First LP recommendation for a vinyl newbie?

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The poor girl might have a heat attack with the opening track unless she plays I Talk to the Wind first. Great suggestion though.

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Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

Sublime music and a really good sounding record as well.

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If you’re going in that direction, why not Bat Out Of Hell ? :grinning_face:

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How about Tubular Bells, but it depends on her music taste

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I love BOFH. BUT the 3 vinyl copies I have had are all shocking pressings , the sound seems so compressed with very limited dynamics range to my ears !

Has anyone got an idea of a quality mastered / pressed version please ?

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I like the idea of a heat attack!

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I would rather pull my own tooth out with a set of pliers than listen to BOOH! The poor girl does not deserve that. In fact, nobody does!

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You have very good ears.

I just looked and the best DR of a vinyl pressing of BOOH is 11 - not very good. It’s a 2014 European pressing.

|Label|Music On Vinyl|
|Catalog number|MOVLP1018|
|Bar code|8718469535132|

The best I can see is the 1977 CD US press with a DR of 12.

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It was sort of tongue-in-cheek; I get it though.

You have to suspend some rational thought if you listen to it (it’s kind of cheesy), but I think it’s a masterclass of songwriting basics in terms of music and lyrics.

Cinematic is a good way to describe it - and not everyone likes that.

Bob Dylan it ain’t.

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Get her all those for starters (with the exception of anything by Clapton; no one deserves such punishment).

When she’s played those to death, she needs to hear at least another thousand or so. :wink:

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Something she will enjoy, not something you think she should have because it is a classic album loved by ageing forum members, likely one that drives hi-fi shop staff to near desperation when they see a customer come in with it.

When I got my first system, I would have hated my uncle choosing a record he thought I should have or like; I would have preferred a record token or cash so I could choose my own. Probably best to take her to a record shop and let her choose her own if you live close enough, or ask her to send you a list of records she would like.

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Yes, ic the first things I heard on a record had been jazz or crooning, chances are I’d never have wanted a system of my own!

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  • Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
  • The Beatles - Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
  • Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
  • The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
  • The Clash - London Calling (1979)
  • Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)
  • Kate Bush - The Hounds Of Love (1985)
  • Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966)
  • The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)
  • David Bowie - Low (1977)
  • Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
  • Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (2006)
  • Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (2013)
  • Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982)
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers – Exodus (1977)
  • U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987)
  • Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (1959)
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Thanks B, not a bad shout, enthusiasm is half the battle, that’s what Thor says anyway!

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Excellent album indeed, although might be a bit too pared back for a first LP.

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When I first listened to it I did not appreciate the humour one iota. I was about 15 and it was an album of the month from Britannia, automatically sent out. Try as I might I couldn’t get into it at all. I sent it back. Rock, prog. to heavy, was serious stuff for that serious-minded teenager!

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:rofl: Yup!

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Agreed, but that is not the remit I’ve been given! I have to choose and send :roll_eyes:. There is probably a petard with my name on it ready to be hoisted.

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Plenty there. You’ve given me an idea with BM: Legend!!

Perchance Queen Greatest Hits also, although a little compressed due to the number of tracks on the standard release.

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If that is the case, I would get her something that has been featured on Stranger Things or other TV shows she might watch. A friend’s mid 20s daughter, has got into lots of music from that show and bought the vinyl. Unless of course she has asked for a classic album that is now used to torment staff in hi-fi dealers, in which case I am sure you will get lots of suitable suggestions here.

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