Vinyl Me Please Anthology

I've listened through Wake Of The Flood and have no issues with any of the records so far.

Most of the inner sleeves were bent and wrinkled exposing the vinyl, but none have been damaged from this as of yet.

I finished off the whole set the other day and had no issues with any of the records. Only had the cracked box that I'm getting a replacement for in November.
 
Yeah that's why I mentioned it. Mars Hotel and Blues for Allah are both backordered. Sounds like Blues for Allah is a must buy. Skull and Roses and In the Dark are available but $100 and $125 respectively.

Yea--they jacked up the prices on Skull and Roses and in The Dark it seems which sucks...I was eyeing Skull and Roses. You also don't have to go for the best of the best if you're just getting into it. I really like the One From The Vault set as well.


3 LPs, cut by Kevin Gray. Quality is really nice. It's back-ordered (I think LITA does charge on order though if I remember correctly...)


Damn am I glad that passing on this anthology made me snag Skull and roses and In the Dark back in May, $60 and $75 respectively.

They're incredible. Also glad my wife bought me this BFA back when it was released, its not cheap now, and had no idea. She certainly didn't realize she was buying a Gray cut AAA copy, but thanks, honey!

 
Damn am I glad that passing on this anthology made me snag Skull and roses and In the Dark back in May, $60 and $75 respectively.

They're incredible. Also glad my wife bought me this BFA back when it was released, its not cheap now, and had no idea. She certainly didn't realize she was buying a Gray cut AAA copy, but thanks, honey!

Ooh nice one! I listened to In The Dark the other day since there was a cheap-ish MoFi copy on eBay but I ended up passing on it. I've been eyeing some of those Audio Fidelity albums too--awesome pick up!
 
Listening to episode 2 right now and this may honestly be my overall favorite Anthology yet so far.
Not necessarily from a musical standpoint (especially since Im only 2 albums in) but from the whole “story of” aspect. One of the main reasons I was looking forward to this and Herbie is I think the whole “story” told through a box set and podcast would work better for individual artists than a label. This has definitely been the case for me.

Only critique is I think it would have made more sense for the story aspect to have ‘Aoxomoxoa’ instead of ‘American Beauty’. From a story aspect it seems much more important in their transition to the “weirder” dead and the debt they racked up from tha album is what inspired ‘Live Dead’ and the next two albums. They reference it alot during the first two podcasts and I think it’s more important in telling the story than having both Workingmans and Beauty, which both represent the same era.

I get why they did it as they are more critically acclaimed and a bigger draw. And Aoxomoxoa was just reissued elsewhere. But I still think it would made more sense in terms of telling the “story”.

Like I said, minor critique and I definitely gave a listen to Apxomoxoa before moving on to Episode 2. Overally really really enjoying this
 
I just snagged the RSD boxset on eBay for a decent price so I might be PIFing Wake in a few weeks
It's great.
Listening to episode 2 right now and this may honestly be my overall favorite Anthology yet so far.
Not necessarily from a musical standpoint (especially since Im only 2 albums in) but from the whole “story of” aspect. One of the main reasons I was looking forward to this and Herbie is I think the whole “story” told through a box set and podcast would work better for individual artists than a label. This has definitely been the case for me.

Only critique is I think it would have made more sense for the story aspect to have ‘Aoxomoxoa’ instead of ‘American Beauty’. From a story aspect it seems much more important in their transition to the “weirder” dead and the debt they racked up from tha album is what inspired ‘Live Dead’ and the next two albums. They reference it alot during the first two podcasts and I think it’s more important in telling the story than having both Workingmans and Beauty, which both represent the same era.

I get why they did it as they are more critically acclaimed and a bigger draw. And Aoxomoxoa was just reissued elsewhere. But I still think it would made more sense in terms of telling the “story”.

Like I said, minor critique and I definitely gave a listen to Apxomoxoa before moving on to Episode 2. Overally really really enjoying this
I can sort of see why they didn't to be honest. I think the tapes had gone walk about for years and they finally turned up again for the 2011 re-issue series (that's the original) mix anyway. I've no idea what Rhino did with them but that cut is one of the worst re-issues I've ever bought. Anthem, Workingman's and American Beauty sound fantastic but the Aoxomoxoa is bloody terrible. I thought it was my copy but the internet is full of people citing the same thing as I hear. It's like getting someone to bake a loaf of bread that covers your entire head, then listening to a record through it. Which I suppose would make you a Bread Head rather than a Dead Head but that aside it's massively annoying... and shit. So maybe the original cut just isn't in condition to do great things with. I've not heard the 50th but can't imagine it would sound worse. But it's also the later master.

The Rhino 2011 Anthem sounds insanely good though so that would have been a stellar shout. I'm more and more content with the decision to buy this each day but if I'm, honest. For the cash the box costs they could have probably sprung for both
 
It's great.

I can sort of see why they didn't to be honest. I think the tapes had gone walk about for years and they finally turned up again for the 2011 re-issue series (that's the original) mix anyway. I've no idea what Rhino did with them but that cut is one of the worst re-issues I've ever bought. Anthem, Workingman's and American Beauty sound fantastic but the Aoxomoxoa is bloody terrible. I thought it was my copy but the internet is full of people citing the same thing as I hear. It's like getting someone to bake a loaf of bread that covers your entire head, then listening to a record through it. Which I suppose would make you a Bread Head rather than a Dead Head but that aside it's massively annoying... and shit. So maybe the original cut just isn't in condition to do great things with. I've not heard the 50th but can't imagine it would sound worse. But it's also the later master.

