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I'm going to buy a 4th copy of this darn album aren't I?

@Andy I think I'm team 33, but the album sides actually break up pretty well for the 45...my great 33s (SRX, etc) are hard to beat, my 45 often best my v good 33. Sigh... Maybe I'm 45

Edit: I listened this morning to the 2013 RKS and the 2010 KG (which really is terrific and such a bargain) if I buy again, I might be the 45. So much of the album is in that lower-middle register, that if I'm to take a flyer on a new copy it would be partially to see what happens at the lower end. I've never owned the MoFi 45 though and I'd be curious as the feedback of those that have done the compare.

Sidenote: It also really hammers home for the why I've almost found KGs mastering more appealing -- his sense of the mid range and sensitivity to to the clarity of horns without drifting into the overly bright is just consistently better to my ears. These two cuts are night and day in presentation and the KG is head and shoulders stronger.

In other news, nice obit on Al Smith recording engineer in the NY times

Al Schmitt, Maestro of Recorded Sound, Is Dead at 91 Al Schmitt, Maestro of Recorded Sound, Is Dead at 91
 
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How is the customer service with Acoustic Sounds? I’m tracking down the 2016 Rhino reissues of The Cure’s first 7 albums. Was able to order Three Imaginary Boys, The Top, Pornography and Head On The Door.
They arrived today and only one, The Top, had the Rhino hype sticker. I checked Three & Pornography in Discogs and the barcode scans as the 2016 reissue. However, Head On The Door doesn’t scan as a 2016 reissue. It’s some other pressing with a Made In Czech sticker on the back AND it has a nasty crease on the front and back cover.

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Ginormousthumbs said:
How is the customer service with Acoustic Sounds? I’m tracking down the 2016 Rhino reissues of The Cure’s first 7 albums. Was able to order Three Imaginary Boys, The Top, Pornography and Head On The Door.
They arrived today and only one, The Top, had the Rhino hype sticker. I checked Three & Pornography in Discogs and the barcode scans as the 2016 reissue. However, Head On The Door doesn’t scan as a 2016 reissue. It’s some other pressing with a Made In Czech sticker on the back AND it has a nasty crease on the front and back cover.

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They're good, but slow. No issue on a refund for an issue I had, except that it's taking 10 days to process. But they have been polite in every message.
 
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