I love digital because it's so portable and I could listen to it anywhere at anytime on my phone for example. I also love Vinyl because it's an experience. Much like going to a Movie Theater to watch a Movie instead of renting or going to a Restaurant to eat a special dinner instead of making dinner at home. I also love the physicality of the record (outer cover, artwork, etc), something you can hold in your hands. Both have their pros and cons. Still I love both.
GeoAl09 I can't remember where I heard it but someone described it as a "Japanese tea ceremony", where it doesn't make the tea taste any better, but that it enhances the experience.
Couldn't agree more! I always listen to the highest quality streaming possible on my phone but when I want to actually LISTEN to an album, I buy the vinyl version for my collection. There is a romantic physicality to it that even FLAC just doesn't have. Regardless of perceived "sound quality", I would rather listen to vinyl, but for my background or travel music, streaming has its place :-)
Thank you for all your support, I never knew my video was going to be seen by this many people... It's very overwhelming. I apologise for the poor sound quality, unfortunately my sound guy backed out last minute and we had to make do with what we had as there no chance of postponing the shoot. Alas, it is what it is and I hope you can keep the love on whats really important here. This documentary wasn't set out to state that Vinyl was the superior format, just to ask people why THEY love Vinyl so much (hence the name!). I personally love Vinyl which is what inspired me to make this film. I hope you enjoy this video, whether you love Vinyl or not. Remember to be nice to each other no matter what format people prefer, we all love music and have different ways of listening to it :) X
+Natalie Green Dear Natalie, can you tell me the music used in the background? Tried to detect it with Shazam/Soundhound at 10:13 and onwards, to no avail. Sounds like Explosions in the Sky or Hammock. Thanks for your kind help :)
I wouldn't know if I loved an album if it wasn't for vinyls. They force me to listen to both sides, start to finish. Transitions and all. I'm in love with so many albums, and so many are in my collection thanks to vinyls. Grab the wine, sit in the living room, low light and put the needle on the record and let it play!
***** I love wine, and nobody has time to keep dropping the needle to skip tracks. I obviously can't get the same experience with a CD, as I'm prone to heavy skipping to the singles.
+Aj Nv I have my turntable and stereo right in front of me with my boxes of records next to me and a view of the outdoors in front and to the right of me. Unfortunately of course not everyone has that luxury.
Natalie, thanks for putting this together. As a child of the 60s and an avid vinyl collector who never got rid of his collection when CDs came out the people you interviewed expressed elegantly why I have over 4000 albums and am growing that list weekly. It is the story of my life as well.
found an old turntable from the 70's the other day on the side of the road for trash pickup. Took it apart completely, cleaned it with alcohol, and fixed the chord (it was cut for some reason) works wonderfully, and its a complete set. ordered my first record today. so excited!
Crystal Elizabeth they're just a better expierience than cd's or mp3's and when you dj with them it feel just natural and more legit, the feel of your hand on the record while its spinnng, beat matching, and etc you get me
***** True. Pity a lot of digital is mastered like crap with all the dynamics compressed out of it though. Which is probably the real reason people buy vinyl.
Well recorded, well mastered music can sound fantastic whether it is presented on vinyl or digitally, but it has to be done properly for the particular format. If done properly, both can sound great.
my opinion on this whole vinyl vs cd debate it's all in the mastering and for vinyl pressing plant quality control.the thing i don't like about a lot of cds as of late is they're mastered way too obnoxiously loud "brickwalled" & the average person thinks it sounds good.
the thing is, on the Vinyl format all the details are completely there. In CDs the format is shrink to fit at least 10 songs, if you're going to put a full detail of the music on CD it would take the entire Size of a CD or sometimes it can't handle that's why CD are really not good
I don't usually post comments but this documentary inspired me :) Really lovingly made, Natalie. Thank you! For me, it's about taking the time to appreciate the entity that someone has put so much effort into to create and the love of growing your own music collection. I've grown up with my Dad's vinyl collection and have all the memories/feelings that go with it, like learning how to turn the record over (I destroyed his version of Wish You Were Here when I was a toddler but we won't go into that), but I've always collected CDs. I totally agree with the point about people are always doing something else whilst 'surfing' music - I still enjoy taking the time to enjoy music for music's sake. Sound quality arguments aside (because it's not that one is better for me, just different) - it's about taking that time to appreciate the music whatever the format.
"I would like to think that CD will go. If you want digital music just download it or stream it." Am I hearing this correctly? Telling people that they should "just use this" because it's good enough? This is exactly like if I tried to tell people who like analog "I wish vinyl would go away. If you want analog just get cassette tapes or Edison wax cylinders or something." Comments like that completely destroy the purpose of having a special interest in a particular topic or a particular music format or anything, which is that you have a preference and you like what you like, and that makes it special for you. The way people say they feel about vinyl is exactly the way I feel about CD. It's a special feeling when I buy one, I enjoy the music, I collect styles and artists I like, etc., and I always buy the CD when it is available. No one is going to tell me that I should "just use some other format." And all of this because CD is WHAT I LIKE and no amount of "CD is a dead format" or "vinyl is more collectible" or "this one has bigger artwork" is going to change that. This is a great video in that it shows why people like vinyl and it really gets that feeling across. While most of it was good, the anti-CD / anti-digital stuff was a major turnoff and if you ask me it had no place in this video. Those comments, in my opinion, show that many out there miss the point.
Vinyl is amazing and will never die. Even when I use my vinyl recorder to record my records so I can listen on the go it's sill great to hear that vinyl sound from the crackle before a song and the quality of the music itself it's just amazing.
Collecting vinyls is awesome because of the ritual of placing the record, the artwork, and the tangibility of it. The only disadvantages are the maintenance it requires and that the majority of repressings of records are simply digital masters that are ported onto vinyl, not genuine analog masters.
When I buy Vinyl I don't wanna hear pops or clicks. Give somebody a great sounding vinyl on a good sound system and they'll never here music the same way. Or should I say feel music the same way, because in my personal opinion when the bass and guitars and vocals on analog recordings are heard, they move you.
very true ! it is possible to listen to vinyl in a Crystal clear fashion, you just have to take your time to get to this point, but it is possible, and very great !
***** this is also true, no one want to work to get quality, from the source wich is the musicians to the playback, quality has took a huge drop in general, even if there is still some sweet spots in some styles of music. i do not prefer cds of vinyls, i tend to appreciate music as it is, sometime i buy cds, sometime records, sometime i tune on FM stations.... but i must say i had to work to get a very decent vinyl playback, wich today make the whole thing much better because i'm happy i have learnt a lot about analog and turntable setup, then i go to my friends places and tune their set up and always got smiles at the end, that is worth a lot to me..!
I feel that collecting vinyls is just a cool way to listen to music if it's superior its superior if it's not it's not if you into b into it it dosent matter do what u want to do be happy about it
I love mp3's for streaming music on my Harley while riding in the country side. At Home, alone..... Vinyl. It's the whole concert in your living room experience. Visual, tactile, auditory. An all encompassing experience.
for me vinyl takes listening experience to a completely new level. I like reading through the artwork, I love the warm sound and everything. I will listen to digital when I am not at home, but sitting home with a cup of tea with a good punch of records...is really amazing to me :)
Listening vinyl is great experience and for me it is better to listen 25 minutes of music on turntable than two hours on digital format. Quality of sound is something we can argue about, it depends on many things like recording, mastering, quality of vinyl pressing etc. It is not only format that decides the quality of sound.
i grew up with music more than tv. play a record and you hear everything the background music all of the band which i love. the exictement of putting the record on and flipping it over again and again, the artwork its magic! and in my case memory lane
It's more than just the music, it's everything involved once you decide what album to add...and there's no conclusion, 'cause every time you pull ot out of its slot you get to experience it all over again.
I enjoyed this video, I agree with everything they say and I'm currently enjoying a lot of vinyl! Also, warmth is just as important to listeners as a clear tune, that's the main reason I enjoy vinyl. I have a friend who is a DJ and he said "Records do sound better, they sound more bassy." I think he's right.
So weird! I was just watching a Warpaint video and the first bits of this video was this person opening that sealed self-titled album. Also, you guys won me over with the AWESOME black and yellow limited boxset version vinyl of Holy Fire. Subscribed!
no one seems to remember that period of time when record labels, cheapened their product to make up for the increase in oil prices ( and hence, vinyl pricies ). I remember the frustration of purchasing brand new records and one could feel the difference in weight. I remember having to return new albums, trying to get a copy that wasn't warped or had a pop in it. Go to the store and compare the "new" records to the "used" selection. The difference in weight is completely obvious. So before we start "romanticizing" about vinyl, lets try to remember that today's vinyl is wwaaaaaayyyy different then what was produced in the past.
I must say it isn't, at last, a matter of "romanticism" in vynil, old or new made. It's a matter of people being seduced by things that have nothing to do with sound quality in music reproduction. Hearing the (selected) absurdities said by "interviewed" persons kn this video is more than enough to disprove the point the video itself tries to "demonstrate".
Why vynil, I love the warm analog touch. The way they put albums together.. and the find of hey I didnt know this song was on this album.... not so much finding how much each one is valued but no wait for download. And yes it can be free and clear of crackle and pop. As I love it with a passion.
Great video - vinyl like music can be a very subjective topic. However, I picked up a early copy of Heart’s first album Dreamboat Annie the other day in near mint condition. When I pulled the sleeve out to examine it carefully I noticed a letter inside written to a lover asking them to listen to the album with headphones. Now, I have never had that happen when I bought a CD.
