My 2 cents on the experience that I had with these new Vinyl Releases.
To start with after the famous Veerzara release in Vinyl by Yashraj the music companies took a note of the interest that music lovers showed to acquire this piece. Infact the 1st pressing of Veerzara which was a limited pressing and not open for sale outshines the 2nd pressing though both are good. Then the journey of Vinyl release started with Jhooth Bole Kawa Kate.
Ridding on the gimmick of 180gsm Vinyl, all the music houses tried to encash on this quality and woo the music lovers without giving adequate attention towards the source and pressing. Both were compromised in most of the releases.Less said about the artwork in the covers (of the re releases in particular) is better. And we are running behind these CRAP paying through our nose thinking well here we get a Mint clean brand new vinyl which is hard to find nowadays. Little we realise that even with the best audio setup in town we are only fooling ourselves by saying what quality man,what output,what balance!! My verdict is BULL SHIT! And this opinion of mine is strictly restricted to the Retro ones which are mostly re-release.
Now the new films or the 90s pressings. Tell me one thing when we have such brilliant digital recording in the CDs of these films why do we need to pay 1700/- to own a vinyl and listen to the same digital in a vinyl? Does it make sense? A digital will remain digital how good one might convert it to analog as the mother itself has the digital attributes in it. So where from the warmth,low frequencies,detailing comes God only knows! I would rather prefer paying for a Imported Melody CD and listen to the songs of this era and even some of the Indian CDs also are very good.
The outcome is due to this surge in new pressings the original analogue pressing Vinyls of the 60s,70s,80s prices have shot up and hit the roof. Vendors are saying you are ready to pay 1500/- for a new pressing whereas for an original analogue press you are negotiating for even 1000/-!! And thats how prices have gone up in the last few years.
Yes I would have put my hand up and supported saregama,sony dadc and others if what they are releasing are good enough,but that is not the case for most, and there where we are getting carried away without either understanding what the truth is or misleading others. These views are strictly mine only.
