In my self isolation, I have come across your channel and am really loving your vids. So very informative and entertaining as well. I have been creating a list of vinyl albums to buy based purely on your recommendations and reviews. Thanks so much for taking the time to do these for the VC, beginners...everyone that loves vinyl. Love and peas from Australia - stay safe brother !
I don't do Vinyl anymore but you Guys looked after me 4 years ago when I brought my collection in. You gave me a fair deal and I am grateful to this day. No regrets and you even hung on to my collection for a while in case I changed my mind. :-) Great store BTW.
I hate watching your posts because they are so good and I end up wanting and buying more vinyl than I should. I have Total respect for your knowledge and honest comments - I look forward to 2021 releases and now I have to pick up Cranberries and DS on your recommendations!! Stay safe and warm Mike!
This is what we need: someone who gives a shit, talking about matters he truly understands. I have a couple but I've a nasty feeling I had and sold the Lou Reed. It's good to have ambitions.
I have never been to your store, because I'm on the east coast. But I have been a subscriber for a while now. Love the LP pressing comparisons. The store looks great, Hope you make it through the pandemic, you , your loved ones and the store. Dean and Sinatra's Capitol years are great. Give them all a chance.
Hi Mike, awesome video, keep me coming. I think so where either in this video or one of your others you mentioned a Marvin Gaye vinyl album that sounded amazing with the track "Sexual Healing", which album were you referring to and do you have it for sale online at your store? Also how does The Cars self titled vinyl album sound? And lastly do you know if Chicago has a greatest hits album on vinyl of their earlier songs? (I know about their 80s greatest hits album but looking for one from their earlier stuff on vinyl). Thanks again for all the great videos
Great video and very good recommendations. Could you please confirm which pressing of Harvest is the one you showed us there? I don't seem able to find any recent vinyl pressing of this album. The latest one listed in Discogs is from 2009. Thanks in advance!
I accidentally stumbled on Killing Joke last year. I found their cd at the Goodwill because I saw Dave Grohl was on drums, and the cover was cool. I friggin love it. Now I'll have to hunt down some of their music on vinyl
Hi! I'm into analogue,deep. But I have a interesting question to share. It"s about raven recording, I know, digital only. The album "Totem" Gabrellie Roth and the mirrors,is the any possibility to get it on vinyl? Tsk.
Excellent excellent excellent!! Big fan of your channel. I’ve purchased most of the albums you went through but you reminded me that the ultradiscs can get sold out. I have the Yes Fragile UD but after watching your review I quickly went out and purchased the Dylan UD.
I love your videos Mike ! You go so deep in detail wonderful ! thank you very in4mativ peace from a german prince fan who is interested in The Police Sting and Peter Gabriel and all the 80 s stuff !
Great list! The Dire Straits collection is incredible. Absolutely great albums, great music, no matter the format (although the mp3 format kills them).
Deep Purple Machine Head on Rhino vinyl. A friend let me use his EAT E-Glo Petit phono preamplifier and I played Machine Head when I had it. OMG! It blew me away!
I have Blind Melon’s “Soup” from Analog Spark. Incredible record. I’ve been eyeing the Cranberries and Ben Folds pressings they’ve done. Wish more companies would do audiophile issues of 90s rock albums. Almost all of them are heavily brickwalled and could seriously benefit from a proper remaster.
Great list as always. Have the Cranberries, Elvis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alan Parsons, all of the Dire Straits and most One-Steps. Need to get Lou Reed, Doors.
Love your channel - just found it off your Led Zep II which I concurr whole heartedly. The 33 1/3 Dire Straits MoFi did sound great too - without the flips
I grew up with vinyl; Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, ELP, Bowie, and I do have three of those listed, including an original 'Transformer'. But, when I heard the first UK demo CD disc issued to Hi-fi shops (there were no albums released on CD at the time) in the early/mid '80s I was knocked sideways by the sound. No crackles, hiss, pops, just pure sound. The first track I heard in the shop was Roxy Music's 'Avalon' and I was open mouthed all through it with the headphones on. I haven't had my turntable set up in a long while. It's overdue a run out and time I had a dig around in my boxes of LPs.
Hi! I grew up in the 80s. Are those 12" singles still around. They possess a few versions of a hit. Especially the accapella version of song. Any input?
