christopher
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Posted: Sep. 23 2011, 01:54 |
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This afternoon I went down to my used record shop to find some good vinyl. America is starting to turn back to vinyl from digital. CD plants are closing across the States and vinyl plants are having trouble keeping up with demand. Most artists are putting out vinyl instead of CD. I find this fascinating, disturbing, and a welcomed change. If I'm not mistaken this has already been the case in Europe for quite a while!?
With an iPod I find myself too restless... skipping... from one track to the next, when I get bored. I even do it with Mike's material.
That being said, the reason for this post under Incantations is this, I found a sealed copy of a New Zealand import pressing of Incantations, from Virgin, in the stack, for 7.99 I went onto find pristine copy's of Discovery(German Import), Ommadawn(Quadrophonic), Airborne(Virgin Promo Edition), Earth Moving, and Qe2. All of which were 3 dollars. Under headphones, at the listening station, I played my favorite parts of Incantations, including the now infamous 12:37 and 12:40 area's. To my delight and joy, the vinyl album sounded more alive and pure than any digital copy I have!!! I noticed more detail and found it a bit more moving and interesting. Maybe it's the nostalgia of vinyl or a nice break from overly digitized music, I don't know. I like what I heard better than the new version of Incantations, fixed or otherwise!
What do you think about vinyl vs digital? Just curious. Please be objective and not partial to what you grew up with, as many of you grew up with vinyl. I grew up on the change over between vinyl and digital. So, I find myself partial to technology. However, recently, that attitude is changing.
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