Record-collector´s world
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TheFourthHorseman
In The Twilight World
1) Which was the first record you ever bought/received?
Metallica - ...And Justice For All.
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
Meh. None. I just try to have enough cash to buy some regular albums.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
Meh? Perhaps Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element. Nothing glorious about it, it just got me into them and that was very awesome.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
Sonata Arctica - Silence. I liked this album when I was 13/14. I grew bored of it. I did not like this album when I bought it used 6 months ago. I sold it.
OMG! Such drivel. Someone cut off Kakko's hands. His voice can remain, but no one let him write lyrics.
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
I gave The Devin Townsend Band - Accelerated Evolution a listen sometime in 2003. Ok, it was the special double cd version. So the clerk inserts the album into the player and I'm expecting this metal stuff...and then I hear this weird sound effects/keyboard stuff that just makes my look say "WTF?" It was the EKO bonus tracks of course.
I listened to Depth Charge and thought something that can be represented best as "meh", only to fall in love with the album a year later.
I don't have very much funny moments with albums...unless you consider our store leeching me of my money by not delivering my ordered albums fast enough and making me buy some other album everytime I go there to ask if they've received it. Haven't been there for 3 weeks because I want the Nick Cave album to finally be there when I ask them the next time. I'll probably end up buying the new Cave & The Bad Seeds when they say "no." It's a conspiracy.
Ok, now I gotta ask. What's with the damn size tags? Maybe Deron's at it again...
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
Paatos - Kallocain, Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element/Remedy Lane, Metallica - Load, Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk (such anger and majesty), The Devin Townsend Band - Accelerated Evolution/Infinity, Ayreon - The Human Equation...etc. There's lots, but the first 5 or so are probably the ones I'd pick for TOP 5, strangely enough.
7) And which has the highest material value?
Either the Ayreon - The Human Equation box set that I got a while ago, or Iced Earth - Dark Genesis, which was the 2nd "album" I bought. I haven't bought any ridiculously expensive stuff.
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
Depends. Probably about 50 euros.
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
I haven't really seen too many bands live. Battlelore and Metallica were much the same, although both bands' music does gain a lot of momentum live, especially Battlelore's.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
Of course, who doesn't? Unfortunately you don't get a "personal" sound on an album these days, but then again you don't have to suffer from bad production per se, either. The Devin Townsend Band's Accelerated Evolution has a very nice production, crunchy guitars and loud drums. Works for that kinda album. As for a personal sound, Nevermore's Enemies Of Reality might sound a lot better with a better drum-/general sound, but it really sticks out nicely now. Very crunchy guitars, again.
Then, some albums like Katatonia - Brave Murder Day or Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine have such low levels that you have to turn the volume up 100% if you want to hear it as good as the album you were just listening to.
About Finnvox, I wish Finnish bands would find some alternative places for the production/mix. Karmila's sound is good, but it gets boring listening to the same thing on every album.
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
CD. Vinyl too maybe when I get enough money. Just don't make me listen to music with a walkman. I still remember those evil things.
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane or Paatos - Kallocain for example. Remedy Lane has very straight-forward artwork, just like the lyrics. Not much room for symbolism, but then, it wasn't meant like that. The artwork portrays the themes and subjects of the concept very well and adds to the imaginery that the music gives. Kallocain on the other hand is just very simple. Bleak in a way, and the see-through booklet just works really well the lyrics. Gives me a sense of loneliness and melancholy, just like the band's music.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
Yeah. I do have Devin's Infinity, which doesn't have lyrics in the booklet. They're not obviously a necessity if the music is good enough to make me buy the album, but just like you said, they're especially needed if the singer is a growler.
Poems and other texts are a plus too (Remedy Lane being the prime example (who said "melodramatic"?)).
Metallica - ...And Justice For All.
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
Meh. None. I just try to have enough cash to buy some regular albums.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
Meh? Perhaps Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element. Nothing glorious about it, it just got me into them and that was very awesome.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
Sonata Arctica - Silence. I liked this album when I was 13/14. I grew bored of it. I did not like this album when I bought it used 6 months ago. I sold it.
OMG! Such drivel. Someone cut off Kakko's hands. His voice can remain, but no one let him write lyrics.
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
I gave The Devin Townsend Band - Accelerated Evolution a listen sometime in 2003. Ok, it was the special double cd version. So the clerk inserts the album into the player and I'm expecting this metal stuff...and then I hear this weird sound effects/keyboard stuff that just makes my look say "WTF?" It was the EKO bonus tracks of course.
I listened to Depth Charge and thought something that can be represented best as "meh", only to fall in love with the album a year later.
I don't have very much funny moments with albums...unless you consider our store leeching me of my money by not delivering my ordered albums fast enough and making me buy some other album everytime I go there to ask if they've received it. Haven't been there for 3 weeks because I want the Nick Cave album to finally be there when I ask them the next time. I'll probably end up buying the new Cave & The Bad Seeds when they say "no." It's a conspiracy.
Ok, now I gotta ask. What's with the damn size tags? Maybe Deron's at it again...
