Hi Craig. As a new viewer, I just wanted to say thanks for your videos and let you know that your enthusiasm has convinced me to finally start collecting records. I've also restored an older second-hand record player and have had lots of fun putting together my setup bit by bit. Hope you have a nice day and looking forward to future videos!
Hi Craig / Vinyl TV. I enjoyed your show, along with your shirt, and laid back / down to earth style. Thanks! for the FM Black Noise album choice off your list. I am hearing it for the first time, and am really liking it. I am 58 years of age, and that one somehow slipped by me, back in the late 70's. I will mention another Canadian band, I like, that is not to well known, to try and reciprocate, and to say Thank you., and that is the band, The Grapes of Wrath. Kind of an early REM meets the Byrds sound, that you might like.✌️
Just happened to click. Found another Rush fan! Your other albums are good ones too! I think we have very similar mindsets / tastes. So maybe I'll find something new I like if I follow awhile. Thanks for this!
The only thing wrong with this video is that I could only give it one thumbs up!.. Great selection and most of them are on my shelf. Especially Supertramp (called number 1 :-)), Rush, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits and Fleetwood Mac. The others that you've mentioned are now on my 'need to listen to' list. Excellent choice, Craig.
Your channel is brilliant. Your taste on music too. Certainly I will bright Hemispheres to my desert island. Some King Crimson's albums too. Anyway, kisses from Brazil !
12:31 - Nice! I just ordered an og pressing of the "Breakfast in America" LP from discogs and looking forward to listening to it on my sound system. Thanx for making another great vid!
Great selections Craig! I couldn't agree more, though 15 picks for me would turn into 100. Some heavy hitting monsters there and I'd have gone with some greatest as well. I love that cover with the '63 Seeburg Consolette at the diner table. Their 4th untitled release is my favorite and what a great worthy 3rd choice pick too which I love. I love seeing others' fave pick videos. :)
This has been bugging me, okay, I'll try. I do not have all these on vinyl, but the music I listen to most, to keep me entertained, in no particular order: 1. The Journeymen - any of their three 2. The Mamas and The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears 3. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 4. Pink Floyd - Animals 5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side (I have listened to this album so much throughout my life it would be the first to be left behind...but...) 6. Led Zeppelin - Zep II (like you, it is a hard hard choice...But yeah, II first, I is my next pick) 7. Waylon Jennings - Greatest Hits (I could do any Waylon) 8. Hank Jr. - The Pressure is On (Again, I could take any of his earlier outlaw stuff. High Notes would be a close second) 9. Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good 10. Herb Alpert - Rise 11. Alabama - Mountain Music 12. ELO - Greatest Hits 13. Hank Williams Sr. - Greatest Hits 14. ZZ Top - Deguello (Again a hard pick, I could do most albums equally, but yeah...) 15. Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes Not that these are my top favorites, I mean, I love music...But this collection could keep me happy for an extended time....Yeah...
Great list Craig! I would probably take nothing but greatest hits collections if I only had to pick 15. What's ironic is I typically almost never listen to greatest hits albums now.
Great selections! These are my picks, choosing just one album per artist (in no particular order): - Kiss' "Alive!" - Thin Lizzy's "Live And Dangerous" - AC/DC's "Back In Black" - Rush's "Moving Pictures" (I'm also a huge Rush fan, and "Hemispheres" is also my other big favorite thanks to "La Villa Strangiato", the best rock instrumental ever to me). - Supertramp's "Crime of The Century" (also a huge Hodgson Supertramp era fan, and I consider COTC their artistic peak). - Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side Of The Moon" - Boney M.'s "Nightflight To Venus" (one of the best pop music albums produced during the seventies in my opinion) - Frank Zappa's "Hot Rats" - Deep Purple's "Made In Japan" - Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" - Van Halen's debut LP - Boston's debut LP - Guns N' Roses' "Appetite For Destruction" - Iron Maiden's "Live After Death" - King Crimson's "Discipline"
Hi, Craig. To make things more difficult, what if you could choose just one album per artist and no Best of's, Greatest Hits, Sampler etc.? My list in no particular order is : Rolling Stones :Get yer Ya Ya's out Beatles :Revolver Bruce Springsteen : Darkness on the edge of town Madness :One step beyond Guns 'n Roses :Appetite for destruction The Cure :Boys don't cry Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel:Face to face Supertramp :Paris Sex Pistols :Never mind the bollocks Led Zeppelin :II Bob Dylan :Blonde on Blonde The Clash :London calling Miles Davis :Kind of blue Serge Gainsbourg :Histoire de Melody Nelson The Doors:The Doors These are my 15 suggestions. Keep on the great work. Looking forward to each new video. Greetings from Germany
I grew up listening to the exact same Elton, Bread and Helen Reddy albums. Of these Helen is my favourite. The production and warm 70's sound is soooo present in the Reddy albums. I've been buying her (non greatest hits) albums. We seem to share musical tastes so I'm going to check out your other choices that I'm not familiar with. Thanks Craig.
I remember watching this video when it came out and listening to FM Black Noise and thinking meh. But I recently listened again and i can't stop! I prefer the 90 CD mastering to the few vinyl rips I've heard though.
Great and original choices! Love that you picked 3 Supertramp records. Funny you mentioned the different pressings of EITQM. I also had two early pressings, both in great condition, but the one that I kept had a much better mix. Cheers.
