New Vinyl

[djwhog]

Originally Posted by Catcher10

Let us know on these, specifically Styx from Friday Music. I have a couple from them and Joe Reagoso has done pretty good job. I have Yes~Close To the Edge and Boston~Don't Look Back.

Thanks in advance

Both are done very well, I have the Steven Wilson cut too, both are good maybe the Wilson cut is a tad brighter and for some a bad thing. But both are very good IMOP

[djwhog]

PS Should have posted this one back in April, it was a limited hand signed 180g cut from Peters web site. Plays better that the flac, MP3s or CD redbook, PS the Cd is good though and the others too, would say the CD is 2nd place record is #1

PS it is a 2 record set they are really really done well. I know there was a AXS tv special on Direct you can watch to get the idea, but that does not give the quality justice of course.

[Volks]

The Post just dropped off a big Vinyl set I been waiting for anxiously for ....Third Man Records--The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records Vol 1......I'm so excited to dig into this! It will take months to listen and read it all .......been waiting 4 years to get this one

This box set is massive .....some major info from TMR site :

The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932,’ this epic, two-volume omnibus of art, words and music housed in a limited-edition, hand-sculpted cabinet-of-wonder, to be jointly released by Jack White’s Third Man Records and John Fahey’s Revenant Records. ‘Volume One,’ covers the label’s improbable rise from 1917-1927.

By the time Paramount ceased operations in 1932, it had compiled a dizzying array of performers still unrivaled to this day, spanning early jazz titans (Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller), blues masters (Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House, Skip James), American divas (Ma Rainey, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters), gospel (Norfolk Jubilee Quartette), vaudeville (Papa Charlie Jackson), and the indefinable “other” (Geeshie Wiley, Elvie Thomas). Paramount would also directly influence the style of Robert Crumb and countless other 20th century artists and illustrators, through a series of hand-drawn ads promoting its releases in the pages of the Chicago Defender.

The ‘Rise and Fall’ wonder-cabinet gives equal status to page-turning narrative and new scholarship; original and newly created graphic art; industrial design; and compelling analog and digital music experiences. ‘Volume One’ contains the following:

* 800 newly-remastered digital tracks, representing 172 artists
* 200+ fully-restored original 1920s ads and images
* 6x 180g vinyl LPs pressed on burled chestnut colored vinyl w/ hand-engraved, blind-embossed gold-leaf labels, housed in a laser-etched white birch LP folio
* 250 page deluxe large-format clothbound hardcover art book
* 360 page encyclopedia-style softcover field guide containing artist portraits and full Paramount discography
* Handcrafted quarter-sawn oak cabinet with lush sage velvet upholstery and custom-forged metal hardware
* First-of-its-kind music and image player app, allowing user mgmt of all tracks and ads, housed on custom-designed USB drive

[mtroo]

That looks amazing. Good to see a Detroit guy make good.

[miner]

Originally Posted by scirica

I got the 33 1/3 version. Its a touch noisy, even after a good spin on the RCM. Fidelity wise it is excellent, as are the other two (digital) versions I have.

The Lost Highway version of Shelby Lynn's LP is notorious for being noisy. The Analog Reproductions version is better, but a bit noisy, too. This LP was recorded on master tape (analog) and you can hear a bit of tape bleed through on the first track, about 90 seconds in.

[miketuason]

Just got this, brand new for $99. I don't know if I paid too much but the owner of the vinyl store said it can cost a lot more and may become collector item. I thought it would be nice to have this since it's 1/1500 Also I remember when the movie first came out, Stereophile magazine wrote an article about the recording of the CD, something about one of the selection had a part that went down to like 18 hertz.