One Little Indian Throws Dirt On CDs' Grave, Reissues Top-Shelf Vinyl

By Scott Thill June 10, 2008 | 2:53:54 PMCategories: Music News  

Founded in 1985, London's independent lifer One Little Indian has made its name by housing artists from across music's eclectic spectrum. Since then, it has helped break groups as sonically diverse as Bjork and The Sugarcubes, Rocket From the Crypt, Sigur Ros and more. Having survived the ascension of CDs, One Little Indian is now lording over their downfall by releasing nearly 40 titles from its back catalog onto vinyl, using what it claims is a top-of-the-line transfer sure to entice any audiophile looking to burn some cash:

We have employed the newest technology in vinyl manufacturing – Half Speed Direct Metal Mastering. Essentially, the grooves in the record are cut directly into copper metal, greatly improving transient response. Stampers are plated directly from the original master tapes eliminating two of the three plating steps required for lacquers (in short, DMM yields better detail resolution and a lower noise ratio). All the albums are remastered directly from the original master tapes and pressed on heavy weight 200g audiophile discs.

Releases scheduled for direct metal mastering include most of Bjork's solo efforts and all of The Sugarcubes' releases, Rocket From the Crypt's Scream, Dracula Scream, several titles from Shamen and Sneaker Pimps, Cody Chestnutt's Headphone Masterpiece and much more.

Look for this trend to continue as CD sales tank and vinyl sales boom, as Listening Post's Eliot Van Buskirk explained earlier this year. With more and more kids wanting to be DJs, and less and less consumers wanting to get stuck with lame discs, it looks like it's time for vinyl to officially call it a comeback.