MUSIC HAUL (CD / VINYL / DVD Purchases) 2012

The library in town is having their annual Book Sale this week and I scored a coupla CDs for a buck a pop:

Heart - DOG & BUTTERFLY (1978) and JUPITERS DARLING (2004)

ELP - THE BEST OF EMERSON LAKE & PALMER
(Dunno much about this band but I had to have it cuz Greg Lake's "I Believe in Father Christmas" is the last track and I looooove hearing that song during the holiday season...)

Cyperus - Sanity Management

ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud

From gohastings
House Of Lords - Demons Down
Grim Reaper - Rock You In Hell
Tattooed Love Boys - Bleeding Hearts And Needle Marks

From Goodwill
Petra - Beyond Belief
Chris De Burgh - Man On The Line

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

I almost bought this on bluray the other day, but I hesitated, asking myself 'how could it be any better than Flight 666?'. Is it worth it?? Thanks.

Yesterday I bought these CDs at my local Rasputin, used/complete, for $9.99 each:

Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind ('98 Remaster)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time ('98 Remaster)

I'm starting to buy all of the Remastered Maiden CDs. These two are the first.

The "Iron Maiden" remasters are TERRIBLE, compressed, brickwalled garbage - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.

The 90s Castle CDs and the original US are preferable, the best are the original Japanese CDs and the original vinyl.

S.D. wrote:

The "Iron Maiden" remasters are TERRIBLE, compressed, brickwalled garbage - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.

The 90s Castle CDs and the original US are preferable, the best are the original Japanese CDs and the original vinyl.

Yes. I know, and I totally agree with you. But I already own all the Castle/US originals on CD. I'm just collecting all the Remasters to have in my collection. Plus, the new booklets with their lovely photos are hella sweet! :]

S.D. wrote:

The "Iron Maiden" remasters are TERRIBLE, compressed, brickwalled garbage - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.

Apparently another one of those things only dogs, audiophiles and S.D. can hear...they sound fine to me.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

S.D. wrote:

The "Iron Maiden" remasters are TERRIBLE, compressed, brickwalled garbage - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.

Apparently another one of those things only dogs, audiophiles and S.D. can hear...they sound fine to me.

Fine, we know you don't care about quality, some of us do.

S.D. wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

S.D. wrote:

The "Iron Maiden" remasters are TERRIBLE, compressed, brickwalled garbage - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.

Apparently another one of those things only dogs, audiophiles and S.D. can hear...they sound fine to me.

Fine, we know you don't care about quality, some of us do.

Bite me.

Not being able to hear minute, digital imperfections like someone such as yourself (what I like to call "bat ears") does not mean I don't care about quality.

ISIS - Panopticon
ISIS - Oceanic
The Protomen - Act II
Tortoise - TNT
Iroha - Iroha
Spirit Caravan - Jug Fulla Sun

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Not being able to hear minute, digital imperfections like someone such as yourself (what I like to call "bat ears") does not mean I don't care about quality.

Seeing some of your purchases from the $1 bin makes me question your ability to judge quality.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Quote :

Not being able to hear minute, digital imperfections like someone such as yourself (what I like to call "bat ears") does not mean I don't care about quality.

Seeing some of your purchases from the $1 bin makes me question your ability to judge quality.

You can bite me too.

Well... Not choosing sides here.. But I think the Remasters sound a bit better when it comes to Iron Maiden ('80) & Killers ('81). Those two, in particular, had very low sound quality on the original CD/vinyl pressings. I mean, even Steve Harris, himself, wasn't satisfied with how those two albums came out sounding, originally.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

S.D. wrote:

The "Iron Maiden" remasters are TERRIBLE, compressed, brickwalled garbage - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.

Apparently another one of those things only dogs, audiophiles and S.D. can hear...they sound fine to me.

I think audiophiles have a mental disorder. I never hear what they hear. Haha.

Eyesore wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

S.D. wrote:

The "Iron Maiden" remasters are TERRIBLE, compressed, brickwalled garbage - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.

Apparently another one of those things only dogs, audiophiles and S.D. can hear...they sound fine to me.

I think audiophiles have a mental disorder. I never hear what they hear. Haha.

I never do either!!!

today:

TV in Flames - Drool
Accept - Stalingrad
Dio - holy Diver Gold cd
Firewolfe - S/T
Pharoah - Bury the Light
Breaker - Get Tough
Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste

manny wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

S.D. wrote:

The "Iron Maiden" remasters are TERRIBLE, compressed, brickwalled garbage - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.

Apparently another one of those things only dogs, audiophiles and S.D. can hear...they sound fine to me.

I think audiophiles have a mental disorder. I never hear what they hear. Haha.

I never do either!!!

make it three. I dont hear a huge difference from the 2003 Dio remaster this new one.

exact33 wrote:

manny wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

S.D. wrote:

The "Iron Maiden" remasters are TERRIBLE, compressed, brickwalled garbage - I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.

Apparently another one of those things only dogs, audiophiles and S.D. can hear...they sound fine to me.

I think audiophiles have a mental disorder. I never hear what they hear. Haha.

I never do either!!!

make it three. I dont hear a huge difference from the 2003 Dio remaster this new one.

That one I can tell a huge difference - the new remaster so clear to me, the cymbals sound like actual cymbals to me, my son is taking drum lessons so I know what a real, live cymbal sounds like and that's what they sound like to me on the new remaster. Dio's vocals sound so clear and life like on the new one.

Jethro Tull-Repeat: The Best of Jethro Tull Vol. II ( replacing vinyl copy)

exact33 wrote:

today:

Accept - Stalingrad
Dio - holy Diver Gold cd
Firewolfe - S/T
Breaker - Get Tough

Nice!

Found the remasters of both @ Walmart for $5 each...

My Discogs order came in yesterday. It's all S.D.s fault:




Both original Prestige pressings.

Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol
Arkona - Slovo
Anathema - Weather Systems
Confessor - Uncontrolled (cd/dvd)