I agree! And the 5x5 reproduction of LP covers doesn't cut it for anyone who wants to read liner
notes or savor the details of the cover imagery. However, the price cannot be beat on those
mega-boxes, so if you're in it for the music, and the remastering is done right (a big IF with most
of these boxes, which are cobbled together from various sources and remastering done over many years
by many different people), the value is very compelling.
Regarding MLP, of course I'd love for there to be viable market economics to remaster everything
again using the modern methods and high resolutions, before the tapes deteriorate to dust. Then I'd
like the catalog released in all formats in the original LP sequences with original LP cover art and
liner notes. I understand why the market economics of the early 90s required full-length CDs, but
those constraints don't exist anymore and the LPs were more logical listening-session lengths and
contained carefully considered "one full meal" contents.
I feel the same way about the non-compilation rock and jazz LP albums, too. The original sequences
and content were carefully thought out by very competent producers, so that's how I'd like to digest
the albums. When I bring CDs into my networked digital library, I usually stick with original LP
sequences, and usually discard alternate takes and other cutting room floor clutter. This is for
reissues of albums originally released on LP, compilations and new albums are different matters.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Lane" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] In case you haven't seen this
>I wonder if part of the appeal of vinyl now is the contrast with the
> density and voluminousness of CDs in the age of boxes and mega boxes, and
> even mega boxes of mega boxes (DG recently reissued their 111 boxes in a
> combined form - are the MLP cubes coming that way soon?). Vinyl collections
> certainly for the vast majority are chosen more carefully due to expense
> and space.
> On Jan 5, 2016 5:53 AM, "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Not that humorous, but it does remind me of some vinyl snobs who post
>> often online. I still think the biggest appeals of LP records are the
>> physical artifact as a collectable item, the focus of attention required
>> for proper playback, which probably does lead to closer listening and
>> concentration for some people, and the fact that many CDs are poorly
>> mastered and almost all lossy downloads sound lousy to people who listen on
>> half-decent playback systems (including any decent earbuds or headphones
>> and halfway decent computer speakers). If CDs were better mastered and if
>> lossy downloads went the way of the dinosaurs, the vinyl niche might
>> compact and concentrate a little bit, but the compelling physical artifact
>> is a real draw and may be a key factor in the niche-market's size.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Ramm" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 9:43 PM
>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] In case you haven't seen this
>>
>>
>> _The Record Collector with Matt Ingebretson - YouTube_
>>> (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_LasOjYP_M)
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>>> Steve Ramm
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