Hi there, Yes, all of them are great but Love Over Gold is a demonstrator for HI-fi systems. I listened to it a few days ago. Awesome. Mobile Fidelity are the cream of the crop for sure. What is your take on Ultra High Quality CD's and SHM CD's. Do you carry them and sell them as well. Are these as good as SACD's. My experience if that the SHM CD sound amazing. I have different configurations of Alan Parsons Ammonia Avenue and the SHM CD that I got used from the record shop sounds the best. Thank the Lord for great sounding music. God bless and keep safe, Tino
I have all the Dire Straights albums and they are out of this world! Too bad the Marvin Gaye Ultradisc is out of print. Inner City Blues sounds so good it will make you cry.
Both Blind Melon lp's that AP put out are amazing. For the Lynyrd Skynyrd Lp I prefer the MOFi version over the one you show in the video but I don't know if it's still in print. Great video BTW
Hi great review. I totally agree the Dire Straits albums sound amazing. Quiet vinyl and excellent dynamic range. Why can't other artists take pride in their works and produce the same quality ie 2016 remaster of the wall sounds compressed. Is it to do with the Loudness War?
i think it does have to do with the loudness war. MOFI does take alot of care with their vinyl and sacd releases and you can see that with the Dire Staits release. Even the SACD equivalent of the vinyl release of Dire Straits sounds bloody amazing. No compression whatsoever compared to the other remasters that have been around. If you want the best digital version of those albums go for the Mofi SACD. if you want the best analog for for the Mofi vinyl for the dire straits. They are just that good.
there is alot vids out there like this but man Im a older gent 63 and to this day is heavily into analog.....always have been...reel to reel....lps......cassettes fuck no.....watched plenty ....Im sub right now.....you get it....thankyouthankyou
I've heard two different hi-res needle-drops of Fragile and it sounds incredible. The bass and imaging blow every CD and SACD version I own out of the water.
Ironically,I use Donald Fagan's "The Nightfly" as my Go-To Demo album as it was one of the first Lp's to be recorded Digitally it has a very Clean Sound....
I have 3 out of the 4 Dire Straits albums on vinyl, but not in the original remastered 45rpm version. I have Self Titled, Love Over Gold and Communique. Love Over Gold is by far my favourite album. I also have Brothers In Arms.
I have just discovered your site recently. Have you ever listened to Walk Across the Rooftops ( Blue Nile) or "So" by (Peter Gabriel.). both remarkable albums on Record.
It took me about 6 months of digging and searching for Depeche Mode - Violator. Ended up buying it on Discogs from a former radio guy. Copy was OG US pressing which pristine and turned out to be a gold stamped promo.
Only good I would imagine if you own some outstanding and very expensive equipment to play them on. If you own budget or mid range equipment is there really any point?
You are wrong, there is a pop before rock that is traditional pop that is associated with jazz and there comes dean martín,perry como, sinatra,etc no related rock and moderna pop
Love your video...truly...reminder...maybe not on your area, BUT there are TONS of real big elvis fans out there. ALL over favebook and the world... Myself included. I have almost 1000 Elvis Albums. Including 24 Karat Gold and Elvis Back on the Analog series. Loves these albums. Lots of Japan releases as well. Many Speaker Corner label to. Speaker Corner does it right
I travel the world for records and there are many fan's out there but in the US they are few and far between. That was not the case 25 years ago when I started collecting.
@@TheInGroove yeah I'd agree with that. Most other countries love vinyl more and are bigger collectors. I only know a few in the U.S. that I sctually know that are big collectors of any vinyl and Elvis. I've been collecting since about 1975. Big push from my mom. Big Elvis fan herself. Lots out there to choose from these days. Around Aiken, SC I don't know anyone personally that has an Elvis Vinyl collection like or as big as mine. Would love to find that
Nice stuff. But for most people playing records, in a blind test they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between all pressings outside of a few records that have a startling difference. Personally, I love listening to records as they were listened to at the time. But there are some titles I am going to buy that Elvis for sure!
I've seen Dire Straits' ( & Steely Dan's too(?) ) albums get consistently good results in dr.database. Does anyone know if the group had control over how their records were always mastered ( like Mr Young)to a high standard, or was it just 'luck' overseen by the A&R? I read that ' Transformer' is considered by some (who?) experts to be badly produced. Cheers.
In the case of Dire Straits, I think Mark Knopfler is a bit of an audiophile. Explains also why he has a very clean, low distortion guitar tone in his music. Even his digital releases through MFSL are just top notch. I'm not sure about Steely Dan but its plausible its the same case.
Wonder if an audiophile version of Transformer would change my mind on that record.. because I hate his post velvets stuff except metal machine music 🤔
In Europe the only vinyl you can get in stores or webshops is digitally sourced vinyl made in EU. Impossible to find any american analog made vinyl, but you can buy japanese CD`s. Maybe it is logical because of economical reasons.
