Needles & Grooves

So you finally get a flat record and all you do is complain.

Worst bowl I've ever seen.... Horribly warped.

Look on the bright side - it could be a wok.

I might use it as a hat.

So you got the mega-rare coolie edition with rice paddy colored vinyl.

That's a nice PIF there, I'll take it.

Yeah nice try, this one is going back to the store... We'll give it one more try...

While we're at it, I've never heard the word "dynamism". Must be a Canadian thing

dynamism in British
If you refer to the dynamism of a situation or system, you are referring to the fact that it is changing in an exciting and dramatic way.

Guess I gotta download Brain™ software update 7.1.5 to unlock new words

-makes grabby hands

MONEEEEY PLEEEEEEEEASE!!

@Ginormousthumbs and @VegasJaneite got a copy where side 2 was unplayable.

FWIW the VMP version is pretty flat and lifeless too. Sounded clean, just not very dynamic and absolutely no low end.
Probably one I'll stream more than spin.

Hm, I haven't spun mine yet. Gonna be sad if it sounds as bad as all that.

Well I'm returning it to the store today and exchanging it for one that is apparently "the loser edition but there's no sticker" hmmmm, could it be another rogue VMP edition? But it looks like this was just a bad pressing all around. Discogs is pretty much nothing but complaints about the quality of the press for all variants...

@Mather That's a real bummer. It's a nicely produced album.

I know! And discogs is claiming that these were pressed at RTI! If that's true it's by far the worst thing I've ever gotten from them...

My wife surprised me with a loser edition for FD. It was the European pressing(bright red). Side A played perfectly but side B had these horrendous surface scratches and it was poppy af. Luckily I found a NA pressing(maroon) and it was perfect.

This gives me hope.

I've got the black vinyl pressing and it honestly sounds all right. It's not spectacular, and surface noise is present, but not distracting. It sounds full, but not as rich as I'd hoped. It's certainly good enough to throw on and enjoy, but it's not something I'll use to demo the system.

@Mather your standards may be higher than mine, though.