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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
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 Posted - 01/09/2004 : 00:16:25
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I have been turntable-less for over three years now, and in that time have managed to accumulate a good amount of vinyl. My girlfriend has let me borrow her turntable since she doesn't have much use for it right now (she basically lives with me anyway), and so now it's like I've got a whole bunch of new records to listen to, and am also enjoying listening to records that I haven't been able to listen to for quite some time, like Afghan Whigs "Black Love," Beck's "Mutations," Funkadelic's eponymous debut, The Frogs "My Daughter the Broad," and the original version of Zappa's "Cruisin' With Ruben and the Jets." Right now, I'm listening to Pink Floyd's "The Wall." I think it's the first time I've heard it on vinyl, and I must say, Floyd hasn't sounded this good in a long time for me. I'd grown tired of them, espeically Comfortably Numb, which just happened to start playing as I typed the title, but on vinyl it just seems new, fresh, official. The sound is just better. I really want to get the double LP of Teenager of the Year on vinyl. My photography teacher has that. I think it's a Japanese Import. He's a complete audio snob, a vinyl fanatic. Vinyl really is the way to go, except for convenience, durability, and mobility. CDs work great for taking in the car or letting someone borrow them, but the intimacy level is lost; the artwork is tiny, the music is in digital format, which is somewhat cold and sterile... I'm starting to sound like a character from a film like High Fidelity or a Woody Allen character. Yeah, all in all, as long as I can hear the song, it's not too important what format it's in, vinyl, CD, cassette... whatever. But vinyl will definitely always have the best sound.
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