Metallica

JudasMyGuide said:
Yeah, there are bands that are better on vinyl (because of the brickwalling, mostly - Nile, I'm looking at ye. What do ye have to say for yourself, young boy? The Annihilation of the Wicked CD's nearly unlistenable, honestly) and I wouldn't trade my vinyl early Genesis for anything, but let's admit it - CDs have their advantages, too (let's see you trying to play vinyls in yer car).

Personally, I think it's great if someone appreciates vinyls, but listening to/respecting only those is weird, and more than a bit hipster-ish.
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Vinyl really does come down to a case by case thing. Early Genesis is a perfect example because as far as I've heard, proper CD versions of those albums don't exist. So the vinyl is necessary. A band like Rush, they really got the CD transfers right the first time so you're better off with that (not the remasters!).

Vinyl versions of newer albums are the same way. Sometimes they're comparable to the CDs or better*, sometimes they're mastered horribly. You can usually tell when a vinyl was lazily pressed and geared toward people who listen to vinyl as a trendy thing.

So yea, anyone who says vinyls are always better isn't actually listening to them for audio quality reasons.

*Every Maiden fan with a turntable needs to hear The Book of Souls on vinyl. It is the best sounding version of the album.
 
The Flash said:
I realize vinyls are the best option for someone looking to collect albums, but they're out of my economic comfort zone. (And I don't have a record player)
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Same here. I don't have a record player either, but I still buy vinyls anyways.
 
Mosh said:
*Every Maiden fan with a turntable needs to hear The Book of Souls on vinyl. It is the best sounding version of the album.
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I have a turntable but I'm waiting for my roommate to get her speakers refoamed.
 
matic22 said:
And it's played on probably the most expensive guitar ever (ex Peter Green and Gary Moore's guitar known as Greeny)
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Are you sure? Cause it's probably the best-sounding guitar in the world too.


How he manages to make it sound like shit is beyond me :nuts2:
 
frus said:
:bigsurprise:
Are you sure? Cause it's probably the best-sounding guitar in the world too.


How he manages to make it sound like shit is beyond me :nuts2:
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7:14 Kirk is recording the solo with Greeny.

For guitar nerds:
Gary Moore has owned two very iconic 59 Les Pauls througoht his career. One is Greeny which was sold in 2005 due to tour cancellations expenses and the other is Stripe which is the Still Got the Blues guitar. Stripe is rumoured to be Ronnie Montrose's stolen 59 that he used on all of the classic Montrose records. Stripe is still owned by Gary Moore's estate and is according to late Gary the better sounding of the two.


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Greeny, the 59 Les Paul that was owned by Peter Green and Gary Moore, is owned by Kirk Hammet and was played by all the guitar greats for at least 5 minutes.


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Stripe, the 59 Les Paul that was allegedly stolen from Ronnie Montrose and through various hands ended up in Gary Moore's guitar collection.
 
That 'making of' is great. Just like other, similar videos from them. I'm not a Metallica fan (nor hater) but I find this insight fascinating. I don't even endorse their writing process, it's really weird to me, but I love watching that.
 
Srogyy said:
That 'making of' is great. Just like other, similar videos from them. I'm not a Metallica fan (nor hater) but I find this insight fascinating. I don't even endorse their writing process, it's really weird to me, but I love watching that.
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Agree. Metallica are usually very good at this. This time around is probably the most secretive they've been with a new album. Back when they were working on Death Magnetic they had pretty much daily studio update videos out....
 
Has anybody seen lastest Metallica documentary ("The Early Years")? There is only 1 episode on YouTube, other 3 are only on Spotify.
 
Black Wizard said:
'The Day That Never Comes' is the stand out track on 'Death Magnetic' in my opinion, in fact I consider it to be one of their best ever songs.
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I think it is the only song worth listening to on that album.

I quite like Kill'em all, Ride the lightening has some great moments, MOP is fantastic through and through. AJFA is a snooze, just drones on and on with some rare good moments.
Black album is OK, with real good production, but not my style of music. The rest over the last 25 years or so are dull. Especially St Anger which just gives me a headache. I really didn't find DM to be anything good. And this new song is just more of the same.

I have found, that since I have removed all but Kill, Ride and MOP from my MP3 player that I am much more likely now to select Artist - Metallica - Random play.
 
I see the third disc of the triple vinyl has only one song on each side. Why would they bother when they're already adding a bonus cd to the vinyl package? Profit...? Something about this band stinks.....
 
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