Jimmy on Vinyl

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If you have ever wondered what Jimmy's songs sound like on his original vinyl lp's here are a couple of samples I found on Youtube. The two are songs are Grapefruit JuicyFruit and He Went to Paris from the album A White Sportcoat and a Pink Crustacean. According to the person who uploaded the two tracks to Youtube they are from a PROMO copy of the album's original ABC/Dunhill Vinyl LP.

[surfpirate]

Vinyl trumps CDs and MP3s 9 ways to Sunday.

Both on audio and the overall music buying experience (album cover art, etc.)

See also this thread from February 2008 ..... An Open Letter to the CD/MP3 Generation ……

[dnw]

Those songs sound wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

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The quality and richness put the CD's version to shame IMO.

[dnw]

The quality and richness put the CD's version to shame IMO.

[pbans]

I love vinyl so much.....everything about it. I'm so glad I am a hoarder and kept all of mine. Those old whopper wrappers will probably come in handy someday too.

[Ambition At Bay]

Yup...I listen to all my pre-Floridays vinyl's all the time.

[East Texas Parrothead]

I love vinyl so much.....everything about it. I'm so glad I am a hoarder and kept all of mine. Those old whopper wrappers will probably come in handy someday too.

wPBs.

[baybound]

Those of us who grew up on vinyl LP's will know what I mean when I say, there is nothing like the anticipation & exciting of driving to the the local music store & bringing home a LP. Most of us would sit for hours in front of the stereo flipping through the liner notes & photos that came w/ many LP's. As silly as this may sound, the feel of holding a newly released LP jacket was something special, something a CD will never have.

Along this line..our oldest daughter took many of my old JB album covers which had faded over the years, put them in picture frames, and made a very cool JB theme room to their Florida home.

[bravedave]

Can't clean a nickel in a jewel box.
(If you understand this, you probably grew up in the seventies)

[BeachBumJim]

Can't clean a nickel in a jewel box.
(If you understand this, you probably grew up in the seventies)

gPHmta
My sister got rid of her turntable and gave me what Buffett she had.
I've got some doubles.

No seeds.

[Wino you know]

I've got them all (except for "Down To Earth") on vinyl. I did have to order a couple of them from Amazon in order to complete my collection, but it's well worth it.
Off To See the Lizard (1989) was the last one made on vinyl.

[tigzoe]

Can't clean a nickel in a jewel box.
(If you understand this, you probably grew up in the seventies)

Why does that sound familiar?

[sonofabeach]

I've DJ'ed for a long time and have loads of records. I sit in my garage listening to them and while it's cool it does not sound better imo, well unless you like popping and clicking. I've transfered many to cd and......same thing.
I think it's more the artwork and nastalgia that makes people say they sound better.

And speaking of vinyl promos,
Here are a few vinyl test pressings that I uploaded onto youtube just last week:

[Wino you know]

Yes, Michael. The artwork & liner notes are what has me passionate about the RECORDS.

[Tiki Torches]

The manufacturing and sale of vinyl has been on the upswing in recent years. Even though I don't own a working turntable at present, I still buy it (new and used) because I've never gotten rid of my vinyl collection (or my cassettes or CDs), nor do I have any immediate plans to do so. Oftentimes new vinyl comes with a download code card so you can download the tracks as mp3's and in some cases, as lossless files. Sometimes, CDs are even included along with the download code cards. I'd love to see Buffett join the vinyl fray but he seems to be going in the opposite direction by putting out mp3 only releases instead of a physical product. Even though I've changed my mind in recent years about mp3's, I still don't buy mp3 only releases, Buffett's included. As for the sound quality of vinyl, I'm not an audiophile but those that swear by vinyl say it's the warmness of analog recordings they prefer, especially over the sound of compressed audio formats such as mp3's. That said, apparently great strides have been made in recent years that increase the sampled bit rate of digital files that rival the sound of vinyl. These are in the form of uncompressed files that take up much more room on your hard drive than mp3's. Even with those strides, I still prefer the packaging of vinyl records and CDs over digital audio files. To expand further on a thought that was expressed earlier, as Shelby Lynne was quoted as saying for Record Store Day a few years ago, "you can't roll a joint on an iPod".

[tigzoe]

The manufacturing and sale of vinyl has been on the upswing in recent years. Even though I don't own a working turntable at present, I still buy it (new and used) because I've never gotten rid of my vinyl collection (or my cassettes or CDs), nor do I have any immediate plans to do so. Oftentimes new vinyl comes with a download code card so you can download the tracks as mp3's and in some cases, as lossless files. Sometimes, CDs are even included along with the download code cards. I'd love to see Buffett join the vinyl fray but he seems to be going in the opposite direction by putting out mp3 only releases instead of a physical product. Even though I've changed my mind in recent years about mp3's, I still don't buy mp3 only releases, Buffett's included. As for the sound quality of vinyl, I'm not an audiophile but those that swear by vinyl say it's the warmness of analog recordings they prefer, especially over the sound of compressed audio formats such as mp3's. That said, apparently great strides have been made in recent years that increase the sampled bit rate of digital files that rival the sound of vinyl. These are in the form of uncompressed files that take up much more room on your hard drive than mp3's. Even with those strides, I still prefer the packaging of vinyl records and CDs over digital audio files. To expand further on a thought that was expressed earlier, as Shelby Lynne was quoted as saying for Record Store Day a few years ago, "you can't roll a joint on an iPod".

The older I get, the more I like the larger print of records! Nothing beats the packaging of vinyl.

[Tiki Torches]

The older I get, the more I like the larger print of records! Nothing beats the packaging of vinyl.

Agreed. This deluxe repackaging of George Harrison's seminal All Things Must Pass, which came out on Record Store Day last year is a prime example:

[Wino you know]

[pbans]

I love everything about records.....I actually DO like the pops and cracks, just because it's nostalgic for me.
There was nothing like unwrapping a new LP....opening CD's is like a wrestling match....and downloading....well, it get the job done, but it's extremely unsatisfying.