The Rhino 2011 Anthem sounds insanely good though so that would have been a stellar shout. I'm more and more content with the decision to buy this each day but if I'm, honest. For the cash the box costs they could have probably sprung for both

Good to know. I bought the Self-titled and Anthem but not Aoxomoxoa yet. That definitely makes more sense if the pressing was that much of a mess. Still would have made more sense from the "story" perspective but I have zero complaints about having some amazing pressings of Workingman and Beauty instead.
 
Good to know. I bought the Self-titled and Anthem but not Aoxomoxoa yet. That definitely makes more sense if the pressing was that much of a mess. Still would have made more sense from the "story" perspective but I have zero complaints about having some amazing pressings of Workingman and Beauty instead.
I think the 50th vinyl is the 71 mix so it may be sonically better but it's a totally different mix to the '69 (dude).

Same with Anthem. the 2011 is the '68 mix and the 50th is the '71 by the looks of it. I've only ever heard the '68 to be honest as it's all I've ever owned but one of the hardcore dead lot from here may have a view on which is the better bet. The '68 from 2011 is awesome though. Bellman straight from the tapes.
 
I think the 50th vinyl is the 71 mix so it may be sonically better but it's a totally different mix to the '69 (dude).

Same with Anthem. the 2011 is the '68 mix and the 50th is the '71 by the looks of it. I've only ever heard the '68 to be honest as it's all I've ever owned but one of the hardcore dead lot from here may have a view on which is the better bet. The '68 from 2011 is awesome though. Bellman straight from the tapes.

Just checking out Discogs and it looks like this Summers Aoxomoxoa reissue is pretty well reviewed, and definitely the '71 as you stated. It seems like the previous one is the poorly reviewed one (though I could be wrong, not a huge amount of reviews yet.

The 2011 '68 pressing actually has more bad reviews, talking about how the mixing is awful. Who knows....I'm no audiophile or deadhead so I'll probably just grab the newer release at some point (was going to grab it in the latest Target b2g1 but it sold out)
 
Only critique is I think it would have made more sense for the story aspect to have ‘Aoxomoxoa’ instead of ‘American Beauty’. From a story aspect it seems much more important in their transition to the “weirder” dead and the debt they racked up from tha album is what inspired ‘Live Dead’ and the next two albums. They reference it alot during the first two podcasts and I think it’s more important in telling the story than having both Workingmans and Beauty, which both represent the same era.

Also WD>AB>Europe'72 are that roots-americana trilogy. It's a real shame they didn't do the studio album of the europe 72 material that would have completed that trilogy.

Maybe making a box big enough for the other albums not in the box (with foam padding in case the buyer did not want to get the missing albums) would have been a decent middle ground. Anyone that listened to the box and wanted more dead is definitely going to want to fill in missing spots. They can't get the other box sets, there's a lot of crossover. They can't fit in the extra albums in the box, so you have a big mish-mash.
 
Good to know. I might ask Satan for a copy for Christmas.
Yeah, I just picked up last week. It’s pressed nicely also (at RTI) and cut by Chris Bellman. Also, before I grabbed it I was reading up on the difference between the 69 and 71 mixes and what I realized was most people (including me) were likely more familiar with the 71 mix than the 69 mix anyways. As you said, the 69 mix was lost and only recently reissued in 2010 (initially as part of the box set and then individually in 2011). The 71 mix was the only versions reissued after 1971 (including on CD). I still have never listened to the 69 mix but from what I have learned it was a bit of trial and error which was incredibly expensive and sloppy as it was mostly the band learning how to produce and engineer an album. By 1971 they had a much better handle on the whole process and were able to remix it all into a much better sounding version. I am sure some folks prefer 69 to 71 since they stripped away a lot of the superfluous recording tracks but overall I think the 1971 version is the more definitive version.
 
Yeah, I just picked up last week. It’s pressed nicely also (at RTI) and cut by Chris Bellman. Also, before I grabbed it I was reading up on the difference between the 69 and 71 mixes and what I realized was most people (including me) were likely more familiar with the 71 mix than the 69 mix anyways. As you said, the 69 mix was lost and only recently reissued in 2010 (initially as part of the box set and then individually in 2011). The 71 mix was the only versions reissued after 1971 (including on CD). I still have never listened to the 69 mix but from what I have learned it was a bit of trial and error which was incredibly expensive and sloppy as it was mostly the band learning how to produce and engineer an album. By 1971 they had a much better handle on the whole process and were able to remix it all into a much better sounding version. I am sure some folks prefer 69 to 71 since they stripped away a lot of the superfluous recording tracks but overall I think the 1971 version is the more definitive version.
Again it's one of those bizarre things as I've only ever had the 69 so would probably find the 71 a bit weird. I say the Rhino sounds shit. I've still listened to it a fair chunk. Anyway, parents are on the case for the 50th so I'll get it when they give me my buffalo box back... And the latest Springsteen, Dylan and Neil Young that I'd bought and they've also decided to take from my house so they can give them to me at Christmas
 
On my Europe 72. I can see the labels aren't aligned between side 1 and 2 but as the vinyl is see through can also see the run out grooves on the two sides go off at completely different angles. I haven't played it yet but it looks bizarre
 
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