Mather
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Yep I've got 2 different Half Speed 80s and I totally agree. Still looking for a sealed or mint 82.
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TenderLovingKiller®
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swung by Hi-Voltage, eh?
snoops
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Yeah. I was scared to PM you. My wallet is tapping out after this at the Bill Evans box set.
Joe Mac
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Dammit! Denied Simon & Garfunkel again!
MikeH
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Interestingly the deadwax has the 33453 on it unless I'm misreading it?
snoops
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Nope your eyes do not deceive. It's odd. Runout matches this release. Also 1982.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Wish You Were Here" on Discogs.
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Labels and spine match this one.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Wish You Were Here" on Discogs.
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I see no such match for mine in discogs. Anyone care to offer a theory?
Russ I
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Hmmm, it's like a locked-room mystery!Nope your eyes do not deceive. It's odd. Runout matches this release. Also 1982.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Wish You Were Here" on Discogs.
Labels and spine match this one.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Wish You Were Here" on Discogs.
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I see no such match for mine in discogs. Anyone care to offer a theory?
MikeH
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I remember when looking to buy this one that there were so many different variants (way more than I expected). I know they re-cut the album at least once (so at least 2 differently EQed cuts...the 1st one then the corrected EQ one). It seems they used the same sleeves for the 2nd pressing (the 43453) and updated it with that sticker that's on yours on the spine instead of printing new jackets. Mine has that too. I imagine that the deadwax is a better indicator of which pressing you have over the sleeve even though it was sealed? But strange that you have the correct labels...Nope your eyes do not deceive. It's odd. Runout matches this release. Also 1982.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Wish You Were Here" on Discogs.
Labels and spine match this one.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Wish You Were Here" on Discogs.
View attachment 151851
I see no such match for mine in discogs. Anyone care to offer a theory?
The reviews on discogs are wildly different too even within one pressing because I think many people didn't look at the deadwax and only relied on the sleeve + labels. There seem to be lots of mix and matched labels. The whole release is strange. It sounds great even though it's from early digital sources and all that really matters is how it sounds on your system!
snoops
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It's an oddity. It was sealed. I had to break the factory seal to get into it. I could see them using the jacket if they had extra's laying around, hence the taped sticker. However, the label with the 43543 and deadwax with 33543 is throwing me off. There is no other variant in discogs that matches this.
You nailed it though. All that matters is it plays incredible. No ragrets!
MikeH
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Yea--very strange! The mix and match labels and dead wax is real confusing. But really glad you like it. The half speed really is a killer pressing. I was pretty blown away by it when I heard it.
TenderLovingKiller®
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LOL! I almost posted it on here last week but thought maybe people would start thinking I worked for em. Glad you were able to pick it up!Yeah. I was scared to PM you. My wallet is tapping out after this at the Bill Evans box set.
MikeH
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hmm that's something somebody who DOES work there would say!!
also please feel free to enable us all and post on here haha. I'd rather support local shops like that when I can than the random discogs or ebay user!
jamieanderson1968
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Yup, definitely a shill
TenderLovingKiller®
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if I worked at a record store I would likely blow my entire pay check on records (as opposed to just the majority of it like I do right now).
Ghost
Original Resident Ghost
Ella & Louis again sounds very good! I will say the Ella & Louis AP 45 sounds drastically better though. Perhaps it was just a better recorded session, Ella & Louis isn't knock your socks off good like that one but its absolutely delightful. Getting short listed to the top of the Saturday/Sunday morning stack section of the collection.
Turbo
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Also something that somebody that really worked at a record store would say.
Mather
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Yeah I've got a US 80 and a Canada 80. But the Canada 80 actually has 43453 labels and runouts, but has 33453 on the jacket. But these particular 43453 runouts are unique to the Canadian pressing. Impossible to know what's what... Both sound great though...Nope your eyes do not deceive. It's odd. Runout matches this release. Also 1982.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Wish You Were Here" on Discogs.
Labels and spine match this one.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Wish You Were Here" on Discogs.
View attachment 151851
I see no such match for mine in discogs. Anyone care to offer a theory?
Turbo
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Why did you get a second one? Was the first too noisy or was it to get the 434?
Mather
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So @OMC basically threw in the US 80 with a bunch of stuff I bought from him with the caveat that it was kinda beat up. I think I paid like $60 or something for it. But I'd heard that half speed series was the one to have so I went for it. So then I tried to get the 82 but it's REALLY hard to find a NM copy of the correct 82 pressing. So I ran into a NM/NM Canadian 80 with the 43453 runouts at a local for $140 all in. So I grabbed it in case I can't find a clean 82.
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