Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3)

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Hmm, that raises a question, how thick does the vinyl need to be? I seem to remember reading something about 'dynaflex' in the 70's, which might have been due to an oil crisis - am I misremembering? I do recall some Bowie albums that were very thin.

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I have only one LP on Dynaflex, it is pretty thin. They make out in the blurb that it's a huge leap forward in SQ but needless to say it isn't because how could it be?

How do you compare though without owning two different copies?

The only LP I ever bought twice was '461 Ocean Boulevard'. Replaced a CBS 'Nice Price' version with an NM original pressing gatefold. The original pressing sounds quite a lot better.

Saw them in my youth (King Crimson that is - went with my brother who is older and he bought all the original records and still has them) and can say that they are still awesome today.
Wish I had bought them then but listened to my brothers so don't own any on vinyl, only on CD or digital files :(

The Verve – Urban Hymns
Label: Virgin EMI Records – 4787014, Universal UMC – 00602547870148
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Band Side Labels, RIM text, 180 gram
Country: Europe
Released: 2016
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Alternative Rock, Britpop


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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Hmm, that raises a question, how thick does the vinyl need to be? I seem to remember reading something about 'dynaflex' in the 70's, which might have been due to an oil crisis - am I misremembering? I do recall some Bowie albums that were very thin.

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Just so thin so they can be etched? Dunno. One thing when shopping on ebay, I largely stay clear of 'Buy it nows', and just wait for an item to come up at auction, they often do within a few weeks. Also stay clear of sellers who describe items as 'mega rare', they usually aren't!

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Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

Just so thin so they can be etched? Dunno. One thing when shopping on ebay, I largely stay clear of 'Buy it nows', and just wait for an item to come up at auction, they often do within a few weeks. Also stay clear of sellers who describe items as 'mega rare', they usually aren't!

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Loads of mega rare stuff about, common as muck.

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Originally Posted by Macca

I have only one LP on Dynaflex, it is pretty thin. They make out in the blurb that it's a huge leap forward in SQ but needless to say it isn't because how could it be?

How do you compare though without owning two different copies?

The only LP I ever bought twice was '461 Ocean Boulevard'. Replaced a CBS 'Nice Price' version with an NM original pressing gatefold. The original pressing sounds quite a lot better.

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I've bought loads of records and CDs twice over the years, never on purpose :doh: Last time was two Christmases ago, so I am getting better. The exception was Sade - I must have bought six or seven copies of Diamond Life until I got one that was good enough to replace my original.

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

I've bought loads of records and CDs twice over the years, never on purpose :doh: Last time was two Christmases ago, so I am getting better. The exception was Sade - I must have bought six or seven copies of Diamond Life until I got one that was good enough to replace my original.

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Only got that one on CD but it is the original 1980s release.

I'm always buying duplicate CDs, for the simple reason I forget what I already have. But since they were often bought for 50p or less, I just donate them to another charity shop.

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Originally Posted by Barry

I'm always buying duplicate CDs, for the simple reason I forget what I already have. But since they were often bought for 50p or less, I just donate them to another charity shop.

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done this a few times, including films. becomes annoying so i have a list on my phone of blurays now on an app...

I can't be bothered to enter the details of up to 3,000 CDs into a data base. It would take ages.