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The list is out .

Silly Sisters , Jackson c Frank and Strawbs of interest to me .

There's some Grateful Dead stuff for die hards who are also into vinyl.

Don't all rush at once.   :D ;D

For me, the whole thing is a complete charade nowadays.  I've long since given up on new vinyl.  

Think we discussed this before David.  You seem to speak from profound disappointment.

Probably the first time I've ever been 'on message'.  I'm very 2026 at last....

Same. I'm mildly interested in the Todd Rundgren, the Pink Floyd, and The Doors releases, but I won't be buying any of them.

Jules

Wish i had your  certainty Jules.

I'm already tring to talk myself out of buying a couple of RSD  items on my shortlist.  ;)

I got my Strawbs LP, but  this year that was the only thing i succeeded in purchasing on the day.  Online tomorrow, then.

Did anyone else- gasp -  buy a record?  I still find it fun.

Online today, in fact.  £60 or so.  Depends how much value you put on the time you spent queueing I guess.  

Fwiw, I actually bought my first vinyl in years the other day (because the band I wanted to hear/own don't have product in any other form - Fflaps, a Cymraeg band)

Interesting.

Actually i read a good thing on a fbk page today and fleetingly considered  forwarding it to you but  it was long and i wasn't sure it'd be.of interest. It could have been titled  'why so many vinyl re issues sound ****' but it wasn't.   And the problem isn't confined to reissues.

Not to mention that a lot of the "remastered" reissues aren't from first generation recordings and suffer as a result. Several of the remastered reissues are reportedly quite dire, with dropouts and inconsistent volumes of instrumentation, as I've discovered very recently.

Yes that"s true.

Another major factor is the way the phenomenon  dubbed 'the loudness wars'   is also prevalent  on vinyl  records  , having been  waged on new and reissued CDs  for some years. LPs are commonly  mastered from a digital source. This needn"t be so bad   but extreme compression is used, and the overall  volume is jacked up. This foregrounsds some information, and the initial effect on the listener is impressive. But after a few minutes it"s dreadful- fatiguing  and depressing. There's no real nuance or contrast. EVERYTHING  sounds  TOO LOUD.
This sound is designed for  earbuds , blue tooth , etc. -  short term listening.  For people who want to  sit and enjoy the richness and detail of an album on at least a half decent system, it's  audio death.

i got the Horslips Winterland LP, bought online, had to really since it was released on my birthday. Ive not heard it yet.  To listen to it will involve much moving of hardware and wires. :-X

Get that turntable running Jim .  🙂