You should really do two shows. One with the Top 11 'Greatest Hits' compilations. Another one for the To 11 albums. They are different listening experiences. The Album, even if is not a concept album, is meant to be played through. Flipped over (usually) and played on Side 2. The GH comps are a little bit like listening to 10 or 12 45s. More high energy. But something is lost. Of course, you could also do a Top 11 Best K-tel albums... playing right up my alley1
I miss Toto....your love to Classic Rock let me miss that Band. They are so harmonic, when i hear your Songs of the Eighties....in my mind, you must love this Band too. I buy my first Rush Vinyl....i‘m happy when it arrives
I dismissed Supertramp in the 70's as too light weight, too pop. Now I've become able to really enjoy those four albums from that decade. Better late than never
i only have one record from supertramp ,it came out on 76 "the crime o0f the century" if you listen to the cd version it´s really a piece of art destroyd like the crime of the century not being related with the album name notice the guitars on bloody well right ,cd murdered the song there´s a list of Lp´s that sound so bad in cd that are real crimes being commited
Fantastic fantasy listing for that place in the tropics, or wherever your island exists. I have many you picked in my collection, Al Stewart's Year of the Cat and Jerry Rafferty as well as Frampton Comes Alive are a few others I'd have to have. Jfyi the album Rumours, Stairway to heaven and Al Stewart were the first three albums I bought in 1979. Good to see you again, enjoy and appreciate all your help and efforts on putting together these entertaining videos. My list would be. 1, Cigarettes after sex, EP, 2012 album 2.Cigaretts after sex, self titled 2017 album 3.Cigaretts after Sex, Cry, 2019 Mazzy Star, So tonight that I might see 4.Fleetwood Mac, greatest hits 5.Boston, Long time 6.Patricia Barber, Cafe Blue 7.Johnny Hartman's , I Just dropped by to say hello. 8.Elvis Presley, greatest hits 9.Elton John, Diamonds, greatest hits 10.Journeys greatest hits 11.ACDC, if you want blood 12.Bill friselle, east/west 13.Peter Frampton, Frampton comes alive 14.Natalie Merchant's, Tigerlilly 15.Amy Winehouse, Black
Great choices but I would've added Exit Stage Left because I got to have my drum solo and Alex re-engaging YYZ immediately after Neil finishes the solo.I would also have Kiss Alive II in my Island music. By the way does your Elton John album include Island Girl? 🌴👸
I cannot think of anyone I would rather have do what I am asking you to do in this comment more than you. I would very much appreciate your making a video showing in vivid step-by-step exacting detail how to fix the anit-skating problem in the Audio Technica AT-LP120 USB Turntable. Of particular interest is how to specifically access the spring and then how to put everything back together properly. I sent away for what I was told by the Audio Technica technicians is the update fix for the anti-skate problem and paid $7 for this "update fix". In return for my $7 they sent me a little spring. There are a few videos showing the repair but those videos are not detailed enough for those of us who are not phonograph technicians. They go through every thing rather fast without significant explanations. Thank you in advance for doing this if you do this. I enjoy your videos. Edit: I asked the AT Techs if there were any written instructions and I was told they didn't have any.
Wonderful to hear from from you AGAIN! Love your videos and your selections.... Kenny Rogers Greatest hits for me....I also have that same Helen Reddy record...I have the Elton John on a cassette (I know!) A fab album though.... Oh wow i have that same Doobie Brothers album... Its my favourite!!!!...... I cannot live without Ella Fitzgerald. The Rodgers and Hart songbook..... And a bit of bossa nova by Getz/Gilberto...... They are my absolute favourite! Have you heard the album Silhouettes by Aquilo? I think I would have that one too. I am presently using AT95EX. Would you consider it an improvement over AT95 stylus? Coz i can't afford at440mlb right now. Period. (though I do understand it's the best in the price range out there!)
I couldn't begin to pick 15, I am so eclectic. Your Kenny Rodgers surprised me! One thing I have noticed, my budding album collection is not necessarily built of "favorite" songs/groups. Instead I am subconsciously going for important albums and things that sound good even if I don't necessarily love it. I have several Herb Alpert albums, I am REALLY into The Mamas and The Papas just because the sound on vinyl is indescribable. Because of that love I just got The Journeymen's last album, exploring John Phillips in the beginning. I really dislike The Beatles, but I will eventually own all their albums. The remasters are great. Not to mention country music. I just got 6 (read that...SIX!!!) Mickey Gilley albums on ebay that are all supposed to be VG+...we'll see, but for under $20 including shipping I couldn't turn that down. I got 4 Heart albums in a like deal and the Dreamboat Annie is the cleanest record I own, it is immaculate. Anyway...What I would classify as favorite albums is not really what I am buying on vinyl. At 50 years old I am more into exploring at this point, I have spent a lifetime listening to the same stuff.
@Nick Taylor Wow I just tried to buy it today from hmv and they only had a picture disk with no album cover so I think I will find a second hand version 😊
Question: Have you considered venturing into the tube world with a tube amp? I just built a single ended KT88 (the Blueglow Electronics build for those in the know) paired with Fostex FE206EN full range speakers in homebuilt Kirishima manifold horns. It is a whole different world.
