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Carole King – Tapestry – Yesteryear Vinyl Tapestry is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. It was released in 1971 on Ode Records and produced by Lou Adler. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 25 million copies sold worldwide to date. The […]

Carole King – Tapestry – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 14, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged Carole King / Tapestry / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

TOTO - Yesteryear Vinyl — TOTO – Yesteryear Vinyl TOTO was an American rock band from Van Nuys, LA, the town in which I first lived when I moved to America in 1993. Just in time for the 1994 Northridge earthquake that virtually totaled my newly purchased home. Luckily I had taken out earthquake insurance……but that […]

TOTO – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 8, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged TOTO / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

Roxy Music -Avalon - Yesteryear Vinyl — Roxy Music – Avalon – Yesteryear Vinyl Avalon is the eighth and final studio album by English rock band Roxy Music. Released in May 1982, by E.G. Records, it was recorded between 1981–1982 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, the Power Station, NYC and was mastered by Robert Ludwig […]

Roxy Music – Avalon – Yesteryear Vinyl

May 4, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged Avalon / Roxy Music / Vinyl / Vinyl Review / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly - Yesteryear Vinyl — Donald Fagen – The Nightfly – Yesteryear Vinyl Another classic yesteryear album from my wife’s extensive collection of well used vinyl! This 1982 Warner Brothers release, 92.3696-1, was mastered by Masterdisc, NYC. It was recorded and mixed entirely on 3M digital 32 track and 4 track machines at Soundworks Digital […]

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly – Yesteryear Vinyl

April 30, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged Album Review / Donald Fagen / The Nightfly / Vinyl / Yesteryear by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Albums Of Yesteryear – 10cc My First Live End Dead End 8 Track Control Room Yes, that is me, well at least my back view, in 1984 as a Lecturer at Salford College of Technology School For Music, at its Adelphi annexe in the UK. It was my first […]

Vinyl Albums Of Yesteryear – 10cc

April 26, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl of Yesteryear tagged 10CC / Greater Manchester / Peter Tattersall / Salford College of Technology / Sheet Music / Stockport / Strawberry Recording Studios / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

The Rise Of Skywalker – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Disney/Buena Vista 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 21 min | Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Native 4K | […]

The Rise Of Skywalker – Blu-ray 4K Review

April 18, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / plastic / review / Star Wars / The Rise Of Skywalker / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Bohemian Rhapsody - 4K Blu-ray Review — Bohemian Rhapsody – 4K Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. 20th Century Fox | 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 14 mins | Music | Biography | Drama HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 […]

Bohemian Rhapsody – 4K Blu-ray Review

April 4, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Blu-Ray / Bohemian Rhapsody / Freddie Mercury / plastic / Queen / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Maleficent:Mistress Of Evil – Blu-ray 4K Review — Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Disney/ Buena Vista | 2019 PG | 1hrs 59 min | Adventure | Family | Fantasy HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P […]

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil – Blu-ray 4K Review

March 20, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Maleficent / Mistress Of Evil / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Gemini Man - Blu-ray 4K Review — Gemini Man – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Paramount Pictures | 2019 PG13 | 1hrs 57 mins | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Native 4K | 2160P60 | HDR10 | Dolby […]

Gemini Man – Blu-ray 4K Review

February 29, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / 4KP60 / Gemini Man / plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Dire Straits Dire Straits - Review Update — Dire Straits Dire Straits – Review Update Vinyl surface noise: 5 Dynamic Range: 4+/5 Stereo Imaging: 5- Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 5 Update 2/28/2020 This is just a brief update to the albums full review that […]

Dire Straits Dire Straits – Review Update

February 28, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / Album Review / Dire Straits / Mobile Fidelity / MoFi / Vinyl / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Terminator: Dark Fate - Blu-ray 4K Review — Terminator: Dark Fate – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Paramount Pictures | 2019 R | 2hrs 8 mins | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 […]

Terminator: Dark Fate – Blu-ray 4K Review

February 22, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Dark Fate / plastic / Terminator / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Dire Straits Dire Straits - Review Update — Dire Straits Dire Straits – Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review Vinyl surface noise: 5 Dynamic Range: 4+/5 Stereo Imaging: 5- Image depth/perspective: 4 Overall frequency response: 5- Track List: Side One Down To The Waterline Water Of Love […]

Dire Straits Dire Straits – Mo-Fi 45RPM Vinyl Review

February 15, 2020 in Reviews / Vinyl tagged 180gram / 45RPM / Dire Straits / Mobile Fidelity / MoFi / Vinyl Review by fromvinyltoplastic

Rane ME30B Equalizer Use — Rane ME30B Equalizer Use After many attempts at equalizing my system with Audyssey MultEQ XT32 using numerous different Audyssey mic positions, plus the Audyssey Pro kit and edit functions, I could not sufficiently reduce the equalized over bright/hard upper mid-range to a level that I was comfortable with. That was […]

Rane ME30B Equalizer Use

February 9, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / Reviews tagged Equalizers / ME30B / Rane by fromvinyltoplastic

Venom - Blu-ray 4K Review — Venom – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Sony Pictures 2018 PG13 | 1hrs 52 mins Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Comic Book HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision | […]

Venom – Blu-ray 4K Review

February 8, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / plastic / UHD / Venom by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI 2.1 - A Quick Refresher — HDMI 2.1 – A Quick Refresher Introduction HDMI 2.1 is now being included in new receivers, displays and TV’s . So let’s see what this HDMI development provides us with: We see that the HDMI 2.1 native bit rate caps out at 48Gbps. After that it is all compressed using […]

HDMI 2.1 – A Quick Refresher

February 2, 2020 in Cables & Interconnects / News / Personal Views & Comments tagged 10K / 48Gbps / 8K / ALLM / eARC / HDMI 2.1 / HDR / QFT / QMS / VRR by fromvinyltoplastic