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Just a quick question: Does anyone else have more vinyl records in their collection than CDs or electronic downloads? It's not that I'm a vinyl snob mind you, but for instance, my latest purchase is "Folk Blues Song Fest" featuring artists like Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry (his version of "Beautiful City" is stunning). I don't think you would find this on CD...but I could be wrong.
So it's looking once again like no Zep tour. Pity. I saw them in 1977 at the LA Forum, and they were pretty darn great. But with Robert unavailable for a while, I would imagine Jimmy might have some extra time on his hands. So, how about somebody tries putting together a Yardbirds "reunion"/retrospective tour of sorts? Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck on the same stage together jamming with say just about any singer, (Keith Relf is of course unavailable), would in my books, to say the least, be worth seeing. Anyone else out there that would like to see that trio do a slash and burn version of Beck's Bolero? If you ask me, that alone would be worth the price of admission. Enough of waiting on Robert Plant's apparently massive ego. Guitar players rule.
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I would love to see it, and hell, let's throw in the bass player Paul Samwell-Smith (who I think is now a music executive) as well, as long as we're putting together a wish list. Chances it could happen? Slim to none.
Unfortunately, it probably isn't in the cards. All three are notoriously shall we say, for better or worse, "difficult" in one way or another. I just think it's a shame that Jimmy waits around for Robert to decide whether he wants to play in the sandbox again or not.
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I USED to have more vinyl than CDs. I for sure have more CDs than downloads. Most of my digital music has been ripped from a CD. And, you are correct, there is still tons of material out there that has not yet or may never make its way into either CD or digital form. That's the crate-diggers prize. ;-)
And I found a copy of Opal's Happy Nightmare Baby on vinyl today!
CDs outstripped vinyl in my collection a long time ago. Even now, I buy a lot more music on CD than MP3s. MP3s are called for when artists produce a couple of great tracks on an otherwise meh CD. Or soundtracks. I only buy vinyl if the release is either not available on CD or is so excessively expensive that I can't convice my Jiminy Cricket conscience to spring for it. By the way, I LOVE that avatar. The guy bears a resemblance to Tom Waits. He just looks so obsessed. Perfect for MOG.