New record day

[YNWaN]

Got this yesterday:

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[sq225917]

Got the new Ryan Adams today, doesn't sound rapey at all!

[hifiaf]

Do you think there's time for him to get that endorsement into his press pack?

[sq225917]

I'd imagine he'd be all over it. Though isn't that what got him into trouble in the first place...

[VTA]

Love Clan of Xymox, most any 4AD to be honest!

I found my box of 45's this past week (was so worried they were lost for good). They are a pain to clean on the vacuum cleaner but every one is getting a wash. I will get a list of them up in a day or so as I think there might be some forgotten gems of our youth that some of you might be happy to remember.

[YNWaN]

I’m looking forward to what singles you have. I’m also a big 4AD fan .

[hifiaf]

Another reason for my recent interest in mono -- this new Serge Gainsbourg set.

His first 8 LPs (and a bonus disc), half-speed mastered at Abbey Road. If you read French, everything you need to know is here: https://vinylcollector.store/blogs/news ... oi-ca-sert

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I'm a massive Gainsbourg fan, and I particularly love the early stuff (and, wow, can you beat that cover art?), so I couldn't pass this up. I've never heard the mono mixes, and the originals (many of them 10") are serious collectors' items, in the $500-1000+ range, so I was very happy to be able to get good versions of them for a reasonable price. (I paid 150 euros for the box, ordered from Amazon.fr -- a limited edition, apparently, so get 'em while you can.)

The discs in my box are all dead-flat, pressed by MPO on 180g vinyl.

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Because of the aforementioned prices and the lack of any decent reissues, I have never heard any of these records on vinyl before. First impressions of the mono are very good, up there with the better-sounding mono records I've heard. Nothing particularly special compared to better stereo discs, but they do make me all the more curious to try out a mono cartridge at some point...

[YNWaN]

I’ve just had this delivered: Keaton Henson ‘Monument’

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1381/ ... 1603450434

It’s on double white vinyl. I’m not sure how it’s a double album though because there don’t seem to be enough tracks - perhaps they are very long songs.....

Oh, be warned, this is not a terribly ‘uplifting’ record....

[YNWaN]

Hmm.... I’ve just had a look at the vinyl and it appears the tracks are just well spaced apart - there are only three tracks to a side and it’s still 33.3rpm. I’ve have a listen later (got to do some CAD now).

[reffc]

Thanks to Chris's visit yesterday to set up his TT, I have two LPs waiting to be delivered now after hearing his:

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Double LP on Ltd release red vinyl.

and this one

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Another double album, superbly mastered.

Lambchop, "Nixon" and "is a woman"