The main fascination/obsession with vinyl for me is the "thrill of the chase". Being a hardcore 60s/Northern Soul fanatic, i'm still chasing records that i was dancing to over 40 years ago. It is true that just about anything is available digitally now, but that makes it too easy. Owning that classic 45 on a 1st issue, or white demo with a big red "A" on the label requires a certain kind of tenacity and pure determination. The excitement is also enhanced when you're sitting up til all hours of the morning waiting for the conclusion to an auction item that you've nervously placed quite a sizeable bid on. Digital music will never have this effect on me.
I think the CD format will come to be what the compact cassette was in the days before CDs existed, a means to make your own compilations of your favourite songs or instrumental tunes on a portable format, but unlike the cassette, will not require spooling tape backwards or forwards through a plastic cartridge. Sure there'll still be commercially-issued CDs but computers have enabled us to make our own CDs and dress them up as plain or as fancy as we like. And CD-R blanks with inkjet-printable label surfaces let us be creative in how we design our CD compilations.
+JonnyInfinite I guess the 1988 Japanese film Akira predicted just that. In the beginning of the film there is a jukebox in a pub spinning CDs. It takes place in 2019. I can hardly wait :P *Rub palms*
+InternalCombustionGenie incidentally the other week I was in a pub in Manchester waiting for a gig. They had a full vinyl deck there, tons of old vinyl and equipment, all that jazz. The jukebox pumped out soul and funk classics, a beautiful fat melodic sound that made you feel good... It was a CD jukebox.
+JonnyInfinite You're right mate. Folk who are donating to charity or even throwing away their good CDs, be it for vinyl or digital must be mad. Suits me fine, I'm picking up buckets of cheap CDs as well as vinyl.
I have collected about 1500 CDs and 600 Lps during the years. Saying that vinyl sounds generally better is something that i cant confirm. Its 99% about mastering. I have done lots of blind tests to find the better medium but i think they both are great together :) btw: i also own a big amount of CDs that sound definitly better than their vinyl contrapart.
All of a persons senses are involved in the vinyl experience, save taste. Textured gatefolds, first issues, beautiful labels and turntables, Dynamic open trinary ananalogue sound. Astonishing artwork often created out of love, a gift from the artist's soul to your own. I would question whether they are a fragile medium when looked after properly. Scratch a record and it still plays. CD's are ruined. Skipping CD's are as annoying as a slight scratch.
Just bought my first turn table this week and Ive been tracking every vinyl store here in Costa Rica, few options, but the difficulty makes it even more interesting!, I wish I had a store like that here!! :-)
Amazing documentary! This helped me reassure my choice of buying my own record player and starting my vinyl collection :) The vinyl store in this video is absolutely beautiful! I saw this part where it says Michael Jackson, Jackson family vinyl. I screamed a little because Michael is my favorite singer.
@Ben Chambers, take your time building up your collection within a budget you can afford, a record collection takes yrs. to build up it's some of the fun of collecting.
I'm a vinyl buyer, but what I do is hunt down that classic record and record it to an MP3 audio file for burning to CD so I can have music to play in my car. The thing is, buying CDs of the music from my era(1960s to 1980s), the compilers of the CDs CHEAT by putting non-authentic versions of songs into a compilation(trying to con the buyer by passing them off as original artist recordings..... Bull-Shit!). Now I know that sort of thing had been going on since before the advent of the CD format, but it had become more prevalent since CD's advent. I once bought a Roger Whittaker compilation on CD, issued by a major company, BMG(who gobbled up RCA), because it had "The Last Farewell" as its opening track. When I played it, the version I heard was NOT as I remembered it from a 1975 His Master's Voice(EMI) 45rpm original issue, so I took the CD back to the shop. The last-ever CD I bought was a Johnny Rivers compilation through EMI. Since then I've looked for the songs on vinyl 45s and major-label LPs and EPs to ensure I'm getting the PROPER, AUTHENTIC version.... I HATE SOUNDALIKE RECORDS! I'm a former presenter on community radio and I felt embarrassed when I lined up a track, played it and discovered it's a re-recording instead of the original commercial issue. That REALLY pissed me off! That pretty-much turned me off commercially-issued CDs.
Why vinyl (and shellac in my case)? Simply much more fun to go through the motions of putting on the record and seeing the thing work, more of an occasion that just clicking on an mp3 file or popping in a CD, neither of which I really have anything against and use as well as my records. The whole CD vs vinyl thing is somewhat trivial in my humble opinion, collect the formats and music you love regardless and enjoy it.
Vinyl just sounds way better than mp3 or may be cds. I play my vinyl on a technics turtable play back on a harman-kardon reciver with infinity speakers. Is just the best! Cheers from L.A california
I love vinyl, but I'm not one of those purists who thinks that digital is terrible. Certainly when CD's debuted in the early 80s, they were awful. The record companies would merely digitize the vinyl master and slap it on a disc, and the results were predictably horrendous. Today, however, with advanced mastering techniques, the CD has caught up...just in time for it to go the way of the dodo bird as digital downloads become the predominant format. MP3 (or whatever lossy equivalent you want to mention) has sent us back to the stone age in terms of sonic fidelity, which is, in my opinion, the main driving force behind the move back to vinyl for younger listeners. In addition, everyone wants to HOLD something tangible while listening to music, and there's nothing to hold onto while listening to an MP3. Personally, I listen to vinyl at home and FLAC in the car and at work - it's really the best of both worlds.
Christopher Gadbois Advanced mastering techniques? do you mean the loudness and brickwalled compression added to 85% of cd's released these days, I think we've come full circle with cd, it sounded terrible back in the 80s got better and sounded much better in the 90s and now because of the loudness war cd sounds actually worse than in the 80s, crazy!
Because at age 4 1970 it became my art gallery Music imprint, parent education and bible. I preserve them for these reasons. Plus the sound most of it was designed for.
For all of the technical jargon that's being batted back and forth around the digital/analogue debate (all of which is pretty legit from both sides). There is one vital component to all of this that so many people seem to miss. And that is, analogue is a physical vibration, which is, is it not, what all music is primarily and fundamentally..?
It's nice to see youngsters catching the vinyl bug. Displaying the sleeves as wall art tells its own story. Digital downloads are transient and have no value. When you spend your hard earned cash on a physical product you appreciate it more and will revisit the listening experience more often. Its great fun playing with a turntable -maintaining it - setting it up properly and experimenting with different cartridges.
the thing with records is it commands your attention, on a computer or phone....you control the music, its instinct to stop it to check your facebook or whatever, with Records the music controls you and you are under its physical spell, you have to hold your pee in because you want to hear the end of the song. its an experience. and you find you enjoy listening to the album as a whole as it should be. and in a strange contradiction,,,, in a world of any song at your finger tips,, you may actually end up listening to more music and songs you wouldn't normal find the time for. you may actually end up listening to more music.
Buying a CD is like throwing money away. The CD is a dying medium, the sales decline since many years, while downloads, streaming and vinyl sales are growing strong. Who needs a physical copy of digital data anyway and even pays for it? Furthermore, a CD has a limited lifetime, between 50 and 100 years. The CD won't survive, that's for sure. Vinyl on the other hand is the only music medium worthwhile collecting...
Vinyl, as a medium where a needle by definition slides on a platter, has by definition, sliding contact, and therefore, has finite life. Every single time you play a record, some vinyl is worn from the groove, and therefore, the sound changes. I know there are a bunch of vinyl purists who will claim their $10,000 turntable doesn't change, doesn't wear records, etc. Bull. It is categorically impossible for there to be absolutely zero change to the surface of the record as it is played. The only way it is truly unchanged is for there to be no physical contact - i.e. not played. The fact that you can't hear a difference does not mean it's not wearing. Even then, PVC is notoriously unstable at elevated temperature. Minute changes to the surface are a constant. CD life is still frankly theoretical. I have CD's dating to the early/mid 80's - all fine thus far. The 50-100 year life is actually for CD-R - the ink based recorded format, not the pressed format of CDROM with an aluminum disc - purchased CD's for the vast majority of music. That life is actually a mean of 776 years according to this study in the link below. Note further that this "life" is to an arbitary threshold for data loss. That does not mean the CD is unplayable. In fact, it means a degradation to 220 (BLER) block error rate out of 7350 blocks per second of data. In real terms, that's like a pop on a record - 3% of 1 second, or equivalent of an error lasting 0.03 seconds. www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rt/CDservicelife_rev.pdf I own 4 turntables, and easily 200 LP's. That's probably not a lot by many standards out there, but I state this just to say I'm not a hater. I celebrate both formats, vinyl as probably the best analog format (commonly available), and CD as the best digital. Could CD have been better - maybe. I dunno. It's not really that "awful" - and frankly, it was extremely convenient, and much easier to care for than vinyl, transport than vinyl, etc. As it was developed, it filled a specific need, and did so very well.
Nothing you say makes any sense. You think CD, which is a physical medium, is somehow less appealing than vinyl, which is also a physical medium? You seem to think that vinyl is more durable than CD. I'd love to know, as an experience vinyl and CD user, where you got THAT information.
Aintry1 are you replying to me, or the other guy? I was saying vinyl has finite life and that cd life is very long, and practically infinite. Infinite being the opposite of finite.
really lovely documentary, well done! i really enjoy a well put together documentary, this really brought out the romance between a person and their music, thanks for this!
Vinyl is our sacred place of really enjoying music. CDs i couldn't store them. Vinyl i still have about four hundred albums i never sold off. The process of record cleaning and buying high end turntable and cartridge is my love of music. Streaming is ok but vinyl is the foundation of discovering progressive music, I love the new 10 inch 45 RPM
***** Actually records have a "Higher" frequency response the CDs. When sound is chopped (sampled) to make a waveform it is "stairsteped" not smooth. The groove in a record is exactactly like the original. And yes most can hear the difference.
