What goes round, etc.

[GeoffreyW]

Just occurred to me, that, when CDs appeared, I bought copies of many of my LPs, but now, I'm doing just the opposite. But I'm not only buying copies of CDs, but also some of my older vinyl. *music2*

I expect that I'm far from alone, though.

 

[Al ears]

Just occurred to me, that, when CDs appeared, I bought copies of many of my LPs, but now, I'm doing just the opposite. But I'm not only buying copies of CDs, but also some of my older vinyl. *music2*

I expect that I'm far from alone, though.

You'd be right there. Must be an age thing.

 

[bigfish786]

I've been doing the same thing.

ive bought enough now, probably around 100 albums over the past 12 months.

Im just going to buy new releases on vinyl now, and the odd indulgence every now and then.

 

[GeoffreyW]

Trouble is, with the new 180g and 200g discs, plus the enclosures, they're taking up quite a bit of room, so some of my older LPs are having to be stored elsewhere. Still being positive, I'm getting more exercise trotting up and down stairs, and also exercising my memory bud, trying to remember where some old LPs are, now.

 

[Al ears]

Trouble is, with the new 180g and 200g discs, plus the enclosures, they're taking up quite a bit of room, so some of my older LPs are having to be stored elsewhere. Still being positive, I'm getting more exercise trotting up and down stairs, and also exercising my memory bud, trying to remember where some old LPs are, now.

You'll be filing alphabetically soon......... ABCD and E are upstairs.

 

[MajorFubar]

I remember buying my first CDs. Felt strange. Didn't feel like I'd really bought the album because I hadn't bought the record. Sounded great, but...silver plastic thing with 12cm x 12cm artwork in a fragile case. Meh. None the less I of course went on to buy dozens of them.

Then one day I bought a record, and I realised that now felt strange. My CD player knocked spots of the turntable I was using at the time, and within days I sheepishly crawled back to Our Price and bought the CD. Couldn't live with the idea of only owning it on a format which sounded worse on my system than the CD.

Fast forward by two decades, and here I am again, buying the odd album on LP after 20 years of really only buying CDs. Only this time my current turntable set-up is much less of an underdog compared to digital

 

[MeanandGreen]

I grew up in the 80's and although vinyl was around, I was too young to be interested or associated with it in any meaningful way. By the time I was a teenager and starting to build a music collection of my own, CD was well established and the format of choice. Records were dying out big style as far as I remember.

Now I'm sort of experiencing the complete reverese of records to what some of you are. I have no memories linked to vinyl and didn't buy my first LP until 2015. So as you all started with records and had the newnes of CD to try out. I have good old CD and a 'new' format being vinyl.

I've bought albums I already own on CD yet again on vinyl. It's backwards yet a new experience at the same time.

I still prefer the digital format, but it's funny how things go!

 

[steve_1979]

I grew up in the 80's and although vinyl was around, I was too young to be interested or associated with it in any meaningful way. By the time I was a teenager and starting to build a music collection of my own, CD was well established and the format of choice. Records were dying out big style as far as I remember.

Now I'm sort of experiencing the complete reverese of records to what some of you are. I have no memories linked to vinyl and didn't buy my first LP until 2015. So as you all started with records and had the newnes of CD to try out. I have good old CD and a 'new' format being vinyl.

I've bought albums I already own on CD yet again on vinyl. It's backwards yet a new experience at the same time.

I still prefer the digital format, but it's funny how things go!

We seem to be following a similar path. Growing up in the 80's and becoming interested in music in the 90's when CD was king and only just getting into vinyl now.

 

[6and8]

I spent an hour yesterday trawling through the racks of used vinyl at a couple of my favourite shops. Interesting dilemma when I came across a Creedence Clearwater Revival album that was on my wishlist. There was an original used copy marked up as Very Good condition, and a new reissue of the same album, I think 180gm vinyl, that came with with a voucher for a free MP3 download of the album. They were priced roughly the same. I hovered between, buy the original, it's got history. And buy the new copy, it'll be crackle and pop free. But then again, it may have been remixed and not sound the same as the original. And the cover has slightly different graphics. I eventually procrastinated myself out of the shop buying neither. Next time...

 

[GeoffreyW]

Agreed, quality can be a problem, 6and8. I got used to the silence between and during tracks with CDs, and still prefer this state of affairs when listening to vinyl. Not all of the heavyweight vinyl now on sale is quiet, and with the best will in the world a speck of dust can find it's way into the grooves, but these pops and clicks are "characteritics", and enjoyed as such.

I think that most of the vinyl on sale in charity shops haven't been treated well, so have loads of crackles and pops, but more specialist sellers, such as retro and antiques shops, will clean their stock, so it's generally a better bet for quality playback. Re your dilemma, if the original vinyl was on a reasonably heavy disc, and not very flexible, and looked undamaged, then it would probably sound better than a 180g reissue, particularly if the reissue hadn't been sourced from the original source tapes, but from digital copies. And, with modern technology, you can make your own digital copies, if you really want to.

I'm still buying CDs, as not all music is available on vinyl; but perhaps, as used to happen, it'll be issued in multiple formats, as used to happen, but doubt it'll be enough to revive cassettes and 8-track tapes. But, CDs are cheaper and easier to make, and source quality is more easily hidden than for vinyl, but you never know, K-tel may start up in vinyl again?

I also hope that the influx of cheap record players, which won't be able to reproduce the sound properly, and may also damage records, or play anywhere near as well as the cheaper, quality, turntables, don't put too many people off.

And, hopefully, thie vinyl resurgance won't just be another passing fad. And it also mean that more people listen to music more closely, and appreciate it for what it does to us, and what it gives us.