Definitive Audiophile pressings

[Academy]

Speakers Corner - Yusef Lateef Blue arrived from Mike-owner-of-the-in-groove-in-Phoeniz-Arizona.

Well packaged and sounds great.

 

[some.other.simon]

Anyone own either of these copies of Black dots?


KPG

Bad Brains - Black Dots

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 Vinyl release of "Black Dots" on Discogs.

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Or


ViNiLiSSSiMO

Bad Brains - Black Dots

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2013 Vinyl release of "Black Dots" on Discogs.

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[dansomeone]

Back in stock, AP Morrison Hotel 45 rpm.

The Doors-Morrison Hotel-45 RPM Vinyl Record|Acoustic Sounds

Acoustic Sounds Audiophile Vinyl Records

store.acousticsounds.com

Preordered it from MD a while back, so hopefully it will be on its way soon

 

[Turbo]

That sounds like a good bet. Optimal did The Rolling Stones Half Speeds.

Bottom line is there are gonna be a ton of these made. Enough that I am willing to bet I can pick up a copy at adiscount a few month down the road if they turn out to be excellent. No reason to rush in right now.

Mine are pretty much all MPO except Goats Head Soup, which is GZ. Were yours different?

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Mine are pretty much all MPO except Goats Head Soup, which is GZ. Were yours different?

Nope you are correct. I Mixed up Optimal and MPO. My bad.

 

[Turbo]

Nope you are correct. I Mixed up Optimal and MPO. My bad.

Are the Goats Head Soup all from GZ? That's the worst pressing of the bunch I have.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Are the Goats Head Soup all from GZ? That's the worst pressing of the bunch I have.

I have this one...

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2020 Vinyl release of "Goats Head Soup" on Discogs.

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...and it looks like its GZ as well. TBH, I enjoy all of the RS Abbey Road Half-Speeds I have including this and Sticky Fingers.

 

[RHANDMJ]

I would have loved to get the One Step but yeah splitting the album up is definitely not ideal. I’m hoping the KG cut comes close to that. I’ve never heard the standard issue MoFi but I have had original copies throughout the years as well as an 80’s reissue that sounded best to me. It’s also impossible to find NM OG Tamla pressings of Marvin Gaye.

I have the MOFI 33 version, it is great. I'm sure the KG will also be great.

But folks - Rob LoVerde at MOFI is no slouch, he is among the finest mastering talents in the world, and has access to arguably a better mastering suite than KPG. There are reasons why MOFI's retain their value and are prized all over the world.

I doubt anyone who has a MOFI needs to jump at the new KG version. But those who don't now have what will surely be an excellent sounding, low price version. Best of both worlds.

 

[Mather]

FINALLY got a good copy of BN Classics Soul Station, and also avoided the A3 pressing issue with the same pressing of Maiden Voyage. LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S COMING UP MATHER

 

[kafunis]

Finally !

 

[Mather]

Finally !

I think that was my 4th copy? Looks like they repressed, no scratches at all on the vinyl and the no fill issues on side 2 are gone. Massive dish warp of course but I can deal with that ..

 

[kafunis]

I’ve had a bad run of warped records lately, mostly from Pallas too, which is unusual .

 

[Mather]

I’ve had a bad run of warped records lately, mostly from Pallas too, which is unusual .

I heard they were having some problems, I think @Edd stopped using them due to similar issues...

 

[jamieanderson1968]

My Soul Station was a popping mess so I returned it. Scared to try to get another. But all my Classics since then have been fine (for a low cost version)

 

[JohnnyCashFan]

I have the MOFI 33 version, it is great. I'm sure the KG will also be great.

But folks - Rob LoVerde at MOFI is no slouch, he is among the finest mastering talents in the world, and has access to arguably a better mastering suite than KPG. There are reasons why MOFI's retain their value and are prized all over the world.

I doubt anyone who has a MOFI needs to jump at the new KG version. But those who don't now have what will surely be an excellent sounding, low price version. Best of both worlds.

Analog guru of truth you are !

 

[Mather]

My Soul Station was a popping mess so I returned it. Scared to try to get another. But all my Classics since then have been fine (for a low cost version)

All my early copies were too, but this appears to be a repress from what I can tell so you might be good trying now...

 

[Academy]

Of course I recently bought this on Cogs for $40. But good deal.

Amazon product ASIN B0002AOOZA

 

[keylime_5]

I’ve had a bad run of warped records lately, mostly from Pallas too, which is unusual .

I think Pallas is the one plant with the fewest warps in my personal experience. Record Industry is really good too about keeping it flat

 

[JohnnyCashFan]

Got my first Intervention Records album! The Joan Armatrading self-titled. It sounds amazing. I have to reexamine the other albums they have reissued to see what else I wanna pick up from them eventually.

That title is amazing

FYI There is a Poll in the PBC thread for the upcoming Oct/Nov repress on this if anyone is interested.

 

[JohnnyCashFan]

Finally got the VMP Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders today. This thing sounds real good. Not sure if all of the pressings were done at Pallas (thought I read it was at different places depending where you ordered from).

Hi Guys, as you may have seen, this release (Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/LCO is blowing my mind in many different ways. I been listening to the streaming since Friday, and slept on this one far too long. I have a normal vinyl coming this week.

My question is when this release makes it to repress (hopefully soon) would you think the 180G version would be a good upgrade for a few bucks more when available again or is the normal version just fine ? (I know some of you have the VMP as Mike has said. Fremer mentions both versions available in his review when suggesting the vinyl is the way to go over streaming but not the benefit of the 180G variant. I will pass on the Indie Exclusive marble version. Tx and cheers, Jim

@MikeH @Selaws