Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR (May 21, 2021) • Page 48

Been a while since I listened, but I believe just sped up. LOTS of pops, too.

also- side b of sour sounded much worse than side a, lol. The last song was particularly rough, unfortunately. Swindled again!

 

I stopped listening to vinyl years ago because it’s simply an inferior medium and modern records are hardly, if ever, given a specific vinyl mastering job so more often than not it sounds like shit

 

Sounds like shit is taking it a bit far lol but yeah it’s definitely not the ~pure~ way to listen to music some collectors act like it is

 

I generally don’t really enjoy it and the littlest things can make your records warp and render them unlistenable which has happened to a lot of my collection

 

I'm sorry but vinyl is fucking terrible

 

You’re weirdly catching me on an off day when I’ve received in the mail the most warped record I’ve ever owned lmao. Can pretty confidently say it’s due to poor packaging and coming all the way from Australia. In general though I think I’ve had like maybe two records warp ever — living in Arizona I always expect them to and it never actually happens. But yeah I feel ya, the hobby can’t be for everyone

 

love 2 invest thousands in an inferior medium lol

 

The physicality of vinyl is cool but that’s about it

 

I rarely if ever listen to my records. It’s purely aesthetic/to support the bands. Legacy aspect of it too. My kid’s not gonna be like “look at my dad’s Apple Music library”

 

yep

 

the allure of a big piece of the artwork to hold in your hand and gatefold lp's with lyric inserts are nice to hold onto. completely out of my price range these days in terms of a purely aesthetic collecting hobby, maybe one day when im making the big bucks i'll buy some vinyl again. i also dont have any room in my apartment for storage or any sort of listening set up, not that i would use it as i hardly ever did in the past when i had one.

 

I had a turntable once and hated how it sounded, so that didn't last long

 

Yep.

That's a big part of it. One, to support the artists, and two - to have something physical that shows that. It's almost like other decorations or artwork or furniture or, maybe better, a bookshelf. I do listen to my records, but the collection aspect, the "this is the music I love most" part of it, is a bigger reason. And CDs never looked cool to display.

 

wow me and jason on the same page

 

We’re having a party tonight so I need to pick a good one to be facing out. Might also get a frame and hang a few covers in my classroom

 

i was thinking that too, hanging some of mine in my classroom

 

Had a game night last month, so I put out Morbid Stuff haha

 

my collection is at my parents house safe and sound in the room i stayed in last year. not sure when ill move into a bigger place and get them but until then the main way i support bands is by buying t-shirts. which are a lot easier to lose/ruin since i wear the hell out of them but i do have quite a big collection and 90% of my wardrobe is band merch (slowly adding in sports teams since im a sport guy now too)

 

i also have a shit load of records that belonged to my dad along with my collection that i always forget about but theres some real gems in there. pretty sure he has an unopened copy of powerslave by iron maiden in there

 

I’ve always loved picking through, like, dollar bins for interesting older stuff. But never understood paying $20-30

I have a whole wall in my office that’s CDs and it looks like a radio station, so I beg to differ. It looks awesome. Haha

 

Haha. Touche. Sometimes you need that radio station aesthetic.

Reminds me of right out of college and having bookshelves lined with them.

 

Vinyl CAN sound amazing, certain modern records really do. Father John misty and Jason isbell’s latest ones come to mind. But it really depends on how much care is given to the mastering/pressing situation.

 

used records are often incredibly awesome-sounding. buy old records

 

My first step as a vinyl collector was to buy the first eight Bruce Springsteen records, which I think I got for a combined $50 used off eBay. They sound like magic.

 

there’s no reason to buy this album on vinyl. major labels only press it bc it’s the most profitable physical medium rn. the quality of the product is often awful bc they don’t care. most indie labels and indie bands do a good job with it and clearly put in effort to the product. i’d rather have that tangible item. the pops and noise give it character.