Needles & Grooves

From the master tapes, $30 shipped using coupon code CC22WMG10 when ordered from Rhino. I’m in.

Yes.

The problem is that I already own at least 3 copies of this album on vinyl.

@Sonicpharmacist its from digital transfers so will be interested to hear how it sounds!

Gotta be honest, I get confused at the terminology. I thought that when it said "master tapes" it meant analog?

The AAA 40th anniversary and 2016 repress is great if you have it. Otherwise, it's hard to identify and distinguish from the 2020 in the wild now.

@Sonicpharmacist it says: “from 192kHz restored masters of the original Trident Studios master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer.” I take that to mean they transferred the tapes to 192/24 digital, didn’t alter that and cut that half speed

Yeah I’m guessing that the tapes are just old and everything going forward will be from a flat digital transfer done at 24/192. If that’s a good transfer it still could be good. If it’s bad or average the AAA older ones will just become more and more sought after.

On the fence about this, but probably won't pick it up. I have the 2016 box set version plus the 2003 version also from the box set.

Yeah the box set version is a really nice press and I’m happy to just have it, no need for this one for me.

You could buy 10 MOFI Ziggies if you sold that box set. #jealousidonthavethefiveyearsboxfuckireallyscreweduphesitatingonthatone

Yeah Ziggy is supposed to be a grimy and dirty and the reviews, both good and bad, make it sound like it’s that bit too cleaned up for what I want from it.