Records again
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:13:47 -0700, David wrote
(in article ):
"Audio Empire" wrote in message=20
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Very little new music is
released on LP these days, but if one reads the audio press, one would=
get
the impression that this is changing.
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Every newly released album I've bought in the last 10 years, excepting =
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minor labels/local bands, has been available on vinyl. You have to pay=
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more (about =EF=BF=BD12 - =EF=BF=BD16 on average, compared to =EF=BF=BD=
8-=EF=BF=BD10 for CD) but they=20
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all now pressed on very good quality vinyl at 180+ grams. No you can't=
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into your local music shop and buy it, it has to be ordered, but it is=20
available.
I guess this depends on the kind of music to which one listens. I listen=20
mostly to classical, along with some jazz. While there are hundreds of ja=
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and classical titles available as LPs, AFAICS, they're mostly all reissue=
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stuff from the fifties and sixties. Yes, they are all on 180 gram vinyl (=
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are on 200 gram), but I certainly haven't seen any new releases from thes=
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genres of music, although they might exist.=20
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Arny, just out of curiosity, what turntable(s) do you listen too?=20
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I could be wrong, but I get the impression from what Mr. Kruger has writt=
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here, that has several turntables and listens to none of them.=20
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