87Wayne You have no idea how digital audio works... read the following articles and get back to us people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Myths_%28Vinyl%29
***** The point is in the mastering. People buy vinyl to avoid that awful compressed-to-high heaven in-your-face production that a lot of digital formats have. Which have nothing to do with the format and everything to do with the mastering. People shouldn't be arguing about formats, they should be complaining about mastering techniques.
ibuprofen303 You are so right. There is a lack of warmth and definition in mass produced CD's I can make a a analog or better source to digital recording directly to a CD sound better than a store bought CD. It is all in the way it's mastered.
I have CDs and vinyl and have some from the same master I prefer CDs over vinyl because they don't ware out and no pops and crackles but I do like buying used vinyl for just a few dollars that's cool !
Surface noise , audio range and all that isn’t my no 1 concern. I just like the way of listening , to my music of choice , on vinyl. To me , it feels more dedicated , experiencing tunes on my turntable. I listen on cd and streaming too , and likes the convenience of making my own playlists on spotify. But if I had to choose , I’d stay with vinyl. Nothing wrong with one or the other. It’s just personal choises.
I remember sitting listening to a record back in the 1970s and because there was power cuts here in the UK at that time, as the lights suddenly went out, the record would slow down to a stop and the voice of the singer would lower in pitch. Then, as the lights went back on, it would go from lower to higher pitch as the record returned to its correct speed lol. I would of course put the record away if it was dark for more than a few minutes. Ah, those were the days.
both medium have advantage and disadvantage... in a great hi-fi set up, CD sound clean, on the other hand, vinyl sound much alive. CD main advantage is the simplicity aspect of it, and vinyl will give you the overall experiences in listening to music -- which I think we all should experience it, however, at the end its subject to your owned preferences.
nah. I've never once even held a vinyl but somehow I really want to start a collection. So I call bs on your nostalgia claim (though it may be half true for the older generations)
For the first few years when CD was released in 1982 it was a luxury. Not only that the player costs over $500, discs also cost about 5 times as much as vinyl. Today tables are turned. Modern vinyl these days cost more than CD but some people are willing to pay for it.
Digital IMO > Vinyl. Any 'resolution' benefits of being full analog are essentially lost through higher noise floor, additional surface noise, lack of dynamic range and nonlinear playback. If analog is the goal, then I'd say reel to reel would be superior. Most people like LP because it gives them a connection. You touch the cover, you read it, you admire it. You invite your friends over and then you all touch the cover and stuff LOL. You have a few beers and then listen to music and it seems better. Well of course it does, you just had some beers and are all chilled out ;) I have a very modest turntable which was purchased as an experiment (its a vintage Pioneer PL514 with an Audio Technica AT120E which was purchased new. I learned as much as I could to set up the tone arm, play with the antiskate.. and adjusting all the geometry using the free printout guides. Its good and its pleasing but it sounds colored vs my budget digital setup of which 99% of the music is uncompressed WAV or FLAC. Mostly just 44.1 but some purchased 24/96 and 24/192 files.
What I love most about these vinyl collectors is that they have thousands and thousands of pounds or dollars worth of music and they persist on playing it on some shit turntable do these people love music or vinyl???
I'm not going to argue about format technicalities, but I believe that there should be one standard for domestic, professional and portable music. Vinyl, reel to reel and compact cassette are the oldest popular formats for those purposes and the market should stay that way.
Nothing can't beat the audio quality from a vinyl. It contains more khz then a cd. A vinyl can reach the khz of 96000 then a CD or compact disc can only recive 44100khz. Keep on the fight vinyl's! =D Love and respect of a music lover.
Completely wrong. CD beats it easily. More KHz than a CD? You have no idea what you are talking about. While you may prefer the sound of vinyl, it in no way can match the quality of a CD in terms of distortion and dynamic range.
Todd Green In dynamic range wins the compact disc. But think of this. Lay back into the coch and hear the classic vinyl sound. Anyway. as we all know. It's a different formats of cd and vinyl. =)
DMTM You are fooling yourself. Vinyl's frequency response is non linear and rolls off significantly after 16khz. So for the relevant frequency range up to 20khz (I'm assuming you're not a dog or a bat) CD will reproduce those higher frequencies more capably than vinyl. More importantly is the resolution, or detail, of the music. CD with 16 bits has a dynamic range of at least 98db while vinyl is closer to 70db which is about 10-12 bits in the digital world, equivalent to a mid range lossy file. Having said that, I agree keep on fighting vinyl but please base it on facts.
The sound reproduction of CD's is superior to vinyl in every way. Practically every problem associated with vinyl was eliminated with the advent of CD's and the only compromise was a CD have less impressive looking sleeves.
Casparus Kruger No actually it's not. You obviously have not heard a well hooked up system. I promise with my system, you wouldn't be able to tell the record from it's cd counterpart.
Perry...my music experience has shown me that vinyl has more tone and overall sound quality. I have a good friend who uses an oscilloscope to check out his records. A lot of time, newer records are simply recorded louder so people think they are better, when in effect the top and bottom notes are cut off and the volume is raised so that people just hear it louder and think it is better. Case in point Jimi Hendrix original pressings have a wider audio range than the current re-releases. You can see this on an oscilloscope where the highs and lows are cut off. But the new re-releases sound better to most people because the volume is set higher. Another thing that needs to be addressed is MP3S. They are a lossy type of compression, and lose some of the quality of the sound. I trade in APE or monkey audio, and FLAC format. These are easily decoded using a program like Traders Little Helper. These 2 formats are lossless formats . What you record and compress ends up the same sounding after decompression. No loss of quality. Most of us can't hear the difference in the music anyway. Just my opinion, and I could be wrong...
I don' t mind the high fidelity aspect or the pureness of sound. I remember the flap-flap in the record shop while choosing my favourite album, spending ernormous amounts of money (20 deutschmark) when i was young. My first Technics record player with the stroboscope, the crackling before the first song, the foldout cover, the liner notes and sleeves with the lyrics.....sigh
It's weird there are so many people that don't collect or listen to vinyl on these videos naysaying those that do. Haven't you got something better to do with your time? For me it's about collecting things. Most of my friends have as little clutter and physical things as possible. I have collections of all sorts so I guess that's the kind of person that I am. A collector. I see a lot of people bad mouthing those who collect for the sound quality. I don't personally know of anyone who collects records for that reason although I'm sure there are those that do. For me it's astonishing that a needle dragging along a groove of a piece of plastic can sound so good. It's witchcraft to me. It's the difference in feeling the warmth surround you inside a heated home vs watching a fire burn and feeling the warmth from whatever side faces it directly. I prefer the fire experience when feeling heat. It might not be perfect but that's not what I'm looking for.
Maybe someone can answer this. Avid record collector. Recently I got into a group that ONLY has CD's and digital downloads. Amazing band. So, I paid a bit of money and had Vinylify (in the Netherlands) cut a record, 10" vinyl 33rpm of 4 of their tracks. The MP3's I sent them were the one's I bought directly from Amazon's music service. I had played those MP3's quite often. When the record came in it played most AWESOME. Here's the kicker. The 1st song always had soft passages with noises and such at the first few seconds and I never could make out what they were saying. I suspected it wasn't mean to be understood. On the vinyl, I could make out for the first time the words. Why is that? It's the same MP3 just on vinyl. I thought it was interesting to say the least.
Well, they both were played on the same amplifier but one (MP3) was via Bluetooth from different devices, a tablet and a cell phone, and the other (vinyl) was played over a nice turntable. Yeah, I thought that as well.
CDs are just the more efficient and portable version of records. Plus nowadays they're cheaper than dirt, and you still get the tangible format as well as being superior sound quality to mp3.
Vinyl is certainly better than cds or mp3s. At least to me ears it sounds much better. Plus there is a feel to it. People auditioning music platform over RUclips (read as compressed sound + tablet or phone speakers) and debating which sounds better, is funny. However, I listen to SACDs aswell and can't say Vinyl in comparison is better here. But very few albums are available in SACDs.
Vinyl has a much narrower dynamic range than digital, it has a much higher noise floor, and it distorts under conditions digital doesn't. But you like vinyl better even than uncompressed digital anyway. Brilliant.
Aintry1 : I never go by statistics, they can always be read the way one wants it to be. However, if you are interested have a full read of this article: www.audioholics.com/audio-technologies/dynamic-comparison-of-lps-vs-cds-part-4/dynamic-comparison-of-lps-vs-cds-part-4-page-2. I'm a hands on guy, prefer to sit and audition physically with high end equipments before picking my choice. Yes I prefer Vinyl over Cds and mp3s but while on the move in car or train or bus, mp3 & likes are the best options. As I mentioned earlier, vinyl has a feel to it. Equipment has to be precise and high end. Testing vinyl on a $50/- player is far inferior to any compressed music. One has to invest certain time and money to match the player with the phono stage amplifier to achieve the desired results. SACDs are in my opinion the best.
Poinzy It's one thing to throw numbers and theory around, which you are correct about. But perfection isn't art. If people prefer the sound of vinyl, I doubt it has much to do with the frequency range or any of that stuff. Digital sounds infinitely more perfect, but does it sound ''nicer''? It's up to the listener to decide.
