Tidal streaming needle-drops?

Sorry, you are not hearing an LP. The effect is on all versions of this song (I'm listening to the CD now). This track is actually recorded and performed using a looper (a short digital recording box) and Vienna has chosen to encode and make these distortions part of the rhythm of the song. The live version on "The Moment Always Vanishing" really shows how this track is put together.

As far as I am aware the only one of Vienna's albums available on LP is her first, "Warm Strangers"

Though I am certain I've heard needle-drops while streaming "hi-res" from HD-Classics, I am pretty sure that the sound you heard on this album is part of the musical arrangement. I could be wrong. Is this album even available on LP? It was released in 2009 meaning there may not even be a analog tape master, let alone vinyl. 

Yet I am enjoying this artist's music so thanks for the heads up on her. 

After folkfreak’s post, I pulled out my CD, which I haven’t listened to in quite awhile.

Yeah, it’s recorded that way.

Thanks, guys.  Boy did I find that distracting.  But it did take me back to "the day" of dinged up LPs.  Of course, back then neither my system nor my brain was that resolving ;-)

dbtom2- I'm not enamored with all of her song choices but her voice is stunning.  First heard her music at RMAF a few years ago and been a fan since.