Interseting scenario, great albums, great choices. Personally, I would switch a few of them for Jethro Tull "Crest of a knave", Saga "In transit" and Sunface "Observatory", but that's me :-D Cheers, man!!
first album I ever bought was Elton Johns greatest hits, still have it, and supertramp crime of the century is a killer, but top of my list is Pat Metheny Group Travels. thanks for sharing great site
yes- Pat for sure. Travels is great. Bright Size Life and Still Life Talking would be 2 for me. My brother came home with Bright Size Life one day. Never heard of Pat or his music ( I was a teen) and I still have the lp. One of my most treasured records.
Here we go: ELO - Out Of The Blue, ELO II, On The Third Day, Eldorado, Discovery, A New World Record The Beatles - Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, White Album, Abbey Road Klaatu - 3:47 EST, Sir Army Suit George Harrison - All Things Must Pass The Move - Shazam This was harder than I thought.
Hey, LONG ago , in your Fluance RT81 unboxing video you said that the Audio Technica LP120 had audible motor noise. So can you male a video comparing the turntables with the same cartridge ? Also can you do a comparison video of ALL of the cartridges that you own ,specially the Ortofon blue and the at440mla. That would REALLY help me and many of us making our choices while getting into Vinyl for the first time. Bye love your videos!
Telegraph road by Dire Straits is about the rise and fall of the industrial revolution in the American mid west, an absolutely epic 14min. track with more than one fantastic Mark Knopfler guitar solo, and brilliant lyrics!
Great Pic There Craig I Would Have Picked the same But I would got Pernament waves And I would have got cat stevens tea for tillerman everything god. Hey you should do a topic on equalizers like how your supposed to use them Love The Videos
Really interested in inner groove distortion talk. I fight with this all the time on my Project Debut carbon with Red. (I know I have a blue stylus coming for Christmas) I hear that may help. I did a new alignment with a Geo-Disc and it seem's MUCH improved. But maybe I did some other things right during the alignment. Oh well, non the less the new re-press of back in black has terrible inner groove distortion but many other records sound great.
@CARSON TUCKER I did. Its great. Yes, it does help with inner groove distortion. Overall it's brighter and more defined. To some it's minimal, but I think it's a worthy upgrade.
Were this to be a topic for an episode from one of my own shows, I don't think I could stick to just 15. Given the limitation, you made some decent choices. I'm sure it was tough.
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", Kansas "Leftoverture", Steely Dan "Greatest Hits", Rush "A Farewell to Kings", Chicago IX "Chicago's Greatest Hits", Peter Frampton "Frampton Comes Alive", Earth, Wind & Fire , "Greatest Hits", Tears for Fears "Advice for the Young at Heart", Saga "Images at Twilight", The Guess Who "Greatest Hits"...
Craig: A topic! I just got a Glenn Miller record from Goodwill. No scratches, the record is AWESOME in its dynamics and clarity...but...It is filthy. So many pops and dirt it is almost unbearable. I used my expensive G2 Groovewasher fluid, it didn't do squat...I know...ultrasonic blah blah blah...hey, I'm a working man...So, with nothing to lose I took side 2 to the sink and warm water, Dawn and a soft brush. Damn, it worked!!! Not 100% but at least a damn fine album is now listenable. Are we all missing something here? Warm water and some dish soap? What do you think?
While I'm thinking of it, I would definitely bring: Spock's Beard, Snow The Beatles, Rubber Soul. The YES Album (YES's 3rd album) Crabby Appleton (first album) Lightnin' Hopkins (will have to choose one) Nuggets (Rhino Boxed Set) Johnny Winter, Progressive Blues Experiment Steely Dan, Countdown To Ecstasy Chicago (2nd album) Laura Nyro, The Best Of CCR/Creedence, Willie And The Poor Boys Chick Corea/R. To Forever/Where Have I known You Before Motown Records/Various Artists Santana, Abraxas Country Gospel (Two Gospel Keys & Sister O.M. Terrell)
I would recommend "I'm going away" Lightning Hopkins. Analogue productions pressed it recently. Sounds like he is in your room playing... amazing recording.
Hi Craig, i will buy my first Rush Album soon😃👍. Can you make a video to turn up the Cartridge again, because i don‘t believe there are so many differences about the position of the Cartridge in the Headshell. All my different Systems (AT, Ortofon) I must move totally back in the Headshell to become a perfect line up. In most Videos the Cartridge ist placed near the middle of the Headshell. Is it about the different Protrackers? Sorry for my english....
Rush - Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, 2112, A Farewell To Kings, Power Windows Iron Maiden - Live After Death, Somewhere In Time UFO - Strangers In The Night Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak Big Country - The Crossing, Steeltown Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Oz Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Speaking of Rush; are there differences in the mastering between their first three albums in the original stand alone issues, and the pressings of those albums found in Archives?
My guess is, it depends on the source. If the master was saved on computer, then it could easily be re-cut onto vinyl, but if it was on tape, then more than likely it was mastered directly to vinyl, so only the mix from the studio would exist. That's my guess.
U bring your Drums & records, I bring my records & a 5 hole Native Flute. I'll even bring some, yeast & we will be all set. When was that when we are leaving, lmao...
