what was your last vinyl purchase?

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Originally posted by Kevin-W:
Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri
Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time (with the shield still intact - oh yes!)

Kevin

Two wonderful records - I think "Warrior" is Hawkwind's finest.

ROTF - Nice pair

Me -

Edge vs Structure

DS

Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine

That nice post man delivered The Magic Mushroom Band - R U Spaced Out 2.

Good stuff.

From local charity shop 3 LPs for a quid!

Mozart Horn Concertos 1-4 Dennis Brain / Karajan
Brahms Symphony no 3 Rudolf Kempe Berlin Phil.
Sibelius Violin Concerto Eugene Sarbu (Violin) Halle Orchestra
Sibelius Karelia Overture SNO Alexander Gibson
Franz Liszt Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Vienna Symph.
Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 Concertgebouw Orc. Haitink
Grieg Peer Gynt 1 & 2 The Philharmonia Orc Susskind
Handel Messiah Royal Liverpool Phil. Sargent
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Philharmonia Klemperer
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no.1 London Phil. Peter Katin
Tchaikovsky Symphonie No. 4 London Symph. Dorati
Tchaikovsky Symphonie No. 5 Scottish National Gibson
Tchaikovsky Symphonie No.1 Royal Phil. Dutoit
Mendelssohn Piano Cocertos No. 1 & 2 London Symph Collins
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Berlin Phil Karajan
Mozart Flute Concerti English Chamber Richard Adeney (Flute) Leppard
Mozart Symphony No. 40 & 41 London Phil Mackerras
Dvorak New World Symphony London Phil. Gibson & Staatskapelle Berlin Suitner
Albert Sshweitzer Plays Bach
Fernando Germani Organ Recital at Selby Abbey

Cannot go wrong at that price some are in mint condition, others may be recycled, but worth a spin.

Nic

I've just ordered Willie Nelson's "Stardust" on 180g vinyl from Elusive Disc. It was offered as a standard LP or four 45rpm LPs for an extra US$20. I chose the latter out of curiosity. I'm not certain, but I get the impression that although they are played at 45rpm, they are actually 12 inch size.

Does anyone have experience with this? Is there an audiophile reason for offering it as four 45rpm LPs?

Steve

12" 45 rpm is perfect soundwise. There is a reason is was the de facto standards in the nineties for clubmusic!!

Blackforest.

Cool! Can't wait for them to arrive.

Steve

Out of curiosity I bought 45rpm 'supercut' versions of two of my old favourite Three Blind Mice jazz records from the 70's (Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio, Midnight Sugar and Misty.)

They are each on two 12" discs and sound great, much more dynamic than the originals, which were pretty good themselves. Playing times are, ahem, not great, down to 6'39 per side.

Bazz

Do you know of any local mail order services for LPs? There are plenty in the US and UK but the delivery costs to Australia are horrific.

Steve

No I don't, unfortunately. I've been buying mail order from the US and what I can find locally new & s/hand in the shops.

Quality of the US stuff is very good, but with the exchange rate and freight, as you say, fairly pricey.

Bazz

Found one - Red Eye Records in Sydney http://www.redeye.com.au.

Steve

I was in there on Thursday, went through every LP in the shop, new and s/h, without success.

Now I think about it, I did have a dim awareness that they do mail order, but never bothered because there was more available o/s. Having a look now, their mail order list is more extensive than it was a few years ago, and certainly far above what they carry in the shop. I'll give them a go.

Bazz

Have you been to Audiophile Utopia in Chatswood? http://www.geocities.com/audiophile_utopia/ The owner's a guy from Hong Kong who knows his stuff and last time I went there (a few years ago) he had plenty of audiophile vinyl, particularly jazz.

Steve

No, that's a newie on me, I'll have a look next time I'm in town. Thanks for the tip.

Horsham market and charity shops produced:-
Wings - Band on the Run(better cover)
Carol King - Tapestry (copy No 3 ooops)
Hothouse Flowers - Home
Blondie - Parallel Lines
10CC - The Original Soundtrack (replaces cassette)
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin'
Robert Cray - Strong Pursuader

John Fahey - Red Cross (no 769 of 1,000 copies)
Mum - Yesterday was Dramatic, Today is OK
Neil Young - Prairie Wind

Steve

Linda Thompson - One Clear Moment from RR Berwick St
Lee Ritenour - Earth Run
Runrig - Transmitting Live
Vangelis - Spiral. From a record fair in Shepard's Bush.

Deep Purple's Machine Head on Rhino Vinyl.

Don't buy this pressing! It sounds as if someone's draped a blanket over your speakers.

Steve

Carly Simon - Best of... Vol 1 50p from Scope.

Howard

Several charity shop purchases:-
Chris Rea - The Road to Hell hopefully a better copy than the current one .
Brian Ferry - In Your Mind, These foolish Things and Another Time. For SWMBO. All look in very good condition although I haven't played them yet.

Howard

Crusaders - Street Life OK+ soft jazz.

Howard

Cat Power - The Greatest.

Brian

Picked up a few albums from a chap locally who was selling his record player and who, when I asked him, was also selling his vinyl collection. I got these for a total price of £17.00 including plastic covers and whsmith poly inners:

Bob Marley - Uprising + Natty Dread
The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
New Order - Power & Corruption, Brotherhood + Low-life
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper (with the insert!)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
Lone Justice - Lone Justice + Shelter
Little Feat - Down on the Farm

All spotlessly clean and sounding fantastic - should keep me busy for a little while.

Just played the Jerry Lee Lewis - live in Hamburg LP I got off ebay.

Blimey!!