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
Paatos - Kallocain, Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element/Remedy Lane, Metallica - Load, Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk (such anger and majesty), The Devin Townsend Band - Accelerated Evolution/Infinity, Ayreon - The Human Equation...etc. There's lots, but the first 5 or so are probably the ones I'd pick for TOP 5, strangely enough.
7) And which has the highest material value?
Either the Ayreon - The Human Equation box set that I got a while ago, or Iced Earth - Dark Genesis, which was the 2nd "album" I bought. I haven't bought any ridiculously expensive stuff.
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
Depends. Probably about 50 euros.
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
I haven't really seen too many bands live. Battlelore and Metallica were much the same, although both bands' music does gain a lot of momentum live, especially Battlelore's.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
Of course, who doesn't? Unfortunately you don't get a "personal" sound on an album these days, but then again you don't have to suffer from bad production per se, either. The Devin Townsend Band's Accelerated Evolution has a very nice production, crunchy guitars and loud drums. Works for that kinda album. As for a personal sound, Nevermore's Enemies Of Reality might sound a lot better with a better drum-/general sound, but it really sticks out nicely now. Very crunchy guitars, again.
Then, some albums like Katatonia - Brave Murder Day or Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine have such low levels that you have to turn the volume up 100% if you want to hear it as good as the album you were just listening to.
About Finnvox, I wish Finnish bands would find some alternative places for the production/mix. Karmila's sound is good, but it gets boring listening to the same thing on every album.
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
CD. Vinyl too maybe when I get enough money. Just don't make me listen to music with a walkman. I still remember those evil things.
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane or Paatos - Kallocain for example. Remedy Lane has very straight-forward artwork, just like the lyrics. Not much room for symbolism, but then, it wasn't meant like that. The artwork portrays the themes and subjects of the concept very well and adds to the imaginery that the music gives. Kallocain on the other hand is just very simple. Bleak in a way, and the see-through booklet just works really well the lyrics. Gives me a sense of loneliness and melancholy, just like the band's music.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
Yeah. I do have Devin's Infinity, which doesn't have lyrics in the booklet. They're not obviously a necessity if the music is good enough to make me buy the album, but just like you said, they're especially needed if the singer is a growler.
Poems and other texts are a plus too (Remedy Lane being the prime example (who said "melodramatic"?)).
Rusty
A-HAHAHA!
1) Which was the first record you ever bought/received?
Baddiel, Skinner, and the Lightning Seeds - Football's Coming Home. It was England's official song for Euro '96, and it also had a disco remix and a karaoke version on the CD. Joy. Before and even after that, I never needed to buy or receive any records because I could just borrow my brothers' and either listen to them or record them onto tape for my own use.
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
Well, none really. Mainly because I've never had any money to spend on such things, but also because I don't really see the point in buying everything. The only things of note are me having every Opeth album released, and every My Dying Bride album, but that's it. And I won't collect the special collectors' edition tin version crappy things of the old Opeth albums, and I don't intend buying all the My Dying Bride demos and EPs. My next targets are all Katatonia and Anathema albums.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
I haven't had anything really special. In terms of cheapness, I got a couple of My Dying Bride albums fairly cheap from Ebay, maybe about £5 including shipping for a promo of The Light at the End of the World. One of the Dargaard albums was quite hard to find, I seem to remember, so getting that for no too much on Ebay was good as well.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory. What tripe.
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
Opeth triggered a change in my life. After listening to Morningrise (which blew me away like nothing had ever done before, incidentally), I had to look at their website, which led me to a certain forum, where I met a lot of corkingly interesting people, and not only ended up travelling hundreds of miles to meet some of them, but also liking it enough there to want to try going there on a more permanent basis, where before I'd never wanted to move away from Nottingham, never mind the country. And of course it introduced me to a whole different kind of music, and I finally moved away from the Iron Maiden and Metallica albums that I'd been listening to for the previous ten or more years.
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
Hmmm, tough one... for me it's no one album, but various songs from a lot of different albums. However, Farmakon - A Warm Glimpse is special to me because it has my name in the booklet. Also Opeth - Morningrise vinyl (see below).
7) And which has the highest material value?
Probably Opeth - Morningrise on vinyl, signed by Anders Nordin. Apart from that I have nothing special, just regular albums. Though perhaps I could find someone to buy the first version of YaYo's first album from me for a fair amount.
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
Uh, hard to limit myself to a fairly small number, though since you said CDs and not albums, I'll only list CDs that I own, rather than mp3s.
Opeth - Morningrise, Orchid, Still Life, MAYH
My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River, The Dreadful Hours, Turn Loose the Swans, Songs of Darkness Words of Light
Anathema - A Natural Disaster
Before the Dawn - 4:17am
Farmakon - A Warm Glimpse
Tenhi - Väre
Sigur Rós - ( )
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
Hmm, not much really. £15 at most, I suppose. I can generally supress such cravings.
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
Daylight Dies. I'd had their album, on mp3, for a while and it never caught me. Then I saw them live supporting Katatonia and they were simply awesome. Now I like the album a lot more though, I imagine it's not so much of a difference anymore. Similar with Swallow the Sun, but not to such an extreme.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
Nah, I only notice really really bad production. If it's not really bad I don't give a damn, I can still hear the music fine thank you.
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
No preference.
