Plastic.

[Kenneth R.]

So, this is the plastic thread. For all of you with plastic collections. List your [vinyl], or if you have tons, just your favorites. Or droolworthy wishlist items. Turntables too. This thread is mad old school, and more elite than all other threads except the book thread. Word.

This is my shit at the moment:

• AC/DC - Back In Black
• Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
• Aerosmith - Rocks
• Asia - Alpha
• Asia - Asia
• The Beatles - Rock & Roll Music [4LP]
• The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• The Beatles - Abbey Road
• The Beatles - 1967-1970 [4LP]
• Billy Joel - Piano Man
• Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 [4LP]
• Billy Joel - The Stranger
• Billy Joel - Streetlife Serenade
• Billy Joel - The Bridge
• Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full Of Blues
• Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
• Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits
• Boston - Boston
• Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
• The Buddy Rich Big Band - The New One
• The Cookie Monster & Friends - C Is For Cookie
• Chicago - Chicago's Greatest Hits
• David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
• David Bromberg - Wanted Dead Or Alive
• David Lee Roth - Skyscraper
• Derek & The Dominoes - Layla & Other Love Songs
• Don Henley - Building The Perfect Beast
• Don Henley - The End Of Innocence
• The Doors - The Doors
• The Doors - L.A. Woman
• The Doors - An American Prayer
• Electric Light Orchestra - Greatest Hits
• Elton John - The Best of Vol. 2
• Emerson, Lake, & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition
• Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High [Picture Disc]
• Foreigner - 4
• Genesis - Invisible Touch
• Good Rats - Tasty
• Guitar Boogie - Eric Clapton/Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page [2LP]
• Heart - Dreamboat Annie
• Hootie & The Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson
• James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
• Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
• Jim Croce - I Got A Name
• John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
• Kansas - Leftoverture
• Led Zeppelin - I
• Led Zeppelin - II
• Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
• Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti [2LP]
• Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same [2LP]
• The Mamas & The Papas - Greatest Hits
• Marillion - Seasons End
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Otis Redding & Jimi Hendrix Experience - Monterey International Pop Fest 67'
• Peter Gabriel - Plays Live [2LP]
• Peter Gabriel - Melt
• Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going!
• The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith
• Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out
• Queen - A Night At The Opera
• Rush - Caress Of Steel
• Rush - Presto
• Rush - Moving Pictures
• Rush - 2112
• Rush - Hemispheres
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
• Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life [2LP]
• Stevie Wonder - Inner Visions
• Styx - The Grand Illusion
• Sublime - 40oz of Freedom [Picture Disc]
• 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
• U2 - Rattle & Hum [2LP]
• U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky
• U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
• The Ventures - 10th Anniversary Album [2LP]
• The White Stripes - Elephant [2LP Clear Red/White]
• The Who - The Story Of The Who
• The Who - It's Hard
• Yes - Union [Import]
• Yes - Tormato
  
  & on its way in the mail:
• Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

 

[Phanto]

So I guess this was option 4?

 

[Kenneth R.]

Yeah.

 

[Phanto]

lol

I'll orgnaize my shit and post a list in the future. I just want my incoming delivery of albums to be included first. :>

edit: oh shit. vinyls. yeah don't really have any of those.

 

[Taliwakker]

 

[Kenneth R.]

I don't think that would sound very good on a turntable. I could be wrong.

 

[razoredge]

Shit, I should start selling off my vinyl, havent been played in ... ? 19-20 years? I dont have much anymore anyhow. Back in the late 70's I started giving away most of my "hardrock".

Ken, you have most of mine only alot more. What you didnt name that I do also have of these bands is.
LZIII, IV, and Presence
Billy Joel - is Streetlife Serenade the first ?... I think it is, I have that & the other old ones up through Turnstyles or The Pretender which ever came later
others I kept cause they were "special"
Steeley Dan - Royal Scam
Billy Cobhams Spectrum
Crack the Sky - selftitled and Safety in Numbers, some other I never liked and forget the title.... lol
Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You
Uriah Heep - Salisbury, Look at Yourself, Demons and Wizards
Still have Deep Purple - Machine Head
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Grand Funk - American Band... worst song on the album
some others I cant think of right now.
I also have some that are not mine but my good friends, no one uses turntables anymore so its like "you still have those albums?" "yep!" "Good, I never use my turntable anymore"..... lol.

Plastic ?
Heres one verse from a dangling... unsatisfied, rambling of mine... not that Im a pessimistic radical or anything.... from: Profits for Pain - a segment of - Childrens Nightmare

Generations yet to come but Mother Earth will be undone
Harvest timber from rotting trees, caustic air for them to breath
Mountains of plastic in the sky, poison waters… drink and die

Disposable society, master mammal of greed
Forgot how to survive by simply sowing seed
Ignorant intelligence, spreading the disease
Another million mouths to feed
No time to look back, so don’t look around
there’s a race to run in search of that Crown

We profit from this pain
Profits for Pain​

...

 

[razoredge]

Oh Tali...... did ya really have to go and do that........ DAMN !

 

[Kenneth R.]

^Our turntable is pretty new. Got it on amazon for just over $100. Stylish modern look, with quality vintage manual and analog functionality. It's not one of those shitty DJ ones.

