This is not nostalgia, analog, or anything but a novelty. This is like playing an ipod but having a record player doing nothing but spinning in the room. I think it’s like a fake fireplace without the fake fire in it. It’s exactly like that, it’s a fake fireplace thats not plugged in, that you have to use to change the heat in your house. It’s like a heater thermostat that looks like a huge fireplace. It’s like a rambling blogger with nothing else to say. If you are still reading you should probably get one of these. It’s like reading a book with no plot. It’s like burying cremated ashes. It’s like listening to some of the bands I like. It’s the big black stain on white carpet that everyone pretends not to notice. From the makers of The Pet Rock…
OK, the device is actually very clever. I like how you can use it to skip forward and how it chooses another album to play on the return. But, it doesn’t fix the harsh, loud sounds that are usually associated with digital masters. It adds the crackles that, while not unbearable, are not necessarily wanted (just nostalgic). You aren’t forced to reconnect with your music by turning the platter over. In a sense it’s like an LCD TV with a painting on the wall. It’s clever, bright, constantly changing, but not warm and true.
Down at the local vinyl bargain bin, I spotted an unopened Rick James platter, The Flag. For $2.99 I had the pleasure to un-archive, much like an archeologist or white-coated researcher finding an unopened book from the 1600′s. I didn’t know what to find, would it be colored? Poster? Pictures? With much enthusiasm, I recovered the black, plain platter with nothing but a sleeve inside. Oh well, I still get to listen to Rick James, on virgin vinyl, right?
This album was released in 1986, and someone apparently bought it and decided to let it lie for 32 years. Either that, or maybe more likely, it sat in a record store unsold for 32 years. Well, I made history! I changed the 32 year-unsold-life of a Rick James record!
Notice that I’m covering everything about the record except what’s recorded on it?
Rick is somberly posed on the cover wearing some buckled shirt and a buckle-y belt, with buckled pants. The first song on the second side is titled R U Experienced, I think that proves that Rick James invented chat-talk.
Rick died in 2004, after having had a stroke in 1997, with xanax, valium, wellbutrin, celexa, vicoden, marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, and heroin in his blood. He was convicted of kidnapping and torturing two women on two occasions while on cocaine binges. If YOU want to be tortured, grab a copy of this album and listen to it.
This wins the award for the coolest looking colored vinyl ever. Clutch is good too. Neil Fallon’s voice seems completely blown at some of the concerts, and with his yelling/screaming vocal technique it’s no wonder. I’ve seen Clutch a few times and they really do put on a great show which is a lot different than the record releases; live Clutch is a bit more energetic than studio Clutch.
It’s fun to listen to Fallon’s voice, even as thrown as it is, the energy of Clutch live shows comes through like a bullet. It’s The album is recorded well, and its just a good time to hear all your favorite Clutch songs live, like re-experiencing them all over again.
I recommend it for the Clutch fan, but not necessarily for the Clutch virgin, for the virgins I recommend 1995′s self-titled Clutch and 2004′s Blast Tyrant. Now go out and get Clutchified!
I snapped this album up, on 180g black vinyl, at the local record store. Yeah, I could order vinyl from fancy internet sites, but I like to touch my vinyl at the old-school store as much as I like old-school vinyl. I do order rare and hard-to-find from great places like stonerrock.com and amazon.com.
This is a very acoustic, mellow album from Mr. Dylan. Maybe I’m getting older, but I really like the more mellow stuff these days. This is an epic release by Jakob Dylan. I can’t stop listening to this album. It’s a lot like Mark Lanegan’s The Winding Sheet, easy, meandering, and complex simultaneously.
The album was recorded at Rick Rubin’s home studio. Is there anything Rubin can’t produce well? It seems as if artists, with an incredible album in mind, seek out Rubin to work his magic, molding genius into a polished yet creative product. The drums are so in the background, one forgets they’re in the mix. There seems to be an emphasis on creating an acoustic solo album even though at times a large number of instruments are recorded.
I think this album is an instant classic, and Dylan is ahead of his time, much like his forefather. Critics gave the album a “good” rating, but I completely disagree on this one, and I disagree a lot with mainstream critics, I’d give this one the highest rating available. Jakob Dylan is an outstanding songwriter and singer, his gift for melody and phrasing is extraordinary.
Analog gives this recording it’s due warmth and allows Dylan’s voice to sit proudly on top of the mix. I couldn’t recommend this album more. It comes with a code to download free mp3′s of the album – thanks!
I was at the incredible Normal’s Book and Record Store and found this Beatles album, Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Just listening to the crowd of girls screaming was worth the 5.00 Normal’s charged me for the double-gatefold vinyl. It sounds as if every time the guys in the band made a move, the entire stadium erupts in screams.