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
There's nothing that stands out above anything else, and far too many bands have fitting enough artwork for me to bother mentioning one.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
Yes. Having no lyrics in the booklet really pisses me off, as does only having partial lyrics and not the full lyrics.
Baddiel, Skinner, and the Lightning Seeds - Football's Coming Home. It was England's official song for Euro '96, and it also had a disco remix and a karaoke version on the CD. Joy. Before and even after that, I never needed to buy or receive any records because I could just borrow my brothers' and either listen to them or record them onto tape for my own use.
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
Well, none really. Mainly because I've never had any money to spend on such things, but also because I don't really see the point in buying everything. The only things of note are me having every Opeth album released, and every My Dying Bride album, but that's it. And I won't collect the special collectors' edition tin version crappy things of the old Opeth albums, and I don't intend buying all the My Dying Bride demos and EPs. My next targets are all Katatonia and Anathema albums.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
I haven't had anything really special. In terms of cheapness, I got a couple of My Dying Bride albums fairly cheap from Ebay, maybe about £5 including shipping for a promo of The Light at the End of the World. One of the Dargaard albums was quite hard to find, I seem to remember, so getting that for no too much on Ebay was good as well.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory. What tripe.
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
Opeth triggered a change in my life. After listening to Morningrise (which blew me away like nothing had ever done before, incidentally), I had to look at their website, which led me to a certain forum, where I met a lot of corkingly interesting people, and not only ended up travelling hundreds of miles to meet some of them, but also liking it enough there to want to try going there on a more permanent basis, where before I'd never wanted to move away from Nottingham, never mind the country. And of course it introduced me to a whole different kind of music, and I finally moved away from the Iron Maiden and Metallica albums that I'd been listening to for the previous ten or more years.
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
Hmmm, tough one... for me it's no one album, but various songs from a lot of different albums. However, Farmakon - A Warm Glimpse is special to me because it has my name in the booklet. Also Opeth - Morningrise vinyl (see below).
7) And which has the highest material value?
Probably Opeth - Morningrise on vinyl, signed by Anders Nordin. Apart from that I have nothing special, just regular albums. Though perhaps I could find someone to buy the first version of YaYo's first album from me for a fair amount.
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
Uh, hard to limit myself to a fairly small number, though since you said CDs and not albums, I'll only list CDs that I own, rather than mp3s.
Opeth - Morningrise, Orchid, Still Life, MAYH
My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River, The Dreadful Hours, Turn Loose the Swans, Songs of Darkness Words of Light
Anathema - A Natural Disaster
Before the Dawn - 4:17am
Farmakon - A Warm Glimpse
Tenhi - Väre
Sigur Rós - ( )
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
Hmm, not much really. £15 at most, I suppose. I can generally supress such cravings.
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
Daylight Dies. I'd had their album, on mp3, for a while and it never caught me. Then I saw them live supporting Katatonia and they were simply awesome. Now I like the album a lot more though, I imagine it's not so much of a difference anymore. Similar with Swallow the Sun, but not to such an extreme.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
Nah, I only notice really really bad production. If it's not really bad I don't give a damn, I can still hear the music fine thank you.
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
No preference.
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
There's nothing that stands out above anything else, and far too many bands have fitting enough artwork for me to bother mentioning one.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
Yes. Having no lyrics in the booklet really pisses me off, as does only having partial lyrics and not the full lyrics.
TheFourthHorseman
In The Twilight World
Rusty said:
Hush, heathen.
The main riff in Home owns you. Finally Free kills you (no witty remarks kthx).
Tranquillian
Svartmetallist
1) Which was the first record you ever bought/received?
First I received: Ted Gärdestad - Satellit (at the age of 3)
First I bought: Pernilla Wahlgren album
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
Used to collect Iron Maiden but that got too expensive. My Dark Tranquillity collection is pretty good as well.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
Iron Maiden - Soundhouse tapes 7" bootleg that I sold for 20 times what I bought it for, 10 years later.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
Can't remember.
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
Well, losing my virginity to a special record
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
Too many to mention
7) And which has the highest material value?
One of the DT 7"'s or the Opeth 7"
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
Too hard to single out...but just to mention a few...
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
In the woods... - Omnio
Bathory - Hammerheart
At The Gates - Terminal spirit disease
Iron Maiden - Live after death
and the list goes on...
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
I've paid 55 euro for a vinyl single.
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
None that I can think of.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
Yes, I am quite interested in that.
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
Cd
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
Arckanums booklets
Watain - Casus Luciferi
Amon Amarths covers
etc..
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
I NEED lyrics, I dislike not having them.
First I received: Ted Gärdestad - Satellit (at the age of 3)
First I bought: Pernilla Wahlgren album
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
Used to collect Iron Maiden but that got too expensive. My Dark Tranquillity collection is pretty good as well.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
Iron Maiden - Soundhouse tapes 7" bootleg that I sold for 20 times what I bought it for, 10 years later.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
Can't remember.
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
Well, losing my virginity to a special record
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
Too many to mention
7) And which has the highest material value?
One of the DT 7"'s or the Opeth 7"
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
Too hard to single out...but just to mention a few...
