This week I did something I've never done before - upgrade an album I'd previously known only from CD to a quality vinyl edition. And 'Astral Weeks' was that album. Man, what a difference. The (admittedly never remastered) CD sounds like a tinny tranny next to the full, rich glory of the current vinyl edition (£15 from HMV, if you're interested) and I feel like I've just been given the chance to get it on full time with a lady I've previously merely lusted over via a photograph.
If you dig 'Astral Weeks', you must hear this latest vinyl edition. And what a fabulous - and totally unique- album it really is.
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