The Beatles - Abbey Road Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon Deep Purple - Machine Head Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill ELP - Tarkus Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood Genesis - Selling England by the Pound Budgie - In for the Kill YES - Close to the Edge Rush - Permanent Waves Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning Nektar - Recycled/ Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory♠️ Bob Seger - Stranger In Town Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy 15 it's not enough 😅
Only 15 !, they would all have to be best of hit compilations. I will limit to one original LP per artist and in alphabet order: ABBA - The Album Beatles - Hard Days Night Blondie - Parallel Lines Chicago - Chicago Carpenters - Horizons Def Leppard - Hysteria Eagles - Hotel California ELO - Out of the Blue Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night Gerry Rafferty - City to City Heart - Bad Animals Kiss - Destroyer Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair Tina Turner - Private Dancer
1) The Beatles - Abbey Road, 2) Crosby Stills Nash and Young - 4 Way Street 3) Ed Sheeran - Divide 4) Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 5) Jethro Tull - Bursting Out 6) The Who - Quadrophenia 7) Gordon Lightfoot - Greatest Hits [United Artists] 8) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 9) George Harrison - Live in Japan 10) Jethro Tull - Living in The Past 11) Beethoven - 9th Symphony 12) Supertramp - Crime of the Century 13) The Hollies - Greatest Hits 14) The Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Morricone Duel The Most Dangerous Concert Ever 15) The Eagles - Desperado
Looking forward to the inner groove distortion video! I can’t figure it out! It affects some records and not others and adjusting cartridge alignment doesn’t seem to help.
Well, truth be told, my teenage crush was on Linda Ronstadt. I saw cover of Silk Purse and her in those short shorts and beautiful face and I went nuts. However, what sealed the deal was when I listened to the record; brother I was in love.
Where you are focused on content I’m more focused on technology. Two of your 15 discs we have in common. The Rumors Album has been pressed at Half Speed Mastering and low noise vinyl. Breakfast in America has been released on a High Fidelity Pure Audio BluRay disc. Both are over the top technically big time. Some of the early Beach Boys albums. individual tracks, are stunning sonically.
The turntable in the hatch was one of the most significant triggers that got me back into records. Now I’ve got multiple turntables on multiple systems and no one understands!
Hi. What’s the serial number of the supertramp album that sounds really quiet and loud in parts. Maybe it’s the one I have and I’ve never noticed! Cheers. Dave
Ok I'll play....also in no particular order: Steely Dan - Aja Roxy Music - Avalon Supertramp - Breakfast in America (first album I ever bought) David Bowie - Scary Monsters Bruce Cockburn - Waiting for a Miracle (of course you bring some "best of"s) Pat Metheny - Secret Story Elton John - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (Vol. 1 was the second album I ever bought but I actually like this one better) Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold Daniel Lanois - Acadie The Best of The Band Dire Straits - Love Over Gold Peter Gabriel - So Donald Fagen - The Nightfly Genesis - Abacab Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome Joe Jackson - Body and Soul Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless (I prefer the vinyl versions better than the CD) Yeah that's more than 15. Let's just say I'll bring a bigger suitcase. :)
Top 5 (in no specific order) Jefferson Airplane-Volunteers/ Blue Oyster Cult-Spectres/ Styx- The Grand Illusion/ Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards/ ELO-Time
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You should do a follow-up video to this titled "The ones that hurt to leave behind."
Simply excellent selection Craig!, I'm completely right with you !!, greetings from Buenos Aires Argentina 🙋🏻♂️
Hi Craig. As a new viewer, I just wanted to say thanks for your videos and let you know that your enthusiasm has convinced me to finally start collecting records. I've also restored an older second-hand record player and have had lots of fun putting together my setup bit by bit. Hope you have a nice day and looking forward to future videos!
Rush moving pictures.. outstanding. Such talent. The drummer is one of my favorites. And yes lead guitar was masterful.
Hi Craig / Vinyl TV. I enjoyed your show, along with your shirt, and laid back / down to earth style. Thanks! for the FM Black Noise album choice off your list. I am hearing it for the first time, and am really liking it. I am 58 years of age, and that one somehow slipped by me, back in the late 70's. I will mention another Canadian band, I like, that is not to well known, to try and reciprocate, and to say Thank you., and that is the band, The Grapes of Wrath. Kind of an early REM meets the Byrds sound, that you might like.✌️
Just happened to click. Found another Rush fan! Your other albums are good ones too! I think we have very similar mindsets / tastes. So maybe I'll find something new I like if I follow awhile. Thanks for this!
The only thing wrong with this video is that I could only give it one thumbs up!.. Great selection and most of them are on my shelf. Especially Supertramp (called number 1 :-)), Rush, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits and Fleetwood Mac. The others that you've mentioned are now on my 'need to listen to' list. Excellent choice, Craig.
Your channel is brilliant. Your taste on music too. Certainly I will bright Hemispheres to my desert island. Some King Crimson's albums too. Anyway, kisses from Brazil !
12:31 - Nice! I just ordered an og pressing of the "Breakfast in America" LP from discogs and looking forward to listening to it on my sound system. Thanx for making another great vid!
Great selections Craig! I couldn't agree more, though 15 picks for me would turn into 100. Some heavy hitting monsters there and I'd have gone with some greatest as well. I love that cover with the '63 Seeburg Consolette at the diner table. Their 4th untitled release is my favorite and what a great worthy 3rd choice pick too which I love. I love seeing others' fave pick videos. :)
Love your enthusiasm!
