 👍
Another great video from UA-cam's very own "Favorite Male Artist 1996" Andrew Dixon! Always enjoy your videos and hope we get some Beatles news soon! Cheers!
I face this dilemma with my very large album collection.
Still buy cds most months but when am I ever going to find time to listen to then all A to Z 🎶? 🤔
It’s always fun to see what is in other people’s vinyl collection. Even if they aren’t all artists that I personally enjoy, I like seeing what another Beatles fan of my age likes.
Peaking at the album spines, I see the Nick Drake albums are due up next. If you haven’t picked it up yet, the new Nick Drake biography by Richard Morton Jack is wonderful. It will likely be the definitive biography for Nick. After 30 years of being a fan, I’ve learned so much from this book and I’m not even close to finishing it.
I definitely want to get that Nick book. Probably one for the birthday or Christmas list!
Fantastic brass on the SFTYSR
Bought that album on the strength of the cover and the sleeve notes alone
I thank you for playing it to me!
I recommend getting some Björk records! Her run from Debut-Vulnicura is incredible, and Fossora is great as well. The only album I can’t get behind apart from five or six songs is her 2017 album Utopia. The songs are bloated and almost all are six/seven minutes long. 😂
I have Debut (on CD), one of my favourite albums of that year!
Enjoyable as always. I feel like I need to undertake a similar journey, as I've got loads of albums (on both vinyl & CD) that I've not listened to in ages.
Love Andrew's vids. It's like going to a mate's house and talking music
I'm more of a CD collector, but I enjoy watching these videos. P.S. I wasn't a fan of BritPop growing up, I was more a fan of Grunge/Alternative bands. I did love bands like The Charlatans, The Stone Roses, Radiohead, Garbage etc.. ❤
Andrew, of that later period of Bowie, I think an essential album is 'The Next Day', his penultimate release. Fabulous songs and also very sad as you can tell that he knew he was ill in advance of Black Star. Where Are We Now is heartbreaking, especially the video. Great selection there and I love the new Blur album. I also picked it up on its day of release on blue vinyl.
I have The Next Day on CD. I love how little bits of the melody of Where Ae We Now seem to have evolved from his "Chubby LIttle Fat Man" song he did with Ricky Gervais on Extras.
Hi Andrew, I am loving your video! Didn't Bowie release Hunky Dory before Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars. Love the Artic Monkeys, Blur, David Bowie, Kate Bush, the Cure and Dexy Midnight Runners vinyl. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Matthew, the order of Bowie albums has been fixed on my shelf!
Just chiming in to say that yes indeed Andrew, that Analogue Productions Stereo Pet Sounds sounds absolutely INCREDIBLE!! Best sounding version I have ever heard and I too prefer it in Stereo (not Duophonic obv). Essential!
I have a Mono US 1st pressing also and it is solely for the collection. Just godawful mastering for such an iconic album.
The mono Analogue Productions is also great but it's the only mono version of it I've heard that I've ever liked
@@AndrewDixonMusic I don’t doubt it! Anything AP has done that I’ve heard sounds amazing. I would like to hear it, but can’t really justify buying it. The ‘72 Pet Sounds reissue that was paired with Carl and The Passions as a special 2LP set sounds light years better than the first pressing at least. I do have that. No question the AP demolishes it tho!
Bit random, but I can't get over the way you store your vinyl in the poly sleeves with the spine lined up with the opening, I have the opening along the top edge, and thought this was universal.
I do it this way so that I can a)see the spines more easily on the shelf, and b) usually can slip the record out of the shelf and back in without taking the poly sleeve out.
Hi Andrew! Great collection you got! Looking forward to listen to some stuff I already didn't, but this time in mp3 and FLAC because I stopped collecting records as it became pretty expensive. Enjoy your journey, hope you have a great time 😃
Great new series. Can’t wait to see the rest.
Thanks 👍
You must remember to play Hunky Dory before Ziggy Stardust Andrew, or your whole alphabetical/chronological system will come crashing down, meaning that you will have to start the whole process all over again. So glad that you didn't have to start with ABBA!!!
gonna enjoy this voyage of the bottom shelf , which is a good name for an album ironically
Enjoyed that part one of your vinyl collection ,personally I do like David Bowie quite a lot so some of those albums do resonate with me thank you.