I bought Love Over Gold at Ames department store when it first came out. Best sounding record, I'd ever heard even on the crappy equipment I had back then
All analog my ass, audiophiles officially became audiofools. It's not about quality for them, it's about price, because when it comes to understanding of analog and digital technologies they have none of both. Last argument for audiophile is money and price, nothing else. Digital was never the enemy and in fact superior way of recording or mastering music. If you have well recorder, mixed and mastered recording it will blow vinyl record away by million miles. However listening to LP is pleasant experience no doubt, but from technical standpoint LP is vastly inferior to CD. So when MoFi admitted they used DSD, I was laughing my ass off. I love all formats, but you have to be aware of technical stuff and audiophiles fail at that every time.
Dire Straits brothers in arms. Supertramp breakfast in america Ratt invasion of your privacy Steely Dan Aja Beatles Abbey Road Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium Amazingly 1st pressing original recorded records.
I dont particularly like some of the one steps such as Fragile. I prefer the Kevin Gray, Hoffman and Grundman masterings over them most of the time when available.
I'm a big Reel to Reel guy and have many tapes from the Tape Project Ect. The One Steps have a sound profile the is closest to a 15 IPS tape that I've ever heard. Very dynamic, very hot and deep bass.
@@TheInGroove The other guys utilize all the dynamics as well in most cases. Ive heard tapes myself and MFSL simply EQs too low a lot of the time, giving that extra bass but slightly muffling other performances. Sometimes the tape is poorly done to begin with however and it needs an EQ adjust as well, not uncommon. So because it sounds close to it doesnt necessarily mean its the most realistic it can be.
I find he prices of these records absolutely ridiculous, When I was buying records in theUK in the early 70's you got great sounding lPs for a fair price Zeppelin Floyd Yes Purple and so on, now its seems for quality you have to pay inflated prices, Thing is Steven Wilson's remixes on Blu ray sound fantastic for a fraction of the price, his version of Fragile by Yes is outstanding as are all the other Yes catalog. It seems with Vinyl record companies and stores are selling overpriced records with fairy dust sprinkled on them. A good example is Rumours by FM a great sounding record, the DVDA version is much better than the vinyl. I love Vinyl grew up with it, but please don't be conned into spending a crazy amount of money on them. CD Blue Ray DVDA SACD can offer good alternatives
When saw that cranberries album ( saw them as support to Belly ; no one was impressed then - my friend even covered their ears ; I was concerned my ber glass would shatter) & then read your comment reminds me of the saying ,' you can't make chicken soup out of chicken s£€t' .
I had the one-step fragile and did a few days of shootouts with a few early pressings I own. Aside from the deep thump of Squire's bass playing, I found it dull and kinda lifeless.
Despite me being a lover of the sound from records, i can't help but feel like the industry and all the music stores are milking the "resurrection" of records for every penny they can get, when i see records selling for 50$ while a CD sells for 10$ .. That's why i try to buy from known stores that sells 2nd hand with high quality, each record sells for 10$ unless it's a special dubble album like Pink Floyd - The Wall, which goes for 25$ .
Oh I totally agree 100%. It’s all a bunch of hipsters supporting a bunch of profiteers under the guise of coolness and fidelity. I’m 50years old and have been collecting 40 years.. I’ve rarely paid more than $10 for an album in my life, and I have thousands in mint condition all original pressings? And I keep finding them daily. I Robot by Alan Parsons which he is talking about here is a great album and is also a dime a dozen . Anyone who pays these prices for vinyl is not only a sucker but is totally nuts, what a waste of cash. $125 for an album, get out of here man. I also support a local vintage store here in Vancouver and I’ll never buy these lame re pressed trendy albums. Oh and I have an original mint near perfect copy of Marvin Gayes Whats going on that I just scored for $5. if You want to have fun collecting records then search out the vintage stuff.
First they phased out albums, so you had to buy cds.Told us how much better they sounded and how and easy to use. And dont forget how much they charged for cds when they first hit the market.And now were going thr the same thing in reverse.The record companies will continue to do this until we learn to tell them to go F&*K themselves.I cant believe the prices some people pay for albums.There is always a better sounding version right around the corner.The i see people showing 4-5 versions in their collection.Im glad im a music lover and not an album lover.
marion roller I’ve posted on this video before. You’re right it’s a trendy hipster scam with the prices and the quality. I get such a such a kick out of these guys that are trying to sell worthless crap at $100 a pop...and the records are not even originals. I’m 52 and have been collecting for 40 years. I have thousands of mint condition original first pressings that I have founds for next to nothing. And I’m talking about artists and titles that are sought after. There is so much out there it’s crazy, all a person has to do is put a little effort into the hunt and they will be rewarded. You’re right as well when it come to cds...the companies ripped everyone offf back in the day...$25 compact discs...I find that stuff as well now for pennies in perfect condition.
