HAHAHAHA this is weird i just came back from a disney trip yesterday

roshamboe wrote:HAHAHAHA this is weird i just came back from a disney trip yesterday

Is it weird? Have you ever seen that movie The Truman Show...

think about it...

They're coming to get me I broke rule number one!!!

I was born in 1978 and I had all these records, until my ex-wife decided to keep them. Then she ruined them by not storing them properly. Now I can finally share these priceless treasures with my two boys who are 4 and 6 years old

These will make for some great samples!

Woot should definitely start giving us more vinyl!

really suprised at how aprehensive a lot of people are about vinyl!

i still buy records daily (and obviously today will be no different!)

im still not clear if these are meledys are not and someone who has previously owned this might be able to once and for all let us know.

im assuming they are because you can only fit about 20 mins a side and that only gives you 160mins in this collection.

either way, my take on the vinyl quality being a vinyl collector myself is this:

vinyl being an analog format will almost always certainly give you a fuller more rich sound whether it has a higher frequency response or not(much the same way a tube guitar amp will always sound better than a solid state one) but besides how it sounds, vinyl has a collectable aspect.. consider a vinyl version of the same album on cd the "criterion edition" as you would get for your dvds.

FRIGGING AWESOME. 1978? These came out when I was one year old. GAH! I am going to flip out when these show up. THANK YOU WOOT!

SmokeyFalls wrote:As weird as it is, I've heard vinyl record sales have actually increased over the years while cd sales have decreased. The unfortunate part is that I don't actually own a vinyl record player nor does my extended family. I've looked into some decent ones and they were rather pricey for what I could afford. Its unfortunate. I entirely love the genuine audio texture of vinyl recordings.

You can distort any stat to your needs. It is all relative. The reason CD sales are down is you can download music to a small player, ipod, mp2, zune, etc...

Vinyl has a distinct sound. Better or worse it us to the listener. CD sales are down because the record companies don't understand the market. CD's are purchased by kids, who's parents limit computer usage. Many other reasons too.

Just don't give me the guppy about vinyl making a comback. Only the record companies wish that would happen. All about sales.

Wow, this is kind of spooky! The description says, "Released in 1978 to commemorate Mickey Mouse's 50th birthday".

For our very first date, in November 1978, my wife and I went to a celebration of Mickey's 50th birthday at the Chicago International Film Festival. Amazing to see these records suddenly pop up for sale!

P.S. I get a kick just saying the word "records"! Ahhhh!

sportscars wrote:Vinyl Does sound better than CD's (for the most part). Too much sound quality lost due to compression.

Actually, the loss on a CD is because it is sampling. CDs aren't compressed, but they are digital samples of the sound being recorded. The compression comes in (and causes further loss) when they are ripped from the CD, especially to an ancient codec such as MP3, which must be 20 years old by now. There are "lossless codecs" from Real, Microsoft, Apple, and others that supposedly don't lose anything, but of course that means the ripped songs will be HUGE because a "lossless codec will only give you about 2-1 compression.

For those of you scoring at home, that means an 800MB CD you buy at the store would take up 400MB of disk space if the CD was completely full of music (most aren't).

So, the major issue is that modern recordings are sampled (and sometimes compressed as part of the sound mixing) so it already is lacking when it gets to the CD. Ripping it to a disk (or when Apple puts it on iTunes) really screws up the quality further.

My hearing is bad enough I can't tell that much, but a young person who hasn't blown their hearing like I have would really be able to tell on a decent sound system, and they would be appalled at all they have been missing. We have just become used to accepting something way less than good. Just like the quality and reliability of mobile phones. Now where near what we get from the phone company, but good enough that we accept it.

... my $.02 worth.

shigs wrote:

i still buy records daily (and obviously today will be no different!)


vinyl being an analog format will almost always certainly

I just have to point out that if you buy vinyl records daily, you must have a lot of extra time and money, and a huge stereo cabinet to store them in.

And also, how certain is "will almost always certainly"?

Isn't that like "I guarantee you will probably"

or "that's absolutely usually going to happen most of the time".