My first turntable since I was a kid in the early 80s is arriving tomorrow. I'm stoked. I'm going to visit a couple local record stores this afternoon. I feel guilty for not supporting them for all these years. I was "all-in" with CDs when I could afford them, and I think they're here to stay as well. The sound is simply better quality, but that's not always the #1 concern, right? I like MP3s, to have good quality music available at all times in my phone, but now that streaming seems to be taking over, I don't really like it, for some reason. It made me re-think things.
MP3s sound better than cassettes, IMO. Cassettes were nice for making mixes and dubs, and being portable, but that's it. I'd like to see MiniDisc come back without all the limitations and high prices. Lossless digital on flash media is the way of the future. Records have higher frequency response than any of the digital formats so far, up to 60 kHz. They say we can't hear it, but maybe we can feel it, or else there's no explaining why vinyl never died.
+Jeremy D Digital audio has a greater dynamic range, CDs and MP3s have 96dB of dynamic range whereas vinyl has around 60dB at best. Digital also perfectly reproduces all the frequencies that can be detected by the human ear. All studies so far have shown inconclusive results in to whether we can feel any higher frequencies.
There was one study done that showed at very high volume listening, folks prefer SACD to CD, but below that, there's no discernable difference. I wonder if that would apply to vinyl too, that at higher volumes, vinyl sounds better? I haven't compared vinyl to CD at higher volumes, but I do notice that I like vinyl's sound at higher volumes, and it has nothing to do with the music.
I collect all the formats, even cassettes and tefifon cartridges. I Think all of them have their merits and drawbacks. For example; I wouldn't purchase electronic music on vinyl however I would happily do it on cassette.
I'll take my vinyl any day...I started buying records back in the 60's....I always took care of it and kept it...One thing that most younger people don't understand is have a nice stereo system to play the records...Most people don't have the space like I have to crank up the tunes and feel it?,,,Rock the house man!....Music should be felt as well as heard...As for the pops or clicks...there's always noise going on...How many CD"s do you have that have a song that might have some clicks on it..on purpose?
Paianni The Numark (I believe that's what it is) that is shown looks decent to me, although I haven't actually seen it in person. At least it has an adjustable counterweight and removable headshell, which so many others lack. Not everyone can afford or easily obtain the top of the line equipment! But I agree, a decent turntable will make your records sound good and preserve them as well.
Paianni The 1210's are sort of ''affordable''. Second hand is fine. I have one that's 30 years old, and aside from a pitch calibration I performed myself on it, and the pilot light's gone, it's stable as a rock.
I have been a collector of Vinyl records since 1975-76 I think Buddy Rich Both sides now was my first. I now (this is my 2nd collection) have over 3,800 records my first was over 4,000 (I just keep what I'm listing too.) Me personally you got a warm sound with vinyl Nothing gets cut off like in digital recordings. Where else can you get a full poster & lyrics big enough to read lets not for get the art work to hang on the wall. CD's don't offer that, Sure cd are small & compacted & you can take em in the car w/ you to listen But, hit a Big Bump & they will skip!!! I had an old cd walk man & it always skipped on me when I went out for a walk. I think I can tell the difference between cd digital & Vinyl. There is Nothing like Vinyl you just can't match the quality & the surface noise is just part of the game but give your records a good cleaning (with many many methods on the net / RUclips) I use Isopropyl w/ some water a Discwasher cleaning pad (& a Q-tip only if there is a lot of heavy dirt on the record.) At least 2-3x a month I got record shopping or to a record fair. Now as for new Vinyl I heard good & Bad things about 1 thing I heard is that there not putting the TLC into making them there just rushing them out the door to make a Buck$$$.!!! Someone here in a record store in N.Y. told me he rejected a whole lot of new Lp's do to them having some king of dust on them form the manufacturer. I just pick up the B52's Live from 1979 & it sounds great even though I was a bit Leery. But what I don't get is why people pay Big bucks for records that are re issues when I see them all the time in thrift stores for a $1.00? Anyway Nothing can compare to Vinly in my humble opinion. Now if you get the chance Please look at 2 of my youtube video's on my record hall from the WFMU record fair & make a comment Thanks!! ruclips.net/user/pjcdrummer
As an audio enthusiast I get many invitations by proud audiophiles eager for me to hear their sound systems, even been invited to an audio equipment reviewers home, so I get to hear equipment and systems, both analogue and digital that range from moderate cost all the way to megabucks and mostly in dedicated rooms no less. As most of the systems I've listened to have been disappointing considering their cost and complexity, there are two inescapable conclusions I can draw from my experiences 1) no matter if your preference is Digital or Vinyl, it will take a fair bit of knowledge and a lot of work to get what might be considered acceptable results from even the best audio gear. Most audiophiles don't even know the potential in their equipment nor how to extract it and can become dazzled by their purchases often leading to a severe case of upgradeitis. 2) not everyone hears well nor equally well, some people just don't have an ability to correctly discern what is accurate reproduction and what is not. I liken it to people that have a passion for a musical instrument who will never be great musicians nor even good musicians no matter how much they practice. We're not all created equal, we will hear things very differently and if you enjoy a particular presentation and it brings you pleasure, who am I to say you're wrong. In saying that, if I had to choose one, it would be vinyl because it's a more tactile and involving experience, one which encourages listening to the whole side of an LP allowing you greater appreciation and insight into the album.
Being a guy born in the 90s when CD were increasingly more affordable and go-to format for music. Now a 21 year old having gone through Casette Tape,CD,Lossy digitals,Blu-Ray Audio and now giving Vinyls a try,why? Well at this point in time i think i'm abusing CD's and other digital formats convenience,all of a sudden the appeal of music on the go and effortless playback have died on me. My favorite artists were no longer hold a special place in my heart when i can play it anytime i want and CD,SACD,DVD audio,Blu ray audio and some so called "better mastered CDs" like Blu Spec,SHM,DSD,K2 HD and list goes on,they all have tiny package,small artwork covers,cheap feel to it some overpriced like there's no tomorrow. While Vinyls have this huge clear beautiful artwork and substantial feel to it like a piece of family handed down wood furniture! Not as practical but then you do get thin air and some sound files for practicality. (not hating on FLAC but just point out how i feel about it,i liked it actually) Put it simply,I just want the experience and art appreciation aspects of Vinyl it makes music listening an experience and my dad liked it and he can relate to it. On the same music store i showed him the CD version of abbey road he was so yawn and disinterested and then i showed him the vinyl version he was all nostalgic and all like "wow I remembered this well the fours walking across the streets,iconic moment right there!" AND vinyl do give you the biggest bang of your buck! I still buy CD of course but it's clear that my format of choice is now on Vinyls!
fun video, like it a lot and discovered some new records from the Third man records. to bad are not any record stores nearby. bye cause i like his music a lot. and would like to have them and listen them.
Anyone else love the crackling at the beginning of an LP before the music starts?
NO!;-)
Michael Ashbrook Take care of your albums and you’ll hear absolute silence throughout the whole album!
No, I have several that do not crackle and pop.
NO!!
YES!
I love digital because it's so portable and I could listen to it anywhere at anytime on my phone for example.
I also love Vinyl because it's an experience. Much like going to a Movie Theater to watch a Movie instead of renting or going to a Restaurant to eat a special dinner instead of making dinner at home. I also love the physicality of the record (outer cover, artwork, etc), something you can hold in your hands.
Both have their pros and cons. Still I love both.
Same
GeoAl09 I can't remember where I heard it but someone described it as a "Japanese tea ceremony", where it doesn't make the tea taste any better, but that it enhances the experience.
You said it in words >
Couldn't agree more! I always listen to the highest quality streaming possible on my phone but when I want to actually LISTEN to an album, I buy the vinyl version for my collection. There is a romantic physicality to it that even FLAC just doesn't have.
Regardless of perceived "sound quality", I would rather listen to vinyl, but for my background or travel music, streaming has its place :-)
+GeoAl09 On your phone? Only suitable for beep, beep, squeak, squeak.
Thank you for all your support, I never knew my video was going to be seen by this many people... It's very overwhelming. I apologise for the poor sound quality, unfortunately my sound guy backed out last minute and we had to make do with what we had as there no chance of postponing the shoot. Alas, it is what it is and I hope you can keep the love on whats really important here.
This documentary wasn't set out to state that Vinyl was the superior format, just to ask people why THEY love Vinyl so much (hence the name!). I personally love Vinyl which is what inspired me to make this film. I hope you enjoy this video, whether you love Vinyl or not. Remember to be nice to each other no matter what format people prefer, we all love music and have different ways of listening to it :) X
+Natalie Green Dear Natalie, can you tell me the music used in the background? Tried to detect it with Shazam/Soundhound at 10:13 and onwards, to no avail. Sounds like Explosions in the Sky or Hammock. Thanks for your kind help :)
+Natalie Green I loved watching this. Thank you much Natalie.
KEEP VINYL ALIVE ...
Just apply compressor to the voice, but not the music part.....
I wouldn't know if I loved an album if it wasn't for vinyls. They force me to listen to both sides, start to finish. Transitions and all. I'm in love with so many albums, and so many are in my collection thanks to vinyls. Grab the wine, sit in the living room, low light and put the needle on the record and let it play!
***** I love wine, and nobody has time to keep dropping the needle to skip tracks. I obviously can't get the same experience with a CD, as I'm prone to heavy skipping to the singles.
+Aj Nv I have my turntable and stereo right in front of me with my boxes of records next to me and a view of the outdoors in front and to the right of me. Unfortunately of course not everyone has that luxury.
Matt Thompson i
the plural of vinyl is vinyl
Natalie, thanks for putting this together. As a child of the 60s and an avid vinyl collector who never got rid of his collection when CDs came out the people you interviewed expressed elegantly why I have over 4000 albums and am growing that list weekly. It is the story of my life as well.
