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Just got back into vinyl a couple of months ago after 30 year absence. Finally got fed up with the compressed sound of digital, so on the advice of my son, I rediscovered the joy of LPs once again. Could not be happier. System is: Uturn Orbit with acrylic platter, Tannoy System 800 speakers with a Yamaha RX-V377 amp.

I guess i am old school .. Just ordered my favorite early REM: a new 180 copy of Murmer

All spelling aside, "Murmur" is a moody, cryptic and wonderful album. 
 
I have listened to both the US OG and the MFSL. They BOTH sound great, and slightly different from each other.

I made a spur of the moment decision to visit the record shop on my "lunch" break today - first needing to move my car to extend parking and then deciding on a quick car wash to de-bug from the weekend's road trip to Portland. I was headed in the direction of the record shop...so why not. Among other things, I scored this VG+/Mint version of Pinback's Summer in Abaddon. Prior to picking up a standard black copy recently for about $15, I was considering a maroon copy on Discogs going for $60, which I ultimately decided I didn't need when I could get a new black one for $15. This one cost $39, so I decided to go for it. 
 

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http://www.recordtech.com/prodsounds.htm

No one's really brought up average song/album length yet. The CD era brought along single albums that were over 60 minutes in length (since the maximum length of a CD is either 74 or 80 minutes). Before CDs, albums were created specifically to the time limitations of vinyl where once you start getting past about 22 minutes/side you start having to make tradeoffs w/r/t fidelity and volume. Therefore, a single 75-minute CD best fits on two LPs. A 60-65 minute album probably best fits on three LP sides.
 
Then there's song length as well. Songs in excess of four minutes are far more common than they used to be. Three six-minute songs and you're at 18 minutes.

I have just re-discovered vinyl, been away for about 30 years and have just now come back into the fold. Over the last 2 months after getting my Orbit, I have purchased maybe 30 to 40 new records, and having a great time. Some new stuff and a lot of reissues. Back in the day, getting a double album was really special: It meant you got a ton of new songs with one release. I have been really surprised at how many records that I order now arrive as double LPs. Many have only 3 songs on each side, and the other half of the sides are blank. Can anyone explain the motivation for this? Is there some type of technical benefit or aural advantage to release as a double? I don't think its financial because it seems to be about the same price as other single release LPs. (unless there actually happens to be more tracks) I usually like the extra heft and graphics with the double packaging, but getting up to flip that damn side so quick ain't fun for me in my advancing mid 50s!
http://leeeditorial.blogspot.com/2016/04/after-over-30-years-i-have-fallen-in.html

Just got back into vinyl a couple of months ago after 30 year absence. Finally got fed up with the compressed sound of digital, so on the advice of my son, I rediscovered the joy of LPs once again. Could not be happier. System is: Uturn Orbit with acrylic platter, Tannoy System 800 speakers with a Yamaha RX-V377 amp.

Just got back into vinyl a couple of months ago after 30 year absence. Finally got fed up with the compressed sound of digital, so on the advice of my son, I rediscovered the joy of LPs once again. Could not be happier. System is: Uturn Orbit with acrylic platter, Tannoy System 800 speakers with a Yamaha RX-V377 amp.

Just got back into vinyl a couple of months ago after 30 year absence. Finally got fed up with the compressed sound of digital, so on the advice of my son, I rediscovered the joy of LPs once again. Could not be happier. System is: Uturn Orbit with acrylic platter, Tannoy System 800 speakers with a Yamaha RX-V377 amp.

Just got back into vinyl a couple of months ago after 30 year absence. Finally got fed up with the compressed sound of digital, so on the advice of my son, I rediscovered the joy of LPs once again. Could not be happier. System is: Uturn Orbit with acrylic platter, Tannoy System 800 speakers with a Yamaha RX-V377 amp.

Just got back into vinyl a couple of months ago after 30 year absence. Finally got fed up with the compressed sound of digital, so on the advice of my son, I rediscovered the joy of LPs once again. Could not be happier. System is: Uturn Orbit with acrylic platter, Tannoy System 800 speakers with a Yamaha RX-V377 amp.