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Post by stevielad on Nov 26, 2021 19:17:59 GMT
The marketing boys got me!!!
I haven't bought a single piece of physical media since I got my CA Streamer, but I just couldn't resist this baby. And it's a thing of visual and aural beauty.
Can I just point out that it's HMV that's celebrating it's 100-year anniversary, and not Emerson Lake & Palmer. Ta!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2021 19:27:53 GMT
I know seen it. Sorry just dont see the logic in buying a record for an ornament
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Post by stevielad on Nov 26, 2021 19:46:31 GMT
It's lovely. Sounds great, too.
You'll be kicking yourself when they've all gone. I got the very last one from HMV in Redditch today.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2021 19:48:22 GMT
It's lovely. Sounds great, too. You'll be kicking yourself when they've all gone. I got the very last one from HMV in Redditch today. Maybe so but i would not touch coloured vinyl with a barge pole & secondly i already have a new pressing so no real need for it. |
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Post by stevielad on Nov 26, 2021 19:52:16 GMT
You just can't have enough 'Pictures'. I've just checked, and I've got 4 other variants including the pink 'i' copy.
Tch!! What am I like, eh?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2021 20:27:51 GMT
You just can't have enough 'Pictures'. I've just checked, and I've got 4 other variants including the pink 'i' copy. Tch!! What am I like, eh? Ive got the Black Island copy which is my original, However i play the 2016 pressing. Ill get shut of the original when i get sorted out with the new record rack, space will be a premium why im very selective of what i buy & keep & if i dont play they will go Ta Ta. I have changed my tune a bit, immaculate condition takes preference over original pressing, the only original pressings i own are mint in every respect & the fact there is no present reissue, when one appears they then go. You do know its not just restricted to HMV, Amazon sell that white vinyl thats where i saw it. I have a serious aversion to colour vinyl. The GONG 'FLYING TEAPOT' & 'ANGEL EGG' i have are on Clear vinyl,{ 'YOU' never came back out on its own}, however if i had seen the box set that was out at the time with the three GONG trilogy albums pressed on black Vinyl i would have bought that & not wasted my money on the clear shite which is history when i can locate a mint set. Same with the two very expensive RSD GONG 'LIVE SHEFFIELD' & 'BATACLAN' LP's on shite coloured vinyl. that are history anyway i wont loose sleep no owning them, after all they are not part of the bands original discography & prime reason i will never entertain RSD again. Things like that should be restricted to CD imho. |
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Post by classicrock on Dec 1, 2021 9:21:04 GMT
Don't know about HMV 100 anniv but that white Pictures At An Exhibition is 50th Anniversary of it's release. Makes you feel old don't it! HMV probably charge more than Amazon in their shops. Certainly would rather have a decently mastered digital sourced reissue than an overpriced original that was beat up. The standard of vinyl reissues has certainly improved over the last few years but why can't there be more analogue sourced?
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Post by Westie on Dec 1, 2021 9:51:41 GMT
Don't know about HMV 100 anniv but that white Pictures At An Exhibition is 50th Anniversary of it's release. Makes you feel old don't it! HMV probably charge more than Amazon in their shops. Certainly would rather have a decently mastered digital sourced reissue than an overpriced original that was beat up. The standard of vinyl reissues has certainly improved over the last few years but why can't there be more analogue sourced? It would definitely be a selling point given that vinyl buyers are making a deliberate choice to steer as far clear of digital as they can. Not sure why the marketing bods haven’t cottoned onto that yet, |
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Post by classicrock on Dec 1, 2021 10:34:09 GMT
Don't know about HMV 100 anniv but that white Pictures At An Exhibition is 50th Anniversary of it's release. Makes you feel old don't it! HMV probably charge more than Amazon in their shops. Certainly would rather have a decently mastered digital sourced reissue than an overpriced original that was beat up. The standard of vinyl reissues has certainly improved over the last few years but why can't there be more analogue sourced? It would definitely be a selling point given that vinyl buyers are making a deliberate choice to steer as far clear of digital as they can. Not sure why the marketing bods haven’t cottoned onto that yet, With Jazz Universal did bite the bullet with their Blue Note Classic, Tone Poet and Acoustic Sounds series. In that genre it is now AAA overkill but they need to do the same with Classic Rock including all analogue Stones and Beatles stereo titles. Pretty much reliant on the odd AAA title from majors and the few that get licensed to the audiophile specialist labels. There hasn't been a wide choice of AAA rock since Classic Records closed. Chad at Acoustic Sounds has the plates for those titles if he could license them. Abbey Road studios seem to be obsessed with digital transfers cut at half speed at present. More about marketing as most new record buyers just want music on a vinyl disc rather than considering the quality of the source. Also hate the trend of producing multiple colour variations which help to clog up pressing capacity. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2021 10:48:42 GMT