I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying...

YouCantWootThis wrote:This collection is SUPERcalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Hey woot, how is it possible that this wasn't a "quality post"?

Original, clever, and now one else pointed this out about the product. Seems like quality to me...

*grin*

iorians wrote:I was born in 1978 and I had all these records, until my ex-wife decided to keep them. Then she ruined them by not storing them properly. Now I can finally share these priceless treasures with my two boys who are 4 and 6 years old

Finally? Do you think Disney doesn't put their stuff on CD and DVD?

It's not like Disney hasn't been selling their music and soundtracks all along...

You might want to visit these great new sites"

www.amazon.com and www.itunes.com

..I'm just saying...

Please sell out this will be the biggest woot off killer ever. It may never recover.

Speaking of vinyl vs CD...

Guns N Roses new album made to be played on vinyl. My understanding is that most music now-a-days is made for CD, which many have stated reduces some quality.

I bought 2 sets of the new one on vinyl. One to listen to and one to save (after 14 years of waiting, I'm seriously thinking of framing it)

I don't have a record player as of yet, I'm saving to get a nice one. However, audiophiles who have listened to the vinyl vs the CD versions (most) all state that the vinyl is far superior.

You can tell listening to the CD too that it was made differently. You have to turn the volume up a bit more to hear the music, as opposed to other CDs.

I'm not going to get this Vinyl right now, but I'm gonna keep my eye out on Woot for more. I seem to have a bit of a collection of the stuff for some strange reason (not just the new GNR, other records too)

I wish I could say "in b4 whiny ipod users"

BAWatz wrote:Vinyl is VASTLY inferior to CDs.

On a level playing field, I fully agree. Exhibit #1: Switched on Bach by Wendy Carlos (1968). Wendy was/is more a recording engineer than performer and took much more care in the LP sound than most. The LP was (and may still be) the highest selling classical record of all time.

Then a couple of years ago, Carlos decided to reissue SoB as a CD. This wasn't a mere re-master, she went back to the original recorded tapes and redid the sound engineering from scratch. Even though the LP was and is wonderful, the CD is phenomenal! You greybeards that remember the SoB LP, buy the CD and be surprised.

And you whippersnappers that say it's all because the Moog is a synth - it was an ANALOG synth. :-)

'Course, if the field is not level due to bad engineering then Sturgeon's law applies.

If you glue a bead around the circumference of one of these, it might be useful as a high-speed frisbee.

Other than that, I hope things like this are never again featured as a Woot.

miscrms wrote:
Records _can_ sound better than CDs, but usually don't. Most people today believe the marketing hype that digital is somehow infinitely superior to drab old analog. The reality is that sound is analog, as is video. We hear and see in analog.

Not true. We see digitally, by taking successive snapshots of the world. That's why filmstrips work to give us the illusion of motion. Our brain processes sensory information in chunks, sound included.

Of course, in any analog to digital conversion that we are capable of doing, there will be information loss...even though, down at the heart of it all, there's a good chance that the entire structure of space and time is in fact digital. We just can't convert information with that much sensitivity.

Awesome. I don't even have a record player anymore and I bought the set! Good thing my office has a record player!

Really dipping into the bottom of the barrel today, eh?

mrsly69 wrote:You can distort any stat to your needs. It is all relative. The reason CD sales are down is you can download music to a small player, ipod, mp2, zune, etc...

Vinyl has a distinct sound. Better or worse it us to the listener. CD sales are down because the record companies don't understand the market. CD's are purchased by kids, who's parents limit computer usage. Many other reasons too.

Just don't give me the guppy about vinyl making a comback. Only the record companies wish that would happen. All about sales.

Just thought I'd correct you on that. Time magazine had an article about vinyl coming back in style. Here it is if you're interested (Although the article is over a year old.)

Looks like a great set. For $21 total, seems like a deal.

Uhhh,

"Reprocessed for stereo sound" means the albums are not as originally created.

Still a great offer on a Disney collectable (wife won't let me buy them however).

