[bird72]

Bird "Mr Analog" 72 here to weigh in.................

Yes, "New" vinyl is being reissued on old classic recordings and in the case of new releases is being released new on vinyl along with the digital mediums.

The Good:
High grade reissues of analog done on heavy vinyl and mastered carefully analog all the way and quality pressed. OK, simple enough.

The Bad on old reissues:
There is a risk here of two things. One is the cardinal sin for analog freaks. That is a remix done somehow where digital technology was used. The second part of this is remixes in general are often worse than the original, and the original sound is lost. It is redone to suit what someone thinks is what people in 2015 want to hear (aka punchy aka compression, and then lots of bass, with a resulting mid range loss).

The myth on new releases on vinyl (usually):
It is smoke and mirrors gimmicktry at it's best here. Releases issued on vinyl to please the newfound record people (young generation) who like the sound, the graphics, the big format, etc of vinyl...... But the problem often is: Music performed (analog) is recorded and mixed digitally. Then it is reformatted analog and pressed on vinyl. You have an A to D to A thing happening. Once you go through a digital process, you lose it (the ambience and sound of analog). Vintage records are pure A to A (don't play them through a techy home theater deal, vintage gear required pure analog again).

Side note (good news) there is a cult resurgence of recording music analog again. There are bands carting around old 16 track Studer consoles on the road

My fun in vinyl is hard to find scores, great condition ones (they are out there) and "the hunt"...... multi hundreds here and adding.... storage becomes a secondary subject

Vinyl and Reel to Reel Forever here man......................

[Alvin]

Couldn't find the vinyl record radio program heard Wednesday, but these are still on topic and interesting http://www.npr.org/tags/146206667/vinyl-records

Although I did purchase a AT-LP 120 USB Turntable & Shure M97x Cartridge & Needle, set up alignment gauges, original "DiscWasher" cleaning kit, etc.; few yrs ago I discovered a remembrance of how short time wise each side of an LP is and having to flip it over to play the other 15 mins - what a hassle!

And forget about recording and converting same sounds I can play from Pandora...or CD's

Still fun to look through Record Racks @ 1/2 Priced Books (used) stores and new offerings.

[Alvin]

Check out this " DUAL GROOVE ULTRA LP & VINYL HOLOGRAM @ 33, 45 & 78 RPM" thread that was new in 2014 http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...ht=Dual+groove

Originally Posted by Alvin

Check this retro format - Vinyl LP - packed with current tech features:

Jack White's LAZARETTO ULTRA LP & VINYL
Over the past 5 years Jack & Third Man Records have brought to life many ideas that were new to the century-old vinyl format. Today they unveil the Lazaretto ULTRA LP:

- 180 gram vinyl
- 2 vinyl-only hidden tracks hidden beneath the center labels
- 1 hidden track plays at 78 RPM, one plays at 45 RPM, making this a 3-speed record
- Side A plays from the outside in
- Dual-groove technology: plays an electric or acoustic intro for “Just One Drink” depending on where needle is dropped. The grooves meet for the body of the song.
- Matte finish on Side B, giving the appearance of an un-played 78 RPM record
- Both sides end with locked grooves
- Vinyl pressed in seldom-used flat-edged format
- Dead wax area on Side A contains a hand-etched hologram by Tristan Duke of Infinity Light Science, the first of its kind on a vinyl record
- Absolutely zero compression used during recording, mixing and mastering
- Different running order from the CD/digital version
- LP utilizes some mixes different from those used on CD and digital version

Watch Jack and Ben Blackwell discuss and demonstrate the ULTRA LP features below.

http://youtu.be/i-8B-_Jq2ro

Amazing modern and previous artistic tech melding here.