I still love my ELP and Moody Blues. Heck, if ELP got Hendrix on board as rumored, they would have been easily the best group ever.

How about "etched" vinyl? I had one from Styx in my hands at the local GW and I opted not to get it. Should have bought it since it was only $1, but it's long been sold so...

Aqualung. You shouldn't dismiss it just because it's common. It's "common" for a damn good reason. I think it's one of the best if not the best albums Tull put out.

I like Curve but they're no PJ Harvey. PJ is many levels above Curve.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wil is it me or is this recording absolutely horrible? Was listening to it thru my Senns HD-595 , Rotel RCD 1072 and Spark HA-1A amp and it was absolutely BRIGHT. My ears hurt. I swear. I've heard that RHCP recordings have always been bad....is this...

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-the-rave Sorry... gotta go with Emerson, Lake & Palmer or Tomita on this one. I'll have to dig out my Mexican pressing of this ELP classic.

My album plays without distortion all the way through and mine is a 1st pressing so its more likely the previous owner or owners played the album on an inferior player and or needle. Could also be improper tracking,bias or needle placement setting. I've heard of the later being hard on the...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Musi....capaldi.reut/ I'm really bummed.

zowie, you are correct, supply and demand is also a huge factor. I didn't want to leave my post saying the shills are the sole purpose of higher prices but I was disrupted. Again like you said, if the cd gets a good plug in a publication that too can also spike the price up a lot, but these...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill Ward Supply and demand. I ran across something I've owned for years offered used on Amazon.com for $80. Figured I was going to clean up, but the next time I checked they were showing multiple copies for as little as $12. Enjoy your music. BW...

They remaster the cd's with alot of channel seperation to satisfy the anal retentive "stereo" buffs who only say a record is stereo when there is noticeable seperation. I appologize to the "anal retentive stereo buffs" out there.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jahn SRV's live version on the dvd "Live in Austin" is full of evil mojo. i think SRV was actually possessed for that take. check it out. Whatever Steve had running through his veins that night didn't seem to hamper his playing any. That was an awesome...

Just curious, is the price NZ dollars or US dollars? If it's US dollars, I would pass.

Quote: Originally Posted by Aman Appreciate all of the excellent posts here guys! I actually only listen to Vinyl records, so I'll be heading out to my local store to purchase Closer to the Edge some time in the near future. Thanks again guys!! I have a perfect original...

"Greendale" by Neil Young for the 100th time...keeps getting better!!!!