Hi Guys,
today I got the Sufiaana vinyl released by Sony Music. It is very very dissapointing in terms of quality.(MP3 quality at best) It is better to stay away from it. Most strange part is it doesn't have the song Shukran Allah as written on the cover instead it has something else not sure what it is called. Does all the copy have same problem or it is only mine. Any idea about Marasim which is also a Sony release?
Thanks.
Hi,
I think if a person is not finding any difference between the new vinyls and the corresponding cds then there is a problem in the setup of that particular person's vinyl rig.Setting up a tunrtbale properly is a tricky affair indeed.
Thanks.
Hello folks,
Just saw at Rhythm House website. Vinyls of Maachis, Rudaali & Jagjit Singh Bhajans released.
Has anybody bought them?
Would appreciate a feedback on the recording quality and quality of vinyl before buying them.
Regards
Vasu
+1 agreed.Hi Arnab,
U spoke my mind. When it comes to pre-digital era of recording reproduction, nothing comes closer to vinyls. Then with the advent of digital recording, the art of analogue recording & mastering is lost. Presently the new vinyl releases are nothing but a business strategy, conceived by some people who thinks Tagore was a great businessman who earned millions by only investing some petty amount towards paper & ink . There are no such words called "art" or "quality" in there vocabulary :sad:. Hence better to devote our time & money towards collecing & restoring the old vinyls. Whatever are still available on the streets/chor bazar/raddi shops can make a listening experience of a lifetime. Buy the new ones only as collector's items, since these may not be available anymore on the shelves after a year or so.
Thanks & Brgds,
Bhaskar
Hi Prem,
With the current resurgence of vinyl, there may be hope for a re-issue of those titles, if not by Water Lily themselves, then by people like Classic records, or by one of the German labels.
I recall reading an interview with Kavi Alexander in the mid-90s, where he had defended his (then) decision to stop vinyl production because of lack of demand, and unsold stock.
regards,
Digital or Analogue, so be it, can't care much!!
I'm just so happy that we are able to buy records and listen to them on our record players, oops sorry, let me re-phrase, I'm just so happy to buy vinyl off the shelf and listen to them on my turntable. Also feels great to see the format return big time. Lets hope that we'll see more vinyl flood music stores just as how CDs do, today.
Another thing, for vinyl to have mass market appeal and business viability, we Indians need to change our approach with regard to how we listen to music. Most indians are into combo music systems and nothing higher. We even have TV programs like Gadget Guru to propogate the so-called convenience of this approach. I remember a contest run by Gadget Guru for gadgets of the year. One of the categories was for entertainment electronice. The heights was when a combo system from LG (or samsung) beat a Norge Amp for the title. This was an absolute joke!!
If vinyl need to reach the mass market, probably combo systems produced need to come with a turntable as well
The heights was when a combo system from LG (or samsung) beat a Norge Amp for the title.
ask yourself these questions
1. How does it feel when these companies sold their analog pressing facility, and sensing some business getting records pressed abroad and charging 4 times what actually they worth?
2. Why people who once loved and still love records do not feel like buying these damn expensive stuff? Is the reason only about time sickness?
3. Can you name a single record newly released which have a decent cover work? gate fold cover? Is Rs. 700/- too small an amount for these?
4. Whats the objective of releasing albums which (majority, not all) will be forgotten (along with its record) forgotten within 6 months? does it bring new people into vinyl listening?
5. Where are record players? what these companies have done on this ground? One of them made a pact wth LENCO which tried to convince people with a few cheap, over priced TTs, obviously it failed miserably. Can't an ordinary person afford a decent 12K TT? if yes where and what he is supposed to buy?
6. Who have chosen these OSTs
HUM AAPKE HAI KAUN? DARR? VANDE MA TARAM? does any one listen to these OSTs any more?
Point is not about digital or analog? rather how such a nice affordable media became a expensive/wallet draining hobby, I have bought thousands of records never felt that with older records.
my 2 cents only
Arnab
Hi Guys
Just finished listening to
Rudaali
Sufiaana
Guru
Marasim
Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
They all sound very good. No issues with any.
In Sufiaana the Shukran Allah from Kurbaan is not there. Instead there is O Re Piya by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan from Aaja Nachle.