I get that but this is supposed to be a US distribution point, but it still seems like everything has been imported to Japan and then sent to the US judging from these prices.
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Russ I
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Agree that's how it seems.
EDIT: Hadn't read the bit about this being in Florida. Weird. And the "5-10 days" for delivery is longer than from Japan!
MikeH
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I agree largely on the CBS half speeds, but WYWH here sounds amazing.
MikeH
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The Rolling Stones In Mono: Limited Edition Colour Vinyl 16LP Box Set
The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones In Mono (Colour Vinyl): 16LP Box Set
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thoughts? (Aside from high price...) are Stones in mono worth owning?
Hemotep
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Ha, hadn't seen that you'd already posted this here. I just put it in the pre-order thread. I'm curious how it will sound and if it will sell since it's DSD and so many dorks are against that.The Rolling Stones In Mono: Limited Edition Colour Vinyl 16LP Box Set
The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones In Mono (Colour Vinyl): 16LP Box Set
thoughts? (Aside from high price...) are Stones in mono worth owning?
They’re good. They’re stones you know it’s all a little rough and ready but yeah I really like the remasters of their Decca stuff that was done from the DSD.
The Denmarkian Wonder
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So I bought a copy from a German seller on Discogs Saturday but he just got back to me that he doesn’t have after all. Might have mixed it up with another copy he had I could get at a special price:
T. Rex - The Slider
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1972 Vinyl release of "The Slider" on Discogs.
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It’s a first Japanese pressing also from Toshiba so I’m assuming it’s just as good as the other one?
Turbo
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So I bought a copy from a German seller on Discogs Saturday but he just got back to me that he doesn’t have after all. Might have mixed it up with another copy he had I could get at a special price:
T. Rex - The Slider
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1972 Vinyl release of "The Slider" on Discogs.
It’s a first Japanese pressing also from Toshiba so I’m assuming it’s just as good as the other one?
Hard to say. Mastering can be tweaked on different pressings. There's no reviews on discogs for this one unfortunately. But I guess there's also no reason to think this wouldn't be good. I basically just took a chance when I bought the later pressing because that's the one that was available at RCJ at the time (and I wanted an older pressing since the recent Slider reissues from Demon records have average reviews).
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Cross post from Fresh Grabs but these arrived today
Prince is the OG on purple vinyl.
Also got the flag series Rubber Soul but I didn't take a pic of that one because it doesn't have an obi so it is the bastard child.
Prince is the OG on purple vinyl.
Also got the flag series Rubber Soul but I didn't take a pic of that one because it doesn't have an obi so it is the bastard child.
Okay so early verdict.
Bookends is incredible. Huge huge stage and great bass and punch. However I have not heard the RKS so I can't compare.
Purple Rain is also really really dynamic with great punch and stage. But I can tell where KPGs is going to better it. The vocals. There's definitely an inherent harshness to the driving aspects of the vocals that I'm sure KPG will have softened. But that being said I can't wait to compare the two because this does sound really really good. Much better than I expected.
So Bookends and Purple Rain were both better than I expected. Not thin at all, great low end, great punch and separation. Both fantastic
The Slider. Er... don't particularly like this one. I find it soft and muddy. Very little punch or separation. Compared to the stream it's falls pretty short for me. But it's still a great player copy, just not gunna be the end game copy.
And the Flag Series Rubber Soul... basically the same thing as The Slider. It's fine, but it's soft and doesn't have the separation and punch of other versions. I can see why people don't like this version. Again, totally good player copy but not gunna be the end game either.
So all in I was hoping for 3 out of 4 being great, got 2 so it's cool. It'll be fun to listen through the whole albums. I only had time to spin a few tracks from each.
Bookends is incredible. Huge huge stage and great bass and punch. However I have not heard the RKS so I can't compare.
Purple Rain is also really really dynamic with great punch and stage. But I can tell where KPGs is going to better it. The vocals. There's definitely an inherent harshness to the driving aspects of the vocals that I'm sure KPG will have softened. But that being said I can't wait to compare the two because this does sound really really good. Much better than I expected.
So Bookends and Purple Rain were both better than I expected. Not thin at all, great low end, great punch and separation. Both fantastic
The Slider. Er... don't particularly like this one. I find it soft and muddy. Very little punch or separation. Compared to the stream it's falls pretty short for me. But it's still a great player copy, just not gunna be the end game copy.
And the Flag Series Rubber Soul... basically the same thing as The Slider. It's fine, but it's soft and doesn't have the separation and punch of other versions. I can see why people don't like this version. Again, totally good player copy but not gunna be the end game either.
So all in I was hoping for 3 out of 4 being great, got 2 so it's cool. It'll be fun to listen through the whole albums. I only had time to spin a few tracks from each.
MikeH
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I really like the KG Bookends (I know...shocker...) but it's the age-old issue of being Sundazed and no way of knowing which pressing it is until you open it.
He did a bookends? I really like the RKS of both it and Bridge.
MikeH
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MikeH
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Got the MD catalogue today. Interesting to see this on the back. Hadn't seen Out of the Blue announced previously.
Yeah I just didn't even bother trying. It's too much of a hassle to find those old KPG Sundazed. They're all mislabeled on Cogs and a lot of them weren't pressed all that well in my experience. Also in some cases he didn't actually mix, just cut the lacquer and it's freaking impossible to figure out which he did and which he didn't... But I wish I had one to compare.
MikeH
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yea--only bought one because my local had an opened one so i could see myself that it was KG. Someone on discogs said this was one was pressed at QRP. not really sure how to corroborate that.
There were a lot around then pressed at QRP that big Kev did for sundazed. The 3 Dylan monos of mine that are KPG at sundazed, and of that vintage, had QRP hype sticker and came in QRP branded mofi stylee anti static inner sleeves.
Portland Sheriff
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Lol — my blood pressure spiked a bit when I read this b4 I confirmed that my Sundazed “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” which i bought on discogs, has “KG@CA” in runout. I’m 99% certain I verified that when I bought it but didn’t know this uncertainty was a thing.
To be honest I don't remember if there was any other versions of the Sundazed BOTW but with so many of the other KPG Sundazed there are so I just didn't even bother. I was speaking in generalities here, not specifically about that press. I'm just so sick of hunting mislabeled variants.