I must say, I'm thrilled to read up on the informative posts out here with regards to Vinyl.
Time was when I would be snagging up Lps from Chorus Bazaar for as low Rs. 15 - 30 around 1999-2000 hereabouts. Those Lps are still being played (Eagles, Dr. feelgood, REO speedwagon, Journey, Boston, Whitesnake, Cat Stevens, CCR, Bad Company, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, David Bowie among others). Most of them were foreign pressings. Indian pressings were pretty crazy. Case in point is Bangles' Different Light - I have the Indian & US pressings. No guesses which sounds great. But here's where it gets interesting - Pick an Indian pressing before 1980 & they sound GREAT! I have the double Lp Ost compilation of the 70s movie FM - Indian pressing released in 1977. & it sounds fantastic. The same applies for my Best Of release of the 60s group - David Gate & Bread released in 1972 (Gasp!)....
If there are any old timers who have worked in the music label scene in the 60s/70s maybe their inputs would solve this Indian mystery of great quality vs crappy releases before & after 1980.
Any thoughts on this?
On new Lp releases I have a simple thumb rule since thy are terribly expensive - Avoid buying stuff of new bands (Everything is digital..). Look for those bands whose albums were originally released in Lp format. Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix (The Sony reissues are fantastic), Mad Season, Mother Love Bone, Temple Of The Dog, U2, Supertramp, Smashing Pumpkins etc. have been my recent purchases. BUT the caveat is to have a great TT & a reasonably good audio system....
My best wishes to everyone embarking on this exciting endeavour...
