Waxtime Vinyl Quality

Unauthorized vinyl giving quality album reissues a bad rap.

Waxtime vinyl quality.

Original or reissue. Even if you don t obsess over the nuances of sound reproduction and records are more of a passing hobby knowing the importance of vinyl composition and manufacturing. If you buy records in 2015 odds are you ve been tempted by low cost reissues on the wax time label. Unfortunately it also comes with a dose of bad news.

I like to keep an open mind when it comes to collecting vinyl. Launched on kickstarter in may the project from the burning ear writer founder brandon bogajewicz licenses music from a variety of emerging artists stamps them onto a vinyl mixtape and packages it all together with original artwork once a month for delivery to a growing subscription community. There was more than enough speculation about the. Sometimes it is possible to find them quite cheaply.

The low cost is due to the fact that these are manufactured in the european union spain specifically. As vinyl enjoys such a strong resurgence there are more great records on the market than anytime over the past 30 plus years. I cannot speak to waxtime releases from several years ago but i can address the quality of those released during the past couple of years. Music on vinyl puts out very collectible limited pressings with a great focus on soundtracks of very high quality too.

If it was pressed before the 70 s the quality will likely not disappoint. That s great news obviously. Electric warrior on the original fly label with porky and pecko duck in the deadwax truly rocks. I listen to a wide range of all analog reissues from a variety of labels and have to say that the vinyl quality of the two dozen waxtime reissues i own surpasses all but the pallas pressings from speakers corner in terms of being dead quiet flat well.

This ensured consistency in the quality of the lps and 45s made during this period. Vinyl moon landed on my doorstep last week. There is a limited vinyl 12 that came out for record day with 3 or 4 versions of get it on accoustic electric and a boogie version. There are lots of little gems to be found often in the most unlikely of places.

Vinyl was the only music format available so record labels competed for consumer dollars. Yup old ideas on vinyl sounds remarkably better than the cd that came with it.