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
In the woods... - Omnio
Bathory - Hammerheart
At The Gates - Terminal spirit disease
Iron Maiden - Live after death
and the list goes on...
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
I've paid 55 euro for a vinyl single.
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
None that I can think of.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
Yes, I am quite interested in that.
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
Cd
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
Arckanums booklets
Watain - Casus Luciferi
Amon Amarths covers
etc..
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
I NEED lyrics, I dislike not having them.
1) Which was the first record you ever bought/received?
My grandma bought me Dr.Alban's "It's my life".. hey, I was 12 so shut up
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
None.. Im perfectly happy with one release.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
Well.. I guess it's "Vansinnesvisor" by Thyrfing. I saw them live at Wacken 2003 and bought that and "Valdr Galga" at the SummerBreeze.. I only knew that they rocked.. I hadnt listened to any album, I just blindly bought the cd and it owned
When I bought Projector and Damage Done, I knew them already so that doesnt count...
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
I dont know.. Im cautious about new CDs, with only a few exceptions
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
The "Deep Purple - Best of" got me into metal
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
Im not really emotionally attached to any album.. but as I have to choose one Id say "Metallica - Ride The Lightning", a classic with two of my all-time favourites on it: "Fade To Black" and "For Whom The Bell Tolls", also one of the first records I was into when I started listening to metal. And the earliest are always the most special.
7) And which has the highest material value?
Pfff.. I dont plan on selling my CDs so I dont care
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
DT - Projector, Damage Done
Amon Amarth (Can't decide)
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
In Flames - Clayman
Thyrfing - Urkraft, Vansinnesvisor, Valdr Galga
Decapitated - The First Damned, The Negation
Deicide - When Satan Lives
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
I just paid 20 Euros for the new Amon Amarth with the DVD, which is still a fair price. If it was a good album, Id pay up to 20 Euros. Somebody has to have it for 20 Euros, dammit
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
Tough call, but Im gonna go with Gamma Ray. I liked them and then went to see them live in Wacken 2003.. God was it embarassing
Men in their early 40ies in tight pants.. and their music sounded so power metallish..
My friends and I still sometimes mock them by singing "Heavy Metal Yuuneeeveeeerse" as loudly and gaily as we can. But Sonata Arctica was quite disappointing, too.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
I dont care thaaat much really, and I certainly dont buy only the Albums with a certain sound technician or recorded in a certain studio. Just dont fuck up the sound and it'll be ok
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
CD all the way!
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
I like the Damage Done cover.. or Thyrfing's "Vansinnesvisor". VNV Nation's cover are repetitive, but cool, too.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
I'll live without the lyrics, although I do wanna know what the songs are about at a certain point so there better at least be lyrics online if they're not in the booklet. But mainly, it's not the booklet I buy the CD for.
My grandma bought me Dr.Alban's "It's my life".. hey, I was 12 so shut up
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
None.. Im perfectly happy with one release.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
Well.. I guess it's "Vansinnesvisor" by Thyrfing. I saw them live at Wacken 2003 and bought that and "Valdr Galga" at the SummerBreeze.. I only knew that they rocked.. I hadnt listened to any album, I just blindly bought the cd and it owned
When I bought Projector and Damage Done, I knew them already so that doesnt count...
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
I dont know.. Im cautious about new CDs, with only a few exceptions
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
The "Deep Purple - Best of" got me into metal
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
Im not really emotionally attached to any album.. but as I have to choose one Id say "Metallica - Ride The Lightning", a classic with two of my all-time favourites on it: "Fade To Black" and "For Whom The Bell Tolls", also one of the first records I was into when I started listening to metal. And the earliest are always the most special.
7) And which has the highest material value?
Pfff.. I dont plan on selling my CDs so I dont care
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
DT - Projector, Damage Done
Amon Amarth (Can't decide
)Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
In Flames - Clayman
Thyrfing - Urkraft, Vansinnesvisor, Valdr Galga
Decapitated - The First Damned, The Negation
Deicide - When Satan Lives
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
I just paid 20 Euros for the new Amon Amarth with the DVD, which is still a fair price. If it was a good album, Id pay up to 20 Euros. Somebody has to have it for 20 Euros, dammit
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
Tough call, but Im gonna go with Gamma Ray. I liked them and then went to see them live in Wacken 2003.. God was it embarassing
Men in their early 40ies in tight pants.. and their music sounded so power metallish..
My friends and I still sometimes mock them by singing "Heavy Metal Yuuneeeveeeerse" as loudly and gaily as we can. But Sonata Arctica was quite disappointing, too.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
I dont care thaaat much really, and I certainly dont buy only the Albums with a certain sound technician or recorded in a certain studio. Just dont fuck up the sound and it'll be ok
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
CD all the way!
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
I like the Damage Done cover.. or Thyrfing's "Vansinnesvisor". VNV Nation's cover are repetitive, but cool, too.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
I'll live without the lyrics, although I do wanna know what the songs are about at a certain point so there better at least be lyrics online if they're not in the booklet. But mainly, it's not the booklet I buy the CD for.
rahvin
keeper of the flame
1. first record you've ever bought/received?
if we're talking about the distant past, i think that when i was 9 i had my parents buy me a tape of pet shop boys' actually. even though the choice was certainly pretty good even to my current standards, i must admit that back then i didn't have any specific personal taste whatsoever. later, when i really started getting into "the music i liked", my first tape was iron maiden's seventh son of a seventh son. my first cd was iron maiden's no prayer for the dying, in 1990. that's about it.