@@billydow9798 Big scam like bubble gum cards became priceless until the bubble bursts 64 and have hundreds or original pressings in great shape always took care of them turn tables and amps got for peanuts nobody wanted them I was happy to pay pennies on the dollar for them snobby buyers trying to justify crazy prices
brothers in arms is "a full digital recording" as it is written on my first press cd from 1985. the original master "tape" is a digital file. by the way, this first press cd fom 85 who was mastered by John Dent sounds absolutely stunning! if all cd's were mastered that way you wouldn't need vinyl anymore^^
Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy records. However, I read the title of this video and then looked at the records he was holding in the thumbnail and thought, "but most of those are digital recordings?!" Dafug?"
In my self isolation, I have come across your channel and am really loving your vids. So very informative and entertaining as well. I have been creating a list of vinyl albums to buy based purely on your recommendations and reviews. Thanks so much for taking the time to do these for the VC, beginners...everyone that loves vinyl. Love and peas from Australia - stay safe brother !
Save your money and hunt down the vintage stuff man...don’t be a sucker
I don't do Vinyl anymore but you Guys looked after me 4 years ago when I brought my collection in. You gave me a fair deal and I am grateful to this day. No regrets and you even hung on to my collection for a while in case I changed my mind. :-) Great store BTW.
Vinyl is back and you are missing out 😪
@@stevebird9510back in a big way
I hate watching your posts because they are so good and I end up wanting and buying more vinyl than I should. I have Total respect for your knowledge and honest comments - I look forward to 2021 releases and now I have to pick up Cranberries and DS on your recommendations!! Stay safe and warm Mike!
This is what we need: someone who gives a shit, talking about matters he truly understands. I have a couple but I've a nasty feeling I had and sold the Lou Reed. It's good to have ambitions.
The epicness that is the backwall of boxesets glory. I am loving it. Nice depeche mode shirt too. Im officially subscribing to you. Awesome channel. X
I agree with the Quality records pressings.
I have never been to your store, because I'm on the east coast. But I have been a subscriber for a while now. Love the LP pressing comparisons. The store looks great, Hope you make it through the pandemic, you , your loved ones and the store. Dean and Sinatra's Capitol years are great. Give them all a chance.
Thank You.
Hi Mike, awesome video, keep me coming. I think so where either in this video or one of your others you mentioned a Marvin Gaye vinyl album that sounded amazing with the track "Sexual Healing", which album were you referring to and do you have it for sale online at your store? Also how does The Cars self titled vinyl album sound? And lastly do you know if Chicago has a greatest hits album on vinyl of their earlier songs? (I know about their 80s greatest hits album but looking for one from their earlier stuff on vinyl). Thanks again for all the great videos
Love over gold a true masterpiece but so were all the Albums you showed, thanks from Rob in England.
Thanks for all your reviews. Very helpful. Thanks and take care during these days. Cheers from Chile.
hello could you please let us know who is the records company for this Neil Young Harvest LP ? thanks daniel from france
Great video and very good recommendations. Could you please confirm which pressing of Harvest is the one you showed us there? I don't seem able to find any recent vinyl pressing of this album. The latest one listed in Discogs is from 2009. Thanks in advance!
www.theingroove.com/product/neil-young-harvest-lp/360?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true
2009 US Copy
One of the most remarkable records I own is Killing Joke's debut album. The sound quality out of Conny Plank's studio was exceptional.
I accidentally stumbled on Killing Joke last year. I found their cd at the Goodwill because I saw Dave Grohl was on drums, and the cover was cool. I friggin love it. Now I'll have to hunt down some of their music on vinyl
@David Mander Been around since 1978!
@@Timewaits4no1 The first album was produced by Conny Plank. The sound quality on an original pressing is sensational.
@@Timewaits4no1 Killing Joke is great!
That album isnt an over produced mix , very raw and dynamic
Do you know any albums that have been recorded after 2015 that are recorded with analog tape?
Hi! I'm into analogue,deep. But I have a interesting question to share. It"s about raven recording, I know, digital only. The album "Totem" Gabrellie Roth and the mirrors,is the any possibility to get it on vinyl? Tsk.
Great video. Loving these videos during these testing times.
Have you listened to the new Cranberries 'Stars' best of album ? Does it sound as good as the album shown here?
