Definitive Audiophile pressings

mitchwagz said:
Just got the Mingus at Antibes and the Carnegie set. I’ve been on a kick this past week. The SC of Antibes is great! Super quiet vinyl and sounds better than my Piros cut though not by a whole lot. The Carnegie set is amazing! Such a great deal for what it’s going for. I haven’t streamed it since it was released but damn the first set (sides 1-4) are an absolute treasure. The band is firing! Possibly the most swinging Fables has ever sounded and Big Alice is the treasure. Super happy to have both.
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awesome, told yah! ;)
 
MikeH said:
Anybody have recs on Eno pressings? Looking specifically for Before and After Science and Taking Tiger Mountain. The Abbey Road 45s were tempting but a bit worried about the flow of the albums and it also seems that a bunch of copies had weird volume fluctuations/dropouts...
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I have the recent 1LP TTM and AGW and the 2LP BaAS. They're all excellent with no issues on my copies.
 
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MikeH said:
Anybody have recs on Eno pressings? Looking specifically for Before and After Science and Taking Tiger Mountain. The Abbey Road 45s were tempting but a bit worried about the flow of the albums and it also seems that a bunch of copies had weird volume fluctuations/dropouts...
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Very happy with these two, but have not compared them to others.

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Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1974 Vinyl release of "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)" on Discogs.
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Brian Eno - Before And After Science

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1977 Vinyl release of "Before And After Science" on Discogs.
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keylime_5 said:
Not a fan of the Eno abbey road HSM reissues. Flat, no dynamics. Vintage copies blow them away imo.
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Have you heard the 45s or the 33s? I had heard good things about Taking Tiger Mountain and Before and After Science 45s but I can probably get early UK pressings or Japanese for a similar price
 
MikeH said:
Have you heard the 45s or the 33s? I had heard good things about Taking Tiger Mountain and Before and After Science 45s but I can probably get early UK pressings or Japanese for a similar price
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I have the 45 of Tiger Mountain. I can give it a listen later. But I think it was pretty good.
 
The 33s were like $18 a pop. I didn’t wanna take a chance on the 45s so I went straight for OG US pressings and they are great. i only got Here Come the Warm Jets and Another Green World OG though so far, but marked improvement
 
keylime_5 said:
The 33s were like $18 a pop. I didn’t wanna take a chance on the 45s so I went straight for OG US pressings and they are great. i only got Here Come the Warm Jets and Another Green World OG though so far, but marked improvement
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I was listening to an OG Here Come The Warm Jets today and it got me looking at what other titles I could add...the OGs might be best bang for the buck since the 45s are OOP now.
 
I have had several Eno pressings throughout the years, original pressings and reissues, and I have settled on OG pink rims of HCTWJ and TTM, Japanese pressing of AGW and US original of BAAS. I also have the 45 rpm of AGW. I would definitely get U.K. originals of all of them if you can. I’ve been thinking about picking up a the og of BAAS but not sure if it can beat e US Sterling cut I have.
 
uvwxVinyl said:
Any recommendations for King Crimson albums?
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The most recent releases with Steven Wilson remixes of ITCOTCK and Red are really good! Court especially sounds way better than the US originals. Never heard a pink rim. Red is slightly cleaner than my EG half speed. Both are pressed on quiet vinyl which is nice too.
 
mitchwagz said:
The most recent releases with Steven Wilson remixes of ITCOTCK and Red are really good! Court especially sounds way better than the US originals. Never heard a pink rim. Red is slightly cleaner than my EG half speed. Both are pressed on quiet vinyl which is nice too.
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I was going through the last of my records that I haven't unpacked yet the other day and pulled out ITCOTCK and mine was the EG half speed. I had put in the wrong version in discogs awhile ago. I have to give it a listen--are those generally well-regarded pressings?
 
mitchwagz said:
The most recent releases with Steven Wilson remixes of ITCOTCK and Red are really good! Court especially sounds way better than the US originals. Never heard a pink rim. Red is slightly cleaner than my EG half speed. Both are pressed on quiet vinyl which is nice too.
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Yes, I agree with this as I have both. ITCOTCK is one of those records I’ve had about 10 copies of over the years and having a clean pressing is awfully nice. 😃
 
MikeH said:
I was going through the last of my records that I haven't unpacked yet the other day and pulled out ITCOTCK and mine was the EG half speed. I had put in the wrong version in discogs awhile ago. I have to give it a listen--are those generally well-regarded pressings?
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I don’t really know. I know the Red is not super regarded but it’s also not the best sounding recording either, never will be. I have no idea about half speed Court.
 
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