I gave up on local Vinyl over 35 years ago. Mostly garbage.
Since then and for 35 years, I buy only Japanese pressings.....
Since then and for 35 years, I buy only Japanese pressings.....
I give up on new vinyl
After getting burned yet again by "audiophile quality" vinyl that sounds like 180 grams of paper getting crinkled next to a mic, I am done. My re-issued Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd albums sound especially bad. Do the record companies buy re-tread vinyl, melt it down, and think that adding weight will make it sound new? The only consistently dependable new vinyl IMO is Rhino and the Beatles Apple re-issues. I would say, for everything else you're better off buying the old, classic pressings.