Thats wonderful! You must have such an awesome collection! I'm so glad you liked it :)
found an old turntable from the 70's the other day on the side of the road for trash pickup. Took it apart completely, cleaned it with alcohol, and fixed the chord (it was cut for some reason) works wonderfully, and its a complete set. ordered my first record today. so excited!
why cant everybody just sit down and enjoy the damn music, wether vinyl or CD?
Crystal Elizabeth they're just a better expierience than cd's or mp3's and when you dj with them it feel just natural and more legit, the feel of your hand on the record while its spinnng, beat matching, and etc you get me
Hugo Frich I hate natural
***** True. Pity a lot of digital is mastered like crap with all the dynamics compressed out of it though. Which is probably the real reason people buy vinyl.
Hugo Frich So for you it is not about the music, but rather the ritual that you enjoy.
I like the music, especially hip hop and it feels so real doing spinbacks and scratching + cueing
I like that I can discover records from the past, it's like holding on to pieces of history
Well recorded, well mastered music can sound fantastic whether it is presented on vinyl or digitally, but it has to be done properly for the particular format. If done properly, both can sound great.
my opinion on this whole vinyl vs cd debate it's all in the mastering and for vinyl pressing plant quality control.the thing i don't like about a lot of cds as of late is they're mastered way too obnoxiously loud "brickwalled" & the average person thinks it sounds good.
the thing is, on the Vinyl format all the details are completely there. In CDs the format is shrink to fit at least 10 songs, if you're going to put a full detail of the music on CD it would take the entire Size of a CD or sometimes it can't handle that's why CD are really not good
Records are cooler. I got loads of CDs but records are a whole different ballgame.
@@SugarW1thC0ffee *Vinyl smh.
I don't usually post comments but this documentary inspired me :) Really lovingly made, Natalie. Thank you!
For me, it's about taking the time to appreciate the entity that someone has put so much effort into to create and the love of growing your own music collection. I've grown up with my Dad's vinyl collection and have all the memories/feelings that go with it, like learning how to turn the record over (I destroyed his version of Wish You Were Here when I was a toddler but we won't go into that), but I've always collected CDs. I totally agree with the point about people are always doing something else whilst 'surfing' music - I still enjoy taking the time to enjoy music for music's sake. Sound quality arguments aside (because it's not that one is better for me, just different) - it's about taking that time to appreciate the music whatever the format.
"I would like to think that CD will go. If you want digital music just download it or stream it."
Am I hearing this correctly? Telling people that they should "just use this" because it's good enough? This is exactly like if I tried to tell people who like analog "I wish vinyl would go away. If you want analog just get cassette tapes or Edison wax cylinders or something." Comments like that completely destroy the purpose of having a special interest in a particular topic or a particular music format or anything, which is that you have a preference and you like what you like, and that makes it special for you.
The way people say they feel about vinyl is exactly the way I feel about CD. It's a special feeling when I buy one, I enjoy the music, I collect styles and artists I like, etc., and I always buy the CD when it is available. No one is going to tell me that I should "just use some other format." And all of this because CD is WHAT I LIKE and no amount of "CD is a dead format" or "vinyl is more collectible" or "this one has bigger artwork" is going to change that.
This is a great video in that it shows why people like vinyl and it really gets that feeling across. While most of it was good, the anti-CD / anti-digital stuff was a major turnoff and if you ask me it had no place in this video. Those comments, in my opinion, show that many out there miss the point.
Vinyl is amazing and will never die. Even when I use my vinyl recorder to record my records so I can listen on the go it's sill great to hear that vinyl sound from the crackle before a song and the quality of the music itself it's just amazing.
Collecting vinyls is awesome because of the ritual of placing the record, the artwork, and the tangibility of it. The only disadvantages are the maintenance it requires and that the majority of repressings of records are simply digital masters that are ported onto vinyl, not genuine analog masters.
Also nearly all new music released on vinyl is recorded digitally. It's still nice having it on vinyl though
Shamic Entertainment It is. Tobe completely honest I cannot tell q difference between a lossless analog master and a 320 kbps digital master.
Chris Ramirez No i probably couldn't either.
Shamic Entertainment In the end it is all about listening to t he music and if the music sounds good and clear to you that is all that matters.
Got my first Vinyl today , Getting a player this week , I can't wait
Good luck and have fun man! Btw don't but a Crosley, they're record shredders
I hope you bought at least an LP60
just got my turntable today, found out that I still need a preamp. fuck.
How's your collection come along so far?
Tom Spencer I've got too many records to count my life is in shambles and I'm broke
You can reduce the noise floor significantly by cleaning your records.
When I buy Vinyl I don't wanna hear pops or clicks. Give somebody a great sounding vinyl on a good sound system and they'll never here music the same way. Or should I say feel music the same way, because in my personal opinion when the bass and guitars and vocals on analog recordings are heard, they move you.
very true ! it is possible to listen to vinyl in a Crystal clear fashion, you just have to take your time to get to this point, but it is possible, and very great !
***** this is also true, no one want to work to get quality, from the source wich is the musicians to the playback, quality has took a huge drop in general, even if there is still some sweet spots in some styles of music. i do not prefer cds of vinyls, i tend to appreciate music as it is, sometime i buy cds, sometime records, sometime i tune on FM stations.... but i must say i had to work to get a very decent vinyl playback, wich today make the whole thing much better because i'm happy i have learnt a lot about analog and turntable setup, then i go to my friends places and tune their set up and always got smiles at the end, that is worth a lot to me..!
I feel that collecting vinyls is just a cool way to listen to music if it's superior its superior if it's not it's not if you into b into it it dosent matter do what u want to do be happy about it
Wonderful. Thanks for keeping vinyl records alive
Honestly, I just do it cause it fun. The closest comparison for me would be like collecting baseball cards, except useful.
Jack White's latest album sold 40,000 copies in vinyl, along with the digital downloads and CDs. Pretty cool.
I love mp3's for streaming music on my Harley while riding in the country side. At Home, alone..... Vinyl. It's the whole concert in your living room experience. Visual, tactile, auditory. An all encompassing experience.
A nice documentary thanks Natalie.
Best video I've watched for ages. All your comments are so true. Long live vinyl!
for me vinyl takes listening experience to a completely new level. I like reading through the artwork, I love the warm sound and everything. I will listen to digital when I am not at home, but sitting home with a cup of tea with a good punch of records...is really amazing to me :)
+1 for showing a quick shot of Justin Hayward's (from the Moody Blues) "War of the Worlds" double album at 6:07
Listening vinyl is great experience and for me it is better to listen 25 minutes of music on turntable than two hours on digital format. Quality of sound is something we can argue about, it depends on many things like recording, mastering, quality of vinyl pressing etc. It is not only format that decides the quality of sound.
i grew up with music more than tv. play a record and you hear everything the background music all of the band which i love. the exictement of putting the record on and flipping it over again and again, the artwork its magic! and in my case memory lane
carly gillibrand call me odd but i like the cracks and pop sounds!
It's more than just the music, it's everything involved once you decide what album to add...and there's no conclusion, 'cause every time you pull ot out of its slot you get to experience it all over again.
Well done Natalie, brilliant work......
Thank you!
I enjoyed this video, I agree with everything they say and I'm currently enjoying a lot of vinyl! Also, warmth is just as important to listeners as a clear tune, that's the main reason I enjoy vinyl. I have a friend who is a DJ and he said "Records do sound better, they sound more bassy." I think he's right.
So weird! I was just watching a Warpaint video and the first bits of this video was this person opening that sealed self-titled album. Also, you guys won me over with the AWESOME black and yellow limited boxset version vinyl of Holy Fire. Subscribed!
This is great! I'm not very knowledgeable on records but this is really interesting. Well Done Natalie!
no one seems to remember that period of time when record labels, cheapened their product to make up for the increase in oil prices ( and hence, vinyl pricies ). I remember the frustration of purchasing brand new records and one could feel the difference in weight. I remember having to return new albums, trying to get a copy that wasn't warped or had a pop in it.
Go to the store and compare the "new" records to the "used" selection. The difference in weight is completely obvious.
So before we start "romanticizing" about vinyl, lets try to remember that today's vinyl is wwaaaaaayyyy different then what was produced in the past.
I must say it isn't, at last, a matter of "romanticism" in vynil, old or new made. It's a matter of people being seduced by things that have nothing to do with sound quality in music reproduction.
Hearing the (selected) absurdities said by "interviewed" persons kn this video is more than enough to disprove the point the video itself tries to "demonstrate".
Why vynil, I love the warm analog touch. The way they put albums together.. and the find of hey I didnt know this song was on this album.... not so much finding how much each one is valued but no wait for download. And yes it can be free and clear of crackle and pop. As I love it with a passion.
Great video - vinyl like music can be a very subjective topic. However, I picked up a early copy of Heart’s first album Dreamboat Annie the other day in near mint condition. When I pulled the sleeve out to examine it carefully I noticed a letter inside written to a lover asking them to listen to the album with headphones. Now, I have never had that happen when I bought a CD.
The main fascination/obsession with vinyl for me is the "thrill of the chase". Being a hardcore 60s/Northern Soul fanatic, i'm still chasing records that i was dancing to over 40 years ago. It is true that just about anything is available digitally now, but that makes it too easy. Owning that classic 45 on a 1st issue, or white demo with a big red "A" on the label requires a certain kind of tenacity and pure determination. The excitement is also enhanced when you're sitting up til all hours of the morning waiting for the conclusion to an auction item that you've nervously placed quite a sizeable bid on. Digital music will never have this effect on me.