Cool video Craig :D . Nice collection of tunes to bring with you :) . 17 and best regards to you and your family.
Had never heard of FM, thanks for mentioning them. On my "look out for" list.
Thank you sir for the album recommendations.
This has been bugging me, okay, I'll try. I do not have all these on vinyl, but the music I listen to most, to keep me entertained, in no particular order:
1. The Journeymen - any of their three
2. The Mamas and The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
3. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
4. Pink Floyd - Animals
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side (I have listened to this album so much throughout my life it would be the first to be left behind...but...)
6. Led Zeppelin - Zep II (like you, it is a hard hard choice...But yeah, II first, I is my next pick)
7. Waylon Jennings - Greatest Hits (I could do any Waylon)
8. Hank Jr. - The Pressure is On (Again, I could take any of his earlier outlaw stuff. High Notes would be a close second)
9. Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
10. Herb Alpert - Rise
11. Alabama - Mountain Music
12. ELO - Greatest Hits
13. Hank Williams Sr. - Greatest Hits
14. ZZ Top - Deguello (Again a hard pick, I could do most albums equally, but yeah...)
15. Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes
Not that these are my top favorites, I mean, I love music...But this collection could keep me happy for an extended time....Yeah...
Great list Craig! I would probably take nothing but greatest hits collections if I only had to pick 15. What's ironic is I typically almost never listen to greatest hits albums now.
Great selections! These are my picks, choosing just one album per artist (in no particular order):
- Kiss' "Alive!"
- Thin Lizzy's "Live And Dangerous"
- AC/DC's "Back In Black"
- Rush's "Moving Pictures" (I'm also a huge Rush fan, and "Hemispheres" is also my other big favorite thanks to "La Villa Strangiato", the best rock instrumental ever to me).
- Supertramp's "Crime of The Century" (also a huge Hodgson Supertramp era fan, and I consider COTC their artistic peak).
- Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side Of The Moon"
- Boney M.'s "Nightflight To Venus" (one of the best pop music albums produced during the seventies in my opinion)
- Frank Zappa's "Hot Rats"
- Deep Purple's "Made In Japan"
- Black Sabbath's "Paranoid"
- Van Halen's debut LP
- Boston's debut LP
- Guns N' Roses' "Appetite For Destruction"
- Iron Maiden's "Live After Death"
- King Crimson's "Discipline"
WGAS.
dude hot rats is so damn good😎
KISS Alive! would be the one for me if I could only have one.
It was the beginning of my journey as a KISS fan starting in ‘76.
Hi, Craig. To make things more difficult, what if you could choose just one album per artist and no Best of's, Greatest Hits, Sampler etc.?
My list in no particular order is :
Rolling Stones :Get yer Ya Ya's out
Beatles :Revolver
Bruce Springsteen : Darkness on the edge of town
Madness :One step beyond
Guns 'n Roses :Appetite for destruction
The Cure :Boys don't cry
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel:Face to face
Supertramp :Paris
Sex Pistols :Never mind the bollocks
Led Zeppelin :II
Bob Dylan :Blonde on Blonde
The Clash :London calling
Miles Davis :Kind of blue
Serge Gainsbourg :Histoire de Melody Nelson
The Doors:The Doors
These are my 15 suggestions. Keep on the great work. Looking forward to each new video. Greetings from Germany
Love your enthusiasm! Keep it Up!
I grew up listening to the exact same Elton, Bread and Helen Reddy albums. Of these Helen is my favourite. The production and warm 70's sound is soooo present in the Reddy albums. I've been buying her (non greatest hits) albums. We seem to share musical tastes so I'm going to check out your other choices that I'm not familiar with. Thanks Craig.
I remember watching this video when it came out and listening to FM Black Noise and thinking meh. But I recently listened again and i can't stop! I prefer the 90 CD mastering to the few vinyl rips I've heard though.
Nice to see again Sir Craig! And great vid!
Great and original choices! Love that you picked 3 Supertramp records. Funny you mentioned the different pressings of EITQM. I also had two early pressings, both in great condition, but the one that I kept had a much better mix. Cheers.
Great picks! Keep it up!
Yeah the FM!!! That one doesn't show up often😀🤘 Amazing🔥
Great choices Craig!
Love your Videos.
Thank you so much !
You should really do two shows. One with the Top 11 'Greatest Hits' compilations. Another one for the To 11 albums. They are different listening experiences. The Album, even if is not a concept album, is meant to be played through. Flipped over (usually) and played on Side 2. The GH comps are a little bit like listening to 10 or 12 45s. More high energy. But something is lost. Of course, you could also do a Top 11 Best K-tel albums... playing right up my alley1
Survival would be very hard for me as well without the Rush picks ! Thanks for all of your tips and knowledge.
I miss Toto....your love to Classic Rock let me miss that Band. They are so harmonic, when i hear your Songs of the Eighties....in my mind, you must love this Band too. I buy my first Rush Vinyl....i‘m happy when it arrives
I got a Record player recently and Fleetwood Mac was the first vinyl I bought :)
Hey, man! Always dig the videos! Cheers!
