Still trying to work out what vinyl need a wet clean and this after I wet cleaned it smacked me sideways with the bass kicking in. It has absolutely no business sounding as good as it does for the money it costs.
Case in point that sometimes the remasters sound better and the 80s were all over the place quality wise in vinyl. This original pressing is very bright and quite shallow as well as thin in it's physical form. I'm guessing they just didn't put the work knowing how big of an album this was to become.
Hang up your hang ups. 2015 AAA pressing on Speakers Corner of this 1975 Japanese-only LP (released in the US and EU in 2014-15). You like Headhunters? You like the Hancock funk? You'll like this. #vinyl#HerbieHancock#HeadHunters@vinylrecords
Tonight's show is the best of my friend Jay's records. He gave them to me three years ago, when he thought he was dying from cancer, asking that I play them on the radio so he could hear them again and I did nine shows worth at the time. He beat the cancer, but died this week from Covid.
The 2020 half-speed mastered #bobmarley releases are worth seeking out. They sound great. I’d probably give the edge to original #tuffgong pressings from Jamaica but these sound better than most of my original Island pressings or some of the other recent represses. Survivor especially sounds great, but they all sound quite good. #reggae#reggaerecords#vinyl@vinylrecords
Campoli Plays Paganini-Kreisler, Saint-Saëns (LSO, cond. Gamba) (1959)
When I'm not listening to reissues of 1970s soul jazz, I'm geeking over old London Decca classical records. This one was a thrift store find yesterday.
Various – More Coffee For The Politicians (Phoenix Underground Music Compilation #3)
Placebo Records, 1985
Regionally focused comps were super helpful back before the internet. Best way to focus on a specific scene.
This one has a nice variety of musical styles. It's #3 in a series from Placebo spotlighting the Phoenix Scene (e.g. "This Is Phoenix, Not The Circle Jerks" and "Amuck").
There's a white paper insert with some Placebo Records and their respective prices listed. It's an order form you'd mail in.
Ambition can consume a band, and this sprawling, beautiful pop masterpiece ate Tears for Fears (along with four years, four producers, numerous sidemen [including Phil Collins and Pino Palladino] and a lot of money).
It’d be 15 years before Orzabal and Smith would work together again (on the great Everybody Loves a Happy Ending), so no doubt the process was painful.
