Vinyl Junkies …

Been lusting after these Aussie garage boxsets for what must be five years, was at home sick all last week and in a moment of weakness I finally pulled the trigger... Very happy I did, TBH I was very surprised they were still in print... 10 X 45s in each box, killer after killer and they sound fantastic... 10/10

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I'm skeptical of the all analogue "movement" as I believe that the science of digitisation is at least equal to the engineering challenge of analogue reproduction.

However, I've had this on CD forever and have to say that the Analogue Productions / Quality Record Pressing is absolutely sublime.

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Picked up my (pre-ordered months ago - actually forgot that I had) re-issue of 'Silent Shout' by The Knife today. One of my favourites. Glad I pre-ordered it - they only managed to get one copy in, so I'd imagine it's fairly limited.

Mine shipped last week. Should be waiting with the neighbours when I’m back from France tomorrow. Hope the pressing is good.

Went to Brixton today to check universal roots and others. Jah Ligwa is a top bloke and has a great vibe/shop.

A bit late to the party but I can't get enough of this record. Sounds almighty - Nat Birchall meets Al Breadwinner feat Vin Gordon

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Absolutely love that, just ordered a copy, thanks for sharing it!

The ten inch is really good also.

Anyone with clues on where to buy a big foam block in London (East) needs to be off the high street/markets, its for reducing noise for big soundsystem and a turntable, using tennis balls + bricks atm.

Not sure about your area but you could search for upholsterers. They usually have a few different types and thicknesses.

Thanks man, sorted now.

Come down on Sunday if you can mate, soundsystem will be set up in Gillett Square, Dalston. Details.

Sounds like you're sorted now, but the wonderfully named Pentonville Foam and Rubber Products could help: http://www.pentonvillerubber.co.uk/

Finally got some 3D printed command strip record holders sorted - tricky to fit evenly in a Victorian house with uneven everything, but pretty happy with them. Now just need to decide which records to display...

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We have similar tastes. Haven’t had a chance to spin the new Alice Coltrane yet - it arrived just before i went on holiday. How’s the pressing?

that alice coltrane record is amazing. still don't understand why they didn't reissue a version in its original guise tho

In general it sound pretty good but not blown away by the pressing, there's some noise on the first side that shouldn't be there - going to swap for another copy to see if it's just my version.

The music itself is expectedly fantastic.

Thanks. Hoping for a good pressing.

Love the album itself but only managed to listen to it streaming so far.

Hopefully got an hour on Friday afternoon to play whist I’m working.

Thanks, I'll try and get there on Sunday.

@Bettini Do you have an image of those brackets? Really liking that idea.

Got them from here, which has a few close-ups: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/911997959/record-display-shelf-wall-mounted-vinyl

The finish is a bit "3D printed" but you wouldn't notice unless you're pretty close up

yeah it's odd. I've not bought it for that reason.

they could even have just included the original recording as a digital download with the reissue - all very odd

context, for others:

But her first devotional release, 1982’s Turiya Sings, has always been the hardest to find. It was only ever available on cassette, except for a bootleg German CD. Which is too bad, because it’s a great record. Her synth and Wurlitzer organ are combined with harp and strings, and she sings in Sanskrit, but with a gospel-ish flavor. Now, Turiya Sings has been reissued… sort of. Coltrane’s son Ravi has found tapes of the basic tracks, before the strings and synthesizers were added, and released it. It’s nice; it has an intimate feel, like you’re in her house and she’s playing these songs just for you. Her voice is soft and maternal, and the organ swells all around. But this isn’t the finished product. After John Coltrane died, Alice released Infinity, an album on which she took recordings by his quartet and filled out the arrangements with strings, new keyboard solos, and in some cases overdubbed bass, replacing Jimmy Garrison with Charlie Haden. A lot of people bitched about the strings, but Coltrane herself responded, “‘Were you there? Did you hear [John’s] commentary and what he had to say?’ … We had a conversation about every detail; [John] was showing me how the piece could include other sounds, blends, tonalities and resonances such as strings.” Similarly, the strings and synths were key to Turiya Sings’ power, sending the music into wild otherworldly realms, and bringing it back down to earth this way feels a little like an attempt to sand down Alice Coltrane’s edges, so she can be “appreciated” instead of respected for what she was: a sonic visionary who made music in service of the divine.

apparently the issue is:

On a more technical level, according to a label representative, the original Turiya Sings remains formally unreleased because the Coltrane family has never found its master synthesizer recordings. What Coltrane’s son Ravi did find—around the time of his mother’s final album, 2004’s miraculous Translinear Light—were 1981 recordings she made of Turiya Sings featuring only her voice and Wurlitzer electric organ, an instrument that she once said came to her in a divine vision. (“In one meditation… the precise instrument I should get was revealed to me,” she said in an interview. “I didn’t need to do any research; it was just conveyed to me.”) These pared-back tracks of Coltrane’s most minimal music are now released as Kirtan: Turiya Sings, like seeds of the cassette that also, in some sense, expand it.

as I say, don't get me wrong - the reissued TS is a great thing in its own right. tempted to pick up a vinyl copy myself actually

Looks cool. 3500 quid not so cool.

https://www.technics.com/uk/products/grand-class/turntables/sl-1210g.html

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Marginal gains innit :)

They do come up second hand below that price. Is it just that they've released a black one? I've only seen the silver ones in the last few years.

Are they just cashing in on the GAE market has a magnesium tonearm.

Honestly tho I don't know the difference with all the models just looks cool.

It has a brass deck with significant extra damping, fancy tonearm, special direct drive motor. There are plenty of decks in that price range. I would like one but won't pay retail. Not sure if there are people out there spending significant amounts on decks with small record collections but that wouldn't make much sense to me. On the other hand if you have a lot of money in records this might not seem like such a big outlay. Will last a lifetime too.