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Looks like a hipster negged you.
But did they do it before it was cool?
Hipsters? Ok Gramps, might be time to move on, you're about a decade late at this point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subculture)
"Globally, hipster culture had become a "global phenomenon" during the early-mid 2010s, before declining from the mainstream by 2016–2017."
How do you know it won't be cool again? Right now it might be most hipster to be hipster.
Ageing hipsters ha.
PS. Agree that these look like cheap bad quality copies, not the official albums so wouldn't waste your money. Instead invest in Tidal, or even the proper CDs.
my reaction exactly. vinyls at ALDI. ffs!
Why does this make you mad?
doesn't. just interesting how the tables have turned! no pun intended lol
next up I wanna see them selling vinyls in bulk at Costco
half a kilo Nirvana and Dire straits please. in the same bag is fine
I'm a big enthusiast and love seeing vinyl getting more accessible and widely available. Irks me to no end seeing gatekeepers in niche hobbies/interests - film photography is another one full of them.
These are garbage. Will most likely be live recordings. Got the GNR one previously. Just terrible. Must be a licensing thing where live performances are in a different category to the original music.
Live recordings are bad? some of those older live recordings are some of the most iconic versions of the songs.
Yeah, these look like bootlegs.
The last lot were bootleg live recordings, most of which were available (legally) online from other sources, so unless you have a particular need to own bootlegs on vinyl this is very niche. Decent price for a record, though.
Oddly enough the same price I remember paying in the 80s.. ALDI is truly doing the lords work for inflation.
I've found it's about 50/50, got a couple of decent ones (Bob Marley maybe?) and a few terrible ones (GNR, agreed).
these are most likely vinyl pressings from quasi legal online digital sources.
very possible that source material is a 120kbps mp3 file originating from a live mic level recording on a standard cassette from the 70's or 80's.
hard pass.
But you put that low-bitrate MP3 onto vinyl, and it's suddenly "warm and rich with a mellifluous sound".
In reality, there's a possible advantage to vinyl pressings that have come straight from the analog master tapes with no digital conversion stage (i.e. avoiding possible compression/quantization). However, I'd bet the majority of vinyl releases these days have gone through a digital conversion at some stage, which kind of defeats the point. If the digital source is artifact-free, just listen to that.
GNR were shithouse live in Sydney, Axel cant sing without studio enhancement, so would never buy a live recording
That's like saying you once ate a stale sandwich you found left in your kid's schoolbag from 3 weeks ago and didn't like it, so will never eat a sandwich again.
Maybe just don't eat stale sandwiches, otherwise adjust your expectations - there are great sandwiches out there if you look for them.
Ha, I remember getting the dodgy live versions of these bands on CD and tape at the servo. They would be in a carousel rack near the door or register. I think they were had white stripe on them that said live and unofficial? I assume they are terrible recordings of the bands made by some random who attended the show.
Aldi don’t miss
InB4 member @rosebank posted it.
You'll get better quality and a genuine recording from a $1 CD at an op shop…
If you don't recognise the cover it's a bootleg
If you don't recognise the cover it's a bootleg
ALDI sells bootlegs and the music industry doesn't give a crap? Not that I don't believe you, but I'm genuinely surprised.
Oh wow. Hope they sell the players too.
Yes, I hear that a record player shoved into a suitcase with a speaker from an alarm clock really gives that live recording experience
Excellenttttt.
yep - a genuine sorny or panaphonics deck will go well with these beauties!
Nirvana Smells Like Live Spirit
😬😬😬
I've had a few of these in varying quality (physical and sound). Most are pretty flimsy and most have been warped to some degree. SQ ranges from unlistenable to decent.
Ah, so not only has vinyl comeback into fashion, so have terrible bootlegs pressings…
When I got whacked on the weekend, I dreamt I was eating a licorice pizza. Can't find my Michael Jackson vinyl now.
This brings back memories of those bootleg CD's that were everywhere in the 90s! Crappy then, probably even worse now. Before they were sourced from tape, now someone has just downloaded mp3s and emailed them to the cheapest place that'll press vinyl
Crazy Clarks and Red Dot always had a bunch!
Aaahhh, I remember back in the 90s there was a huge flood of these bootleg live recordings on CD of vastly varying quality. I still have the Dire Straits one which is actually really good quailty - a soundboard recording from the Free Nelson Mandela concert in 1988 with Eric Clapton on 2nd guitar. The fact it was one of those big globally broadcast concerts meant there was a good quality recording. I had a few others that I listened to once and never bothered with again because they sounded like they were recorded by somebody's Walkman in the audience. Which they probably were..
I have quite a few from various companies. Some were very good, some pretty bad.
Vinyl at Aldi now. Hipsters not gonna be happy.