In article , Iain Churches
wrote:

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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CD = In stock.

LP = Sold out.

Indeed:-)

Seems strange to me if you are pleased that the LP is unavailable now
you have a copy. But then I tend to acquire recordings to enjoy
listeing to the music. Not for the sake of feeling I have 'collected'
some item that is 'rare' and others might desire but be unable to
obtain.

Jim. I wrote a single word "Indeed" and you managed a negative, and
totally incorrect interpretation :-(

OK. So my 'if' statement returned FALSE. :-)

If you want to "acquire recordings to enjoy listening to the music" you
can still buy the CD:-)

No-one these days wants to bother with vinyl (rifle shots and breakast
cereals, snap crackle pop)

Or do they?

I assume that is a rhetorical question for the purposes of debate. :-)

The fact that the vinyl pressings were sold out on the day of release,
and the CD is still available many months later speaks volumes:-)

Hard to know what 'volumes' it speaks unless you know the 'volumes' of the
numbers of each type produced or sold. 10 LPs might sell out faster than
10,000 CDs. So unless you know the numbers it is unclear what it means
beyond "some people bought the LP". And of course they may be pressing
batches of CDs to maintain stock, anyway. But either way, if the format
someone wants is 'sold out' then that is something to regret since they are
denied their personal choice.


Compare the limited edition vinyl pressings with the equivalent CD
(Count Basie/Ray Charles, is a good example) and you will find out why.

Afraid I can't comment on that example as I've not heard either version and
have no idea of how many of each format were made or sold. Presumably it
would be a marketing decision if you make a 'limited edition' to sound
different to another edition. I can appreciate why producers like doing
that. :-) ...even if it is a PITA for people who just like well-produced
music.

Must admit I have bought the first four 'new' CDs of the Beatles 'LPs'
primarily because they are 'stereo' sic whereas the orginal CDs are mono.
Plus, of course, having the old LPs (stereo and mono in most cases).

The closest I can get is two recent examples.

One was a Jimi Hendrix set sold as an 'audiophile' purchase 8 LP box
compared with 4 CDs. This despite having *fewer* songs on the LPs so as to
allow for very wide spiral pitch. Despite the high price, hype, etc, it
showed clips and pops, and noticable off-center wow on some sides. So
interesting, but hardly an advert for LP. The parts without the audible
problems sound fine. But you'd think they could have bothered to take more
care for the price, hype, etc.

The other was a Queen double LP and CD. There the LPs didn't have the
clipping imposed on the CDs by the industry idiocy with obsessively
relentless loudness. Interestingly, here the label was EMI IIRC yet they'd
done a better job on the LPs than the CDs.

So in terms of preference for 'sound' you could choose your examples to
argue irrelevantly about format. The reality in both cases was that it was
how well the items were produced/manufactured that determined the results.
Given the familiar problems with the way music companies poorly produce
physical output it is a lottery either way.

But how many of either issue, in either format, were made/sold I have no
idea. Nor do I have any idea if any of the above are still available.

TBH I don't mind which was more 'popular'. My interest would be in them
being well made, and then produced in sufficient quantity for all those who
want to have their preference. Hence I'm not really a fan of the sales
technique of the 'limited edition'. Particularly when it smells of selling
to people on the basis that they want to be 'in the club' or fearing they
would 'miss the boat' and so shell out more cash. Or selling as a 'rare
collectable' to people who won't even break the shrink-wrap.Thus maximising
profits by exploiting buyers, and leaving others unable to choose what
they'd prefer.

The Queen set was a friend's and I examined it out of curiosity as they
aren't a special favourite of mine, despite having met Brian May years ago
at an observatory. :-) The Hendrix is more to my taste, and I prefer the
CDs in this case. Mind you, I prefer some older versions of his CDs like a
USA box set that has almost no 'global' level compression compared with
more modern versions. Alas, the best set in those terms also has a 'DJ'
talking over some parts as it is a set designed for playing on US radio
stations, I guess.

Slainte,

Jim

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