Albums That Sound Great On Vinyl

**Janszoon** · 01-04-2015, 12:46 AM

As I mentioned elsewhere on these forums, I finally have a record player after having been without for several years. As a result I've been delving back into my old record collection. Some things sound just fine on vinyl but also sound fine as MP3s (i.e. the three Police albums I have). Other things sound even better on vinyl than they do on in a digital format (i.e. my Sleep Dopesmoker record that I was just listening to with the volume cranked all the way up). So I was wondering, what are some albums you think sound great on vinyl?

Wpnfire · 01-04-2015, 12:54 AM

Dopesmoker on vinyl?? I was wondering what that booming sound I heard far off in the distance was... Totally jealous.

**Frownland** · 01-04-2015, 01:01 AM

Almost picked up a copy of Dopesmoker on vinyl one day. I got drugs instead.

One of my latest vinyl acquisitions, Throbbing Gristle's The Second Annual Report, is mindblowingly good on vinyl. Apart from that, Disco Volante is a great one as well.

I also love Renaldo & The Loaf's Songs for Swinging Larvae on vinyl because the first side ends on a locked groove that goes "boom boom crash crash boom boom crash crash boom boom crash crash crash" forever. In addition to all this these are all amazing records to begin with.

Machine · 01-04-2015, 01:19 AM

My copies of At War With The Mysitcs and Embryonic sound absolurely fan-****ing-tastic on vinyl.

Oriphiel · 01-04-2015, 08:20 AM

I don't really notice a difference in quality between my vinyl and digital recordings, but The Beatles do sound fantastic when playing out of large speakers. When I play "I Saw Her Standing There", Paul's bass-line makes my neighborhood vibrate.

**Janszoon** · 01-04-2015, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Almost picked up a copy of Dopesmoker on vinyl one day. I got drugs instead.

Dopesmoker on vinyl is drugs.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

One of my latest vinyl acquisitions, Throbbing Gristle's The Second Annual Report, is mindblowingly good on vinyl. Apart from that, Disco Volante is a great one as well.

I could definitely see TG sounding good on vinyl.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I also love Renaldo & The Loaf's Songs for Swinging Larvae on vinyl because the first side ends on a locked groove that goes "boom boom crash crash boom boom crash crash boom boom crash crash crash" forever. In addition to all this these are all amazing records to begin with.

Heh. That's a cool ending.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 01-05-2015, 06:19 AM

Station to Station.

WWWP · 01-05-2015, 09:00 AM

Arab Strap's Philophobia will tear your heart out digitally but on vinyl it will sew you back together only to rip it out again.

EPOCH6 · 01-05-2015, 11:20 AM

In the Court of the Crimson King tracks sound even more ominous and otherworldly with old dirty vinyl crackle.

OccultHawk · 01-05-2015, 05:35 PM

If it was recorded in analog and hasn't been digitally remastered (destroyed, that is) it sounds better on vinyl. If it's a digital recording going back to analog doesn't improve anything. You can't improve on the original master.

01-04-2015, 12:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Albums That Sound Great On Vinyl As I mentioned elsewhere on these forums, I finally have a record player after having been without for several years. As a result I've been delving back into my old record collection. Some things sound just fine on vinyl but also sound fine as MP3s (i.e. the three Police albums I have). Other things sound even better on vinyl than they do on in a digital format (i.e. my Sleep Dopesmoker record that I was just listening to with the volume cranked all the way up). So I was wondering, what are some albums you think sound great on vinyl? __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

01-04-2015, 12:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Wpnfire Dragon Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kansas, United States Posts: 2,744	Dopesmoker on vinyl?? I was wondering what that booming sound I heard far off in the distance was... Totally jealous. __________________ Last.FM My RYM Ratings *My Glitchwave Beta Profile*

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Almost picked up a copy of Dopesmoker on vinyl one day. I got drugs instead. One of my latest vinyl acquisitions, Throbbing Gristle's The Second Annual Report, is mindblowingly good on vinyl. Apart from that, Disco Volante is a great one as well. I also love Renaldo & The Loaf's Songs for Swinging Larvae on vinyl because the first side ends on a locked groove that goes "boom boom crash crash boom boom crash crash boom boom crash crash crash" forever. In addition to all this these are all amazing records to begin with. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-04-2015, 01:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	My copies of At War With The Mysitcs and Embryonic sound absolurely fan-****ing-tastic on vinyl. __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

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Oriphiel Ask me how! Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The States Posts: 5,354	I don't really notice a difference in quality between my vinyl and digital recordings, but The Beatles do sound fantastic when playing out of large speakers. When I play "I Saw Her Standing There", Paul's bass-line makes my neighborhood vibrate.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Station to Station.

01-05-2015, 05:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	If it was recorded in analog and hasn't been digitally remastered (destroyed, that is) it sounds better on vinyl. If it's a digital recording going back to analog doesn't improve anything. You can't improve on the original master.