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TheVinylPress.com

As some of you know, I have been pursuing vinyl and audio for a long time, and recently decided to write about it. I launched a site called http://TheVinylPress.com which is devoted to older records that deserve renewed attention. The site launched quietly last month with a feature about the U.S.Library of Congress audio-visual restoration archive, and the latest installment features an inteview with Olav Wyper, the creator of the legendary Vertigo Swirl label. For now, this is a labor of love. I hope you find something worthwhile.*
Bill Hart
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*N.B. The powers that be at Audiogon gave me permission to start a thread about the site.
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tzh21y
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Great site.  After listening to some of nthe records I have I believe you and I have similar listening preferences.  The Boston album is quite the revelation.  Walt's is. Better!  Lol.
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whart OP
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tz- if you like Wally T's mastering and a little metal, Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast is amazing. - I never would have listened to this when I was younger- now, really dig a lot of stuff I missed, ignored or shunned. Thanks for your note. 

tzh21y
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I am looking for black sabbath paranoid and master of reality.  Paranoid first.  I remember this record from my younger days and it is definitely a great recording.  Your comments on skynyrds second helping are spot on as well as I have both versions.
tzh21y
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My favorite is thick as a brick for Tull.  On reprise.
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whart OP
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On those two Sabbaths, you won’t do better than the old UK Vertigo Swirls, which can get pricey. There are shortcuts- later Spaceship pressings on Vertigo (some of which, for Sabbath, are even more rare than the Swirls), the early WWA label pressings which used the same metal parts as the Vertigos (Sabbath switched labels for their 5th album, to WWA, but some of the early copies were essentially Vertigo lacquers or stampers- they are a fraction of the price). There are also ex-UK Vertigos but those are generally not in the same league as the UK ones, with a few exceptions.
I’m very big on the original Vertigo Swirl catalog- Sabbath was my entry point, a place where a lot of people stop. But there’s a lot of obscure, crazy stuff on that label from 1969-1973. Unfortunately, the prices of the uber ones will make your eyes water.

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