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What's your worst record ? Sept 10, 2019 15:56:50 GMT 12
- Edited Sept 11, 2019 11:15:43 GMT 12 by Owen Y
Post by michaelw on Sept 10, 2019 15:56:50 GMT 12worse content, sound or both, let me open with bruce springsteen live 1975-85 box set. most of the boss's studio albums sound mediocre at best but his 4 lp box is bad enough to drive you to cd's or worse. digital masters from analog and digital sources, these tracks are dimensionally flat, transistory and just painful to listen to. 1/10  
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Post by Citroen on Sept 10, 2019 16:18:21 GMT 12
Well, if that's the worst album in your collection...I'll be damned!
I have this set CBS – S5BP704 and its perfectly fine sounding, albeit a bit thin sounding. Saw a copy for sale today in a secondhand shop for $45. 
Cliff
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Post by michaelw on Sept 10, 2019 18:23:46 GMT 12 i got an mp3 download of live performances from arizona 1980 that have more life in them than this lp set.  so what's the worse in your collection ?
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Post by Citroen on Sept 10, 2019 18:51:42 GMT 12
Pink Floyd – A Collection Of Great Dance Songs
Label: Columbia – PC 37680, Columbia – TC 37680  Sounds like sh1t!
Cliff
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What's your worst record ? Sept 11, 2019 11:21:53 GMT 12
- Edited Sept 11, 2019 11:22:21 GMT 12 by Owen Y
Post by Owen Y on Sept 11, 2019 11:21:53 GMT 12most of the boss's studio albums sound mediocre at best but his 4 lp box is bad enough to drive you to cd's or worse.  Nebraska? - my copy, not so much, again from memory. DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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What's your worst record ? Sept 11, 2019 11:26:45 GMT 12
- Edited Sept 11, 2019 11:27:16 GMT 12 by michaelw
Post by michaelw on Sept 11, 2019 11:26:45 GMT 12
typo alert - should be 5 LP box
 agree on my aus tunnel of love, my nz nebraska is good. both are nicer to listen to than his big albums the river and born in the usa.
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What's your worst record ? Sept 11, 2019 11:37:55 GMT 12
- Edited Sept 11, 2019 11:38:14 GMT 12 by Owen Y
Post by Owen Y on Sept 11, 2019 11:37:55 GMT 12
Oh & compilation albums tend to be 2nd best, a lot of the time.
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Post by michaelw on Sept 11, 2019 12:32:36 GMT 12
with a few exceptions...
eg. steely dan greatest hits paul simon negotiations and lovesongs - tracks were hand compiled from analogue tape by roy halee springsteens geatest hits - most of the GH cuts sound better than the originals
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Post by Owen Y on Sept 11, 2019 12:53:02 GMT 12
I could name a MoFi LP, but that maybe should be in the Worst Value For Money awards
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Post by michaelw on Sept 11, 2019 16:10:33 GMT 12there's a bonnie raitt album that offended my ears too
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Post by michaelw on Sept 15, 2019 17:00:07 GMT 12
more sonic stinkbombs...
every joni mitchell album after wild things run fast. in particular chalk mark in a rainstorm. warning this record has such toxic highs you'd best be advised to wear hearing protection before listening ! prime example of why singers shouldn't self produce, especially with their spouses. 
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What's your worst record ? Sept 15, 2019 19:05:16 GMT 12
- Edited Sept 15, 2019 19:15:29 GMT 12 by foveaux
Post by foveaux on Sept 15, 2019 19:05:16 GMT 12
I have some stinkers too.
While all my vinyl is in temporary storage, I can easily nominate the worst:  I have a NZ Polydor 1971 copy (as pictured), purchased on its original release. Unfortunately it's worse for wear, so I sprung for a reissue - $45 from memory. I recollect the reissue is an Italian pressing. From Discogs info. it must be the Earmark version...indeed an absolute overflowing bucket of aural horseshite. Meant to return it, but circumstances/travel prevented this  "I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]
"Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young" [Paul Rodgers]
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