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Originally Posted by RadioMaster
I was talking in about Bat2 specifically, not about records in general.
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So
Bat II was meant to be a collector's item for fans and therefore didn't require good sound quality. Why was
Neighborhood, released two years later, when even less records were manufactured / sold not an equally sloppy release?
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Originally Posted by RadioMaster
Maybe it wasnt a release aimed at the ordinary customer?
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I don't think so. It was 1993, not 2009. Today we might regard an ordinary new vinyl LP as a collector's item but I don't recall this being the case in 1993. There's nothing special about the
Bat II vinyl except the fact that it's hard to find these days. I'd rather call the
Neighborhood LP a collector's item, since it's not only rare but Virgin also paid more attention to the overall quality of the product.
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Originally Posted by RadioMaster
My point was, that the two virgin bat2 vinyl releases have a poor quality, and that this is most likely due them not actually being supposed to be played.
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So they released an ordinary LP
and a picture disc and none of them was supposed to be played? Nah, I think they could have spared the release of the conventional record in this case. Your assumption appears a little like a justification for having released an imperfect product.
In 1993, there were still record shelves in the stores, so you shouldn't automatically expect that a record you bought there was a "collector's item" that wasn't supposed to be played. I have other vinyls that were released that year and they sound fine (and contain liner notes,
Bat II doesn't).
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Originally Posted by Pudding
At the end of the day a vinyl is only going to sound good on a decent record player, and not many people will have a decent one of those these days, as they cost an arm and a leg.
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I bought an excellent record player from a student for about 15 Euros.
I also have an old one from the 1960s I wheedled out of my grandma. It's still working perfectly and provides a great sound. It's not necessary to spend a pretty penny on a fancy new turntable.
