Loki-niece (27) wants to start an LP collection. What album would you recommend for her first purchase? I was thinking Sgt Peppers, which is what started it all for me.
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It would have to be mono. Stereo is so inferior, it might put her off buying any more.
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Perhaps âDark Side Of The Moonâ?
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Iâd rather go for the 2019 Abbey Road Anniversary Edition mixed by Giles Mastin and Sam Okell. Itâs a great pressing and I also think itâs a much more enjoyable album.
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What sort of music does she like? That is rather critical in my view.
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I have Sgt Peppers and itâs not for everyone. As has been said what does she like? DSOTM, Rumours, Thriller, Kind of Blue are all up there.
But she may not like any of this music. My first albums I enjoyed were Billy Idol! So all depends on what she is into.
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Have you asked her what she would like?
Bit of an assumption with SPLHCB.
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On the same wavelength there!
I appreciate your sensitivity, but in this instance we are unfettered by her predilections. She has given us free rein!
So, one album, that will show vinyl off to its best and spark a lifelong interest in the medium. What did it for you?
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Thanks Dan, good choices there. Her preferences are not a criterion, as above to IB.
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I would go with Danâs suggestion of âThrillerâ. Top tunes, and stunning sound quality, assuming current copies sound as good as 1983 originals.
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Yes, and a variety of styles.
I totally agree
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Records that all sound great to me on vinyl that I think people should own for cultural or historical appreciation:
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Beach Boys Pet Sounds
as mentioned: DSOTM, Thriller, St Peppers - all good
Springsteen BITUSA
A great sounding live album: McCartney or Clapton MTV Unplugged
Stones Sticky Fingers
Pink Floyd WYWH
As said above, picking one with a musical style that will resonate with her is probably top of the selection criteria list; you can always find a good sounding album. But if Sgt. Pepper, Thriller, or DSOTM was the first record you ever owned, that wouldnât be bad
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The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Not only is this an album with great critical acclaim, it is a fine sounding record as well.
And if youâre in the UK you can get it on the river, a 2xLP for ÂŁ29
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I have had no interest in the medium as such, it was simply a means of holding the recording, which for high quality music reproduction originally was only via vinyl. The first thing I heard on vinyl was probably Tchaikovskyâs 1812, on my brotherâs Dansette type record player when he first got it. The first I heard on my own hifi system a couple of years later, with makeshift test speakers not having built the cabinets yet, was the Beatlesâ Abbey Road, but once system completed not sure which album I played first, might have been Pink Floydâs Saucerful of secrets.
King Crimsonâs Court of the Crimson King has a good variety of sound and I didnât have any complaints about the vinyl sound quality before inevitable wear.
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Gary Boyle - âThe Dancerâ and âElectric Glideâ both sound great on vinyl if you can find the original Gull label pressings second hand. I played some of my original copy of âThe Dancerâ from 1977 this morning and it sounded as good as ever. This is 1970s UK instrumental jazz rock by the way. Robin Lumley and Morris Pert from Brand X play on the âThe Dancerâ.
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Loki, lots of great suggestions already. Iâve been thinking of which album but canât better those already listed.
What I would recommend is that you choose an album that you are very familiar with, passionate about and can point out the variations in the music as you play the one album.
Good luck.
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Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
A completely analog recording throughout the chain.
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