Excellent excellent excellent!! Big fan of your channel. I’ve purchased most of the albums you went through but you reminded me that the ultradiscs can get sold out. I have the Yes Fragile UD but after watching your review I quickly went out and purchased the Dylan UD.
I love your videos Mike ! You go so deep in detail wonderful ! thank you very in4mativ peace from a german prince fan who is interested in The Police Sting and Peter Gabriel and all the 80 s stuff !
Pheeeew boy. You might want to revisit ALL of your “All Analog” videos.
I appreciated the Elvis record, how does he not get more attention than he does? He is the king of music for a very good reason.
That’s a bit of an overstatement.
I only discovered your channel very recently. Solid advice, great presentation.
Great list! The Dire Straits collection is incredible. Absolutely great albums, great music, no matter the format (although the mp3 format kills them).
Dire straits is pure bullshit.
@@padovaniroland Pretty harsh, mate!
@@beachcomber9636 Son of bitch, ,dire strails is pure commercial bullshit music.
@@padovaniroland You really are a simpleton.
@@padovaniroland Are you referring to the record or the band?
Your t shirt alone got a like from me, then your first lp is LA Woman!!! That Analogue Productions version is an amazing sounding press.
Where can I get one of those Lou Reeds? Speakers Corner doesn’t sell to the public or something.
Forget the records, how much for your Lysol wipes?
Deep Purple Machine Head on Rhino vinyl. A friend let me use his EAT E-Glo Petit phono preamplifier and I played Machine Head when I had it. OMG! It blew me away!
Thank you for another great video! Very informative!
I have Blind Melon’s “Soup” from Analog Spark. Incredible record. I’ve been eyeing the Cranberries and Ben Folds pressings they’ve done. Wish more companies would do audiophile issues of 90s rock albums. Almost all of them are heavily brickwalled and could seriously benefit from a proper remaster.
Great list as always. Have the Cranberries, Elvis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alan Parsons, all of the Dire Straits and most One-Steps. Need to get Lou Reed, Doors.
Love your channel - just found it off your Led Zep II which I concurr whole heartedly.
The 33 1/3 Dire Straits MoFi did sound great too - without the flips
I grew up with vinyl; Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, ELP, Bowie, and I do have three of those listed, including an original 'Transformer'. But, when I heard the first UK demo CD disc issued to Hi-fi shops (there were no albums released on CD at the time) in the early/mid '80s I was knocked sideways by the sound. No crackles, hiss, pops, just pure sound. The first track I heard in the shop was Roxy Music's 'Avalon' and I was open mouthed all through it with the headphones on.
I haven't had my turntable set up in a long while. It's overdue a run out and time I had a dig around in my boxes of LPs.
Hi! I grew up in the 80s. Are those 12" singles still around. They possess a few versions of a hit. Especially the accapella version of song. Any input?
Not really for contemporary artists but there are plenty of vintage records floating around out there.
Maybe its a stupid question but is a flawless original pressing better than a MFSL pressing?
Hi there,
Yes, all of them are great but Love Over Gold is a demonstrator for HI-fi systems. I listened to it a few days ago. Awesome. Mobile Fidelity are the cream of the crop for sure.
What is your take on Ultra High Quality CD's and SHM CD's. Do you carry them and sell them as well. Are these as good as SACD's. My experience if that the SHM CD sound amazing. I have different configurations of Alan Parsons Ammonia Avenue and the SHM CD that I got used from the record shop sounds the best. Thank the Lord for great sounding music.
God bless and keep safe,
Tino
I have all the Dire Straights albums and they are out of this world! Too bad the Marvin Gaye Ultradisc is out of print. Inner City Blues sounds so good it will make you cry.
Dire straits is pure bullshit.
@@padovaniroland You already said that, mate. You could just say you don’t like them.
Both Blind Melon lp's that AP put out are amazing. For the Lynyrd Skynyrd Lp I prefer the MOFi version over the one you show in the video but I don't know if it's still in print. Great video BTW
Hi great review. I totally agree the Dire Straits albums sound amazing. Quiet vinyl and excellent dynamic range. Why can't other artists take pride in their works and produce the same quality ie 2016 remaster of the wall sounds compressed. Is it to do with the Loudness War?
i think it does have to do with the loudness war. MOFI does take alot of care with their vinyl and sacd releases and you can see that with the Dire Staits release. Even the SACD equivalent of the vinyl release of Dire Straits sounds bloody amazing. No compression whatsoever compared to the other remasters that have been around. If you want the best digital version of those albums go for the Mofi SACD. if you want the best analog for for the Mofi vinyl for the dire straits. They are just that good.
