U2 Unforgetable Fire vinyl (original from the 80s) sounds, to this day, better than the CD. I also have the Japanese pressing from the 80s and it is phenominal. Wow. I love vinyl so much. I literally have thousands that I started buying in the 60s. My first record was "Down on the corner" by CCR. I STILL have it and still play it and it still sounds great.
Vinyl sounds more lively, has rich sound. CDs have a clear, dry sound. To get better sound our of vinyl, no need to spend lots of $$$ vs. to get closer to vinyl sound out of CDs.
Those, who buy CDs of albums from 60's, 70's, should know, that many CD albums from these years are made from LPs, since master tapes are gone.
Especially, many japanese CDs released now from albums from 60's, 70's, are recorded from LP's
As much, as I know, Trapeze(Glenn Hughes, ex-Deep Purple) first 3 albums on CD are recorded from LP - master tapes are gone "for good".
# 1 in my LP collection - Deep Purple, and with DP, solo - Rainbow, Whitesnake...etc...related stuff - ~ 200 LPs. All LPs I could get replaced all CDs I had before. Some have 2 copies: let's say "Fireball" - UK version has song "Demons Eye", while US version, instead has "My Woman From Tokyo"
If someone likes Nazareth, their album from 1975 "Hair Of The Dog", US version has song "Love Hurts", which was a big hit in US. But import, UK version has instead a song "Guilty", which isn't worse, maybe better than "Love Hurts"..
Someone, some years ago have asked a question in US record collecting magazine:
"What should I buy? CDs or LPs?
The answer was:
"If you want just to listen to music, you can buy CDs, but if you want to listen to music and OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY - buy LPs"
Every record has a cover - an artwork, what is part of record.
What better to look at? To artwork of LP or an artwork of CD insert - that you might need a magnifying glass to look at...