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2. of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
let's see... dark tranquillity and vnv nation, for sure. i try to have everything therapy? put out as well, and paradise lost, and bad religion. in general i'm interested in collecting complete discographies of all bands i listen to, but i'm not obsessed with having original material or rare editions.
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3. which is your best buy ever, and why?
at the age of 16, randomly browsing for cds in a shop in town, i decided skyclad's prince of the poverty line looked cool. i hadn't heard about the band at all beforehand. considering they're still amongst my top five favourite acts (until martin walkyier left. now they're crap), i'd say that was my very lucky day.
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4. which was the worst disappointment after buying?
i usually don't buy things i don't like, since i always have a chance to listen to records beforehand. bad religion's the new america left a very bitter taste in my mouth after i've heard it the first time, though.
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5. tell your favourite happening connected to a cd/vinyl
no.
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6. which record has the highest emotional value for you?
vnv nation's empires is an accurate and possibly exhaustive representation of what and who i am. i can't relate to any other record in the same way, and i never felt as elated in my entire life as the three times that i've heard ronan harris sing kingdom in a live setting.
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7. and which has the highest material value?
i'd say my very first edition of skydancer. actually i have other dt stuff that is even more rare, but i don't think that counts and i can't really describe it anyway.
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8. your favourite cds
how many? well, aside from all of dt's albums, i'd go for the following five:
- therapy? - troublegum
- faith no more - angel dust
- vnv nation - empires
- paradise lost - host
- bad religion - no control
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9. how much were you willing to pay for an item you craved for?
there's no defined limit, it depends on how much i can afford. if i become filthy rich i don't think i'd consider thousands of euros too much.
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10. for which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recorded and live performance?
assemblage 23 are awesome on record but totally suck live. also, charon are awesome on record but they're really amateurish live.
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11. do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the people involved in the process?
only if i have a reason to, or if it's about one of the 2-3 bands i'm really obsessed about.
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12. what kind of sound: vinyl/cd/no preference?
no preference
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13. tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
anything niklas has done.
i have to mention vnv nation again, and some other electronic bands where the visuals really help establishing a connection with the music. mechanical moth, for instance, or :wumpscut:
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14. are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or it doesn't really matter to you?
it's a huge disappointment when the lyrics are not printed out. in some cases i can like a record a lot even if the lyrics are crap, but i still rather seeing them in print than having to figure them out for myself.
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if we're talking about the distant past, i think that when i was 9 i had my parents buy me a tape of pet shop boys' actually. even though the choice was certainly pretty good even to my current standards, i must admit that back then i didn't have any specific personal taste whatsoever. later, when i really started getting into "the music i liked", my first tape was iron maiden's seventh son of a seventh son. my first cd was iron maiden's no prayer for the dying, in 1990. that's about it.
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2. of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
let's see... dark tranquillity and vnv nation, for sure. i try to have everything therapy? put out as well, and paradise lost, and bad religion. in general i'm interested in collecting complete discographies of all bands i listen to, but i'm not obsessed with having original material or rare editions.
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3. which is your best buy ever, and why?
at the age of 16, randomly browsing for cds in a shop in town, i decided skyclad's prince of the poverty line looked cool. i hadn't heard about the band at all beforehand. considering they're still amongst my top five favourite acts (until martin walkyier left. now they're crap), i'd say that was my very lucky day.
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4. which was the worst disappointment after buying?
i usually don't buy things i don't like, since i always have a chance to listen to records beforehand. bad religion's the new america left a very bitter taste in my mouth after i've heard it the first time, though.
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5. tell your favourite happening connected to a cd/vinyl
no.
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6. which record has the highest emotional value for you?
vnv nation's empires is an accurate and possibly exhaustive representation of what and who i am. i can't relate to any other record in the same way, and i never felt as elated in my entire life as the three times that i've heard ronan harris sing kingdom in a live setting.
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7. and which has the highest material value?
i'd say my very first edition of skydancer. actually i have other dt stuff that is even more rare, but i don't think that counts and i can't really describe it anyway.
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8. your favourite cds
how many? well, aside from all of dt's albums, i'd go for the following five:
- therapy? - troublegum
- faith no more - angel dust
- vnv nation - empires
- paradise lost - host
- bad religion - no control
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9. how much were you willing to pay for an item you craved for?
there's no defined limit, it depends on how much i can afford. if i become filthy rich i don't think i'd consider thousands of euros too much.
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10. for which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recorded and live performance?
assemblage 23 are awesome on record but totally suck live. also, charon are awesome on record but they're really amateurish live.
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11. do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the people involved in the process?
only if i have a reason to, or if it's about one of the 2-3 bands i'm really obsessed about.