I love your T shirt, DM is one my favorite bands
there is alot vids out there like this but man Im a older gent 63 and to this day is heavily into analog.....always have been...reel to reel....lps......cassettes fuck no.....watched plenty ....Im sub right now.....you get it....thankyouthankyou
I like your videos man! Is that Bealtes Mono box behind you for sale?
Love your violator t-shirt !! Excellent choice !
I've heard two different hi-res needle-drops of Fragile and it sounds incredible. The bass and imaging blow every CD and SACD version I own out of the water.
Check out the Steve Wilson remix in 5.1 BDA, the bass and all instruments sound incredible. Blows the vinyl away without question.
@@thesoulshakers I hate remixes, and I'm strictly a 2-channel audio guy.
Thanks for all the new videos. Could you do another Beatles pressing comparison?
I'm think many will get done in the very near future.
The 'In' Groove Oh that’s amazing, I love those videos and I think many others do too.
What do you think of the new release of the dire straits albums in 33rpm? Was thinking of buying that instead.
Don't do that. Because in the back of your head you will always hear me telling you that it was a big mistake.
Ironically,I use Donald Fagan's "The Nightfly" as my Go-To Demo album as it was one of the first Lp's to be recorded Digitally it has a very Clean Sound....
I have 3 out of the 4 Dire Straits albums on vinyl, but not in the original remastered 45rpm version. I have Self Titled, Love Over Gold and Communique. Love Over Gold is by far my favourite album. I also have Brothers In Arms.
Thank for your vidéo ! i have Cranberries from analog sparks, Awesom Pressing
What’s the point of pressing a vinyl from a digital source? Are most “cheap” vinyls from digital?
Can't wait for the I Robot one-step :)
I'd like to hear your thoughts on Gino Vannelli's Storm At Sunup album. I think it's an audiophile-grade album, personally.
Mike, will U make a video on Direct to Disc LPs Please?
But will he be able to find my music when I release it on vinyl? I am the best rockstar now for my generation, thank you.
Shout out for the SubRosa record in the top left corner! One of my favorite albums!
This guy is on point.
I have just discovered your site recently. Have you ever listened to Walk Across the Rooftops ( Blue Nile) or "So" by (Peter Gabriel.). both remarkable albums on Record.
Is the Speakers Corner pressing of Transformer a German only pressing from 2004?
Isnt Love Over Gold digital? It sounds fantastic though but a similar sound production to Brothers in Arms.
Analog.
It took me about 6 months of digging and searching for Depeche Mode - Violator. Ended up buying it on Discogs from a former radio guy. Copy was OG US pressing which pristine and turned out to be a gold stamped promo.
Only good I would imagine if you own some outstanding and very expensive equipment to play them on. If you own budget or mid range equipment is there really any point?
I'm surprised you didn't pick The Mobile High Fidelity version of Donald Fagan's "The Nightfly" which is very very good.
It’s not analog and it’s not in print.
Spot on about the MoFi Records.
Excellent work!
How is the 33 1/3 of la woman I can´t afford the 45. Jim
Why is 45 rpm. Good for LPs.? Not heard of that before
You know it's a jazz guy when Dean Martin is in the rock category.
Its Pop. In my store Rock and Pop is in the same bin.
You are wrong, there is a pop before rock that is traditional pop that is associated with jazz and there comes dean martín,perry como, sinatra,etc no related rock and moderna pop
@@brianrocks2087 I think not. Pop is short for Popular Music. That could be Dean Martin or Britney Spears.
Let’s argue about something petty
@@TheInGroove Agree Pop is short for popular. I think what a lot of people call Rock is Pop while Punk is Rock.
Are there analog records in print recently at all, hmm..
Mike compare some different kooper/Bloomfield//Stills Super Sessions LPs.
lol... "hassle of switching" :/ I consider it a joy to bump it up to 45 RPM :)
Did no one else notice how Lynyrd Skynyrd followed Neil Young in this video?
Southern man don’t need him around anyhow!
Love this! We need an update! There is sooooo much in print, there must be more! Thank you Mike for the great videos!
I know nothing about these .45 versions. Why are they so expensive? 50+ for that Skynyrd?
Love your video...truly...reminder...maybe not on your area, BUT there are TONS of real big elvis fans out there. ALL over favebook and the world... Myself included. I have almost 1000 Elvis Albums. Including 24 Karat Gold and Elvis Back on the Analog series. Loves these albums. Lots of Japan releases as well. Many Speaker Corner label to. Speaker Corner does it right
I travel the world for records and there are many fan's out there but in the US they are few and far between. That was not the case 25 years ago when I started collecting.
