Friends came for the day on Saturday and very kindly he gave me his records that had been sitting in record cases in his loft for the past 30 years, 49 LP's and about 100 singles from the 70's and 80's, all seem to be in at least VG+ condition. There is a good mix some I already have but hoping they may be better condition that some I already have. I sat and ultrasonically cleaned the albums on Sunday afternoon.
This one is a better copy and is better than the 180gm re-release IMO.
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Label: Harvest – SHVL 814
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 12 Sep 1975
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Nice gift Adrian.
I'm not surprised the copy of WYWH is better than the re-release. Sadly the art (or 'know how') of record pressing seems to be lost.
Barry
Yes I am very please with them, Sandi, Jon's wife gave me her 70+ records about 2 years ago, and he gave me his when he got to them clearing their loft out getting ready to move. We checked if any interesting ones were 1st issue and valuable, but not the case, even the limited edition Elton John "Yellow Brick Road" is only worth around £20 if you can sell it. They were quite happy for me to benefit form them keeping what I wanted and then trade on the rest to buy other. As you say a very kind gift from some lovely friends, we are godparents to a couple of their children.
Re-issues do tend to be a bit hit and miss, newly released records do not seem to suffer in the same way so much, although I have a couple which seem to suffer from the sound wars mixing a bit. Generally I think early originals seem better, as long as you get one near the beginning of a pressing run, which can be a lottery, I replaced Genesis ...and Then There Were Three, 3 times until I got a good one resorting to a CA pressing which only had 10K copies done, chalk and cheese compared to the crappy UK ones.
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Spun earlier..., possibly my best copy sonically, but needs another clean I think, has suffered from smokey rooms in its life
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
Label: Harvest – SHVL 804, Harvest – 1E 064 o 05249
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, 5th, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: 1977
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Just finished this one, also needs another clean as a few crackle hear and there
Yes – Close To The Edge
Label: Atlantic – K50012, Atlantic – K 50012
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Textured Sleeve
Country: UK
Released: 1972
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Spinning this ones from my friend, never heard it before and it is rather good, well worth a listen
Electric Light Orchestra – Secret Messages
Label: Jet Records – JETLX 527
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: Jun 1983
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Forgot I listened to this earlier, very good it is too...
Level 42 – Level 42
Label: Polydor – POLS 1036
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
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