Four more.
Styx - The Grand Illusion ($1.99)
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl ($2.99)
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing ($3.99)
and
Björk - Post (import, limited edition heavy vinyl pressing - $23.99)
Yeah, that last one cost about as much as the rest of the record collection combined. My reasons for buying it were threefold:
1. After all these scratched-up old records, I really wanted to hear what a brand new one would sound like.
2. I bought the turntable mainly for the purpose of listening to older records; most of today's bands don't really seem appropriate to buy on vinyl. Björk is one of the few that does. I can't really explain why. Maybe it's because she kind of seems to exist outside of time and space completely, so she doesn't really fit under the whole umbrella of "today's artists." I don't know.
3. The last thing of Björk's I bought was her debut album (Debut) back in 1993, when I was not yet fifteen. I think it's about time the honorable Ms. Gudmundsdottir got a couple more dollars in royalties from me. And the record is pretty cool. The heavy vinyl pressing really is... well, heavy. You have to hold that sucker with both hands.
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It seems counterintuitive, but electronic music works best on vinyl. Something about the medium and the preferred venue or something.
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