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Vinyl and LPs - Analogue Music Goodness

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Rule of thumb when I can't decide what to listen to, grab one of the first five Sabbath albums. Never fails!

This copy is pretty crappy, or my current turntable and speakers just can't do it justice. Someday I should get the remaster, but for now I have a lot of affection for a pressing that is, after all, only a few years older than myself.

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[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes the low quality is part of the nostalgia though, right? This album looks like it's been well-loved, and I bet it's made a lot of people happy.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah, I'm not the first owner by far. This has been through a lot of hands, and that wear adds to its value in a way that a pristine copy wouldn't have.

Same for the sound quality — sometimes you just need to crank the volume till the walls crack 😄

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not really a Black Sabbath fan but this album is a must. Every song is just something else and the full package is a masterpiece.

My mother in law got me a high quality repressing for my birthday a couple years ago, it sounds sooooo goood

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Your MIL is a keeper 😄

And I agree that this has to be a stone cold classic no matter what you may think of Sabbath. Me, I love most of their Ozzy years, it's basically the inspiration and progenitor for maybe 50% of the music I still listen to.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Every bit a classic!

[–] AHorseWithNoNeigh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Great album front to back. Amazingly, I found a copy at a thrift store for 2 dollars. It was a great day.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Bargain bins to the rescue, once again 😄 I was around when the first push for CDs happened, and I could have gotten so many classic albums on vinyl at dumping prices. I'm kicking myself now that I didn't.

[–] jakemehoff11@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always liked the song "Black Sabbath", track 1 on the album Black Sabbath by the band Black Sabbath

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago

They really branded the hell out of that one, yeah.