I dismissed Supertramp in the 70's as too light weight, too pop. Now I've become able to really enjoy those
four albums from that decade. Better late than never
i only have one record from supertramp ,it came out on 76 "the crime o0f the century" if you listen to the cd version it´s really a piece of art destroyd like the crime of the century not being related with the album name notice the guitars on bloody well right ,cd murdered the song there´s a list of Lp´s that sound so bad in cd that are real crimes being commited
Your awesome Craig love your videos man 👍
Think I'd have to take about 200 LPs! Good to have Craig back.
Fantastic fantasy listing for that place in the tropics, or wherever your island exists.
I have many you picked in my collection, Al Stewart's Year of the Cat and Jerry Rafferty as well as Frampton Comes Alive are a few others I'd have to have.
Jfyi the album Rumours, Stairway to heaven and Al Stewart were the first three albums I bought in 1979.
Good to see you again, enjoy and appreciate all your help and efforts on putting together these entertaining videos.
My list would be.
1, Cigarettes after sex, EP, 2012 album
2.Cigaretts after sex, self titled 2017 album
3.Cigaretts after Sex, Cry, 2019
Mazzy Star, So tonight that I might see
4.Fleetwood Mac, greatest hits
5.Boston, Long time
6.Patricia Barber, Cafe Blue
7.Johnny Hartman's , I Just dropped by to say hello.
8.Elvis Presley, greatest hits
9.Elton John, Diamonds, greatest hits
10.Journeys greatest hits
11.ACDC, if you want blood
12.Bill friselle, east/west
13.Peter Frampton, Frampton comes alive
14.Natalie Merchant's, Tigerlilly
15.Amy Winehouse, Black
Great choices but I would've added Exit Stage Left because I got to have my drum solo and Alex re-engaging YYZ immediately after Neil finishes the solo.I would also have Kiss Alive II in my Island music. By the way does your Elton John album include Island Girl? 🌴👸
Might just be me, but listening to FM (and thank you for that), one of their tracks just reminded me of ELP and their Tarkus album. regards Bob
Make it sixteen records, then you can add Fragile by Yes. Great to see you again.
I cannot think of anyone I would rather have do what I am asking you to do in this comment more than you. I would very much appreciate your making a video showing in vivid step-by-step exacting detail how to fix the anit-skating problem in the Audio Technica AT-LP120 USB Turntable. Of particular interest is how to specifically access the spring and then how to put everything back together properly. I sent away for what I was told by the Audio Technica technicians is the update fix for the anti-skate problem and paid $7 for this "update fix". In return for my $7 they sent me a little spring. There are a few videos showing the repair but those videos are not detailed enough for those of us who are not phonograph technicians. They go through every thing rather fast without significant explanations. Thank you in advance for doing this if you do this. I enjoy your videos.
Edit: I asked the AT Techs if there were any written instructions and I was told they didn't have any.
Hello mate, like the vids, think your great, all the best from England
Wonderful to hear from from you AGAIN! Love your videos and your selections....
Kenny Rogers Greatest hits for me....I also have that same Helen Reddy record...I have the Elton John on a cassette (I know!) A fab album though.... Oh wow i have that same Doobie Brothers album... Its my favourite!!!!...... I cannot live without Ella Fitzgerald. The Rodgers and Hart songbook..... And a bit of bossa nova by Getz/Gilberto...... They are my absolute favourite! Have you heard the album Silhouettes by Aquilo? I think I would have that one too. I am presently using AT95EX. Would you consider it an improvement over AT95 stylus? Coz i can't afford at440mlb right now. Period. (though I do understand it's the best in the price range out there!)
I couldn't begin to pick 15, I am so eclectic. Your Kenny Rodgers surprised me! One thing I have noticed, my budding album collection is not necessarily built of "favorite" songs/groups. Instead I am subconsciously going for important albums and things that sound good even if I don't necessarily love it. I have several Herb Alpert albums, I am REALLY into The Mamas and The Papas just because the sound on vinyl is indescribable. Because of that love I just got The Journeymen's last album, exploring John Phillips in the beginning. I really dislike The Beatles, but I will eventually own all their albums. The remasters are great. Not to mention country music. I just got 6 (read that...SIX!!!) Mickey Gilley albums on ebay that are all supposed to be VG+...we'll see, but for under $20 including shipping I couldn't turn that down. I got 4 Heart albums in a like deal and the Dreamboat Annie is the cleanest record I own, it is immaculate. Anyway...What I would classify as favorite albums is not really what I am buying on vinyl. At 50 years old I am more into exploring at this point, I have spent a lifetime listening to the same stuff.
Great albums indeed.
“What if you could only choose 15?”
Huh, I didn’t realize there were more than 15 Rush albums
Great vid still haven't heard breakfast in America! need to get myself a copy thanks
@Nick Taylor Wow I just tried to buy it today from hmv and they only had a picture disk with no album cover so I think I will find a second hand version 😊
Interesting enough I found that exact fm album at a used record store and took a leap of faith on it for 3 bucks.
Question: Have you considered venturing into the tube world with a tube amp? I just built a single ended KT88 (the Blueglow Electronics build for those in the know) paired with Fostex FE206EN full range speakers in homebuilt Kirishima manifold horns. It is a whole different world.
