What S The Problem With New Vinyl Pressings

By ben rayner.

What s the problem with new vinyl pressings.

In the early 90s i was paying 15 20 for a cd. He s watched enough vinyl pressings of albums by. Has anyone else had a similar problem. I ve vented on this subj.

The only pressings that i can say good things about are mfsl. Perfect panning and a delicately balanced mix allow the deep grooves and even deeper emotions to come forward in equal measure. New vinyl pressings of the nightfly skipping. I agree many new pressings are a disappointment either in pressing quality or sound.

New vinyl inflation adjusted isn t that bad. Remember the two main culprits the setup and the record and that more often than not it is a turntable or environmental issue when it is a brand new record. The only problem i encountered was a lot of skipping at the same places throughout the record s title track. To celebrate what would have been bob s 70th birthday all of his albums for island records have been faithfully reproduced in fresh new 180g pressings but natty dread has the most compelling 1970s sound quality.

Find a wide variety of vinyl records to add to your collection. Rip v s other machines were split. Before so i ll try not to wax on too much but it s the main reason i don t buy much vinyl anymore. When in doubt play the record on a friend s turntable or record shop to rule out the vinyl itself.

Shop your favorite lps and albums and receive free shipping with your b n membership. Its remaining presses to a plant being built in new jersey. The machines that press vinyl records are decades old and no one s building new ones so keeping up with increased demand. Inflation for that 30 year period is a touch over 100.

But if there s one problem with the vinyl resurgence it might be this. I picked up a newly pressed packaged record of the nightfly the other day and it sounds and plays great. We hope this article has provided guidance on why your new vinyl record is skipping. Pylon announce box set featuring first vinyl pressings of gyrate chomp in 35 years quadruple lp collection also boasts 18 previously unreleased tracks and a book with contributions from r e m.