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12. what kind of sound: vinyl/cd/no preference?
no preference
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13. tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
anything niklas has done.
i have to mention vnv nation again, and some other electronic bands where the visuals really help establishing a connection with the music. mechanical moth, for instance, or :wumpscut:
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14. are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or it doesn't really matter to you?
it's a huge disappointment when the lyrics are not printed out. in some cases i can like a record a lot even if the lyrics are crap, but i still rather seeing them in print than having to figure them out for myself.
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1. first record you've ever bought/received?
uh... now the italians are going to stop talking to me, but actually it was a bootleg copy of eros ramazzotti's third record (i think). i was about 7 and i whined to my parents until they bought it at some market in the mountain resort where we used to go on holidays. the first thing i ever got on vinyl was bruce springsteen's "born in the USA", i won it at a radio contest when i was about 10. the first CD i ever bought was manowar's "battle hymns".
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2. of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
bad religion, rancid, snuff. i've got some rare stuff by the prodigy, and i might turn into a rammstein collector.
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3. which is your best buy ever, and why?
i'm not sure. i think it was bad religion's "recipe for hate". i already knew them, from a badly recorded tape of "against the grain" that i totally cherished. but they really became my favorite band when i heard recipe. i also remember being very excited after buying no use for a name's "leche con carne", but now i fail to remember what was the point exactly.
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4. which was the worst disappointment after buying?
454 big block. shite, man. shite.
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5. tell your favourite happening connected to a cd/vinyl
well, it's not my fav, but it's still funny: after i found out that rahvin had purchased one of the two copies of "the gallery" that existed in my hometown AND alfred had purchased the other minutes before me, i phoned alfred from the shop and insulted him to death, under the surprised gaze of the shop's owner.
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6. which record has the highest emotional value for you?
therapy's "stories", possibly. even if i don't even own it.
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7. and which has the highest material value?
uh, i guess some rare bad religion singles or two bootlegs of their "into the unknown" 1984 records might be it.
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8. your favourite cds
i'll go for the top 5 as well. it's actually top 5 AT THE MOMENT, meaning those i play most often as of now (allowing only one per band):
- bad religion - the process of belief
- therapy? - troublegum
- litfiba - terremoto
- rammstein - mutter
- dark tranquillity - haven
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9. how much were you willing to pay for an item you craved for?
if it's till lindemann in the flesh, a lot. (no, you dirty-minded bubus, i wasn't thinking of sex, more along the lines of personal concerts to wake me up properly in the morning).
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10. for which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recorded and live performance?
paradise lost: brilliant on record, shitey vocals live.
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11. do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the people involved in the process?
in general, yes. i pay more attention when it's a label i know well, for example epitaph.
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12. what kind of sound: vinyl/cd/no preference?
depends on the record.
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13. tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
all things dark tranquillity, obviously. also, i think i've been heavily influenced by rancid's CD booklets, even if there's no elaborate art.
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14. are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or it doesn't really matter to you?
well, they've been very important to me in the past and i wouldn't buy a CD with no lyrics in the booklet for a long period. now i'm no longer that interested, although i prefer them to be there if i really like the band (which is also the only condition under which i now buy a record in its original version). i think that when i was a teenager i looked at song lyrics for life-related answers, so i needed to see them. now i'm a bit over it, i have a more emotional approach to music.
uh... now the italians are going to stop talking to me, but actually it was a bootleg copy of eros ramazzotti's third record (i think). i was about 7 and i whined to my parents until they bought it at some market in the mountain resort where we used to go on holidays. the first thing i ever got on vinyl was bruce springsteen's "born in the USA", i won it at a radio contest when i was about 10. the first CD i ever bought was manowar's "battle hymns".
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2. of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
bad religion, rancid, snuff. i've got some rare stuff by the prodigy, and i might turn into a rammstein collector.
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3. which is your best buy ever, and why?
i'm not sure. i think it was bad religion's "recipe for hate". i already knew them, from a badly recorded tape of "against the grain" that i totally cherished. but they really became my favorite band when i heard recipe. i also remember being very excited after buying no use for a name's "leche con carne", but now i fail to remember what was the point exactly.
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4. which was the worst disappointment after buying?
454 big block. shite, man. shite.
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5. tell your favourite happening connected to a cd/vinyl
well, it's not my fav, but it's still funny: after i found out that rahvin had purchased one of the two copies of "the gallery" that existed in my hometown AND alfred had purchased the other minutes before me, i phoned alfred from the shop and insulted him to death, under the surprised gaze of the shop's owner.
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6. which record has the highest emotional value for you?
therapy's "stories", possibly. even if i don't even own it.
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7. and which has the highest material value?
uh, i guess some rare bad religion singles or two bootlegs of their "into the unknown" 1984 records might be it.
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8. your favourite cds
i'll go for the top 5 as well. it's actually top 5 AT THE MOMENT, meaning those i play most often as of now (allowing only one per band):
- bad religion - the process of belief
- therapy? - troublegum
- litfiba - terremoto
- rammstein - mutter
- dark tranquillity - haven
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9. how much were you willing to pay for an item you craved for?
if it's till lindemann in the flesh, a lot.
(no, you dirty-minded bubus, i wasn't thinking of sex, more along the lines of personal concerts to wake me up properly in the morning).----------------------
10. for which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recorded and live performance?
paradise lost: brilliant on record, shitey vocals live.