I really want to get Yes - The Ladder and Big Generator. The latter is pretty easy to find, but I'm holding out for the used place here to have it again in stock so I can snag it for $2.50. I'll probably have to fork over $30+ for The Ladder. Ulver would also kick ass, but they're an expensive band too. You wouldn't believe what some 90s alternative vinyl costs- I've seen Third Eye Blind - Self Titled or Blue go for over $200 each. Would be nice to get some more Beatles and Rush too. Permanent Waves and Counterparts are on my hitlist.

For me, vinyl is a fun, engaging alternative to the digital revolution. It's the exact opposite- tangible music with a strong physical presence, and even just acquiring them is half the fun. Often you can find albums on vinyl cheaper than on CD too!

PS, I want that Uriah Heep - Demons & Wizards LP too

 

[CantoX]

I have a lot actually. Lots of 80's records and A LOT of 50's/60's/70's records.. mostly 8 rpm.

 

[Kenneth R.]

8? not 33.3 or 45 or 72? I suspect you! Unless you mean spoken word and really early stuff, some of which was at 8.

 

[proulxski]

I'm a little upset that I saw U2 in that list

 

[noble savage]

How does vinyl sound compared to CDs? I know you can't over compress the sound on vinyl like most CDs are today.

 

[CantoX]

8? not 33.3 or 45 or 72? I suspect you! Unless you mean spoken word and really early stuff, some of which was at 8.

Shit my bad man, mixed numbers up there. They are 45's. A lot of elvis in there.

 

[razoredge]

Vinyl on a quality turntable sounded great... as I recall but you have to remember that recording equipment is generally better today, there was good analog studios "back in the day" too. If I remember correctly Hendrix's Bold as Love was recorded on a 4track reel to reel and was considered a somewhat milestone in usage of a studio as a intregal tool of applying new ideas into a song. Didnt word that good, should have searched it out and quoted it.... lol. Bold as Love did have some damn good sound quality in its day.

which reminds me I have that origional on vinyl as well as
Al DiMeola - Casino
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
I'd have to dig them out, its only a stack about 18" or so, most all the ones I mentioned have been well played and well handled so the covers arent what they should be and some records have ruff spots.... mainly Immigrant Song...... lol

That was another nice thing about albums, though they had less info on them than most CD's today what was on them was easily readable and the cover art was huge. Sometimes they came with posters.

CD's are great, 8 tracks sucked and cassettes sucked, disposable garbage.... mountains of plastic in the sky

 

[Kenneth R.]

How does vinyl sound compared to CDs? I know you can't over compress the sound on vinyl like most CDs are today.

More dynamics, less volume. But hey, just turn the speakers up. That equals same volume, more dynamics. Most of those I listed are stereo too. Even the mono ones sound great. How can I say more dynamics when theoretically, the information capacity on a CD far exceeds that on a standard thickness LP? Because the modern digital studio overcompresses so much to make albums loud and punchy, that the dB spectrum is actually less than the 96dB average spread on vinyl. Put simply: yes, technically it IS better, but they don't utilize it correctly. But there's another factor: Digital media consists of samples. You can only have 1 or 0, and those samples increase in accurately representing the original sound as you increase the rate of sampling. This resolution can nearly mimic an analog waveform at very high sample rates. (Like DVDA or SACD) But not at CD resolution (16 bit, 44.1khz, or say a 192bit mp3) The final factor is the behavior of power amplifier stages. Analog amplifier circuits crank out odd harmonics, and digital circuits stress even ones. That has an effect on the tone coming out, obviously the on/off effects of tubes aren't really important in this kind of setup because once you've turned on the stereo, it stays on. No channel switching. However, because of all the other factors I've mentioned, I think vinyl is a strong and viable media for music, competitive with CDs even today. Tapes do suck, 8tracks were better but still suck.
5.1 digital sound is overrated.

Proul: U2 is an amazing band. There's not a band on that list I don't like.

CantoX: Elvis rules.

 

[DoomsdayZach]

I sold most of my collection (mostly stuff that wasn't amazing anyway. Wish i had my dissection records though...), but some of the pieces i like most in my collection are:

Swallow the Sun - The Morning Never came (limited to like 500 or something)
Swallow the Sun - Ghosts of Loss
Sentenced - Frozen (limited to 500 on ice splatter)
Therion - Lemuria/Sirius B (limited to 500 on yellow and blue splatter)
Emperor set on colored vinyls
Old Man's Child box
diSEMBOWELMENT box
Agalloch - Ashes against the grain (Limited to 1000)

Coming soon that i'm stoked for:
Swallow the Sun - Hope (Black/Green vinyl, limited to 100)
Swallow the Sun - Hope (Green vinyl, limited to 150)
Swallow the Sun - Hope (Black vinyl, limited to 250)
Mercyful Fate - Into the Unknown (Limited to 500 on sunset vinyl)

And i may get Saxon - Dogs of War (Limited to 333 on sandy vinyl)

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Good lord, I have a lot of vinyl here. MAYBE a list by the weekend. Dad's surgery will render me away from home except to sleep & shit...

 

[mark b]

All king diamond albums up to the eye

candlemass (Epicus doomicus metallicus & nightfall)

Every maiden album up to seventh son

sabbat (dreamweaver)

metal church (the dark & blessing in disguise)

Queensyche (rage for order)

Helloween (walls of jericho & and the keeper albums)

Def leppard (pyromania & hysteria)

A few bootleg iron maiden albums that are worth heaps, actually alot of these albums are rare and worth good money. I have about 30 more but can't remember at the moment!!

 

[razoredge]

Yep
Have Hysteria and
Van Halen OU812
probably the last "albums" I bought.