Corona Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 There are three Yes albums that anyone from my ancient space/time continuum must own and they are Close To The Edge, Tales, and Relayer. Close To The Edge is actually pretty listenable on CD. I can tolerate it. It's R&R edgy enough to fake it sound-wise on CD. But Tales and Relayer on CD are death by a thousand papercuts. Must...have...vinyl! So I ordered Tales on vinyl from England from one of you blokes, prolly not you personally though, and am anticipating its arrival any day now. And, in its anticipation I checked out my stored turntable and found out it needs a new drive belt (a $17 rubberband that disintegrates if stored in a cardboard box for 3 months.) So I ordered 2 of them as well. Now I'm all mailbox-aware. If this works out without me banging my head against a wall I will quickly order Relayer as well. I haven't heard those albums on vinyl since the early 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 47 hits and no replies. Jeez you're a shy bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted March 8, 2010 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2010 Okay I'll post then I am really hoping that the journey to the US by this piece of vinyl is successful. In my mind's eye I can see the mail sacks being thrown (forcefully) into the air cargo hold. I am hoping in your case that the record has been well packed and arrives safely Let us know, and the time it took to reach you. Then... how does it sound? Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I had a mate who was into Yes at school back in the 70s ... I was more into Floyd / Genesis But although I've still got a stack of vinyl in the attic somewhere, I haven't had a turntable since an ex got custody of my Pioneer kit about 15 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted March 8, 2010 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2010 I occasionally have a traipse around all the charity shops in Sunderland and Newcastle here in the NE of England, and I collect good old vinyl LP's which I usually pay about 50p each for. So I've a decent collection of LP's now and all I need is a deck to play them on, as I sold mine a long time ago. I've been promising myself a replacement for a few years now, but never seem to get around to it. The pride of my vinyl collection is a double album called "The Pentateuch Of The Cosmogany" by Dave Greenslade and Patrick Woodroffe, which came in a hardbound picture cover with integral 48-page book, featuring a beautifully illustrated story. I paid ?9 for this album in 1979. Man, that was a lot of money for an album back then. http://www.patrickwoodroffe-world.com/penta.htm Also a Floyd man, and a big fan of Roger Waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 I only have a few vinyls nowadays. I do have a Dark Side Of The Moon 'master recording' vinyl I bought 2 decades ago, in very good condition. Incredible sound. You know what was a fun album? "Consequences" by Godley & Creme. "L" was pretty good too. Hazelnut, I think they're packed/boxed in hard styrofoam. I'll let you know when it arrives and get my stereo set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 I finally got the LPs today. US cover, German vinyl. Weird. I looked at the vinyls and they looked in very good condition. I have to reconstruct my stereo system before I can enjoy this. But I'll have fun doing it. Hey, remember Disc Cleaner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 Do I know how to procrastinate or what! Finally set up my turntable, amp and speakers today. Tales is in very good condition and sounds like I almost remember it. I forgot quite a few sounds that aren't on the CDs. And I notice with vinyl the volume increases and decreases more than the remixing on CDs. Beer time! (Crummy phone camera, sorry for the blurriness.) Here's the record label, a German manufacturer. 2 small speakers on top of 2 larger speakers. It helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 Needless to say, I just ordered Relayer. 2.5 to 3 weeks to receive airmail from Jolly Old. -------- 277 hits?! Lurkers seem to really like Tales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted April 2, 2010 Moderators Share Posted April 2, 2010 Bit of Topo trivia for you Corona http://www.ibiblio.org/johncovach/yestales.htm Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 Interesting read, Hazel. But I can't agree with them saying that later remixing onto digital format made their sound better. That's why I bought the vinyl again in the first place. It's true, they jumped from pop music covers into lotus position pretty quickly, but that was just part of "making a niche". Quite a big niche they filled. The biggees were Zeppelin, Floyd, Tull & Yes. And the egos in those bands rivaled any Hollywood producers'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 Here it is April 9 and I got Relayer in the mail today. 2 weeks faster than Tales (different seller). Great condition, played very well. Nice to hear stuff again I forgot about. Right now I'm re-playing Olias of Sunhillow. It's like where To Be Over left off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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