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In Reply to: RE: Great and Terrible Vinyl posted by Bikefi10 on March 12, 2025 at 12:04:02
Agreed! You mentioned Kraftwerk Radioactivity - this sounded excellent on my system also. Another gem was the Who Tommy; I have two copies which sound way better than they should!
I'm gonna have to bring out a euro pressing I have of Quadrophenia and blast Punk Meets the Godfather!
....if you can find a copy of Tommy that was pressed for Decca by Mercury and mastered by Gilbert Kong, grab it.
Definite a cut (get it?) above the regular Decca/MCA.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
Here's the 1971 reissue cut by Gilbert Kong.
What is the sign that it was pressed by Mercury?
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
The story I got was, the album sold so well that MCA/Decca had to farm out some of the pressing work to other labels. That's how I found out about the GK copy. I'd have to check my copies (yeah I have two copies even though I rarely play them), but I think the Kong version, the groove around the label's in a different place.
If I'm wrong, well...only as good as my sources.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
Edits: 03/13/25
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Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
Interesting all the takes on this topic.
In response to some replys here....
Ghost, I agree jazz lps and soft female singers like Sade, Diana Krall are quite good. Analog Production of Getz Gelberto and Dave Burbeck are crazy good.
Tom, If a stylus keeps jumping out of groove, sounds like a tonearm setup issue.
Triode, a Youtube record store owner with an insane rig rates different pressings of same albums. You may be fortunate to have gotten better pressings and or a tube rig has a different affect.
Goober,all I can say is good and great recordings sound amazing on my rig. I attribute the "ugly" to just bad recording, mixing and or pressing.
Finally by fault of my own I use to enjoy music for music on my old modest system in my teen years. I guess having put alot of time and money into a system sets a high expectation.
They looked at jazz as art and rock n roll as product.
Until the late-60s/early-70s when a younger generation of record company execs took over.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
Edits: 03/14/25
A song on Radioactivity has a single tone that seems to swirl around the room. Very 3D,but a little annoying after awhile, lol.
I have found that some songs I use to not like take on a new interest if very well recorded. Example, use to turn off Diamonds and Rust the second it came on radio in the day. Bought an Analog Production LP showcasing female singers. A live version of Diamonds and Rust is on it. It sounds SO GOOD I use it to demonstrate my system to friends.
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