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| From | Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Question about vinyl (was My Top 20 for 2006) |
| Date | Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:23:53 -0600 |
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Michael,
The record store I frequent mostly deals in used LPs and 45s (as you
could guess), but in the front of the store they carry reissues ... most
of these are ‘audiophile’ pressings on 180-gram vinyl, but the ones that
aren't sound good -- they aren't like those flimsy RCA LPs I used to get
back in the 1980s. It appears to me that the companies that are actually
*bothering* to put out vinyl are doing it well.
Farrar
Michael Curry wrote:
> 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?
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