You don't truly appreciate how many amazing albums you've listen to in your life until you try to narrow it down to the top 10/15 etc
Interseting scenario, great albums, great choices. Personally, I would switch a few of them for Jethro Tull "Crest of a knave", Saga "In transit" and Sunface "Observatory", but that's me :-D Cheers, man!!
Hi Craig! I love your videos, working in more videos for us! Sorry my english, i"m from Brasil. Thanks
Good video, just curious how about Toto IV, may fit with your taste in artists?
first album I ever bought was Elton Johns greatest hits, still have it, and supertramp crime of the century is a killer, but top of my list is Pat Metheny Group Travels. thanks for sharing great site
yes- Pat for sure. Travels is great. Bright Size Life and Still Life Talking would be 2 for me. My brother came home with Bright Size Life one day. Never heard of Pat or his music ( I was a teen) and I still have the lp. One of my most treasured records.
Here we go:
ELO - Out Of The Blue, ELO II, On The Third Day, Eldorado, Discovery, A New World Record
The Beatles - Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, White Album, Abbey Road
Klaatu - 3:47 EST, Sir Army Suit
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
The Move - Shazam
This was harder than I thought.
Hey, LONG ago , in your Fluance RT81 unboxing video you said that the Audio Technica LP120 had audible motor noise. So can you male a video comparing the turntables with the same cartridge ?
Also can you do a comparison video of ALL of the cartridges that you own ,specially the Ortofon blue and the at440mla. That would REALLY help me and many of us making our choices while getting into Vinyl for the first time.
Bye love your videos!
try hiViNyws channel a little help
Telegraph road by Dire Straits is about the rise and fall of the industrial revolution in
the American mid west, an absolutely epic 14min. track with more than one
fantastic Mark Knopfler guitar solo, and brilliant lyrics!
Looking good Craig! You cutting back on the homebrew?
I also had a childhood crush on Helen Reddy. Also the Doobie Brothers.
Great to watch your videos, see you soon 👍
Wow last time I was this early for something vinyl related we were still spinning shellac records...
Great Pic There Craig I Would Have Picked the same But I would got Pernament waves And I would have got cat stevens tea for tillerman everything god. Hey you should do a topic on equalizers like how your supposed to use them Love The Videos
Really interested in inner groove distortion talk. I fight with this all the time on my Project Debut carbon with Red. (I know I have a blue stylus coming for Christmas) I hear that may help. I did a new alignment with a Geo-Disc and it seem's MUCH improved. But maybe I did some other things right during the alignment. Oh well, non the less the new re-press of back in black has terrible inner groove distortion but many other records sound great.
@CARSON TUCKER I did. Its great. Yes, it does help with inner groove distortion. Overall it's brighter and more defined. To some it's minimal, but I think it's a worthy upgrade.
Were this to be a topic for an episode from one of my own shows, I don't think I could stick to just 15. Given the limitation, you made some decent choices. I'm sure it was tough.
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", Kansas "Leftoverture", Steely Dan "Greatest Hits", Rush "A Farewell to Kings", Chicago IX "Chicago's Greatest Hits", Peter Frampton "Frampton Comes Alive", Earth, Wind & Fire , "Greatest Hits", Tears for Fears "Advice for the Young at Heart", Saga "Images at Twilight", The Guess Who "Greatest Hits"...
I have original Heart and Super Tramp records. 40+ years old. I grew up enjoying those bands as well.
Craig: A topic! I just got a Glenn Miller record from Goodwill. No scratches, the record is AWESOME in its dynamics and clarity...but...It is filthy. So many pops and dirt it is almost unbearable. I used my expensive G2 Groovewasher fluid, it didn't do squat...I know...ultrasonic blah blah blah...hey, I'm a working man...So, with nothing to lose I took side 2 to the sink and warm water, Dawn and a soft brush. Damn, it worked!!! Not 100% but at least a damn fine album is now listenable. Are we all missing something here? Warm water and some dish soap? What do you think?
Not really, that's a common cleaning solution for dirty LPs. ⏺️
While I'm thinking of it, I would definitely bring:
Spock's Beard, Snow
The Beatles, Rubber Soul.
The YES Album (YES's 3rd album)
Crabby Appleton (first album)
Lightnin' Hopkins (will have to choose one)
Nuggets (Rhino Boxed Set)
Johnny Winter, Progressive Blues Experiment
Steely Dan, Countdown To Ecstasy
Chicago (2nd album)
Laura Nyro, The Best Of
CCR/Creedence, Willie And The Poor Boys
Chick Corea/R. To Forever/Where Have I known You Before
Motown Records/Various Artists
Santana, Abraxas
Country Gospel (Two Gospel Keys & Sister O.M. Terrell)
I would recommend "I'm going away" Lightning Hopkins. Analogue productions pressed it recently. Sounds like he is in your room playing... amazing recording.
Supertramp - Even in the quitest moments and Rush - Moving pictures are great choises.
Hi Craig, i will buy my first Rush Album soon😃👍. Can you make a video to turn up the Cartridge again, because i don‘t believe there are so many differences about the position of the Cartridge in the Headshell. All my different Systems (AT, Ortofon) I must move totally back in the Headshell to become a perfect line up. In most Videos the Cartridge ist placed near the middle of the Headshell. Is it about the different Protrackers? Sorry for my english....
