Record Buying

FFS Andr'e!!!!!

Listen up and listen GOOD!

I have an original UK Virgin issue of Phaedra - THE VERY SAME PHYSICAL RECORD THAT BLEW MY HEAD OFF BACK IN WHITSUN 1974 (I thought it was the Easter break, but not sure it was released then). My dear deceased friend gave me this very copy as it meant so much to me.

I PROMISE you the digital releases sound SIGNIFICANTLY clearer and with the 'definitive' ones some years back, a nasty edit or glitch was removed in the main piece before the climax starts to happen (oo-er missus). Latest issues put the proper ending on the title track (Jerome running around and shouting) rather than the beginning of the next one.

Take it or leave it mate, sorry to shout...

I have the Hades Box set. Although it maybe High Resolution with details never heard before but i also remember owning a 1st issue on Vinyl, Everything i hear on that Box set edition which is the same as the regular edition does not sound right, The Body to the music, the texture etc is missing leaving me with a colder experience than im used to wit the old Record.. The mind has a fantastic memory for sound & feeling.

Clarity & High Resolution are what plays games with people.They think cos they hear that it is top sound. When i talk to the Wife or anyone else, i do not hear them replying to me in false bright High Resolution sound.

Idiots are everywhere, about half the records I buy are problematic.

Done quite well this week. The three outta the six i bought have arrived & im happy with them, not a single mark on the playing surfaces. You can only expect no better than EX condition sleeves of old 70's issues these days but i can live with that not that i have any option.. 

Unless it's an artist I specifically collect, or it's an RSD, Speakers Corner or Mofi release, I'm done with record buying.....especially second-hand. It's a ferking mugs game.

Any pre-digital-era albums that I still want are bought on Japanese Mini LP/CD format. At least you know what you're getting, and there's no nasty surprises in store.

As for more-modern, contemporary releases.....why buy the vinyl version over CD? You're at least one generation further away from the masters, FFS.

What im getting very tired of is sellers using the vast stock in the warehouse bull shit. Theres no warehouses & a lot even have the stock besides them in a spare room or something you know like sellers that make out they are a company but nothing but a two bit one man band working from home LOL.

The day a seller is honest ill eat my hat, the prime objective is selling that record & sadly not being honest is the route they always take.

These day i give them the unlimatum, make sure its perfect before sending or it will be returned straight away. As for packing, theres mailers that will pretty much ensure a sucessful delivery & theres mailers that are guarenteed to be a failure, it does not take a brain surgeon to see which is which. this is their choice ofc.. same applies tho it goes back, it was up to them to offer insurance.

I pay good money for a brand new item that is perfect when leaving the manufacturer, i can easily buy second hand if it didnt want that. The reason im swapping out most my LP's is they are not in perfect condition cover wise.

Not only an OCD issue but i want these to be worth money when im gone, Like brand new fetches a lot more than knocked/defective condition LP's. Same with anything.