I have Bat II on vinyl!!!!

needmoremeat · 14 Oct 2007, 20:40

Finally found it on amazon last saturday, it came yesterday due to the postal strike, but it was worth the wait and the £20 payment! Also treated myself to a record player for my room so I can listen to them all there: got a really nice retro looking one from TJ Hughes for £30 instead of £50. Just ordered 3 Bats DVD too, so I'm going to owe a lot on Mum's barclaycard bill again!
But am thrilled with vinyl, I was amazed to find it exists, even more amazed that someone wanted to sell it! It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen apart from the Grand Canyon!

**RadioMaster** · 14 Oct 2007, 20:45

do you have the picture disc version? looks awesome, doesnt it?

evil nickname · 14 Oct 2007, 20:54

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Originally Posted by needmoremeat

Also treated myself to a record player for my room so I can listen to them all there

Well, the you're bound to be disappointed: the Bat II LP (both the regular version and the picture disc) sounds terrible...

needmoremeat · 14 Oct 2007, 21:43

It's not the picture disc, just the ordinary one. I'll be happy with this for now, it's taken me over a year to find it!
Listened to it yesterday, it could have been spread out over two discs instead of being crammed onto one then it might have sounded better. Sound quality wasn't quite what I was expecting. Only rarely did you feel that you were listening to vinyl. Is it just me or is Bat II the quiestest album ever? It always seems to need turning up more than the rest, that's on cassette, CD and vinyl!

evil nickname · 14 Oct 2007, 22:00

The (at best) crappy sound and the fact that it's quieter than other albums has to do with the fact that they've crammed approx. 35 minutes on each side of the record.
Less music per side results in more room for each track, allowing it to be louder, have more dynamics, etc.

evil nickname · 05 May 2008, 23:18

Bump?

Anyway, I can now illustrate what I meant about the Bat II LP being terrible, now that I got myself a copy of the Zimbabwean double LP version.

MeatGrl1 · 05 May 2008, 23:36

I have the famous picture disc of this

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samurai7 · 06 May 2008, 03:10

as E.N says, it's not a great sounding LP. There's 40 mins on one side and 35 mins on the other, on a format that was designed to take about 45-50 mins in total. Hence the lower volume, and decreased fidelity. I have a Brazilian promo copy that's just the same as the UK version, and the picture disc, which sounds even worse, although picture discs never sound as good as traditional vinyl. It's a nice thing to own, but if you want to listen to it, you're better off with the CD (not the remastered edition, which I found disappointing as well) and a good pair of headphones.

**RadioMaster** · 06 May 2008, 09:32

the first or the second remastered release?

I found the 2006 version quite listenable, pretty good actually

evil nickname · 06 May 2008, 09:48

I haven't heard the first remaster (the 2002 "Deluxe edition"), but the second (2006's "Collectors Edition") was way too loud to my taste. Tonight, I might just update that post I made with some bitching about how CDs are mastered nowadays.

samurai7 · 06 May 2008, 13:35

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Originally Posted by RadioMaster

the first or the second remastered release?

I found the 2006 version quite listenable, pretty good actually

perhaps it's because I'm so familiar with the sound of the original CD, but I found that some songs sounded better than others on the newest remaster, and the snare drums sound tinny. The 2002 'Deluxe' edition is absoutlely terrible - they even messed up the track split between Everything Louder and Good Girlss Go To Heaven - on this version the bagpipes appear at the start of the latter, rather than at the end of the former.

14 Oct 2007, 20:40	#1
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	I have Bat II on vinyl!!!! Finally found it on amazon last saturday, it came yesterday due to the postal strike, but it was worth the wait and the £20 payment! Also treated myself to a record player for my room so I can listen to them all there: got a really nice retro looking one from TJ Hughes for £30 instead of £50. Just ordered 3 Bats DVD too, so I'm going to owe a lot on Mum's barclaycard bill again! But am thrilled with vinyl, I was amazed to find it exists, even more amazed that someone wanted to sell it! It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen apart from the Grand Canyon!

14 Oct 2007, 20:45	#2
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	do you have the picture disc version? looks awesome, doesnt it?

14 Oct 2007, 21:43	#4
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	It's not the picture disc, just the ordinary one. I'll be happy with this for now, it's taken me over a year to find it! Listened to it yesterday, it could have been spread out over two discs instead of being crammed onto one then it might have sounded better. Sound quality wasn't quite what I was expecting. Only rarely did you feel that you were listening to vinyl. Is it just me or is Bat II the quiestest album ever? It always seems to need turning up more than the rest, that's on cassette, CD and vinyl!

14 Oct 2007, 22:00	#5
evil nickname Guest Join Date: 19.04.2003 Posts: 2,238	The (at best) crappy sound and the fact that it's quieter than other albums has to do with the fact that they've crammed approx. 35 minutes on each side of the record. Less music per side results in more room for each track, allowing it to be louder, have more dynamics, etc.

05 May 2008, 23:18	#6
evil nickname Guest Join Date: 19.04.2003 Posts: 2,238	Bump? Anyway, I can now illustrate what I meant about the Bat II LP being terrible, now that I got myself a copy of the Zimbabwean double LP version.

05 May 2008, 23:36	#7
MeatGrl1 No Day But Today Join Date: 29.05.2006 Location: Sitting on the steps outside looking so restless and reckless and lost! Posts: 9,089	I have the famous picture disc of this .

06 May 2008, 03:10	#8
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	as E.N says, it's not a great sounding LP. There's 40 mins on one side and 35 mins on the other, on a format that was designed to take about 45-50 mins in total. Hence the lower volume, and decreased fidelity. I have a Brazilian promo copy that's just the same as the UK version, and the picture disc, which sounds even worse, although picture discs never sound as good as traditional vinyl. It's a nice thing to own, but if you want to listen to it, you're better off with the CD (not the remastered edition, which I found disappointing as well) and a good pair of headphones.

06 May 2008, 09:32	#9
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	the first or the second remastered release? I found the 2006 version quite listenable, pretty good actually

06 May 2008, 09:48	#10
evil nickname Guest Join Date: 19.04.2003 Posts: 2,238	I haven't heard the first remaster (the 2002 "Deluxe edition"), but the second (2006's "Collectors Edition") was way too loud to my taste. Tonight, I might just update that post I made with some bitching about how CDs are mastered nowadays.