@@TheInGroove yeah I'd agree with that. Most other countries love vinyl more and are bigger collectors. I only know a few in the U.S. that I sctually know that are big collectors of any vinyl and Elvis. I've been collecting since about 1975. Big push from my mom. Big Elvis fan herself. Lots out there to choose from these days. Around Aiken, SC I don't know anyone personally that has an Elvis Vinyl collection like or as big as mine. Would love to find that
It looks like you have the Beatles Mono Box set behind you. Those are so hard to come by and they have shot up in price dramatically.
Whats your shipping to the UK 🇬🇧
Can someone share a link where I can buy any or all of these lp
Are these all AAA?
Nice stuff. But for most people playing records, in a blind test they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between all pressings outside of a few records that have a startling difference. Personally, I love listening to records as they were listened to at the time. But there are some titles I am going to buy that Elvis for sure!
Love this!
Nice shirt Depeche Violator 👌🏼🌹
Well 50 years later how could you expect the prices to be lower
Inflation
I question any albums made recently that claim they’re made from the original analog master. After UMG fire, most analog masters no longer exist.
Not all those that burned were the primary source master
Beck’s “Sea Change” is a good one. The XX’s s/t is also solid.
I like that album but is it analog?
@@user-zx1ir7jt4c that’s what I’ve read
Could be totally wrong and reading b/s forum nonsense
Either way: amazing record and sounds incredible
@guttbox hey... that's all that really matters at the end of the day.
@@user-zx1ir7jt4c absolutely!
What about Prince plectrum electrum and Art Official Age albums from 2014.....
2 of the best sounding lps i have are, Miles Davis Kind of blue RSD/mono version, and Tomcat by Lee Morgan/music matters blue note. 45 rpm.
You should do a Mike reviews Mike on this video. See how things have changed.
I've seen Dire Straits' ( & Steely Dan's too(?) ) albums get consistently good results in dr.database.
Does anyone know if the group had control over how their records were always mastered ( like Mr Young)to a high standard, or was it just 'luck' overseen by the A&R?
I read that ' Transformer' is considered by some (who?) experts to be badly produced.
Cheers.
In the case of Dire Straits, I think Mark Knopfler is a bit of an audiophile. Explains also why he has a very clean, low distortion guitar tone in his music. Even his digital releases through MFSL are just top notch. I'm not sure about Steely Dan but its plausible its the same case.
Wonder if an audiophile version of Transformer would change my mind on that record.. because I hate his post velvets stuff except metal machine music 🤔
Sadly most of these are now out of print and sold out of your store :(
In Europe the only vinyl you can get in stores or webshops is digitally sourced vinyl made in EU. Impossible to find any american analog made vinyl, but you can buy japanese CD`s. Maybe it is logical because of economical reasons.
apparently the first pressing of love over gold by dire straits on cd made in germany goes for about 120 pounds on discogs which i have
I bought Love Over Gold at Ames department store when it first came out. Best sounding record, I'd ever heard even on the crappy equipment I had back then
All analog my ass, audiophiles officially became audiofools. It's not about quality for them, it's about price, because when it comes to understanding of analog and digital technologies they have none of both. Last argument for audiophile is money and price, nothing else. Digital was never the enemy and in fact superior way of recording or mastering music. If you have well recorder, mixed and mastered recording it will blow vinyl record away by million miles. However listening to LP is pleasant experience no doubt, but from technical standpoint LP is vastly inferior to CD. So when MoFi admitted they used DSD, I was laughing my ass off. I love all formats, but you have to be aware of technical stuff and audiophiles fail at that every time.
🤣🤣🤣 talk about a fool. What utter rubbish.
@@preservedmoose what do you mean?
Dire Straits brothers in arms.
Supertramp breakfast in america
Ratt invasion of your privacy
Steely Dan Aja
Beatles Abbey Road
Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium
Amazingly 1st pressing original recorded records.
And Crime of the Century by Supertramp
Hard for me to see how that Dean Martin record is considered "Rock"
Hard for me to see how that Dean Martin record is considered good...
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I know right
Needs a vintage-pop and or vocal video. Johnny Hartman could slot in there, some other vocal jazz.
It was in that 50 dollar bin.
I dont particularly like some of the one steps such as Fragile. I prefer the Kevin Gray, Hoffman and Grundman masterings over them most of the time when available.
I'm a big Reel to Reel guy and have many tapes from the Tape Project Ect. The One Steps have a sound profile the is closest to a 15 IPS tape that I've ever heard. Very dynamic, very hot and deep bass.
