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From: "Mike Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk>
>I have so far stopped short of buying a new release on vinyl. I have 
>what maybe a skewed logic here.
>My feelings are that if something was recorded with the intention of 
>being released on a digital format,
>then that should be how I buy it.

I have to admit, I bought Elvis Costello's MOMOFUKU on vinyl in large 
part because of the novelty factor, but actually, the discs (heavy 
180-gram, only three songs per side a la METAL BOX) sound fantastic. 
The album itself is a goodie as well: he sounds like he's having more 
fun than he has in ages.

>Of more interest are the efforts of small, highly talented 
>individuals who have acquired the rights to master
>and release a whole number of classic albums on high quality vinyl - 
>Sundazed, Classic Vinyl and 4 men
>with beards to name a few. However, these tend to be very expensive 
>and done in limited runs, so the
>value/cost soars almost immediately. Therefore I've heard very few of 
>these and have only bought Love's
>"Forever Changes". Has anyone else heard any of these albums?

I own a few -- I bought the complete Electric Prunes catalogue on 
vinyl a few years ago.  They sound fine, but then, it's the Electric 
Prunes -- we're not talking late-era Steely Dan here in terms of 
careful audiophile-oriented recording sessions.  It can only sound so 
good.

I bought a live Sun City Girls LP at a gig here just the other night, 
actually.  Haven't had time to listen yet.

S