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Led Zeppelin I to IV the new Vinyl pressings

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Posted on September 17, 2020 at 23:26:18
Crebert
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Location: NSW - Australia
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 To those people who listen to this music,does anyone know if the new Re-issues of this band's first 4 Albums, are any good? I've had mixed results with re-issues. I have the first Cramps Album from a UK outfit, "Vinylissimo0" and it is awful, sounds as if mastered from the CD. It sounds better as a FLAC file thing compared to Album. Jimmy Page is supposed to have remastered those first 4 Albums, can anyone tell us if they're any good, sonically / and the sound generally. I'm thinking about getting Led Zeppelin II. I've got IV on Flac Files and it sounds pretty good. But plastic?? anyone know.
Thanks in Advance, Edward.

 

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RE: Led Zeppelin I to IV the new Vinyl pressings, posted on September 18, 2020 at 19:53:40
Goober58
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 I can rant on this topic but here's a link to someone who has it written lots of it down and listened to lots more than I have.

I'm thinking about searching out some of those early CDs he talks about.

 

RE: Led Zeppelin I to IV the new Vinyl pressings, posted on September 18, 2020 at 20:26:03
rivervalley817
 interesting web-site ... the presence of the colectivo graphics is for?

who are those people?

 

RE: Led Zeppelin I to IV the new Vinyl pressings, posted on September 18, 2020 at 23:46:35
Goober58
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 I don't know. I like the Zeppelin comparison.

I only bought the CDs of the remasters - I mean the work was all digital why would I expect the vinyl to sound as good as the CD? Too bad they've only included the first 3 remaster titles in the comparison.

 

RE: Led Zeppelin I to IV the new Vinyl pressings, posted on September 19, 2020 at 09:25:32
rivervalley817
 it's fascinating that our point of reference for so much of AOR music comes from riding in cars listening to 6X9 coaxial speakers carrying a truncated 50HZ > 15KHZ signal ... then if you're fortunate to see some of the acts / performances live the reference changes in your memory, but the rest remains 'auto acoustics' until you can throw a system together ... yet since you can't initially afford all the titles you like, or you never acquire them ... you see where this is going

at least it works that way for me

so I get remastered music that should sound better, technically it does, but it doesn't sound 'right' ... I suppose that's why 'vintage' gear remains a popular niche ...

with regards,

 

RE: Led Zeppelin I to IV the new Vinyl pressings, posted on September 19, 2020 at 17:48:25
Goober58
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 My quick take is that years back audiophile recordings of pop records sought to reveal more cowbell and air but in doing so they often f'd up drive and progression (ie. rhythm). To me that sucks - screwing the song so it "sounds better". These days (especially with, but not limited to 45 rpm) I'm hearing impressive sonic improvements that remain true to the original and at times I'm thinking the remastering engineers are actually improving upon the original.

For sure IMO the equipment I was listening to in my formulative years was crap. Car stereos, boomboxs and crap stereos always sound bad to me and there is no music I prefer listening to on that garbage. That said though, in spite of great effort on the part of some dealers, I tried to maintain getting great sound out of my core album collection as I upgraded audio equipment. It was truly amazing to me that people would tell me how crappy my records were because they sounded bad on the stereo gear they were trying to sell me. Unfortunately they had some success but ultimately I found dealers selling systems that actually sound really good with the pretty normal kind records in my collection.

 

RE: Led Zeppelin I to IV the new Vinyl pressings, posted on September 19, 2020 at 19:32:11
rivervalley817
 my [and pals] car systems weren't crap ... they sounded better than most home systems I heard back in the 60's & 70's ... a point of pride! we had car audio usually worth 3X the car

of course by 'most' I mean mom & pop's integrated Zenith Allegro player, an all-in-one with *gasp* speakers in a can pointed up at a funnel ... or RCA console, etc. ... nobody's parents I knew had tubes, or good sand gear, a good table etc.

but our older cousins and uncles did! ... it just took awhile before they'd make or take the time to let us listen ... anyway, just a comment about how musical memories are formed and influence the listener

with regards,


 

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