Rush - Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, 2112, A Farewell To Kings, Power Windows
Iron Maiden - Live After Death, Somewhere In Time
UFO - Strangers In The Night
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Big Country - The Crossing, Steeltown
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Oz
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
I had to pause this and listen to the gambler .... hadn't heard it in so many years.
glad you like the rush album (:
If my next release is on vinyl, will it make the list? Cheers, bro. Love your taste.
Hey you have good taste 😎👌rush is my favourite group too and I went to high school and hung around Neil peart sister 😎🇨🇦
Dire Straits "Love Over Gold" is incredible, superb
Speaking of Rush; are there differences in the mastering between their first three albums in the original stand alone issues, and the pressings of those albums found in Archives?
You know, we might meet up on the same island then we could borrow from each other 😍✌😎 Good to see you again btw 👍
good to see you back! quick question: could someone tell me if every repress is automatically remastered? cheers!
My guess is, it depends on the source. If the master was saved on computer, then it could easily be re-cut onto vinyl, but if it was on tape, then more than likely it was mastered directly to vinyl, so only the mix from the studio would exist. That's my guess.
U bring your Drums & records, I bring my records & a 5 hole Native Flute. I'll even bring some, yeast & we will be all set. When was that when we are leaving, lmao...
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
ELP - Tarkus
Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Budgie - In for the Kill
YES - Close to the Edge
Rush - Permanent Waves
Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
Nektar - Recycled/ Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory♠️
Bob Seger - Stranger In Town
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
15 it's not enough 😅
SAGA- from Oakville!!
Only 15 !, they would all have to be best of hit compilations. I will limit to one original LP per artist and in alphabet order:
ABBA - The Album
Beatles - Hard Days Night
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Chicago - Chicago
Carpenters - Horizons
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Eagles - Hotel California
ELO - Out of the Blue
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
Gerry Rafferty - City to City
Heart - Bad Animals
Kiss - Destroyer
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
1) The Beatles - Abbey Road, 2) Crosby Stills Nash and Young - 4 Way Street 3) Ed Sheeran - Divide 4) Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 5) Jethro Tull - Bursting Out 6) The Who - Quadrophenia 7) Gordon Lightfoot - Greatest Hits [United Artists] 8) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 9) George Harrison - Live in Japan 10) Jethro Tull - Living in The Past 11) Beethoven - 9th Symphony 12) Supertramp - Crime of the Century 13) The Hollies - Greatest Hits 14) The Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Morricone Duel The Most Dangerous Concert Ever 15) The Eagles - Desperado
Looking forward to the inner groove distortion video! I can’t figure it out! It affects some records and not others and adjusting cartridge alignment doesn’t seem to help.
sometimes just a bad pressing. I have a Norah Jones LP and it happens no matter what TT I play it on...
i own the 2 og supertramps plus a lot of the others you mentioned as well
Thank you 🎵 I have Kenny Rogers gambler cassette 😃
The Led Zep one is a must. Think I might check out some Rush, Supertramp I know.
Agreed. The best recorded and mastered one for me.
Queen greatest hits 1+2 I would pick 👍
Well, truth be told, my teenage crush was on Linda Ronstadt. I saw cover of Silk Purse and her in those short shorts and beautiful face and I went nuts. However, what sealed the deal was when I listened to the record; brother I was in love.
I think your record collection is a lot like mine! I'd take out the Supertramp and add me some Randy Travis.
Where you are focused on content I’m more focused on technology. Two of your 15 discs we have in common. The Rumors Album has been pressed at Half Speed Mastering and low noise vinyl. Breakfast in America has been released on a High Fidelity Pure Audio BluRay disc. Both are over the top technically big time. Some of the early Beach Boys albums. individual tracks, are stunning sonically.
The turntable in the hatch was one of the most significant triggers that got me back into records. Now I’ve got multiple turntables on multiple systems and no one understands!
I understand. 😊
"Lifetime supply of cartridges..." Yeah, but what's the use of that when the records themselves will wear out?
impeccable taste good sir
I love everything Rush up to Power Windows. I like most of Hold Your Fire, Presto, Roll The Bones, and Counterparts. After that I lose interest.
I'd have to take a couple out to fit in American Pie & Dark Side of the Moon
But otherwise yeah, I'd be happy.
Hi. What’s the serial number of the supertramp album that sounds really quiet and loud in parts. Maybe it’s the one I have and I’ve never noticed! Cheers. Dave
Ok I'll play....also in no particular order:
Steely Dan - Aja
Roxy Music - Avalon
Supertramp - Breakfast in America (first album I ever bought)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Bruce Cockburn - Waiting for a Miracle (of course you bring some "best of"s)
Pat Metheny - Secret Story
Elton John - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (Vol. 1 was the second album I ever bought but I actually like this one better)
Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold
Daniel Lanois - Acadie
The Best of The Band
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Peter Gabriel - So
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Genesis - Abacab
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Joe Jackson - Body and Soul
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless (I prefer the vinyl versions better than the CD)
Yeah that's more than 15. Let's just say I'll bring a bigger suitcase. :)
And the other 11 albums ı have cd'es 😃👌 I am happy to match with your favourite music 🎵🕺
Top 5 (in no specific order) Jefferson Airplane-Volunteers/ Blue Oyster Cult-Spectres/ Styx- The Grand Illusion/ Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards/ ELO-Time