SmokeyFalls wrote:As weird as it is, I've heard vinyl record sales have actually increased over the years while cd sales have decreased.

So much so my local Best Buy actually has a vinyl section. Point being vinyl isn't limited to the second-hand shops.

Just wish laser-pickup record players were a bit more prevelant. Only one company makes them and they start around $10,000. A bit much for me.

reatardfan wrote:anyone who won't listen to records is stupid!! you just cannot get the same feel on any digital source

Thank you for your opinion. Now go home, or back to school and get an engineering degree so you understand how high-quality digital music is created and how records are made.

Bunch of haters around here. I've seen worse Woots, myself, lighten up folks. In for one.

Nevermind.

BKGM wrote:Uhhh,

"Reprocessed for stereo sound" means the albums are not as originally created.

I think it refers to reprocessing of the non-stereo songs. Fantasia was Disney's first stereo movie. Everything before 1940 was mono and would have to be converted to stereo for this record.

Kabong30 wrote:As requested:

4. Music Of The Magic Kingdom Attractions
- It's A Small World
- Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)
- Grim Grinning Ghosts
- The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
- The Ballad Of Davey Crocket (Counrty Bear Jamboree)
- Yankee Doodle (America Sings)
- Lincoln Dialogue And Battle Hymn Of The Republic (Hall Of Presidents)

I was 12 when I went to Disney World, and now, 25 years later, I still get "It's a Small World" stuck in my head. That alone is reason enough for me not to buy this.

SmokeyFalls wrote:As weird as it is, I've heard vinyl record sales have actually increased over the years while cd sales have decreased.

This statement is really misleading...even if it were true.

If the sales of CDs went from 2,000,000 to 1,999,999 and vinyl record sales went from 1 to 2, the statement would be correct. But it would only serve to substantiate the fact that vinyl is mainly for collectors.

As to analog vs digital. At this time it is not possible to record or playback in analog with the quality and tonal precision of digital.

"Did you just hear the base player fart?"

Wow..I had this when I was 4, PLUS the Disco Mickey Mouse album...me thinks I still have it somewhere........this is an odd Woot for sure.

OutbackJon wrote:I was 12 when I went to Disney World, and now, 25 years later, I still get "It's a Small World" stuck in my head. That alone is reason enough for me not to buy this.

Everybody gets "It's a Small World" stuck in their head, whether they've been to Disney World or not. It's insidious.

I got a set for my mom....with her being a product of the age of vinyl and Disney (in it's hay-day), she'll love this set. I hope she still has her old record player!

pooflady wrote:Everybody gets "It's a Small World" stuck in their head, whether they've been to Disney World or not. It's insidious.

Can you imagine working at the "It's a Small World" attraction? I think I would have to wear an iPod cranked to the max with some serious rock action or I wouldn't last 3 hours.

Vinyl isn't that fragile. These will ship just fine.

clsapsford wrote:Records are better sound quality than cd's or mp3's.

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, click pop snap, scratch, Hi Ho, Hi Ho, click pop snap, scratch, REJECT.

Vinyl compared to CDs is an apple to oranges type thing. We 'old school' guys like vinyl because it seems to have a 'warmer' sound and feel to it. CD's seem a lot cleaner but a little more sterile.
I have been moving my vinyl to CD for convience.
I did buy the Dinsey vinyls with the book to have for my grand kids.

No, records aren't the song media of choice nowadays, but who can't see that a vinyl purchase is a good investment, and the fact that it's Disney... hold on to it - it'll be worth something one of these days!

rogueofmv wrote:...am I the only one with a record player in this thread?

Come on, guys. Seriously. :X

A record player? I've got three. A Yamaha turntable circa 1985 and two from the 50: a Curtis-Mathis console that I play my 78s on, tambour front tv, radio (takes about 15 minutes to warm up) and a Telefunken attached to a tasty bar with diamond tuck satin back, mirror and light. Still working on the Europa radio on that one. I love my vinyl. Managed a record store in LA in the early 80s.
Looking forward to this set. Thanks, Woot!