@@TheInGroove The other guys utilize all the dynamics as well in most cases. Ive heard tapes myself and MFSL simply EQs too low a lot of the time, giving that extra bass but slightly muffling other performances. Sometimes the tape is poorly done to begin with however and it needs an EQ adjust as well, not uncommon.
So because it sounds close to it doesnt necessarily mean its the most realistic it can be.
@Leon Fragile is one of the BEST sounding One Steps in the catalog. Sorry about your crap stereo….
@@keeferdog5617 Its probably better than yours, but Im sorry about your crap ears ;^)
I find he prices of these records absolutely ridiculous, When I was buying records in theUK in the early 70's you got great sounding lPs for a fair price Zeppelin Floyd Yes Purple and so on, now its seems for quality you have to pay inflated prices, Thing is Steven Wilson's remixes on Blu ray sound fantastic for a fraction of the price, his version of Fragile by Yes is outstanding as are all the other Yes catalog.
It seems with Vinyl record companies and stores are selling overpriced records with fairy dust sprinkled on them.
A good example is Rumours by FM a great sounding record, the DVDA version is much better than the vinyl.
I love Vinyl grew up with it, but please don't be conned into spending a crazy amount of money on them. CD Blue Ray DVDA SACD can offer good alternatives
When saw that cranberries album ( saw them as support to Belly ; no one was impressed then - my friend even covered their ears ; I was concerned my ber glass would shatter) & then read your comment reminds me of the saying ,' you can't make chicken soup out of chicken s£€t' .
I had the one-step fragile and did a few days of shootouts with a few early pressings I own. Aside from the deep thump of Squire's bass playing, I found it dull and kinda lifeless.
Despite me being a lover of the sound from records, i can't help but feel like the industry and all the music stores are milking the "resurrection" of records for every penny they can get, when i see records selling for 50$ while a CD sells for 10$ .. That's why i try to buy from known stores that sells 2nd hand with high quality, each record sells for 10$ unless it's a special dubble album like Pink Floyd - The Wall, which goes for 25$ .
Oh I totally agree 100%. It’s all a bunch of hipsters supporting a bunch of profiteers under the guise of coolness and fidelity. I’m 50years old and have been collecting 40 years.. I’ve rarely paid more than $10 for an album in my life, and I have thousands in mint condition all original pressings? And I keep finding them daily. I Robot by Alan Parsons which he is talking about here is a great album and is also a dime a dozen . Anyone who pays these prices for vinyl is not only a sucker but is totally nuts, what a waste of cash. $125 for an album, get out of here man. I also support a local vintage store here in Vancouver and I’ll never buy these lame re pressed trendy albums. Oh and I have an original mint near perfect copy of Marvin Gayes Whats going on that I just scored for $5. if You want to have fun collecting records then search out the vintage stuff.
First they phased out albums, so you had to buy cds.Told us how much better they sounded and how and easy to use. And dont forget how much they charged for cds when they first hit the market.And now were going thr the same thing in reverse.The record companies will continue to do this until we learn to tell them to go F&*K themselves.I cant believe the prices some people pay for albums.There is always a better sounding version right around the corner.The i see people showing 4-5 versions in their collection.Im glad im a music lover and not an album lover.
marion roller I’ve posted on this video before. You’re right it’s a trendy hipster scam with the prices and the quality. I get such a such a kick out of these guys that are trying to sell worthless crap at $100 a pop...and the records are not even originals. I’m 52 and have been collecting for 40 years. I have thousands of mint condition original first pressings that I have founds for next to nothing. And I’m talking about artists and titles that are sought after. There is so much out there it’s crazy, all a person has to do is put a little effort into the hunt and they will be rewarded. You’re right as well when it come to cds...the companies ripped everyone offf back in the day...$25 compact discs...I find that stuff as well now for pennies in perfect condition.
@@billydow9798 Big scam like bubble gum cards became priceless until the bubble bursts 64 and have hundreds or original pressings in great shape always took care of them turn tables and amps got for peanuts nobody wanted them I was happy to pay pennies on the dollar for them snobby buyers trying to justify crazy prices
I guess the "all analog" part of this video hasn't aged well. LOL
Any chance for a new Record Review? Abbey Road, perhaps?
I'm think many will get done in the very near future.
brothers in arms is "a full digital recording" as it is written on my first press cd from 1985. the original master "tape" is a digital file. by the way, this first press cd fom 85 who was mastered by John Dent sounds absolutely stunning! if all cd's were mastered that way you wouldn't need vinyl anymore^^
Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy records. However, I read the title of this video and then looked at the records he was holding in the thumbnail and thought, "but most of those are digital recordings?!" Dafug?"
It's digital and it still sounds Amazing!