Swing Out Sister - It's Better To Travel. Nice original copy.
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Swing Out Sister - It's Better To Travel. Nice original copy.
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Fuzzy purchases?
...damn you Discogs.
Black Country Communion: Live over Europe Joe Bonnemassa and Jason Bonham live, whats not to like.
Portishead: Dummy 180g
Violent Femmes: First album
Violent Femmes: 3
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Bloodsugersexmagic
Topping up my Led Zep vinyl...
First Album German pressing supposed to be good?
Physical Grafitti UK first pressing (SSK 89400 A1 / B5 / C1 / D1)
Coda
Rush: All the Worlds a Stage
Moby: 18
Cliff Martinez: Solaris OST
THINK I'm done now...
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Came across a half speed mastered copy of Boston's first album - it sounds rather nice, with finer fadeout detail and greater low end authority than the standard pressings.
The cover is a bit tatty, but for £3 I can't really complain.
This is not a picture of the copy I now have, but it is the same version release.
I decided to do a quick comparison with my standard run copy, and from a tonality perspective my original copy is streets ahead of the Mastersound copy (there's a lot more high end response and life), so I did a bit of digging around and found this http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/thread...-lps-crap.588/
Seems that CBS used the original production mastering notes, and didn't make appropriate EQ adjustments for the half speed cutting, which is a shame because the detailing is much better
Nice to find the Mastersound pressing nonetheless, and for the little I paid for it I think I've gained a little bit more knowledge - I'll pass on one next time I see it
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Picked this up at the weekend... An absolute favorite of mine and one I've been yearning for on vinyl for yonks.
KVARTETTEN SOM SPRANGDES - KATTIVALS / ON GUMP
Heavy organ psych, mean and meaty. Just great full on grooves. I found myself simply stunned with the sleeve too, a wonderful image. No fooking photoshop just a beautiful LP throughout.
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How come it took you so long?
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Dunno really... I always wanted an original but they were always too expensive but I got lucky with this one.
Do you have it Andre?
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Yeh i have it..
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Not a new fuzzy purchase but one that doesn't get much attention...
Creepy John Thomas - S/T - Wickedly groovy
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Just back from my local record shop in Wrexham, having purloined the following on vinyl, all in minty condition:
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (70s reissue).
Kossoff - Back Street Crawler.
Van Morrison (his band) - The Street Choir.
The Rolling Stones (in concert) - 'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out'.
Steve Gibbons Band (live) - Caught in the Act.
Steely Dan (The Very Best of) - Reelin' in the Years (Bilbo Blackham mastering).
Marco.
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