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  Seven Songs for the Week #163 - 20th May 26

  Jason Carty

  Twenty years ago I had moved to London, my CD collection was in boxes in Dublin but came into possession of a 1980s Sony set up with a turntable. So I went back to vinyl. As it turned out, I was an early adopter of the re-adoption of vinyl. Back then you could still get very cheap second-hand vinyl, e.g. an immaculate early pressing of Tusk for £6. New records were starting to be routinely put out on vinyl, some would come with the CD in a paper wallet inside, the best of both worlds.

  I don't believe that vinyl is better than CD, it's not. It's just different. I'm a fan of both, and over the past 8 years or so, I've extricated the CDs from boxes and have them back in circulation. Last year, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd got a long awaited reissue and overhaul, and I bought the 4CD super deluxe edition, and a Rhino High Fidelity vinyl pressing. I try not to double-dip on purchases, just pick one format, but in this instance both were justified. The CDs offered the original album plus another 4+ hours of alternates, instrumentals, 2025 mixes all of it in perfect sound forever. The Rhino High Fidelity is not just a sales pitch, it's a heavy sleeve, heavy pressing, analogue cut of a first gen master tape. I put in on again this week and it is the best the album has ever sounded.

  It's also the first popular music to feature the synthesizer, heard on Daily Nightly and Star Collector. Which brings us to...