Thread: My Recent (not so good)Vinyl Purchase

Originally Posted by nicoff

I went to a live concert over the weekend and bought an LP after the performance. The band also had CDs but decided to go with the (more expensive) analog route ($25) to help the band.

Before playing it tonight, I noticed a fair amount of dust on the record. So opted to clean it with my RCM.

The record looked clean afterwards, but When I started playing it I noticed a lot of noise in the grooves. It was worse than albums that I have been playing for years. Tried to clean it again and my RCM stopped working. (Will have to deal with that another time).

Not willing to listen to a noisy record, I looked up and found the album on Tidal. The streamed version sounds great; better than the LP. I should have bought the CD instead of the LP, but again, I was trying to help the band. Oh well.

sadly some current musicians view vinyl as more money grab hip art than for it's musical attributes. they want the vinyl to cash in on the vibe and revenue, but don't figure out how to get that process to make a good quality record. they need to get educated. sometimes it's the quality of the pressing, other times it's sloppy mastering, or the source file is compressed to death.

you still did a good thing for the artist. maybe let them know what you think and maybe they will try harder to make a better record next time.

this is the dark side of the vinyl re-birth.

caveat emptor.

What was the band and the album?

Personally, I have had pretty good luck buying from the band after concerts, including Vijay Iver when I saw him @ the Vanguard in July on holidays - had a chat with him afterwards and he signed both albums.

Jazz and classical very often offer better sound quality products than rock or pop.
Strange, because they have smaller budgets to work with.

Originally Posted by bart

Jazz and classical very often offer better sound quality products than rock or pop.
Strange, because they have smaller budgets to work with.

Speaking for new jazz LPs, this is likely because the people behind the projects are enthusiasts as opposed to pure businessmen.

Originally Posted by Mike Lavigne

sadly some current musicians view vinyl as more money grab hip art than for it's musical attributes. they want the vinyl to cash in on the vibe and revenue, but don't figure out how to get that process to make a good quality record. they need to get educated. sometimes it's the quality of the pressing, other times it's sloppy mastering, or the source file is compressed to death.

you still did a good thing for the artist. maybe let them know what you think and maybe they will try harder to make a better record next time.

this is the dark side of the vinyl re-birth.

caveat emptor.

From the interviews I have listened to on Artists and recordings leaves me wondering if the artists really understand how much better their recordings can be, but then comes our challenge if it sounds good on playback to the Artists then perhaps it is considered good for the mass and we are the exceptions?


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