Very lovely piece! Nailed it I think!
I think the CD format will come to be what the compact cassette was in the days before CDs existed, a means to make your own compilations of your favourite songs or instrumental tunes on a portable format, but unlike the cassette, will not require spooling tape backwards or forwards through a plastic cartridge. Sure there'll still be commercially-issued CDs but computers have enabled us to make our own CDs and dress them up as plain or as fancy as we like. And CD-R blanks with inkjet-printable label surfaces let us be creative in how we design our CD compilations.
Looking forward to the CD revival in twenty years when people come to their senses and realise how superior it can be.
+JonnyInfinite I guess the 1988 Japanese film Akira predicted just that. In the beginning of the film there is a jukebox in a pub spinning CDs. It takes place in 2019.
I can hardly wait :P
*Rub palms*
+InternalCombustionGenie incidentally the other week I was in a pub in Manchester waiting for a gig. They had a full vinyl deck there, tons of old vinyl and equipment, all that jazz. The jukebox pumped out soul and funk classics, a beautiful fat melodic sound that made you feel good...
It was a CD jukebox.
+JonnyInfinite You're right mate. Folk who are donating to charity or even throwing away their good CDs, be it for vinyl or digital must be mad. Suits me fine, I'm picking up buckets of cheap CDs as well as vinyl.
+NeilTheDruid more fool them
+JonnyInfinite that is not gonna happen lol keep waiting! lol
Fantastic documentary. Well done.
Grew up with cd's in the 90's now exploring vinyl at 43
I have collected about 1500 CDs and 600 Lps during the years. Saying that vinyl sounds generally better is something that i cant confirm. Its 99% about mastering. I have done lots of blind tests to find the better medium but i think they both are great together :) btw: i also own a big amount of CDs that sound definitly better than their vinyl contrapart.
Vinyl is so great. Trust me, ask the artist and they will tell you they made music to be listened to on your record player in the first place.
Nowadays not so much about that last part though...
All of a persons senses are involved in the vinyl experience, save taste. Textured gatefolds, first issues, beautiful labels and turntables, Dynamic open trinary ananalogue sound. Astonishing artwork often created out of love, a gift from the artist's soul to your own. I would question whether they are a fragile medium when looked after properly.
Scratch a record and it still plays. CD's are ruined. Skipping CD's are as annoying as a slight scratch.
Just bought my first turn table this week and Ive been tracking every vinyl store here in Costa Rica, few options, but the difficulty makes it even more interesting!, I wish I had a store like that here!! :-)
Beautifully made. Absolutely amazing. This explains how I feel about vinyl records.
Amazing documentary! This helped me reassure my choice of buying my own record player and starting my vinyl collection :) The vinyl store in this video is absolutely beautiful! I saw this part where it says Michael Jackson, Jackson family vinyl. I screamed a little because Michael is my favorite singer.
Paused on the computers mp3 screen and saw underoath, caspian, paramour and Norma Jean. ❤️😘 what a variety.
I'm 16 and have bought Radioheads Kid A on vinyl and I realize I want to collect vinyls but there's just too expensive
In australia they cost 40,50,60 dollars. Can't afford that anymore
musicstack is the source of affordable vinyl.
@Ben Chambers, take your time building up your collection within a budget you can afford, a record collection takes yrs. to build up it's some of the fun of collecting.
I'm a vinyl buyer, but what I do is hunt down that classic record and record it to an MP3 audio file for burning to CD so I can have music to play in my car. The thing is, buying CDs of the music from my era(1960s to 1980s), the compilers of the CDs CHEAT by putting non-authentic versions of songs into a compilation(trying to con the buyer by passing them off as original artist recordings..... Bull-Shit!). Now I know that sort of thing had been going on since before the advent of the CD format, but it had become more prevalent since CD's advent. I once bought a Roger Whittaker compilation on CD, issued by a major company, BMG(who gobbled up RCA), because it had "The Last Farewell" as its opening track. When I played it, the version I heard was NOT as I remembered it from a 1975 His Master's Voice(EMI) 45rpm original issue, so I took the CD back to the shop. The last-ever CD I bought was a Johnny Rivers compilation through EMI. Since then I've looked for the songs on vinyl 45s and major-label LPs and EPs to ensure I'm getting the PROPER, AUTHENTIC version.... I HATE SOUNDALIKE RECORDS! I'm a former presenter on community radio and I felt embarrassed when I lined up a track, played it and discovered it's a re-recording instead of the original commercial issue. That REALLY pissed me off! That pretty-much turned me off commercially-issued CDs.
Why vinyl (and shellac in my case)? Simply much more fun to go through the motions of putting on the record and seeing the thing work, more of an occasion that just clicking on an mp3 file or popping in a CD, neither of which I really have anything against and use as well as my records.
The whole CD vs vinyl thing is somewhat trivial in my humble opinion, collect the formats and music you love regardless and enjoy it.
I remember buying vinyl just because of the album cover/artwork, CD's are not the same
Vinyl just sounds way better than mp3 or may be cds. I play my vinyl on a technics turtable play back on a harman-kardon reciver with infinity speakers. Is just the best! Cheers from L.A california
I love vinyl, but I'm not one of those purists who thinks that digital is terrible. Certainly when CD's debuted in the early 80s, they were awful. The record companies would merely digitize the vinyl master and slap it on a disc, and the results were predictably horrendous. Today, however, with advanced mastering techniques, the CD has caught up...just in time for it to go the way of the dodo bird as digital downloads become the predominant format. MP3 (or whatever lossy equivalent you want to mention) has sent us back to the stone age in terms of sonic fidelity, which is, in my opinion, the main driving force behind the move back to vinyl for younger listeners. In addition, everyone wants to HOLD something tangible while listening to music, and there's nothing to hold onto while listening to an MP3. Personally, I listen to vinyl at home and FLAC in the car and at work - it's really the best of both worlds.
***** Exactly. Why does one have to think one is better than the other? Vinyl and FLAC FTW!
Christopher Gadbois Advanced mastering techniques? do you mean the loudness and brickwalled compression added to 85% of cd's released these days, I think we've come full circle with cd, it sounded terrible back in the 80s got better and sounded much better in the 90s and now because of the loudness war cd sounds actually worse than in the 80s, crazy!
Because at age 4 1970 it became my art gallery Music imprint, parent education and bible. I preserve them for these reasons. Plus the sound most of it was designed for.
For all of the technical jargon that's being batted back and forth around the digital/analogue debate (all of which is pretty legit from both sides). There is one vital component to all of this that so many people seem to miss. And that is, analogue is a physical vibration, which is, is it not, what all music is primarily and fundamentally..?
It's nice to see youngsters catching the vinyl bug. Displaying the sleeves as wall art tells its own story. Digital downloads are transient and have no value. When you spend your hard earned cash on a physical product you appreciate it more and will revisit the listening experience more often. Its great fun playing with a turntable -maintaining it - setting it up properly and experimenting with different cartridges.
Super doc.
the thing with records is it commands your attention, on a computer or phone....you control the music, its instinct to stop it to check your facebook or whatever, with Records the music controls you and you are under its physical spell,
you have to hold your pee in because you want to hear the end of the song. its an experience. and you find you enjoy listening to the album as a whole as it should be. and in a strange contradiction,,,, in a world of any song at your finger tips,, you may actually end up listening to more music and songs you wouldn't normal find the time for. you may actually end up listening to more music.
Buying a CD is like throwing money away. The CD is a dying medium, the sales decline since many years, while downloads, streaming and vinyl sales are growing strong. Who needs a physical copy of digital data anyway and even pays for it? Furthermore, a CD has a limited lifetime, between 50 and 100 years. The CD won't survive, that's for sure.
Vinyl on the other hand is the only music medium worthwhile collecting...
Vinyl, as a medium where a needle by definition slides on a platter, has by definition, sliding contact, and therefore, has finite life. Every single time you play a record, some vinyl is worn from the groove, and therefore, the sound changes. I know there are a bunch of vinyl purists who will claim their $10,000 turntable doesn't change, doesn't wear records, etc. Bull. It is categorically impossible for there to be absolutely zero change to the surface of the record as it is played. The only way it is truly unchanged is for there to be no physical contact - i.e. not played. The fact that you can't hear a difference does not mean it's not wearing. Even then, PVC is notoriously unstable at elevated temperature. Minute changes to the surface are a constant.
CD life is still frankly theoretical. I have CD's dating to the early/mid 80's - all fine thus far. The 50-100 year life is actually for CD-R - the ink based recorded format, not the pressed format of CDROM with an aluminum disc - purchased CD's for the vast majority of music. That life is actually a mean of 776 years according to this study in the link below. Note further that this "life" is to an arbitary threshold for data loss. That does not mean the CD is unplayable. In fact, it means a degradation to 220 (BLER) block error rate out of 7350 blocks per second of data. In real terms, that's like a pop on a record - 3% of 1 second, or equivalent of an error lasting 0.03 seconds.
www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rt/CDservicelife_rev.pdf
I own 4 turntables, and easily 200 LP's. That's probably not a lot by many standards out there, but I state this just to say I'm not a hater. I celebrate both formats, vinyl as probably the best analog format (commonly available), and CD as the best digital. Could CD have been better - maybe. I dunno. It's not really that "awful" - and frankly, it was extremely convenient, and much easier to care for than vinyl, transport than vinyl, etc. As it was developed, it filled a specific need, and did so very well.
