Thanks for the input raphael.
I guess from the lack of replies, I've either picked a subject that not many readers are interested in (which I can't believe!), or there just aren't that many people with both the vinyl and equipment to do the transfers.
As you mentioned above, if you are going to spend a LOT of time transferring the records, you may as well do the covers yourself too. I'm no professional designer but if I do say so myself, I can whip up some pretty cool looking covers ;)
"I have all three albums and I could feasibly do lossless (WAV) transfers of all them and create WAV & FLAC sets for trading. I could even create 24 bit 96 kHz high-resolution versions and create DVD-A/V versions."
That statement of yours just about makes my mouth drool. To hear these babies in high resolution audio would be a dream come true. If you do ever get around to doing this then please let me know, I would be more than happy to donate a few notes for your trouble.
So, where does that leave us then?
I'm not sure how to proceed at the moment. I guess I'll see if anyone else can help out. I was expecting a little more feedback on this but maybe all the forum members are more video orientated.
Regarding the vinyl tranfers:
I do actually have copies of all three but unfortunately they were done for me by a friend many years ago (early-mid 90's) using a very dodgy hitachi turntable, you know the ones with a crappy fixed needle, so the quality is not exactly reference :)
And just to rub salt in the wounds there are jumps where this poor old turntable tried to navigate the groove but failed :)
I still have the records (though sadly not in mint condition) but don't have the equipment to transfer them, nor do I have the programs or technical know-how to remaster them. This is where I thought the amazing community here would come to the rescue. The absolutely incredible work some of the guys here produce puts most professional companies to shame, so I thought at least several of the readers would already have top quality lossless rips already done!
I'll keep on working on the covers (still need to find a couple of things on ebay to complete them) and maybe by the time I'm done someone would have been kind enough to help out with the audio.
Thanks
Jay