Don't know about HMV 100 anniv but that white Pictures At An Exhibition is 50th Anniversary of it's release. Makes you feel old don't it! HMV probably charge more than Amazon in their shops. Certainly would rather have a decently mastered digital sourced reissue than an overpriced original that was beat up. The standard of vinyl reissues has certainly improved over the last few years but why can't there be more analogue sourced? It would definitely be a selling point given that vinyl buyers are making a deliberate choice to steer as far clear of digital as they can. Not sure why the marketing bods haven’t cottoned onto that yet. I tend to agree & im assuming its cheaper to do the Digital thang but going by a couple of all Analogue pressings i had last year they sound dull in comparison. I think the 2019 50th Anniversary of The YES debut album was Analogue, sounded so shite compared to my original i thought id gone deaf. I ended up buying the 2LP Music on Vinyl edition that i wasn't happy about being expanded edition but boy the sound quality was like night & day compared to that RSD edition. No im happy with these Digital produced Records with my old Vintage equipment, id probably say the opposite if i was using new gear that was more resolute. Digital LP done right can sound excellent. However ive had excellent sounding but poor surface noise like the 2010 DOORS debut LP i was listening to last night. As for buying different pressings of the same LP when they surface i just don't get. Im actually short of the three Coverdale Deep Purple LP's that i have actually seen in HMV on Purple Vinyl i just cannot find it in myself to buy them. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2021 10:58:57 GMT
I know someone who told me no matter how good a new pressing was he would not be seen dead buying them. He said if he had to pay a £1K for a totally mint 1st issue on an LP he would compared to the £25 re-issue. He's not a collector btw just a listener. I can totally & utterly see why cos i am the same but i don't have that kind of money & to try & locate my LP's in totally mint condition would take far too long but i do see his point, im forever comparing some of my 1st issues with the present re-issues noticing things in the sound that new editions don't possess in comparison.
Not Bank breaking but i have LP's i have or need just to complete collection that will never see a re-issue as original format hence im forced to source mint originals:
Black Sabbath - Attention Vol.1/2
Black Sabbath - Live at Last
Deep Purple - 24 Carat Purple
Deep Purple - The Deep Purple Singles A's & B's
Deep Purple - The Mark 2 Purple Singles
Deep Purple - Powerhouse
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - In Concert
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Best of
Jethro Tull - Living in the Past [UK Edition]
Jethro Tull - M.U. - The Best Of Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull - Repeat - The Best Of Jethro Tull - Vol. II
Jethro Tull - Live Bursting at the Seams
King Crimson - Earthbound
King Crimson - Young Person Guide to
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same 2LP format
Pink Floyd - The Best of
Yes - Yessongs
Van Der Graaf Generator - '68/'71
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 17:31:43 GMT
No word of a lie HMV at Meadowhall today must have had at least 15 copies of this piece of shite white vinyl edition.Even at half price they are they still wont sell.
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Post by Westie on Mar 23, 2022 13:51:45 GMT
HMV has all ways been a store I’ve struggled to like. I’ve rarely spent money there over the years.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2022 14:12:47 GMT
HMV has all ways been a store I’ve struggled to like. I’ve rarely spent money there over the years. Yeh me too. Personally i can see the issues everywhere but thats just me. Everyone has different taste in music but logic tells me catering mostly for Classic Rock instead of the utter shite that clearly does not sell as much as classic Rock by a large margin seems wrong. It Doesnt take a brain surgeon to see that Classic Rock music sells out straight away is what should be stocked more. The Pricing is also expensive to me. I think those ELP editions are not selling cos in all reality who the ferk wants that shite passed off as a collectors edition.  Collectors edition to me is hoarding junk cos people are so obsessed  There is a very thin line between collecting & hoarding. If you say have a Black Vinyl edition of a certain LP yet you have the compulsion to buy it again everytime a coloured edition, picture disc or what ever comes out, there is clearly something wrong isnt there? There has to be something going off upstairs with people other than what a record is actually bought for in the first place. |
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Post by classicrock on Mar 24, 2022 0:16:32 GMT
I can remember when HMV was a proper shop. You could get any record within reason. They even had a strong selection well into the CD era. Also you had the choice of Virgin and Our Price as well in those days. I think I probably bought more from Virgin over the years.
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Collectors edition to me is hoarding junk cos people are so obsessed 
There is a very thin line between collecting & hoarding. If you say have a Black Vinyl edition of a certain LP yet you have the compulsion to buy it again everytime a coloured edition, picture disc or what ever comes out, there is clearly something wrong isnt there? There has to be something going off upstairs with people other than what a record is actually bought for in the first place.