Nothing you say makes any sense. You think CD, which is a physical medium, is somehow less appealing than vinyl, which is also a physical medium? You seem to think that vinyl is more durable than CD. I'd love to know, as an experience vinyl and CD user, where you got THAT information.
Aintry1 are you replying to me, or the other guy? I was saying vinyl has finite life and that cd life is very long, and practically infinite. Infinite being the opposite of finite.
vinyl has too much noise.. and then its not a lifetime format.. cd has more lifetime..
cool.. but still like more cds.. :) good night!
really lovely documentary, well done! i really enjoy a well put together documentary, this really brought out the romance between a person and their music, thanks for this!
I like both vinyl and CD.
Hellcommander245 Good man.
Vinyl is our sacred place of really enjoying music. CDs i couldn't store them. Vinyl i still have about four hundred albums i never sold off. The process of record cleaning and buying high end turntable and cartridge is my love of music. Streaming is ok but vinyl is the foundation of discovering progressive music, I love the new 10 inch 45 RPM
Vinyl Forever! You just get so much more power and depth, compare to CDs.
***** Actually records have a "Higher" frequency response the CDs. When sound is chopped (sampled) to make a waveform it is "stairsteped" not smooth. The groove in a record is exactactly like the original. And yes most can hear the difference.
Andy Hall booooooooooooo!!! Minidisc and CD forever!
87Wayne You have no idea how digital audio works... read the following articles and get back to us
people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Myths_%28Vinyl%29
***** The point is in the mastering. People buy vinyl to avoid that awful compressed-to-high heaven in-your-face production that a lot of digital formats have. Which have nothing to do with the format and everything to do with the mastering. People shouldn't be arguing about formats, they should be complaining about mastering techniques.
ibuprofen303 You are so right. There is a lack of warmth and definition in mass produced CD's I can make a a analog or better source to digital recording directly to a CD sound better than a store bought CD. It is all in the way it's mastered.
I have CDs and vinyl and have some from the same master I prefer CDs over vinyl because they don't ware out and no pops and crackles but I do like buying used vinyl for just a few dollars that's cool !
Surface noise , audio range and all that isn’t my no 1 concern. I just like the way of listening , to my music of choice , on vinyl. To me , it feels more dedicated , experiencing tunes on my turntable. I listen on cd and streaming too , and likes the convenience of making my own playlists on spotify. But if I had to choose , I’d stay with vinyl. Nothing wrong with one or the other. It’s just personal choises.
I'm 14 and I collect vinyls and CDs, everything is better and sounds better on vinyl❤️
I love records and CDs both.
Dude, that playlist at 2:40 had some of my favorite bands! Into it. Over it & have mercy
I remember sitting listening to a record back in the 1970s and because there was power cuts here in the UK at that time, as the lights suddenly went out, the record would slow down to a stop and the voice of the singer would lower in pitch. Then, as the lights went back on, it would go from lower to higher pitch as the record returned to its correct speed lol. I would of course put the record away if it was dark for more than a few minutes. Ah, those were the days.
David Mander Or the gurgling sound just as the tape got eaten by the Walkman (gasp!)
David Mander Lol and then you put fresh batteries in and thought ''Bloody hell that's fast''.....
both medium have advantage and disadvantage... in a great hi-fi set up, CD sound clean, on the other hand, vinyl sound much alive. CD main advantage is the simplicity aspect of it, and vinyl will give you the overall experiences in listening to music -- which I think we all should experience it, however, at the end its subject to your owned preferences.
TO BIG, TO SCRATCHY, TO MUCH CARE AND UP KEEP, NOT PORTABLE, NEED TO DROP SERIOUS $$$ TO "ENJOY" IT. PURE NOSTALGIA AND ROMANCE.
nah. I've never once even held a vinyl but somehow I really want to start a collection. So I call bs on your nostalgia claim (though it may be half true for the older generations)
For the first few years when CD was released in 1982 it was a luxury. Not only that the player costs over $500, discs also cost about 5 times as much as vinyl. Today tables are turned. Modern vinyl these days cost more than CD but some people are willing to pay for it.
Digital IMO > Vinyl. Any 'resolution' benefits of being full analog are essentially lost through higher noise floor, additional surface noise, lack of dynamic range and nonlinear playback. If analog is the goal, then I'd say reel to reel would be superior.
Most people like LP because it gives them a connection. You touch the cover, you read it, you admire it. You invite your friends over and then you all touch the cover and stuff LOL. You have a few beers and then listen to music and it seems better. Well of course it does, you just had some beers and are all chilled out ;)
I have a very modest turntable which was purchased as an experiment (its a vintage Pioneer PL514 with an Audio Technica AT120E which was purchased new. I learned as much as I could to set up the tone arm, play with the antiskate.. and adjusting all the geometry using the free printout guides. Its good and its pleasing but it sounds colored vs my budget digital setup of which 99% of the music is uncompressed WAV or FLAC. Mostly just 44.1 but some purchased 24/96 and 24/192 files.
SWEET name for a record store.......love velvet underground
Loved it. :)
Great little doco!
What I love most about these vinyl collectors is that they have thousands and thousands of pounds or dollars worth of music and they persist on playing it on some shit turntable
do these people love music or vinyl???
I'm not going to argue about format technicalities, but I believe that there should be one standard for domestic, professional and portable music. Vinyl, reel to reel and compact cassette are the oldest popular formats for those purposes and the market should stay that way.
I'm hoping that the bubble doesn't burst on this resurgence, I have always bought and played it at gigs and still do...
Nothing can't beat the audio quality from a vinyl. It contains more khz then a cd. A vinyl can reach the khz of 96000 then a CD or compact disc can only recive 44100khz. Keep on the fight vinyl's! =D
Love and respect of a music lover.
Completely wrong. CD beats it easily. More KHz than a CD? You have no idea what you are talking about. While you may prefer the sound of vinyl, it in no way can match the quality of a CD in terms of distortion and dynamic range.
Todd Green In dynamic range wins the compact disc. But think of this. Lay back into the coch and hear the classic vinyl sound. Anyway. as we all know. It's a different formats of cd and vinyl. =)
What I said. If you enjoy vinyl, great! Just don't claim it is "better".
DMTM You are fooling yourself. Vinyl's frequency response is non linear and rolls off significantly after 16khz. So for the relevant frequency range up to 20khz (I'm assuming you're not a dog or a bat) CD will reproduce those higher frequencies more capably than vinyl. More importantly is the resolution, or detail, of the music. CD with 16 bits has a dynamic range of at least 98db while vinyl is closer to 70db which is about 10-12 bits in the digital world, equivalent to a mid range lossy file. Having said that, I agree keep on fighting vinyl but please base it on facts.
The sound reproduction of CD's is superior to vinyl in every way. Practically every problem associated with vinyl was eliminated with the advent of CD's and the only compromise was a CD have less impressive looking sleeves.
Casparus Kruger No actually it's not. You obviously have not heard a well hooked up system. I promise with my system, you wouldn't be able to tell the record from it's cd counterpart.
Ain't it da truth...ain't it da truth!
Perry...my music experience has shown me that vinyl has more tone and overall sound quality. I have a good friend who uses an oscilloscope to check out his records. A lot of time, newer records are simply recorded louder so people think they are better, when in effect the top and bottom notes are cut off and the volume is raised so that people just hear it louder and think it is better. Case in point Jimi Hendrix original pressings have a wider audio range than the current re-releases. You can see this on an oscilloscope where the highs and lows are cut off. But the new re-releases sound better to most people because the volume is set higher.
Another thing that needs to be addressed is MP3S. They are a lossy type of compression, and lose some of the quality of the sound. I trade in APE or monkey audio, and FLAC format. These are easily decoded using a program like Traders Little Helper. These 2 formats are lossless formats . What you record and compress ends up the same sounding after decompression. No loss of quality. Most of us can't hear the difference in the music anyway. Just my opinion, and I could be wrong...
Like I said, probably 95%of us can't hear the hi snd low note differences anyway. :-)
I don' t mind the high fidelity aspect or the pureness of sound. I remember the flap-flap in the record shop while choosing my favourite album, spending ernormous amounts of money (20 deutschmark) when i was young. My first Technics record player with the stroboscope, the crackling before the first song, the foldout cover, the liner notes and sleeves with the lyrics.....sigh
It's weird there are so many people that don't collect or listen to vinyl on these videos naysaying those that do. Haven't you got something better to do with your time?
For me it's about collecting things. Most of my friends have as little clutter and physical things as possible. I have collections of all sorts so I guess that's the kind of person that I am. A collector.
I see a lot of people bad mouthing those who collect for the sound quality. I don't personally know of anyone who collects records for that reason although I'm sure there are those that do. For me it's astonishing that a needle dragging along a groove of a piece of plastic can sound so good. It's witchcraft to me. It's the difference in feeling the warmth surround you inside a heated home vs watching a fire burn and feeling the warmth from whatever side faces it directly. I prefer the fire experience when feeling heat. It might not be perfect but that's not what I'm looking for.
Maybe someone can answer this. Avid record collector. Recently I got into a group that ONLY has CD's and digital downloads. Amazing band. So, I paid a bit of money and had Vinylify (in the Netherlands) cut a record, 10" vinyl 33rpm of 4 of their tracks. The MP3's I sent them were the one's I bought directly from Amazon's music service. I had played those MP3's quite often. When the record came in it played most AWESOME. Here's the kicker. The 1st song always had soft passages with noises and such at the first few seconds and I never could make out what they were saying. I suspected it wasn't mean to be understood. On the vinyl, I could make out for the first time the words. Why is that? It's the same MP3 just on vinyl. I thought it was interesting to say the least.
