The Classic Vinyl Record

Finally. I have a lot of different music on vinyl, but no heavy metal. I’ve got some hard rock such as Deep Purple and Whitesnake, but no real, true heavy metal. Now I do. Manowar – Warriors of the Word. There are a lot of people who love heavy metal, but hate Manowar. They think [...]

Yes, you read that right. This little VW Bus looks like a Hot Wheel. But it plays records. Thats just crazy. Why I would ever want to play that on most of my records is beyond me, but it is pretty cool. Apparently, it only comes as a Volkswagen Bus. But it comes in many [...]

Running on Empty by Jackson Browne is a phenomenal album. It was nominated for a Grammy, but didn’t win. I don’t really care about that. Grammy’s and Oscar’s and all those awards are worth nothing to me. I’m not being snobbish, but just because something wins doesn’t mean it’s good; and if it doesn’t win, [...]

As a keyboard player, I love Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Keith Emerson is a phenomenal pianist and composer, and it shows on this album, Brain Salad Surgery. Also check out my post on ELP’s first album, Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Yes, the title is a little different, but don’t let it scare you. It is [...]

This made me laugh, because, yes. People who listen to records and claim that they are better than CD’s maybe are snobs. (From the website of DePaul University.) Ever since Napster came onto the scene in the late 90s, the music industry has been in a state of limbo, finding it hard to cope with [...]

Has anyone else had the problem where you get a gift card, then when you try to decide how to spend it, you can’t? I got one for Christmas, and finally I decided to buy some vinyl records, and then I hit a wall. Which records? Well, I went to a local store and bought [...]

I’m sure that most people have never heard of Spike Jones. My parents have, and others who are above the age of, I don’t know, say 55, might know who that is. Spike Jones was the original Weird Al Yankovic. There are many collections of songs out there, this is one of them. Thank you [...]

Atom Heart Mother is, well, I was going to say one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums, but I can’t say that. I love Pink Floyd, and to say that this is my favorite, I just can’t do that. All of their albums have something that makes them great. However, this is one of my [...]

I recently came across a post on ViP2 about how the whole idea behind vinyl being better than CD is myth and sentimentality. The author says that CD are superior to vinyl in every way. These are not my thoughts, so don’t get mad at me. It’s not often you write something knowing full well [...]

The third and final post by The Lonely Note on the difference between vinyl and CD’s. The first post dealt with the technology difference between CD’s and records. The second dealt with mostly the physical differences between LP’s and CD’s. The third part deals with the actual difference between the same album on both CD [...]