It just must have been a paranoid but wonderful scene to be a Beatle in 1965. Since pressing, there has never been a release of this recording on CD. It’s pretty cool to have a record that is only and ever will be on vinyl. At least I hope it stays out of digital, we need our little hideaways.
Live at the Hollywood Bowl is recorded, mixed and mastered nicely, even the screams come through without piercing too loudly. I bought my Ticket to Ride, and I don’t care…
I’m such a big fan of Clutch I’ll pretty much buy anything I see, that I don’t already have, and in this case I already owned this one on CD but I just couldn’t pass up on listening to Clutch on vinyl. Analog Clutch is a new and wonderful experience. The songs sound as if they were mixed and mastered differently on vinyl,and they may have been mixed differently for the platter.
Pitchforks & Lost Needles, originally released in 2005, is a “collector’s” disc, containing previously unreleased tracks as well as the original tracks from their first demo recording. Neil Fallon’s voice belongs to vinyl and I’m especially glad that I saw this excellent piece of analog vinyl. This album is a pure rockin’ Clutch release, and every song makes one bang one’s head in time while chanting Fallon’s quirky and off-the-wall lyrics.
Using the wooden strips, make a box around the glass plate. Seal off the edges using the window cement. Make sure everything is air tight.
Step 2
Place your record inside the box making sure that the portion to be copied is facing upward. Squeeze in some window cement to mark where the hole in the record is.
Step 3
Mix the silicone (Smooth On OOMOO 30 or OOMOO 25) for about 3 minutes before pouring in to the mold.
Step 4
Pour in the mixture. Start from one corner and let it fill-up the mold to about half a centimeter. Make sure it’s even. Let it dry for 6 hours.
Step 5
Peel off the silicone from the cast. Cut off the excess using a cutter.
Step 6
Pour the liquid plastic (Smooth On Task #4) on top of the silicone cast.
Step 7
Make sure that nothing spills over the round form. You can also brush off any air bubbles that might occur.
Step 8
Carefully loosen the plate from the silicone form. Using a drill press, bore a hole through the center of the plate. You can use the silicone form as a template to make more copies.
I haven’t heard Crash Landing since I was a teenager. I remembered it immediately when I saw it at the local record and book store, and was almost surprised when I realized I didn’t have it in my collection. The album was released posthumously in 1975. The producer, Alan Douglas listed himself as co-author of some of the songs, and even hired session musicians to fill in some of the tracks. This was controversial when it was released, but I think most Hendrix fans agree – we’re glad to have it, and beautifully re-created what seems like a perfect Hendrix studio release.
Hendrix comes across clear and focused, the band behind Jimi sounds experimental and free. The mastering and mixing is top rate; all the instruments and backing vocals are balanced.
I’m glad to have this album again; I don’t know where my original is today. It was really fun to hear recovered Hendrix tunes back then and today, as he’s just so overplayed on the classic rock stations, and this album contains almost all non-radio-friendly tunes.
recovered the black, plain platter with nothing but a sleeve inside. Oh well, I still get to listen to Rick James, on virgin vinyl, right?
This wins the award for the coolest looking colored vinyl ever. Clutch is good too. Neil Fallon’s voice seems completely blown at some of the concerts, and with his yelling/screaming vocal technique it’s no wonder. I’ve seen Clutch a few times and they really do put on a great show which is a lot different than the record releases; live Clutch is a bit more energetic than studio Clutch.
I recommend it for the Clutch fan, but not necessarily for the Clutch virgin, for the virgins I recommend 1995′s self-titled Clutch and 2004′s Blast Tyrant. Now go out and get Clutchified!
This is a very acoustic, mellow album from Mr. Dylan. Maybe I’m getting older, but I really like the more mellow stuff these days. This is an epic release by Jakob Dylan. I can’t stop listening to this album. It’s a lot like Mark Lanegan’s The Winding Sheet, easy, meandering, and complex simultaneously.
I was at the incredible 
Live at the Hollywood Bowl is recorded, mixed and mastered nicely, even the screams come through without piercing too loudly. I bought my Ticket to Ride, and I don’t care…
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I haven’t heard Crash Landing since I was a teenager. I remembered it immediately when I saw it at the local record and book store, and was almost surprised when I realized I didn’t have it in my collection. The album was released posthumously in 1975. The producer, Alan 
Douglas listed himself as co-author of some of the songs, and even hired session musicians to fill in some of the tracks. This was controversial when it was released, but I think most Hendrix fans agree – we’re glad to have it, and beautifully re-created what seems like a perfect Hendrix studio release.