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| From | "Michael Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk> |
| Subject | Re: Question about vinyl (was My Top 20 for 2006) |
| Date | Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:49:46 +0000 |
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John,
Nice to see a vinyl list. Just a question. When I was in the midst of
gradually moving from buying vinyl records to CD's in the late 80's / early
90's, it was clear to me that record companies and their pressing plants
were using a poorer grade of vinyl than had been the case in the past, no
doubt to hasten the move over to CD. Has the quality improved now that it is
clear that a hardcore number of people will still purchase their albums on
vinyl, and a decent amount can still be charged? Any one else noticed if
this is the case?
Mike.
>From: "Hastie, John" <HASTIE_J@sunybroome.edu>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>CC: <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
>Subject: My Top 20 for 2006
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:01:50 -0500
>
>Hello all,
>Somehow I managed to purchase a lot of music released in 2006 and had
>the happy task of winnowing it down to a top 20. I cheated a little by
>adding a top 10 vinyl list! Anyway, here's what I liked in 2006:
>
>1) Wisely - Parador (Not Lame)
>2) The Format - Dog Problems (The Vanity Label)
>3) Damone - Out Here All Night (Island)
>4) The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home (Universal)
>5) Chris Brown - Now That You're Fed (self released)
>6) The Now People - The Last Great 20th Century Love Affair (Bird Song)
>7) Marty Rudnick - More Songs About Cars & Girls (Sandbox) (produced by
>the amazingly nice guy, Michael Carpenter)
>8) Hem - Funnel Cloud (Waveland)
>9) The Nines - Calling Distant Stations (T.A.S. Gold)
>10) Roger Joseph Manning, Jr - The Land of Pure Imagination (w/3 song
>EP) (Cordless)
>11) Monkeeman - s/t (El Muto)
>12) Parallax Project - Perpetual Limbo (Tallboy)
>13) Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)
>14) Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (Open Wide)
>15) Willie Nile - Streets of New York (2:59)
>16) Michael Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire! (Anti-)
>17) The Charms - Strange Magic (Wicked Cool)
>18) World Record - Guitars Forever (Tallboy)
>19) Sparks - Hello Young Lovers (In the Red)
>20) Be Your Own Pet - s/t (Ecstatic Peace)
>
>And for the "old school", the following is my Top 10 releases I bought
>on VINYL!
>1) Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)
>2) Sparks - Hello Young Lovers (on beautiful WHITE vinyl) (In the Red)
>3) Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am... (Domino)
>4) Guillemots - From the Cliffs (double 10" vinyl!) (Fantastic Plastic)
>5) Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You (4AD)
>6) Josh Rouse - Subtitulo (Bedroom)
>7) The Living End - State of Emergency (Adeline)
>8) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (Interscope)
>9) Jennifer O'Connor - Over the Mountains, Across the Valley...
>(Matador)
>10) My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me the Workhorse (Asthmatic Kitty)
>
>Favorite CD's I purchased from bands that I saw at the Boston IPO 2006:
>Kickbacks - Motel Stars (Peeled Label)
>Minky Starshine & the New Cardinals - Hooray for L.A. (produced by Ken
>Stringfellow!) (Lovestruck)
>The Cautions - Proceed with... (self released)
>The Fadeouts - s/t (Naked Ear)
>Coley - Crossing the Rubicon (Gamer)
>Naomi Star - Sunshine Girl (Pleiades)
>
>Guilty Pleasure: Pink - I'm Not Dead (especially "Leave Me Alone (I'm
>Lonely)" produced by Butch Walker!)
>
>Favorite CD's from years before 2006 that I finally heard in 2006:
>James Guffie - So Much for Secrets (Guflain)
>Wheat - Per Second, Per Second...Every Second (Aware)
>The Bigger Lovers - Honey in the Hive (Yep Roc)
>Butterfly 9 - s/t (m/f vocals with Michael Carpenter on drums!) (GCG)
>
>Favorite songs not on any of the above:
>P Hux - "Dozers Away" (from "Mile High Fan " (Not Lame))
>David Mead - "Chatterbox" (from "Tangerine" (Tallulah))
>
>Looking forward to the 10th anniversary of IPO in Los Angeles - anyone
>else planning on going and staying at the Orchid Suites?
>
>And I'm looking forward to much more great music in 2007 (and lots from
>previous years that I have not yet had the pleasure to hear!)
>
>Pop on!
>John
>
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