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11. do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the people involved in the process?
in general, yes. i pay more attention when it's a label i know well, for example epitaph.
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12. what kind of sound: vinyl/cd/no preference?
depends on the record.
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13. tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
all things dark tranquillity, obviously. also, i think i've been heavily influenced by rancid's CD booklets, even if there's no elaborate art.
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14. are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or it doesn't really matter to you?
well, they've been very important to me in the past and i wouldn't buy a CD with no lyrics in the booklet for a long period. now i'm no longer that interested, although i prefer them to be there if i really like the band (which is also the only condition under which i now buy a record in its original version). i think that when i was a teenager i looked at song lyrics for life-related answers, so i needed to see them. now i'm a bit over it, i have a more emotional approach to music.
1) Which was the first record you ever bought/received?
The first I ever got was Bon Jovi "These Days". The first tape i bought was Cafe Tacuba (great rock mexican band) and the first cds i bought (on the same day) Soundgarden's "Superunknown" and Smashing Pumpking's "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness".
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
I don't really collect, it's hard enough to get regular cds in mexico as it is, special editions are too expensive though i do have some cool editions of Sopor Aeternus. i let go a GREAT devil doll dies irae box, and still kick myself for that. I try to buy all cds of bands i like.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
I don't think i have a "best buy", im pretty careful with my money (or try to be) so they are all good buys.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
a friend went on and on about how great Rainbow was, and i bought their first cd and hated it
i was also pretty disappointed by katatonia's viva emptiness
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
hmm. well most of my cds have a story behind them, they all take me on a nostalgia trip of when i first listened to them. If i think up of something I'll post it later.
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
ugh too many... but i would have to say
Trans-Siberian Orchestra- Beethoven's Last Night
for very good reasons i'm not really in the mood to share atm
7) And which has the highest material value?
nothing really comes to mind
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
way too many... the ones that come to mind are,
Dark Tranquillity- Projector, Haven and Damage Done
Katatonia- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Anathema- Judgement
Blind Guardian- Imaginations from the Other Side
Cafe Tacuba- Re
Smashing Pumpkings- Mellon Collie & Infinite Sadness
Radiohead- OK computer
Tool- Aenima
Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
most of them are my favourite because they take me on a nostgia trip to my early teenage years, and memories of shouting/"singing" along with friends
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
depends on how much money i had at the moment
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
Katatonia, but I think that had a lot to do with the norweigian audience, which is so drastically different from mexican ones.
also, To Die For didnt suck nearly soooooooo much live, they were actually tons better than their cds. might have been the little tantrum the guy had where he threw his microphone stand at the audience, though, who knows.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
not really
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
no preference
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
err can i give examples of horrible artwork instead? hah, well i really like katatonia's artwork, and dark tranquillity's. and empyrium of course. oh wait, most matching sound and image would be any sopor aeternus cd.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
they are for me... i don't have time to look them up on the internet anymore. and if they are in another language the band should have translations in their webpage or somewhere
The first I ever got was Bon Jovi "These Days". The first tape i bought was Cafe Tacuba (great rock mexican band) and the first cds i bought (on the same day) Soundgarden's "Superunknown" and Smashing Pumpking's "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness".
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
I don't really collect, it's hard enough to get regular cds in mexico as it is, special editions are too expensive though i do have some cool editions of Sopor Aeternus. i let go a GREAT devil doll dies irae box, and still kick myself for that. I try to buy all cds of bands i like.
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
I don't think i have a "best buy", im pretty careful with my money (or try to be) so they are all good buys.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
a friend went on and on about how great Rainbow was, and i bought their first cd and hated it
i was also pretty disappointed by katatonia's viva emptiness
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
hmm. well most of my cds have a story behind them, they all take me on a nostalgia trip of when i first listened to them. If i think up of something I'll post it later.
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
ugh too many... but i would have to say
Trans-Siberian Orchestra- Beethoven's Last Night
for very good reasons i'm not really in the mood to share atm
7) And which has the highest material value?
nothing really comes to mind
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
way too many... the ones that come to mind are,
Dark Tranquillity- Projector, Haven and Damage Done
Katatonia- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Anathema- Judgement
Blind Guardian- Imaginations from the Other Side
Cafe Tacuba- Re
Smashing Pumpkings- Mellon Collie & Infinite Sadness
Radiohead- OK computer
Tool- Aenima
Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
most of them are my favourite because they take me on a nostgia trip to my early teenage years, and memories of shouting/"singing" along with friends
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
depends on how much money i had at the moment
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
Katatonia, but I think that had a lot to do with the norweigian audience, which is so drastically different from mexican ones.
also, To Die For didnt suck nearly soooooooo much live, they were actually tons better than their cds. might have been the little tantrum the guy had where he threw his microphone stand at the audience, though, who knows.
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
not really
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
no preference
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
err can i give examples of horrible artwork instead? hah, well i really like katatonia's artwork, and dark tranquillity's. and empyrium of course. oh wait, most matching sound and image would be any sopor aeternus cd.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
they are for me... i don't have time to look them up on the internet anymore. and if they are in another language the band should have translations in their webpage or somewhere
1) Which was the first record you ever bought/received?
