The vinyl magic

[gryphon]

Over the last few months , I have been slowly collecting the CD reissues of the Beatles back catalog and enjoying each one bit by bit. I have had my original CDs out and have sat and compared the two and thought to myself............well this is what we have all been waiting for for a long time..................................ON a parallel path I have been servicing my oldish turntable and putting it back into good working order and repositioning it so that it can achieve its best performance. A couple of times , I have brought in a few old discs and sat down to play around and tune things a little here and there. ( A twelve year old MC cartridge needs a bit of aligning etc. So, it took a while to get things as they should be.

I was always a serious vinyl user ...........good cleaning techniques careful handling etc , so my vinyl collection was always in pretty good condition.

So I wonder through the vinyl and select Beatles 1962-1966 and place it on the old turntable.......................I sit down ad listen ......................and wonder ...............how far have we really come? I expected to hear some surface noise and older mixing would lead me to feel that things could be better..........but that was all.................the sound was still amazing.............really not that untidy or rough...........it was a full sound convincing me that the four Beatles were just a few feet in front of me!!!!

I check the copy .............It is a German copy ( No DMM though) and its in good condition..................I remembered back to the days when I used to be a vinyl head...............I used to try and get discs that were worthy of the equipment I would play them on...............not the music .................the technical quality......I would go for original pressings ( First editions !!) or pressings that were recommended by people in the know ( I remember still the first direct o dic cut I ever bought and how amazed I as that a aband could do a live mix in one take and the quality when the simple mike............desk .............cutting lath appraoch was used)

So what am I thinking

Well do others have recommended pressings that one should seek out?

I would say that my German copy is an excellent pressing ............THe UK one is good too but should we consider putting together athread of recommended vinyl pressings or albums ( or CDs , SACDs DVDas)( From a hi-fi point of view for others to find an appreciate ?):happy:


If we did

I'd start with

Beatles 1962-1966

German Apple

Code 1c 188-05 307/08

as being well worth finding and auditioning