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2.50 mins in and nothing at all has been said about 3000$ pucks. Bye

I have several Japanese records. First of all the lp covers and inserts are amazing, they’re high quality original replicas and look exactly as the original stuff did. They also include lyrics. It’s also true that not all Japanese records deliver the sound quality that’s expected. It does depend on the masters and so that can be a problem and a crapshoot. But in general they’re worth having as the quality is usually quite good and the covers, inserts etc. are beautiful made.

Was that quality also used to record on the 1960 sequel album Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall?

Actually the water damage can be repaired.You've actually ruined a completely salveable recordsleeve with the eraser.Comicbook collectors are way ahead of us!Take a look at some of the comicbook restoring video's.Water damage can be repaired with actually dipping your cover in water!Even foxing on recordsleeeves can be restored!

My spin clean works great so you got a bad item get another one is all i can say .

I don’t have a lot of money, and have to stick to a strict budget, so I tend to be very intentional with my record buying. I just buy my favourite artists, and usually limit myself to one record per month. I don’t want a huge collection to look after, so I only have around 50-60 at the moment, and don’t want to ever own more than 100-200 at any point. I think just being very choosy is a great way to ensure you only have records you love and want to listen to often. But obviously, if your budget is bigger, and you enjoy experimenting, and having a larger collection, that’s great too. I tend to listen to digital music for that.

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all iit seems to be now is how much this piece of plastic is worth and nothing to do with the actual music i despair. its all about the money. i bought records for what music was on them not this shiit. so sad.

A true collector dont just buy famous records, a true collector buys what he wants regardless of if the record a hit or not I buy country music, i dont, i buy what interests me, i dont buy to sell, i buy to listen

Another simple, free thing to think about. I just did this and it made a difference in my situation and made the soundstage in my listening environment more preferable and better sounding to my ears. I simply switched the RCA inputs on the back of the amplifier to essentially swap the audio of the speakers (i.e. left and right speaker inputs now reversed). I did this because I noticed in an Ultra HD remastered song (Ice Cream Man by Van Halen) that following Dave Lee Roth's vocal and acoustic guitar opening chorus when Eddie jumped in with his guitar it was in the left speaker while listening to it through a Bluetooth connection whereas when I switched to the cable connection (from the same source) Eddie's guitar came in on the right side. Though in my Mind's Eye I see Eddie on the right-side of the stage I determined that with my speaker setup/configuration and listening environment that I really preferred Eddie's guitar solo to come from the left speaker as this created a richer soundstage for me. So I swapped the RCA inputs on the back of my amplifier and at least for that song it hits the right spot! I guess it's a crapshoot how other songs will utilize each speaker. This did the trick at least for that song/album.

I collect Zambian and other African records. That copy of Hunky Dory is honestly above average condition if it were a Zambian record!

The "outer band insert is cheap, as you have mentioned. I never save that part, dont care what some people think it is worth. I buy records and actually listen to them also, always open them up. I might have 10 or 12 Japanese pressings, they are way overpriced I think. For me, the way to go is If I cannot find a decent vinyl copy for a reasonable price, I buy the best compact disc I can find. Sometimes the cd sounds better than the vinyl. When I am dead and gone, I can just hear someone saying to themselves as they are looking over my vinyl," what a dumb poop, he didnt save the obi......

No matter how good Japanese pressings are technically, a major factor in sound quality can depend on what masters they used.

Top 10 dsd files.

Try slightly stale white bread....sounds crazy but it does work sometimes.

Mr clean magic erasers are the best for this

I love mine. Its great

This is tough to do and changes all the time. But right now I would say: 1. Station to Station 2. Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 3, Diamond Dogs 4. Young Americans 5. Tonight ( yes I know a lot of people hate this album but it’s always been one of my favorites )

Meddle is my favorite Floyd. I sold my MFSL copy years ago but no where near that price. I think the best sounding copy is the first pressing UK. Way better price.

Man, if ink is clearly gone like on the Joni Mitchel album your'e not gonna bring it back by using a eraser.

The Dreaming is a masterpiece and by far her best album. She has reportedly said that it is her "mad" album, but I consider it her mad genius album.

Love the Rush shirt dude!!! Great list!!!