I have been thinking the same thing for quite a while. I got a few secondhand vinyl back in 1994, and a few more later that decade even though I didn't have a turntable. Then in 2015 I saw an old copy of OMDs Dazzle Ships and that got me back into it all. Our collections have their own stories don't they?
Spotify has been a major distraction since the first lockdown in spring 2020 however. It's interesting hearing your thoughts on Bowie; I have a fair few of his. I saw an old copy of Aladdin Sane the other day, but some albums need time for me to fully commit. It's all part of the experience isn't it?
Great new series. I too, for casual listening, loop through my CDs in alphabetical order (my vinyl has been transferred to CD so just slots in). Currently bogged down in later Elton John albums. Shocked at your lack of ‘A’’s however! On vinyl I have Abba (all albums), ABC & Asia. Every so often I get to an album I probably only played once when bought and you can find great lost music this way, especially for artists with a lot of albums where you usually only play their earlier stuff!
I've got a box set of all ABBA albums on CD but never felt I needed them on vinyl.
My favorite Cure album will have to be Disintegration but the trilogy of 17 Seconds/Faith/Pornography is PERFECTION
Every album of the Berlin Trilogy is perfect too. I kinda see Scary Monsters as a coda or part four of the trilogy
Not a duff album in the bunch! Happy listening.
Hi Andrew , another very interesting video , you have a wide selection of music on vinyl , I’m glad your into Bowie & Kate bush , I can’t pick a favourite bowie & bush Album , but I love the red shoes , especially the track Moment of pleasure , i got the album when it first came out & now it is quite rare . Anyway when is your next live stream ? . Anyway keep up the good work
Thanks John! No definite date for the next live stream but hopefully fairly soon.
I hope it’s not on a Thursday night , as I work late
Your David Bowie LP's were not in their proper release order in case you weren't aware.
You have the exact same Bowie albums that I used to have, except I stopped after Scary Monsters. For consistency during that period is there anyone like him? Collection all sold now. I don't listen to music like I used to. If I want to hear a track I just UA-cam it.
I've often thought about listening to every CD/record that I have many times. There are so many artists/bands in my collection that I haven't listened to in years. In some cases, I forgot that I even owned, but it would take so much time to do that.
My question for you, Andrew, is how much time are you devoting to this project? How many records do you have? I know you have a pretty extensive collection, so it will probably take you a while. I don't know if you would be willing to do this, but if you could document how many hours a week are you devoting to your records, and how many records will you be listening to each time. Will you be skipping tracks that you don't like? It will also be interesting to see if your taste has changed on certain albums you may have bought years ago.
There will be no set number of hours, this will take as long as it takes, there will be times when I don't get to listen to an album for a week, then other time when I'm dong 2 or 3 a night. My main focus is on that bottom shelf and a few other box sets, would guess that's maybe between 150 an 200 albums? No skipping!
@@AndrewDixonMusic OK. Fair enough.
Hi Andrew, you need to get Aladdin Sane! A perfect album, IMO.
Got it on CD, I expect vinyl will follow at some point!
I think your stereo version of Pet Sounds is the second true stereo mix after the version in the cd box set Pet Sound Sessions. Up until then anything labeled stereo was fake stereo (I think).
I understand the risk of sitting on the floor 10:12 but it *does* mean if you drop any records, they have a shorter distance to fall! 😉 Nice, and varied, video topic again, thank you.
Good point! 😄
I enjoyed your tour through the non-Beatles stuff. Not a huge fan of Pet Sounds myself -- minus the hits it's a bit of a slog. (Sorry!) I still need to get some of those Kate Bush LPs on vinyl. I have the recent remastered CDs, and I had been slowly tracking down the original releases on vinyl, but they became predictably way more expensive and scarce in the past year so that plan went out the window.
Side A of the car is one of their best first sides to an album shame about side two other than a few songs
Quite a project - my question - who the heck is Andrew Dixon ?