Well, they both were played on the same amplifier but one (MP3) was via Bluetooth from different devices, a tablet and a cell phone, and the other (vinyl) was played over a nice turntable. Yeah, I thought that as well.
colourmeinkindness at 0:30 !! I'd definitely recommend this album (y)
CDs are just the more efficient and portable version of records. Plus nowadays they're cheaper than dirt, and you still get the tangible format as well as being superior sound quality to mp3.
Vinyl is certainly better than cds or mp3s. At least to me ears it sounds much better. Plus there is a feel to it.
People auditioning music platform over RUclips (read as compressed sound + tablet or phone speakers) and debating which sounds better, is funny.
However, I listen to SACDs aswell and can't say Vinyl in comparison is better here. But very few albums are available in SACDs.
Vinyl has a much narrower dynamic range than digital, it has a much higher noise floor, and it distorts under conditions digital doesn't. But you like vinyl better even than uncompressed digital anyway. Brilliant.
Aintry1 : I never go by statistics, they can always be read the way one wants it to be. However, if you are interested have a full read of this article: www.audioholics.com/audio-technologies/dynamic-comparison-of-lps-vs-cds-part-4/dynamic-comparison-of-lps-vs-cds-part-4-page-2.
I'm a hands on guy, prefer to sit and audition physically with high end equipments before picking my choice. Yes I prefer Vinyl over Cds and mp3s but while on the move in car or train or bus, mp3 & likes are the best options.
As I mentioned earlier, vinyl has a feel to it. Equipment has to be precise and high end. Testing vinyl on a $50/- player is far inferior to any compressed music. One has to invest certain time and money to match the player with the phono stage amplifier to achieve the desired results.
SACDs are in my opinion the best.
Aintry1
Narrower dymanic range?
I guess you dont even know what a dynamic range is...
minimal minimal Lol. Dynamic range is an engineering concept. I'll give that a while to sink in.
Poinzy It's one thing to throw numbers and theory around, which you are correct about. But perfection isn't art. If people prefer the sound of vinyl, I doubt it has much to do with the frequency range or any of that stuff. Digital sounds infinitely more perfect, but does it sound ''nicer''? It's up to the listener to decide.
Why can't just enjoy all formats I love vinyl cds and cassettes
I think that vinyl in the beginning was The Sword- High Country UK special addition. Fucking cool.
My first turntable since I was a kid in the early 80s is arriving tomorrow. I'm stoked. I'm going to visit a couple local record stores this afternoon. I feel guilty for not supporting them for all these years. I was "all-in" with CDs when I could afford them, and I think they're here to stay as well. The sound is simply better quality, but that's not always the #1 concern, right?
I like MP3s, to have good quality music available at all times in my phone, but now that streaming seems to be taking over, I don't really like it, for some reason. It made me re-think things.
MP3s sound better than cassettes, IMO. Cassettes were nice for making mixes and dubs, and being portable, but that's it. I'd like to see MiniDisc come back without all the limitations and high prices. Lossless digital on flash media is the way of the future.
Records have higher frequency response than any of the digital formats so far, up to 60 kHz. They say we can't hear it, but maybe we can feel it, or else there's no explaining why vinyl never died.
+Jeremy D Digital audio has a greater dynamic range, CDs and MP3s have 96dB of dynamic range whereas vinyl has around 60dB at best. Digital also perfectly reproduces all the frequencies that can be detected by the human ear. All studies so far have shown inconclusive results in to whether we can feel any higher frequencies.
01chohan You're right; I corrected my post. I meant to say 'frequency response', not 'dynamic range.'
There was one study done that showed at very high volume listening, folks prefer SACD to CD, but below that, there's no discernable difference. I wonder if that would apply to vinyl too, that at higher volumes, vinyl sounds better?
I haven't compared vinyl to CD at higher volumes, but I do notice that I like vinyl's sound at higher volumes, and it has nothing to do with the music.
I collect all the formats, even cassettes and tefifon cartridges. I Think all of them have their merits and drawbacks. For example; I wouldn't purchase electronic music on vinyl however I would happily do it on cassette.
I'll take my vinyl any day...I started buying records back in the 60's....I always took care of it and kept it...One thing that most younger people don't understand is have a nice stereo system to play the records...Most people don't have the space like I have to crank up the tunes and feel it?,,,Rock the house man!....Music should be felt as well as heard...As for the pops or clicks...there's always noise going on...How many CD"s do you have that have a song that might have some clicks on it..on purpose?
0:32 If you're gonna get into vinyl, get a decent turntable!
David Mander yup
David Mander I pair a Technics 1210 with an Ortofon DJ E. I'm pretty happy with that. Needle depends on the music though.
Paianni The Numark (I believe that's what it is) that is shown looks decent to me, although I haven't actually seen it in person. At least it has an adjustable counterweight and removable headshell, which so many others lack. Not everyone can afford or easily obtain the top of the line equipment! But I agree, a decent turntable will make your records sound good and preserve them as well.
BlueParadoxical
But no one should bother with vinyl, especially not nowadays, unless they can afford a decent turntable.
Paianni
The 1210's are sort of ''affordable''. Second hand is fine. I have one that's 30 years old, and aside from a pitch calibration I performed myself on it, and the pilot light's gone, it's stable as a rock.
I have been a collector of Vinyl records since 1975-76 I think Buddy Rich Both sides now was my first. I now (this is my 2nd collection) have over 3,800 records my first was over 4,000 (I just keep what I'm listing too.) Me personally you got a warm sound with vinyl Nothing gets cut off like in digital recordings. Where else can you get a full poster & lyrics big enough to read lets not for get the art work to hang on the wall. CD's don't offer that, Sure cd are small & compacted & you can take em in the car w/ you to listen But, hit a Big Bump & they will skip!!! I had an old cd walk man & it always skipped on me when I went out for a walk. I think I can tell the difference between cd digital & Vinyl. There is Nothing like Vinyl you just can't match the quality & the surface noise is just part of the game but give your records a good cleaning (with many many methods on the net / RUclips) I use Isopropyl w/ some water a Discwasher cleaning pad (& a Q-tip only if there is a lot of heavy dirt on the record.) At least 2-3x a month I got record shopping or to a record fair.
Now as for new Vinyl I heard good & Bad things about 1 thing I heard is that there not putting the TLC into making them there just rushing them out the door to make a Buck$$$.!!! Someone here in a record store in N.Y. told me he rejected a whole lot of new Lp's do to them having some king of dust on them form the manufacturer. I just pick up the B52's Live from 1979 & it sounds great even though I was a bit Leery. But what I don't get is why people pay Big bucks for records that are re issues when I see them all the time in thrift stores for a $1.00? Anyway Nothing can compare to Vinly in my humble opinion. Now if you get the chance Please look at 2 of my youtube video's on my record hall from the WFMU record fair & make a comment Thanks!! ruclips.net/user/pjcdrummer
As an audio enthusiast I get many invitations by proud audiophiles eager for me to hear their sound systems, even been invited to an audio equipment reviewers home, so I get to hear equipment and systems, both analogue and digital that range from moderate cost all the way to megabucks and mostly in dedicated rooms no less. As most of the systems I've listened to have been disappointing considering their cost and complexity, there are two inescapable conclusions I can draw from my experiences 1) no matter if your preference is Digital or Vinyl, it will take a fair bit of knowledge and a lot of work to get what might be considered acceptable results from even the best audio gear. Most audiophiles don't even know the potential in their equipment nor how to extract it and can become dazzled by their purchases often leading to a severe case of upgradeitis. 2) not everyone hears well nor equally well, some people just don't have an ability to correctly discern what is accurate reproduction and what is not. I liken it to people that have a passion for a musical instrument who will never be great musicians nor even good musicians no matter how much they practice. We're not all created equal, we will hear things very differently and if you enjoy a particular presentation and it brings you pleasure, who am I to say you're wrong. In saying that, if I had to choose one, it would be vinyl because it's a more tactile and involving experience, one which encourages listening to the whole side of an LP allowing you greater appreciation and insight into the album.
Being a guy born in the 90s when CD were increasingly more affordable and go-to format for music.
Now a 21 year old having gone through Casette Tape,CD,Lossy digitals,Blu-Ray Audio and now giving Vinyls a try,why?
Well at this point in time i think i'm abusing CD's and other digital formats convenience,all of a sudden the appeal of music on the go and effortless playback have died on me.
My favorite artists were no longer hold a special place in my heart when i can play it anytime i want and CD,SACD,DVD audio,Blu ray audio and some so called "better mastered CDs" like Blu Spec,SHM,DSD,K2 HD and list goes on,they all have tiny package,small artwork covers,cheap feel to it some overpriced like there's no tomorrow.
While Vinyls have this huge clear beautiful artwork and substantial feel to it like a piece of family handed down wood furniture!
Not as practical but then you do get thin air and some sound files for practicality. (not hating on FLAC but just point out how i feel about it,i liked it actually)
Put it simply,I just want the experience and art appreciation aspects of Vinyl it makes music listening an experience and my dad liked it and he can relate to it.
On the same music store i showed him the CD version of abbey road he was so yawn and disinterested and then i showed him the vinyl version he was all nostalgic and all like "wow I remembered this well the fours walking across the streets,iconic moment right there!"
AND vinyl do give you the biggest bang of your buck!
I still buy CD of course but it's clear that my format of choice is now on Vinyls!
fun video, like it a lot and discovered some new records from the Third man records. to bad are not any record stores nearby. bye cause i like his music a lot. and would like to have them and listen them.