Definitive Audiophile pressings

[HayesWeighsIn]

I’m listening to Amanda Shires - Tell it Like a Man on vinyl for the first time and damn if it doesn’t sound fanfucktastic. Super dynamic. Quiet floor. Punch even. It was pressed at RTI but no idea who cut it.

I'll get it. It's a great record. Thanks!

 

[HayesWeighsIn]

I remember seeing a staggering number for how much Concord makes each year just in licensing.

Chiming in way late here, but spot on. They have acquired a ton of catalogs.

 

[HayesWeighsIn]

The Scat single reissues are all pressed at RTI, come in tip on jackets and are usually sold for around $20 MSRP.

Yup - they are awesome! GBV! GBV!

 

[Jbraswell]

What's the scoop on the Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie 4 LP set?
Not in a rush to buy as it's up on several retail sites but I loved the CD to death in the 90s.

Assuming it was originally recorded to digital...

 

[Melt Face Molly Drop]

What's the scoop on the Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie 4 LP set?
Not in a rush to buy as it's up on several retail sites but I loved the CD to death in the 90s.

Assuming it was originally recorded to digital...

Digitally remastered I think. It’s a nice set but not AAA or anything. Can’t comment on the mastering.

 

[Jbraswell]

Digitally remastered I think. It’s a nice set but not AAA or anything. Can’t comment on the mastering.

Yeah I know it was a highly sought release previously but these repress days you wonder when to jump on a copy.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Yeah I know it was a highly sought release previously but these repress days you wonder when to jump on a copy.

While they are readily available.

 

[Jbraswell]

While they are readily available.

Ok thanks.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Ok thanks.

I am just saying, it seems to go in and out of print sporadically. Might as well grab it while you can.

 

[Jbraswell]

I am just saying, it seems to go in and out of print sporadically. Might as well grab it while you can.

Have you heard it?

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Have you heard it?

I have, I’ve owned it for about a decade now. My SO bought it for me as a birthday gift when I turned 31. My copy sounds good. Not audiophile but still a quality pressing. I believe the newer reissues sound even better still from what I’ve read. It is a beautiful package and worth the extra coin.

 

[Turbo]

Have you heard it?

Wouldn't highlight it in this thread, but it's a good sounding, non-audiophile reissue. Superb package. I'm pretty sure tons of people in these parts have it. Mine's a Pallas pressing.

 

[zdkaiser]

Wouldn't highlight it in this thread, but it's a good sounding, non-audiophile reissue. Superb package. I'm pretty sure tons of people in these parts have it. Mine's a Pallas pressing.

New ones are pressed at Furnace now, which I believe is the US version of Pallas.

 

[Turbo]

New ones are pressed at Furnace now, which I believe is the US version of Pallas.

You're right - mine says P. USA, so it probably is Furnace.

 

[Turbo]

I see on Discogs that the most recent represses come from Canada. That means Precision pressing plant to me, which is of mixed quality. You might want a specific review of this pressing in particular if anyone here has it.

 

[Jbraswell]

I see on Discogs that the most recent represses come from Canada. That means Precision pressing plant to me, which is of mixed quality. You might want a specific review of this pressing in particular if anyone here has it.

I am reading several people are getting recent represses of the 2012 version, which is Optimal.
Someone shared a Deep Discount code SUNNY for 15%.
Decided to make the buy. We'll see what shows up.

 

[Turbo]

Catching-up on the loot I picked up in Montreal last week and OMG fuck yeah, this sounds good. So crankable. The bass just thumps. Amazing what they could do with thin 80's vinyl sometimes. Original Canadian pressing, cut by Emile Lépine and pressed at the Columbia Pressing plant in Don Mills ON.

 

[Jbraswell]

Catching-up on the loot I picked up in Montreal last week and OMG fuck yeah, this sounds good. So crankable. The bass just thumps. Amazing what they could do with thin 80's vinyl sometimes. Original Canadian pressing, cut by Emile Lépine and pressed at the Columbia Pressing plant in Don Mills ON.

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It's amazing how good the thin vinyl can sound.
I really question this 180 and 200 stuff that seems to warp a hell of a lot easier.

 

[Joe Mac]

Listened to the 3 Japanese S&G pressings earlier.

Wednesday Morning, 3AM - Music sounds really good and it’s a nice quiet pressing. The vocals do distort on a couple of ocassions but given the pressing otherwise sounds good might this be the limitations of the original recording?

Sounds of Silence - Really nice press, solid clear and clean.

Concert In Central Park - stellar pressing. Really nice clean clear pressing with a great depth to the sound. Really immerses you in the gig.

 

[Russ I]

Listened to the 3 Japanese S&G pressings earlier.

Wednesday Morning, 3AM - Music sounds really good and it’s a nice quiet pressing. The vocals do distort on a couple of ocassions but given the pressing otherwise sounds good might this be the limitations of the original recording?

Sounds of Silence - Really nice press, solid clear and clean.

Concert In Central Park - stellar pressing. Really nice clean clear pressing with a great depth to the sound. Really immerses you in the gig.

I would guess it is a limitation of the original recording on Wednesday Morning, 3AM. Good to know about all of these. I seem to recall that an OG pressing of the Concert in Central Park sounds very good, which is kinda cool for a concert recorded so long ago, in an outdoor setting.