What's the best sounding VU & N vinyl?
What's the best sounding VU & N vinyl?
What's the best sounding (non-peelable) VU & Nico LP pressing? I have my turntable set up upstairs and have been listening to vinyl, but don't have this album on LP. If I'm going to buy it, I wonder which pressing is best. The original peelable ones go sky-high, so they're outta the question. I keep seeing these "audiophile 180g" pressings on ebay, but figure they are just pirates sourced from the CDs. Someone on here said the mono ones weren't very good, but how about the stereo? Btw, if anyone has an extra VU & N LP lying around (any pressing, but must be in nice playing condition) that they'd wanna trade, I have tons of rare Lou/VU on CDR, cassette & DVD. Send me a private messege. Also looking for the 3rd LP.
JAPANESE ISSUES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST PRESSINGS AFTER THE ORIGINAL´S (USA, CANADA ,UK & GERMAN), BUT PROBABLY YOU WOULD PAY SIMILAR FOR A JAP THAN FOR AN USA ORIGINAL.
THERE ARE COPIES OF THE USA ORIGINAL WHICH ARE QUITE CHEAP (LOOK FOR PEELED BANANA-NO EMERSON AND THE PRICE SHOULD BE FINE -AT EBAY TODAY YOU HAVE AN STEREO COPY WITH 90% O THE BANANA AND NO EMERSON AT $9.99)
GROOVES ON THOSE ORIGINAL PRESSINGS USE ALMOST ALL ROOM AVAILABLE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RECORD, WHEN LATER ISSUES ARE "COMPRESSED" GIVING MORE "UNUSED VYNIL" FROM THE FINAL GROOVE TILL THE LABEL.
GOOD LUCK
THERE ARE COPIES OF THE USA ORIGINAL WHICH ARE QUITE CHEAP (LOOK FOR PEELED BANANA-NO EMERSON AND THE PRICE SHOULD BE FINE -AT EBAY TODAY YOU HAVE AN STEREO COPY WITH 90% O THE BANANA AND NO EMERSON AT $9.99)
GROOVES ON THOSE ORIGINAL PRESSINGS USE ALMOST ALL ROOM AVAILABLE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RECORD, WHEN LATER ISSUES ARE "COMPRESSED" GIVING MORE "UNUSED VYNIL" FROM THE FINAL GROOVE TILL THE LABEL.
GOOD LUCK
). Thanks for the help, guys.
Interesting about the compressing of the later issues. What issue did this start? Wonder why they would do that? VU & N is already a pretty long album for an LP, then they don't even use all of the available vinyl. I've been closely watching VU & N originals for a few weeks now and they all end up going for more than I wanna pay. Even the peeled ones, actually. I'm sure that $9.99 one will close for some where around 10x that.
British pressings, I may check that out. I have an original US WL/WH and while I love the sound on side 2, side 1 isn't as good and there is a background noise even though the vinyl has no marks. I think it's probably the quality of the vinyl/pressing. I also have a CD-R of VU & N mono LP that I got from a guy in the UK that sounds great, but there's every chance he used a US pressing. Not sure.
I'm gonna stay away from the 80's "digitally remastered" ones unless I could get it dirt cheap. I'd probably prefer one of those pirated 180g pressings as it comes from a digital mastering, but a much better one (I've been told the '96 CD is the source). I also see where there was an official Simply Vinyl 180g pressing, bet that sounds nice.
Interesting about the compressing of the later issues. What issue did this start? Wonder why they would do that? VU & N is already a pretty long album for an LP, then they don't even use all of the available vinyl. I've been closely watching VU & N originals for a few weeks now and they all end up going for more than I wanna pay. Even the peeled ones, actually. I'm sure that $9.99 one will close for some where around 10x that.
British pressings, I may check that out. I have an original US WL/WH and while I love the sound on side 2, side 1 isn't as good and there is a background noise even though the vinyl has no marks. I think it's probably the quality of the vinyl/pressing. I also have a CD-R of VU & N mono LP that I got from a guy in the UK that sounds great, but there's every chance he used a US pressing. Not sure.
I'm gonna stay away from the 80's "digitally remastered" ones unless I could get it dirt cheap. I'd probably prefer one of those pirated 180g pressings as it comes from a digital mastering, but a much better one (I've been told the '96 CD is the source). I also see where there was an official Simply Vinyl 180g pressing, bet that sounds nice.
Last edited by rnranimal on 03 Aug 2005 05:06, edited 1 time in total.
WL/WH seems to be the only Simply Vinyl I still see around. There's one now on Ebay for $35 buy it now. I have the MFSL CDs, but can only play vinyl on my upstairs system and have been on a vinyl kick lately. My living room digital surround sound setup just doesn't sound as good for music. Guess it would just be cheaper to buy a used CD player to put upstairs than to re-buy the same stuff I already have on CD.
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beware the simply vinyl reissues. they are notorious for using digital copies of source tapes instead of the analog tapes they claim to use. this isn't just a rumor, most of the 'audiophile' community think they're a joke.
if you really want to hear the first two albums, i'd pick up the mfsl reissues and hold out for originals. you can occassionally find them cheap on ebay if the covers are junk and the vinyl is good.
something else to consider is getting a vpi 16.5 record cleaning machine. they work wonders for vinyl. i've brought back tons of records from the dead. and beat up records are cheap!
if you really want to hear the first two albums, i'd pick up the mfsl reissues and hold out for originals. you can occassionally find them cheap on ebay if the covers are junk and the vinyl is good.
something else to consider is getting a vpi 16.5 record cleaning machine. they work wonders for vinyl. i've brought back tons of records from the dead. and beat up records are cheap!
That's a shame about the Simply Vinyl issues. Thanks for the heads-up. If you mean the MFSL CDs, I have those. They didn't also do any VU LPs, did they?
I'll look into the record cleaner, though right now I'm quite happy with the sound of most of my LPs. Can a cleaning machine really do anything for scratched records, though? Of course I don't mean deep scratches, but scuffs and light scratches seem to be the source of any background noise on my LPs (aside from WL/WH). All my visually nice records play equally as well (again, aside from WL/WH). And the few dirty, but non-scratched ones I've bought cleaned up fine with a water/alcohol solution and lint free brush.
I'll look into the record cleaner, though right now I'm quite happy with the sound of most of my LPs. Can a cleaning machine really do anything for scratched records, though? Of course I don't mean deep scratches, but scuffs and light scratches seem to be the source of any background noise on my LPs (aside from WL/WH). All my visually nice records play equally as well (again, aside from WL/WH). And the few dirty, but non-scratched ones I've bought cleaned up fine with a water/alcohol solution and lint free brush.
Re: What's the best sounding VU & N vinyl?
You should have a look at this...rnranimal wrote: Also looking for the 3rd LP.
http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Velvet-Undergro ... dZViewItem
...or build your own!Anonymous wrote:something else to consider is getting a vpi 16.5 record cleaning machine. they work wonders for vinyl.
http://www.teresaudio.com/haven/cleaner/cleaner.html
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