Ridiculous Vinyl Pricing - India re-sellers
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This thread was started 5 years ago. Today those prices seem reasonable by comparison 
And the problem remains the same - utterly ridiculous and dishonest grading practices by Indian resellers. On pricing, I agree - the market determines what’s ok and we just have to live with it. There are plenty of people with money to throw to the winds on a whim these days, so it just is what it is.
So much vinyl vs CD debate… If it isn’t for you, it isn’t for you. I think people sometimes forget that our ears aren’t measuring instruments. They offer somewhat subjective pleasure.
Personally, I have copies of albums on both CD and vinyl, and pretty much anything before 1980 just sounds more pleasing on vinyl, to my ears, without having to tweak treble and bass. For extended listening, definitely less fatiguing on vinyl.
For anything after 1990 for sure, if it’s sound quality you’re chasing, you may as well buy the CD as they were almost all recorded and mastered digitally. There are aome rare exceptions like Buena Vista Social Club and some albums from bands like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, who insist on recording analogue, but almost all the rest are digital. So, if you’re buying it on vinyl, you’re basically buying a digital file which has been ‘made analogue’ by pressing on vinyl. It’s also why I personally avoid shady Eastern European labels (Waxtime, DOL, etc) that use public domain loopholes to repress old albums on vinyl - they merely use CD rips for the most part and just scan artworks to reprint, flogging what are essentially ‘Pallika Bazaar’ type copies to feed a fad among young people. It’s a rip off (pun intended).
Of course, there are other considerations to buying which may have nothing to do with the sound quality. For example, I buy LPs of bands I loved from the 90s onwards, like Radiohead or Rage Against the Machine or even DJs like Calvin Harris, just because I enjoy the tactile experience of handling a record and because I enjoy the artwork and so on. I do so in the full knowledge that I’m essentially getting digital pressed on vinyl.
YMMV
Cheers
And the problem remains the same - utterly ridiculous and dishonest grading practices by Indian resellers. On pricing, I agree - the market determines what’s ok and we just have to live with it. There are plenty of people with money to throw to the winds on a whim these days, so it just is what it is.So much vinyl vs CD debate… If it isn’t for you, it isn’t for you. I think people sometimes forget that our ears aren’t measuring instruments. They offer somewhat subjective pleasure.
Personally, I have copies of albums on both CD and vinyl, and pretty much anything before 1980 just sounds more pleasing on vinyl, to my ears, without having to tweak treble and bass. For extended listening, definitely less fatiguing on vinyl.
For anything after 1990 for sure, if it’s sound quality you’re chasing, you may as well buy the CD as they were almost all recorded and mastered digitally. There are aome rare exceptions like Buena Vista Social Club and some albums from bands like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, who insist on recording analogue, but almost all the rest are digital. So, if you’re buying it on vinyl, you’re basically buying a digital file which has been ‘made analogue’ by pressing on vinyl. It’s also why I personally avoid shady Eastern European labels (Waxtime, DOL, etc) that use public domain loopholes to repress old albums on vinyl - they merely use CD rips for the most part and just scan artworks to reprint, flogging what are essentially ‘Pallika Bazaar’ type copies to feed a fad among young people. It’s a rip off (pun intended).
Of course, there are other considerations to buying which may have nothing to do with the sound quality. For example, I buy LPs of bands I loved from the 90s onwards, like Radiohead or Rage Against the Machine or even DJs like Calvin Harris, just because I enjoy the tactile experience of handling a record and because I enjoy the artwork and so on. I do so in the full knowledge that I’m essentially getting digital pressed on vinyl.
YMMV
Cheers
They also brought out an LP of Pam Crain, in a live concert. People outside Calcutta probably don't know much about the Calcutta jazz scene in the 50s-60s-70s, but Pam Crain was a star of Park Street at that time. This LP was apparently first released in the 70s, from a live concert in Calcutta's Kala Mandir in 1978. The One And Only Louis Banks performed with her, as did Brad Gonsalves. The sound quality has bits of poor quality. The publisher says so on the LP cover.I would not mind owning this LP if/when it comes out. Parikrama has been a part of the Indian rock scene as far as I can remember but they never chose to release a full-length album. That does not take away from their appeal - to me they always seemed to have this kind of grandfatherly aura, watching other bands come and go! I remember going to some of their live shows.
Hence,
If these guys had not done this reissue of that old gem, no one would. Luckily, I bought a copy. It's sold out now.
I've read Pam Crain's name in newspapers when I was a school kid. This is the first time I got to hear her voice.
It does. Put your bill-to and ship-to addresses in Discogs as any overseas address. Set the payment mode to Paypal. Discogs will then never know how you are actually paying on Paypal.
In Paypal, use your Indian credit card to pay. Axis Bank credit cards completely and totally block any attempt to pay anyone on Paypal -- they say they have too high a fraud pattern on Paypal purchases. SBI credit cards have no problem. Your bank may be in one of these two buckets, you'll never know till you buy.
On Paypal, set your actual Indian bill-to address. Paypal has no issues with Indian buyers.
Once this is done, Discogs will work happily for you.
The last question is the ship-to address. If you have a friend who can receive the goods, then set his address as the ship-to address.
I'm like that too. I have an excellent TT and several LPs, an excellent cassette deck and lots of cassettes, and an excellent CD player, ditto. I've also ripped my CDs to FLAC. The only medium I don't like is streaming, because I don't know anything about the release, the mix, etc, and also because the entire pleasure of handling physical media is gone.
The only genre I don't like are EDM/dub/club/trance (is that one genre or many?)
I have used Hdfc credit cards on Paypal few years back and they were accepted. Off late Paypal is asking to update Kyc details else will freeze the account.
Yes, KYC details are a must. This is imposed by RBI on PayPal, in exchange for letting Paypal operate in India.
There are two now. We have been fortunate to get to know Mr Gonsalves recently, as also his lovely wife Yvonne. At 92 he is back to playing with great relish. If you’re passing through Goa you should be able to catch his gigs - he is playing at least once a week now. He’s been kind enough to inscribe my copy of Jazz Explorations. Echoes just landed a few days ago. A nice little poster of Braz and Pam enclosed for those who ordered in advance.
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