I took a chance today on a copy of Tracy at the local today after remembering this post (was looking the forum for any Tracy Chapman discussion). You are not kidding on the sound.
Definitive Audiophile pressings
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POGunter
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Sorry to break in....did u get the ‘88 Quiex pressing? The definitive audiophile pressing. One of my favorite records all around but this is the version to get if you can.
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Very good to note and appreciate the break in. Pretty sure it was a standard Elektra but it sounds really good...and now I have a new wantlist item. Prices have gotten silly on Tracy for some reason.
Joe Mac
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Its never been repressed on vinyl so there’s that. It sold a shit tonne in the 80s though so with patience there’s always the chance to pick one up at a fair price. I just have the standard U.K. press from Elektra and I’m really happy with it too. It’s more than good enough so I don’t think I’d be fussed hunting down a different press that I’d have to part with a fair sized wedge to get hold of.
I'm sure the Quiex version is good but the original UK / EU presses all sound fantastic. I Wouldn't wait around for a Quiex version. I have an 88 UK pressing and the GDR Amiga & both sound great, the UK has a little more detail, but like the Quiex was a DMM cut
Do you have the Quiex?
POGunter
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Never considered either of those. But, I will grab them to compare if I ever get a chance.
Added a pic to my post above b4 I saw ur quote.
Russ I
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Agreed. It's a stunning pressing.Sorry to break in....did u get the ‘88 Quiex pressing? The definitive audiophile pressing. One of my favorite records all around but this is the version to get if you can.
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AnthonyI
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Can confirm, I have this pressing and it sounds stunningSorry to break in....did u get the ‘88 Quiex pressing? The definitive audiophile pressing. One of my favorite records all around but this is the version to get if you can.
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Joe Mac
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Or even better as Elektra are a WEA label get big Kev to do a cut for Rhino and we can buy it for less than €20!
CrazyDiamond84
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Lol same. And same.
jamieanderson1968
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I have often thought of creating a Google doc with links to the different pressing discussions throughout this thread, but it is just too sprawling now and I am definitely too lazy
MikeH
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Here ya go!
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Hahahaha well playedHere ya go!
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Joe Mac
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Here ya go!
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I hope your suit is nicely pressed for tomorrow. Gotta make a good impression in front of the judge...
jamieanderson1968
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Joe Mac
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Great minds think alike, fools seldom differ.
I’ll leave the interpretation to everyone else
POGunter
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When it first came out it made quite a statement. Ronald RayGun was POTUS and “trickle down economics” were all the rage having moved from the rightwing fringe to mainstream US politics. Iron Lady Margret Thatcher was on the other side of the pond. Those on the social justice side thought it couldn’t get any worse. We were so naive with youthful optimism.
The Rolling Stone article on the album described how Tracy C had wrote the songs over several years. She was playing them live on the college coffee house circuit. A college student whose dad happened the be a record executive heard her. The student talked her dad into flying out to hear her.
Supposedly Tracy originally turned him down but eventually agreed if she could have creative control of the album. She was afraid the record label would water down the message. And, the rest is history.