A few years ago I was in Barcelona and stumbled upon Wah Wah Records, a record shop/label which had reissued most of the Popol Vuh catalog. Suffice it to say, I returned home with some very heavy luggage and a much lighter wallet.
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It's important to have a good sized bag that qualifies as a "personal item", separate from the carry-on bag. It's remarkable how much you can fit under a seat. 💺
Those Vanguard twofers were frequently just two regular lps repackaged as a 2xlp. I've got a Fahey twofer that includes Requia as the second disc. Hard to imagine how that was received..
Azimuth is great, that may be the only one I've got an original pressing of. Some of these sell for silly money on Discogs so it's nice to see reissues coming.
Sometimes repressings sound better than the original. I haven't heard any of the ECM reissues so I can't speak to their quality, but it's #ECMRecords . I can't imagine ECM not making a great sounding lp; Manfred Eicher would never allow it.
I confess: I don't know that I like Scott Walker's music. I'm new to it, but I haven't taken to the arrangements, or the vocals. It's interesting, yet very schmaltzy.
I use what I inartfully describe as the "blow-suck-blow" method..
dust off the record with a powerful electric air duster;
wet vacuum the record using distilled water (and a tiny bit of Tergikleen); and
use the air duster to blow out any residual fluid in the grooves.
Its the best cleaning method I've used. That last step also helps to prevent any fluid marks on the surface. I never use dry brushes, as I find they just spread dust around and create static.
A powerful electric air duster will blow most any dust off, other than the super fine particles that adhere via static. But the wet vac will take care of those.
I'm happy to hear it! I've been wondering whether anyone listens to the links in these posts. If folks find them useful, I think I'll keep including them.
This #TonePoet release is stunning. Super quiet background, dynamic, channel separation that really jumps out at you. It actually sounds better than my original pressing, which is no small feat.
My only quibble is that it doesn't have the typical #TonePoet gatefold sleeve with photos, etc. I don't recall seeing a Tone Poet release that wasn't a gatefold.