I got these three around the same time:
kent - verkligen
meat loaf - bat out of hell II: back into hell
nordman - s/t
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
dark tranquillity, I'm trying to get as complete a collection as possible. and I really would have liked to have the complete kent discography, but since I wasn't clever enough to get the singles "back then" that's not going to happen...
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
I'll have to say haven, since that was my first dt album.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
antimatter - saviour. the cd looks perfectly normal but actually contains nothing but lots ans lots of picture files sorted in folders like "balloons", "airshow", "food" and "flags". quite a surprise... and since it was from a mail order company in the us I just couldn't be bothered to place a complaint.
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
can't come up with anything in particular.
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
uhm, tough one. I tend to stick emotionally more to particular songs, but for me there's a nostalgical value to;
dia psalma - gryningstid
kent - verkligen
dark tranquillity - haven
blind guardian - the forgotten tales
7) And which has the highest material value?
probably the dt skydancer promo.
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
all mentioned at no 6 plus (just listing spontaneously, now):
dt
pain of salvation - remedy lane, the perfect element
kent - hagnesta hill
anathema - a natural disaster
diary of dreams - freak perfume, one of 18 angels
paradise lost - host
lars winnerbäck - söndermarken
tiamat - wildhoney, prey
katatonia - viva emptiness
radiohead - hail to the thief, ok computer
the cure - disintegration
the sisters of mercy - vision thing, first and last and always
opeth - still life
I'm constantly discovering new music, though, so there are quite a lot of albums that I haven't had for enough time yet to say if I'll like them just as much when they've passed the "new and exciting" phase.
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
I could pay way too much for something I really want... I don't think I've ever been very much over 35 euros or so, though.
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
the crüxshadows wasn't quite what I had hoped for. not that it was bad, I actually had a good time there - it just didn't get anywhere near the studio album quality, and the track list was kind of dull...
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
I pay attention, yes. a good song is always a good song, though, even if the production isn't too brilliant...
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
the only vinyls I have are parts of the dt collection, and first thing I do when I´ve bought an album is rip it into mp3s... so no preference, really.
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
most of the examples I come to think of are already mentioned. I'd like to add radiohead and anathema, especially the a natural disaster cover.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
not necessary, but I like the lyrics to be included, yes.
I got these three around the same time:
kent - verkligen
meat loaf - bat out of hell II: back into hell
nordman - s/t
2) Of which bands do you collect records especially, with all extras and possibly all releases?
dark tranquillity, I'm trying to get as complete a collection as possible. and I really would have liked to have the complete kent discography, but since I wasn't clever enough to get the singles "back then" that's not going to happen...
3) Which is your best buy ever, and why?
I'll have to say haven, since that was my first dt album.
4) Which was the worst disappointment after buying?
antimatter - saviour. the cd looks perfectly normal but actually contains nothing but lots ans lots of picture files sorted in folders like "balloons", "airshow", "food" and "flags". quite a surprise... and since it was from a mail order company in the us I just couldn't be bothered to place a complaint.
5) Tell your favourite happening connected to a CD/vinyl
can't come up with anything in particular.
6) Which record(s) has (have) the highest emotional value to you?
uhm, tough one. I tend to stick emotionally more to particular songs, but for me there's a nostalgical value to;
dia psalma - gryningstid
kent - verkligen
dark tranquillity - haven
blind guardian - the forgotten tales
7) And which has the highest material value?
probably the dt skydancer promo.
8) Your favourite CDs, if not identical with no 6)
all mentioned at no 6 plus (just listing spontaneously, now):
dt
pain of salvation - remedy lane, the perfect element
kent - hagnesta hill
anathema - a natural disaster
diary of dreams - freak perfume, one of 18 angels
paradise lost - host
lars winnerbäck - söndermarken
tiamat - wildhoney, prey
katatonia - viva emptiness
radiohead - hail to the thief, ok computer
the cure - disintegration
the sisters of mercy - vision thing, first and last and always
opeth - still life
I'm constantly discovering new music, though, so there are quite a lot of albums that I haven't had for enough time yet to say if I'll like them just as much when they've passed the "new and exciting" phase.
9) How much were you willing to pay for an item you crave for?
I could pay way too much for something I really want... I don't think I've ever been very much over 35 euros or so, though.
10) For which musician/band have you noticed the biggest difference between recording (-atmosphere) and live-gig?
the crüxshadows wasn't quite what I had hoped for. not that it was bad, I actually had a good time there - it just didn't get anywhere near the studio album quality, and the track list was kind of dull...
11) Do you pay attention to production/mix/mastering and the involved persons to the process?
I pay attention, yes. a good song is always a good song, though, even if the production isn't too brilliant...
12) What kind of sound: vinyl/CD/no preference?
the only vinyls I have are parts of the dt collection, and first thing I do when I´ve bought an album is rip it into mp3s... so no preference, really.
13) Tell an example of a fine connection between artwork and content
most of the examples I come to think of are already mentioned. I'd like to add radiohead and anathema, especially the a natural disaster cover.
14) Are lyrics a necessary element to the booklet or doesn´t it matter to you?
not necessary, but I like the lyrics to be included, yes.
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