Singles

nlgbbbblth

Which way do you prefer them?

Has to be 12" for me. The best format ever.

Creamy Goodness

has to be CD for me, just for ease of ripping to put on my iriver

technobob

10"

has to be 7"
picture discs and coloured vinyl are always more likely to come on 7"
have a stack of about 200 at home

John

CD

12" of pure pleasure. How can you argue with the 12" when my reply is always:

Blue Monday.

technobob

10"

you never really get alternative/indie on 12" though anyway
always on 7" or now and again you might get 10" for a ep

Kingsize

CD

you never really get alternative/indie on 12"

i agree although blue monday is the most famous 12 of all & does fall into that category.
personally CD singles are a pain in the arse but you do get some good ones going cheap once theyve "peaked"
Abbey disks & freebird in Dublin always have a bargain cd single box worth rooting in

John

CD

technobob wrote:

you never really get alternative/indie on 12" though anyway
always on 7" or now and again you might get 10" for a ep

That's true, it is mainly a dance format now. But when I find a band I like on 12" I get very excited (sad, I know).

nlgbbbblth

CD

Kingsize wrote:

you never really get alternative/indie on 12"

not nowadays; predominately a dance format with some exceptions
but back when I started buying records (early 80's) it was glorious.
I have shelves of indie 12"s from 1987-1992 when the format ruled.

28064212

What's advantages do 12" have over CDs? Personally I don't buy singles, just albums, but I never really got the whole vinyl experience

John

CD

They look nicer for one. Vinyl has a better sound range than CD for another.

Kingsize

CD

yeah & 12" vinyl single is better quality than 7" -grooves are less squashed/crushed together etc.
for albums its a different story with 5 or 6 or more tracks all squashed into 12 inches although i do love a vinyl crackle !!

nlgbbbblth

CD

28064212 wrote:

What's advantages do 12" have over CDs? Personally I don't buy singles, just albums, but I never really got the whole vinyl experience

12" sound quality is far superior in my opinion
LPs have a lower output level as they can be compressed groove-wise but frequently sound better than CD albums.

I have been buying music since 1981. I bought my first CD in 1987 but have continued to buy both since then.

Nowadays I buy more CDs (buy a lot of back catalogue/remastered reissues stc) but try and get vinyl for most new releases and usually buy a lot of second hand LPs once a month or so.

However if I see a Simply Vinyl LP costing €25 and a CD reissue of the same album costing €10 I will buy the CD.