The sound, the smell, the artwork and the fact you have to listen to the record more carefully.
Love live vinyl.
Spot on, warm and natural sound, you just love it. Although you sometimes get clicks, crackle or other little worries, the LP format beats CD everytime, and easily in my books.
I bought an early 70's british vintage turntable about a year ago, the one like this:
http://kuvat.huuto.net/f/04/448084445ee305f8ad8f86ef514c3-orig.jpgPlaying old records with old equipment is the thing that fascinates me. Vintage fool, that's what me friends call me. I've never bought a new LP, and never will.
Been collection LP's for a year now, and am up to about 170. More and more records flooding in every month. The original 1st press releases are the ones I am interested in. But naturally, you have to pay good money for those albums, especially if you're into basic 60's and 70's rock, like I am. The Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Zeppelin, and that likes. Those bands are the ones I've been collecting. UK eBay is the place I go for buying them, as I don't really have other options. Not too many proper record shops around here, which sell those records.
Latest purchases include:
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band - Live 1975-'85
Jam, The - Setting Sons
Otis Redding - The Immortal Otis Redding
Jam, The - This Is The Modern World
Byrds, The - Younger Than Yesterday
Yes - Close To The Edge
Hollies, The - Hollies' Greatest
Byrds, The - History Of The Byrds
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Kinks - The Great Lost Kinks Album
All 1st issues.
Better go and put some stuff spinning again. Good to see a thread like this.