Yeah I’m not entirely sure they would do a full repress anymore especially if they don’t receive more than X amount of complaints. If they both suck then my buddies said they would take them. I have the black copy that is nearly perfect but the packaging is quite a bit better on the VMP version so I do want one that is clean.
FRANKENCOPY. Put the black discs in the VMP jacket.
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I doubt it is the stampers. But maybe. They are probably using the stampers from the black vinyl run, and they may have picked up some abrasion in transit/handling.
I very well might do that if I can’t get a clean gold copy.
If I can find a bottle of that fluid I'll give it a shot. But I've tried multiple fluids and never had any luck with this type of noise. A lot of the GZ end of side crackle is visible on the record in my experience. It usually shows up as kind of a flattened splotch. But the fuzz off the top, yeah it isn't always particularly visible. I'll try anything once, who knows....
I use tergikleen or whatever it’s called (Tergitol surfactant marketed for cleaning vinyl) and clean by hand using a distilled water rinse. It gets rid of all static issues I have and did absolutely nothing for the Mars Volta disc so I chalked it up to a pressing issue yesterday before I requested the replacement. Ymmv
A is slightly worse than B. Seems to fade after a few mins, as others mentioned, but still unacceptable.Yes. Unfortunately, I still noticed the noise. However, I felt MUCH better about it.
Nooooo! Really sorry to hear it. All this has really killed my excitement for getting this record, the first one in a very long time since I slowed way down on buying vinyl.
I think we just need to manipulate the Reddit VMP forum into marshalling all their members and pushing for a repress...
This made me think that Cedric Bixler and Jared Leto need to make a “Super Group” called 30 Seconds To Mars Volta, it would be terrible.
I haven't really kept pace with VMP stuff since you grabbed me that Jorge Ben almost two years ago now. Have they ever done an entire re-run for something like this?
Not in a long time.. Last time they repressed a whole run I think was Stars? But that was an exclusive with a small run. Last time they did an entire track run was I think Dilla Donuts? But that was like over five years ago... They definitely don't do it very often but percentage wise this is the most complaints I've ever seen about a single press. I've only seen two people who claim they got clean ones. Probably over 30 at this point who say theirs are bad.
I mean Jared Leto would be doing the heavy lifting in that group. Cedric would just have to try and keep up.
I hate to say it but it’s actually worse than I thought it would be. I emailed for a replacement too.
