Heavy Vinyl

@grinnell

"Did you ever hear the 3 sided album on one LP? One side has 2 tracks

Monty Python’s Matching Tie and Handkerchief"

Being the early 1970’s, certain smokable substances were consumed and the stunned confusion that ensued when a completely different album side appeared was comical to watch.

Heavier is better, but shipping cost is higher.

Better or different ?

unless you are adjusting your VTA for every record you will hear a difference in "heavy or light" records . 

I have set my VTA on a 160 gram record , my compromise since most records are between 140 and now 180 grams with 120 and 200 being on the extreme ends but still sound good .

I have ( had ) 2 John Denver Poems , prayers and Promises albums one was 105 grams and the other 150 grams , the lightweight one sound shrill while the middleweight one sounds like typical J.D. , the lightweight is no longer on the self .

"Did you ever hear the 3 sided album on one LP?'

That would have been Johnny Winter-2nd Winter

My own experience has been that many (certainly not all) contemporary 180g vinyl records I've bought have more discernible surface noise, tics, etc than many of my 'legacy' vinyl records from the 70's, some of which are absolutely perfect in that regard.