"i'm a customer for life!" proceeds to use a shitty ckickbait title that could lead others to think the spin clean sucks

...top 10 most valuable Mo-Fi albums !!! None.

the plant was sued by VMP (turns out they didn't own the plant) and its been moved to furnace or RTI.... i still like VMP for a lot of the stuff they own... but I immediately thought "wait a minute this is mostly just a compilation of everything else"

I vote with my dollars. I refuse buy LPs/box sets, where the only "added value" is alternate takes that weren't good enough to make it onto the original album. I don't mind paying for an artist's best effort. But I don't want pay JUST to hear them "practice getting it right". That is what a documentary film is for,.

If your turntable has an integrated phono preamp (and no phono output) then it wouldn’t make any sense to add another. Its main job is to apply the RIAA curve. If that’s already been done inside the turntable then you just go straight to an amp. Preamps are really only for turntables without an integrated preamp or those that have optional phono output that hasn’t had the RIAA curve applied. If you do a double preamp and think the sound is improved, it’s probably just been a treble and bass boost that you might have been able to do with a standard amp’s EQ.

I have the same device. Used it and haven't been able to detect any sonic improvement. Mind you, all my records are at least NM, so it might work when removing heavy soiling but not when you attempt to minimize certain crackles and pops on otherwise clean records.

Bloke on bloke is a great record

Lovely sight to see a fellow American Kate Bush fan 🥰 you’ve got lovely opinions! Question: is your copy of the dreaming signed? I saw marking on it and immediately knew I had to ask 😂

Your voice is too loud turn it down a bit ..

You need to track down the "Obi" books by Shinko Music-highly visual - very very cool!!

You are 100% correct -they should have included a nice booklet etc - packaging very disappointing for such a great release! Best packaged release for RSD 2024 was easily EBTG EP- beautiful and exclusive content too!

So if you like looking at an album insert with information about the recording and a picture of the Master Tapes you’re a dork according to you???? I think you’re a dork for saying that

My 10 year old Daughter loves colored vinyl. She says its pretty for Girls.

I've used the same stuff for my rear record jacket album covers.

Nobody talked about the Stephen Marley Revelations 2 RSD release. It’s the first time the album ever released on vinyl. I got it and I think it’s cool especially if you like reggae. It’s on gold nugget colored vinyl and comes with a unique gift for stoners.

I always said if I ever could get to Montreal for a weekend. I would probably spend my entire time in that Aux 33 store. I've ordered some great stuff from them over the years.

I was there two. and I grad a lot of classical records that I did not have and a few compilations. They were for the most in decent shape. Now I'm stoke to clean them before playing them😭, but most that I played sounded good and I'm happy whit my find😊. It's a good event for those who's looking for old classical records.

Went on Saturday at 8 am and got a few! Found a couple of albums that I wanted for cheap like Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker - I've Got The Music In Me and Pink Floyd - Meddle in great shape!

I doubt I would rush to a record show where the records cost a 1.00 Likely most of them are awful, wrecked jackets, missing stuff and probably scratched. Not my speed. I’d rather pay for quality, not quantity.

I'd have driven up from Burlington VT for that sale if I had known! Wow. I probably would have dropped about $200 lol and been there all day. I'd have to declare 'used records' at the border, lol.

I only have one really old jap. LP, a live Ventures album. One cool thing is the dark red vinyl that was more or less standard with jap. LPs at the time.

Man, their 1$ sales before pandemic were sooo much better. Especially electronic music (they are no experts). This time they had to pay us to get records...so much scrap...IMHO

thanks for boule noire, never heard. Nice 70s funk. Good pick!!

Show us what u got

New sub here, what city are we talking about here? I’m in Peterborough ON Nice dig, I absolutely love the hunt and crate digging

I saw Talking Heads around 76/77 at the Roundhouse in London and they were great. I don’t buy records anymore, though it’s wonderful you young guys are into them! There are a few good videos on line that have a great sound, so not missing out entirely 😊

I agree that there were a lot of good releases this RSD. I would include the 77 live Talking Heads on that list. The #1 on my list was the live Wall of Voodoo.

Great to hear the whole show at last. Super glad I found a copy, this one got gone FAST. Don’t know if we’ll see a reissue or not but ya never know. The recent Stop Making Sense remaster was reissued so hope springs eternal. BTW for the curious, 7 of the 14 songs appear on the expanded version of The Name of This Band is Talking Heads which is available on double CD and is streaming. Clean Break and The Book I Read are top shelf 🤘 “Check it out!”