Vinyl records at ALDI
$24.99
Creedence, Beatles, Cat Stevens, Rolling Stones, Elton John, etc
Vinyl Records - ALDI - $24.99 - 11/11
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They were released in the thousands and millions and collectors are slowly dying out.
Depending on pressing and condition you can get most Beatles records for a few dollars these days, either on ebay or discogs discogs.com/artist/82730-The-Beatles
Thanks I'll check it out. CDs might be better for me because I don't have a record player. Whoa I just checked the Aldi page, they have Abbey Road!!!!
Aldi also have a turntable advertised outside the store on a poster today. So not sure if that means it's on sale now, or soon. But you could buy the LPs and the turntable, then convert the LP to computer via the turntable's USB cable, then burn a CD! Oh - wait a minute…
The collectors may be dying out but there's still big money for the right pressing. Check this recent (June) auction that saw "Please Please Me" go for a tad over $24,000… search eBay for item 291482547834.
Beatles records may have been produced in great numbers, but there are in heavy demand. They are also responsible for most of the world's most valuable records - see the Butcher Cover (Yesterday and Today) regularly fetches anywhere between ~$3000-$15,000.
Don't even get me started on signed Beatles records…
…guess I'll have to buy the White Album again…
When I first got the ALDI email, I wasn't sure if this was good value, but looking around it seems that the Beatles vinyl for example is usually over $30.
Vinyl at Aldi, what next…
Betamax! (insert comment about Betamax being superior to VHS here)
Well beta (betacam/hdcam/sr tapes) is still the industry standard for delivery from post production houses to broadcast networks for SD and HD material. HDCAM SR has more bandwidth and better codecs than Blu Ray.
Digital deliveries are slowly taking over though.
Not slowly. I work in television and haven't sent a tape to network in at least 4 years.
I work in post production and regularly send tapes to broadcast networks as per your requested deliverables and specs sheets :)
That goes for FTA channels and Foxtel.
Nice, now to find a good deal for a Kronos Turntable
Super 8
Laserdisc!
Reel to reel!
Phonograms!
Walkmans!
Yes this does seem expensive..
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club costs quite a bit more on ebay though for a new copy.
I'll let you in on a little secret, kids- vinyl records were crap.
eh, most vinyls now come with mp3 copies, and posters etc. espeically movie soundtracks.
As an owner of multiple thousand records and zero CDs i have to disagree with this one. noiseaddicts.com/2012/11/why-does-vinyl-sound-better-than-cd
Agree! Vinyl on a top system sounds superior yet retains the analog-nature of the music!
You didn't read that article, did you?
I'm having a bad acid flashback. Buying a new record- spraying expensive antistatic stuff (Permostat) on it before I play it for the first time, putting the DustBug on, dropping the $300 (1981 money) Stanton needle on it, prepare for the 20 minutes of music I'm going to get before I have to get up and change it … snap, crackle, pop, snap, crackle, pop.
Talk about deja-vu .. :-( .. !!
more like deja-vu{pop)-vu{pop)-vu{pop)-vu{pop)-vu{pop)-vu{pop) …
You have no idea my friend
Not sure of the quality of these vinyl presses
I suspect they are of eastern European origin but happy to be shot down in flames if they turn out to be somewhat more legitimate.
Better than Australian pressings
My comment was not questioning the quality of the pressing, merely whether or not the artist gets any royalties from the sale.
I was at a gig where Rick Wakeman said he hadn't received a single penny for all the albums sold in eastern Europe. They were ones that were long OOP round the rest of the world but still being manufactured there. I bought quite a few myself at the time.
And yes, Australian pressings were woeful… according to someone I knew in the industry, they recycled vinyl with everything (labels included) going into the melting pot. That's why I was importing albums from Japan and the UK from the mid 70's and still have close to 3,000 of them.
I think we have one pressing plant in Australia these days - mainly for boutique pressings (highly limited runs of local stuff). But yeah - definitely our old efforts were pretty shit. Not to mention most Australians took absolutely woeful care of there records. Means that old Aussie pressings are almost always worth loads less than pretty much anything else. I'd be interested to know where these Aldi ones were pressed.
$25 bucks for a vinyl LP is a rip-off. but Cosmo's Factory by Creedence is an all time driving classic.
Now, how am I gonna get a turntable in my car?Don't laugh, they existed (for singles anyway).
Check out http://www.cnet.com/news/chryslers-in-car-phonograph/#!
Good luck with all the Brisbane potholes!
Explain your rip off claim please?
You have no clue, man. Vinyl is expensive to produce, and expensive to ship (it's bulky and heavy). To get new LP for about the same price as a new release CD is a great deal - if the pressing's any good.
All I need now is my laser turntable to become more affordable
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ELP-Laser-Turntable-High-End-Mode…I would prefer a OZB deal for a Kronos Turntable
http://www.tonepublications.com/analogaholic/the-kronos-turn…
Nothing beats the nice sound of a record through a decent amp.I think some people on here probably have never heard a record player hence some of the comments way better sound oh I can hear deep purple now thems the days
What's happening today? Dial up internet, vinyl at Aldi, what's next? A group buy on Windows 3.1?
Windows 3.1
Who needs a PC when you can have a Dick Smith Wiz-Zard with Basic V1.0 Cartidge.
I had a 286 computer with Windows 2 on it. Never did see a Windows 1 though.
WHY??!!!
the sound from my 8-track tape deck is much better :)
Surprised you still have something to play on the Lear Cartridge. I have one from the early 70's in the shed but the glue that held the ends of the endless tapes together in my cartridges started failing in the 90's, decimating my tape collection. In any case, the sound quality of this 'technology' was so crap its hardly a loss, the sound quality on my grandmother's 1920's wind up HMV gramophone was better .. :-( .. !!
need to run the record player special again
Best was the audio technica at Costco
Vinyl sounds insanely better than CD/digital, I doubt anyone who disagrees has listened to a new vinyl record through a high quality sound system. When I listen to LA Woman (one of my favourites to listen to on vinyl) it's like I'm listening to the Doors playing live in my room, that's the nature of analogue sound. When I listen to the CD it sounds like electronic, processed sound.
^ this.
I don't know about that. Mastering includes deliberately reducing dynamic range to increase loudness because that's what sells, not that the newer technology isn't capable of being superior. And then there's analogue bias (excuse the pun). Next you'll be saying vacuum tubes are better than transistors.
Honestly, anyone that says one sounds better than the other is misinformed. Neither sounds better - they sound different. If you happen to prefer one over the other - then that is your preference. The quality of the sound is dependent on the recording, the mastering, the production etc - even before it is pressed onto a CD or LP. Then you have the quality of the medium that comes into it. With records there are way more variables that need to be done right - composition of the vinyl, the actual stamping, the weight of the vinyl etc. The quality of your turntable is also much more important than the quality of your CD player. CDs have better range, vinyl has a warmth that some people have a preference towards. LPs also have the nostalgia hit that make people overlook (or even enjoy) the shortcomings of the medium - mainly the fact that dust/marks/play wear/static electricity drastically reduces your sound quality. A well produced/manufactured CD will objectively sound better than a poorly produced/pressed LP and vice versa. And all thing being equal - they still only sound different - not better or worse.
If only Aldi would start selling water in fancy glass bottles too…
Omg, what a joke
Oh good, they're selling fake beards again.
Will they also be selling milk crates to store them in or will we have to knick them from the local milk bar?
Not that I'm advocating thieving…
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Everything old is new again !
I've never owned a beatles record before. :(