Good question. If you ever find out please let me know.
TVC 1, 5 Andrew! 😊
No Aladdin sane😮 you have to get a copy.
I have it on CD, will get round to getting the vinyl eventually!
You should take a listen to Dexys other albums Too Rye Ay and Don’t Stand Me Down. I only got into them last year.
But I did get sick of Come On Eileen.
There There My Dear was always my fave single as much as Geno on Searching For The Young Soul Rebels.
I have Too Rye Ay on CD, never really grabbed me much, but I do like Celtic Soul Brothers at the start
@@AndrewDixonMusic. My faves on it are Old & Plan B. The other album Don’t Stand Me Down has one of my fave Dexys Singles called ‘This is what she’s like’ it’s 12:30mins long it’s split into 3 sections.
Out of interest do you get free provided LPs regularly as this must have cost a fortune over the years? As a big music fan would like more box sets etc but they are so expensive it is hard to justify?
I've had a small number (but sometimes quite valuable) records/box sets sent to me over the last couple of years but that's probably 2% of my collection. I do like to sniff out a bargain when things occasionally drop in price, if it's something I don't "need" to have on release.
Hello Andrew. Any comments on the news that Yoko is selling up the Dakota apartment? Do you have the odd $20,000,000 down the back of the sofa?
Would want to see it confirmed by Sean before I believe it. He was quick to shout down the rumours she had moved to the country a few months ago.
@@AndrewDixonMusic Actually, I find that quite assuring, thanks.
All the stuff everyone has already heard of ad nauseum. I can't understand the appeal of all these reissue box sets etc either, clearly an original is much rarer and probably sounds better too.
For the life of me, I don't understand why Pet Sounds is so highly rated. And I'm a Beach Boys fan. I don't hate it, but I don't just don't get it, either.
Thought I was the only one 😂😂…
Same! Sunflower, Surf's Up, 20/20 and Holland are their gems for me.
Agree
One of the most overated albums ever if you ask me. Don't get the hype.
Is it just me or is there anyone else who is tired of every record being on colored vinyl? Yes, they are cool looking, but I want sound quality. It seems like every album I buy now is on colored vinyl. It's ridiculous!
I don't see an issue with colour vinyl and sound quality, red is a colouring added to the process the same way black is. Picture discs absolutely sound worse but colour vinyl has no inherent reason to be inferior.
@AndrewDixonMusic I never see 180 gm on any color vinyl I buy.
I know in the late seventies and early eighties, the sound was definitely compromised on color vinyl
I do love Kate Bush she is fabulous ,I must go listen to Arial though as I dont think I have heard that one ,I do love The Red Shoes ,that one is my favourite.
The Beach Boys Pet Sounds one of the greatest albums ever made , along with their other 3 great albums Sunflower, Surfs Up and Holland ,They are worth a listen .
great video once again I look forward to the other parts.
Thanks Karen, I hope you enjoy Aerial, it really is a great album. Similar concept to Hounds Of Love with Side B being one complete story
What kinda sleeves do you use for album covers, Andrew?
Hi, it's these: amzn.to/3OoBUyu
@@AndrewDixonMusic top drawer man thanks !
Artic Monkeys are first? Wot, no ABBA?
I've got a CD box set of all the ABBA albums, but not on vinyl.
Hi,
I cannot understand why people appreciate this album so much.
I played it over and over again ..... but no.
I really try to understand why I don't like it.
And the comparison Brian Wilson and Lennon/McCartney for me is completely unnecessary.
Between Wilson and Lennon there is no connection at all.
McCartney is much better and more consistent.
What did Wilson achieve? ...... some surf songs and for a lot of people Pet Sounds, but that's it.
Eleanor Rigby, Let It Be, The Long And Winding Road, Hey Jude ..... do I need to say more?
The David Bowie albums are gems.
Take care
Hi Pe, we will have to agree to disagree on Pet Sounds and Brian 🙂
I think Brian was hampered by his own mind and a band who were not in the same league as him expect as singers. But when he was on form he was one of the very best, just a shame he couldn't do it as consistently as McCartney.