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Through hard experience I've found that with
recordings of this vintage, it really pays to find
sealed, unplayed copies even if one has to wait for
them to show up on eBay and even if one has to pay
more. There were a *lot* of bad phono playback
systems in the late 60s, and even one play through
some of them could audibly damage the vinyl.
Finally, after doing this a hundred times or so I have
to observe that the audio quality of the run of the
mill vinyl from that era was pretty bad. It got a lot
better starting in mid-1969, probably because a new
generation of disc cutters was just coming on line.
I find
incomprehensible the affection that some people
evidently have for the audio quality of vinyl from
that era.
Bob Orban
I don't find a whole lot to disagree with here.
Except when you start free-associating with the usual
vinylista propaganda about certain LPs sounding more
realistic than any CD.
What does that have to do with your quote?
There
was a lot of junk out there, as there is presently in
digital.
The difference is that the junk problem with the LP
could never be adequately solved. The junk problem with
CDs is simply that there's no accounting for taste.
Whatever. There are bad LPs and there are bad CDs. So?
Just about all Columbia and DGG was very bad in
the 60s. A shame considering the performances they
recorded. Most of Mercury, Decca, EMI, Harmonia Mundi,
and much of RCA sounded terrific on the other hand.
Still had the usual litany of vinyl noises, distortion
and coloration.
And many sounded more like music than any CD I've heard.
Jen, even with the usual litany of vinyl noises, distortion
and coloration? I seriously doubt it. More like you're a hopeless romantic,
as demonstrated by how you throw good money after bad for overpriced vinyl
players.
That's based on the highest authority for the purposes of
my music listening: my ears.
No doubt damaged by exposure to too much live music way too loud.