Definitive Audiophile pressings

[Mather]

Is Juno offering new shipping options so the hand-off to Canada post is avoided? Pricy?

I do not know, I trunk you can pick courier but... yeah I wouldn't

 

[Turbo]

I do not know, I trunk you can pick courier but... yeah I wouldn't

It's true, you could always pick a courier.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I do not know, I trunk you can pick courier but... yeah I wouldn't

You should let that poor DHL driver out of your wife’s trunk.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

You should let that poor DHL driver out of your wife’s trunk.

I will have you know that trunking is a time-honoured Canadian tradition

 

[Nee Lewman]

I will have you know that trunking is a time-honoured Canadian tradition

Note to self, if I end up fleeing to Canadia, do not become delivery driver.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Note to self, if I end up fleeing to Canadia, do not become delivery driver.

Don't you know anything? Trunking involves trees not cars

 

[Nee Lewman]

Don't you know anything? Trunking involves trees not cars

This does not ease my mind about whatever @Mather did to his poor DHL driver

 

[Mather]

This does not ease my mind about whatever @Mather did to his poor DHL driver

No DHL driver is allowed within 1000 yards of my house unless they've pre paid the "Mather Brokerage Charges".

Side note, Abraxas Mofi is SO much fun. Side 2 is right up there with the most fun hard hitting albums I've heard. Those bongos and guitar will knock you into next week.

Other note, the Mofi Bookends is nice and warm but it's pretty soft, on first listen my 68 Japan first pressing beats it on most tracks. However the pumped up Mofi low end is really nice on a few tracks including Mrs Robinson which has never sounded exactly amazing on any press I've heard, the Mofi is real nice. But in terms of clarity no surprise you can hear a big difference from the Mofi 2024 source and the 1968 tape used on the first press JP.

 

[Nee Lewman]

No DHL driver is allowed within 1000 yards of my house unless they've pre paid the "Mather Brokerage Charges".

So, what you’re saying is the poor guy didn’t know the rules and had to be used as an example?

 

[Mather]

So, what you’re saying is the poor guy didn’t know the rules and had to be used as an example?

As one of only two inhabitants of the Un-United Fiefdom of Mather it is my duty to uphold the law no matter how draconian. DHL must remit $200 In Mather Brokerage Charges or face the consequences. There is a clearly marked sign just before the start of "Mathers Mine Field of Fun", they can't miss it.

 

[Joe Mac]

 

[Hemotep]

 

[Jbraswell]

What's the consensus on The Ramones and Stooges?

 

[MikeH]

No more sale prices on Craft One Step. My timing was good on Hot Buttered Soul.
Also - Evans Explorations is “low stock.” I did not buy it - that’s just an FYI.

I don’t see low stock on explorations…and the sale prices are still there?

 

[MikeH]

What's the consensus on The Ramones and Stooges?

I got them but haven’t had a chance to spin them beyond the first side of the Stooges which I thought sounded great. No other pressing to compare to though

 

[MikeH]

No DHL driver is allowed within 1000 yards of my house unless they've pre paid the "Mather Brokerage Charges".

Side note, Abraxas Mofi is SO much fun. Side 2 is right up there with the most fun hard hitting albums I've heard. Those bongos and guitar will knock you into next week.

Other note, the Mofi Bookends is nice and warm but it's pretty soft, on first listen my 68 Japan first pressing beats it on most tracks. However the pumped up Mofi low end is really nice on a few tracks including Mrs Robinson which has never sounded exactly amazing on any press I've heard, the Mofi is real nice. But in terms of clarity no surprise you can hear a big difference from the Mofi 2024 source and the 1968 tape used on the first press JP.

I need to find abraxas at some point. Slept on it but believe it’s being repressed

 

[Mather]

I need to find abraxas at some point. Slept on it but believe it’s being repressed

Side one is good, side two is incredible

 

[Nee Lewman]

What's the consensus on The Ramones and Stooges?

I think Stooges is pretty great, again no other pressings to compare. Ramones was okay.

 

[Jbraswell]

I think Stooges is pretty great, again no other pressings to compare. Ramones was okay.

I think I will go for Stooges and Doors with my coffee and cigs morning.
Ramones can wait for another day.

 

[Turbo]

The RHF Ramones is pretty good, slightly better than the reissue I have (a Bellman IIRC). That reissue was already quite good honestly, but the quiet vinyl of the RHF gives it the edge.