FIVE OF THE BEST-SOUNDING VINYL RECORDS

These records sound so good on vinyl that we can’t help but spin them every time

Unknown Pleasures Joy Division It’s a scary thing, replacing an over-played record with a brand new press, but doing so with Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures worked a treat for us. The rolled-off treble offers so much warmth to Bernard Sumner’s often hauntingly sparse guitar lines and Ian Curtis’s affecting vocal, and it still comes with the same textured cardboard sleeve. Blue Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell’s Blue is an essential addition to any record collection. Its intimate production desires a physical medium spinning as close to you as Mitchell’s voice appears in the room. Given the number of times this truly beautiful album must have been re-cut, it stands to reason by now pressings are pretty much as good as they can be. Kid A Radiohead Don’t be unnerved by Kid…

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