Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago?

>>03-03-10: Mlsstl
I find new vinyl just as erratic as old vinyl. Some are great, a lot are mediocre, and some are poor.<<

Disagree.

Been collecting for over 50 years and find old vinyl far offers far more consistency i.e. higher quality and fewer problems than most of the contemporary overpriced product.

That's not to say that you can't find some very fine releases today because they are available.

But take a random sample of 100 albums from the 50's, 60's, and 70's and compare them to 100 new releases and you'll find far more problems sound quality, warpage, etc. than you'll see/hear in the old stuff.

IMO/YMMV

>>03-03-10: Mlsstl
but I think my central point is that LP quality has always been and still is the luck of the draw.<<

That is the flaw in your argument.

There was more consistency and higher quality years ago.

One example, your Savoy Brown album, is an isolated case and does not support your position well. Everybody has at least one or two clunkers from the old days. The chance of buying junk today is far greater. I've been doing this far too long to believe otherwise.

Thank you