Definitive Audiophile pressings

CrazyDiamond84 said:
So...Velvet Underground....
I have the 2012 box set that I want to replace at some point. The pressings are nothing special, and very digital sounding. These are some of my all time favorite albums, and I never spin them which is sad. They aren't exactly a band that screams clean or audiophile, although Lou does sound great on that Speakers Corner Transformer. I have an older copy of Loaded that I like, so I'm thinking just any 80s or earlier pressings would be great for their 1st 3 albums, and Nicos Chelsea Girl...

Any recommendations out there?
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I think sadly the source material for VU just wasn’t super well recorded. @jamieanderson1968 ’s response is the answer I think I got awhile back when I was looking for some VU, so I’d probably go down that route myself. I ended up not buying any though so if you find any good sounding pressings please let me know!
 
CrazyDiamond84 said:
So...Velvet Underground....
I have the 2012 box set that I want to replace at some point. The pressings are nothing special, and very digital sounding. These are some of my all time favorite albums, and I never spin them which is sad. They aren't exactly a band that screams clean or audiophile, although Lou does sound great on that Speakers Corner Transformer. I have an older copy of Loaded that I like, so I'm thinking just any 80s or earlier pressings would be great for their 1st 3 albums, and Nicos Chelsea Girl...

Any recommendations out there?
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I'm really happy with The Complete Matrix Tapes if you're into a heavy dose of live VU. Great stuff and it sounds very good. (Hopefully you can find it for less than the discogs listing o_O.)

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The Velvet Underground - The Complete Matrix Tapes

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CrazyDiamond84 said:
So...Velvet Underground....
I have the 2012 box set that I want to replace at some point. The pressings are nothing special, and very digital sounding. These are some of my all time favorite albums, and I never spin them which is sad. They aren't exactly a band that screams clean or audiophile, although Lou does sound great on that Speakers Corner Transformer. I have an older copy of Loaded that I like, so I'm thinking just any 80s or earlier pressings would be great for their 1st 3 albums, and Nicos Chelsea Girl...

Any recommendations out there?
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I have this one for White Light/White Heat and it sounds good and it was available at a reasonable price on cogs last year when I got it. It’s a nice clean pressing. But I’m inclined to agree with @MikeH and not want to be spending too high on a band that weren’t necessarily all about recording quality.

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The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

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Anyone have this pressing? It would go a long way in getting me off the MoFi version...........and expense, lol. I have a decent 80's pressing, but it's such a great album it's on the "Possible Upgrade" list ;)

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Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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AnthonyI said:
Anyone have this pressing? It would go a long way in getting me off the MoFi version...........and expense, lol. I have a decent 80's pressing, but it's such a great album it's on the "Possible Upgrade" list ;)

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Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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I have it -- but I'm a week away from listening to it (if you can wait that long) -- I've had good luck with all the ones from that series, but I'm not a passionate fan (I really like EJ, went to 3 shows, but don't collect) and I don't have a lot of baselines on what might be better. That said, I got them for cheap and remember them all as being a good listen -- but didn't have a sit me down in my seat experience IIRC.

As I've typed this, I'm realizing how relatively useless this review is....
 
RobbieBobby said:
I just impulse purchased this the other night after going a few whiskeys overboard. I have never bought anything from Impex. How is the packaging compared to other expensive audiophile labels like MoFi/MMJ/AP?
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I own several -- and that box. I have had great luck with everything but their release of Miles Davis' E.S.P. (pressing great, package nice, tape issues) for which the MoFi is just a far better purchase. My only complaint is that the box requires you to take the whole box out (no side access, true box) and so I don't play them as much as I might otherwise. plus side: I'm out of shelf space and so the box is super convenient right now!
 
AnthonyI said:
Anyone have this pressing? It would go a long way in getting me off the MoFi version...........and expense, lol. I have a decent 80's pressing, but it's such a great album it's on the "Possible Upgrade" list ;)

www.discogs.com

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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Seems to have pretty decent reviews. The MFSL is, IMO, insanely expensive at this point. Same with the Speakers Corner reissue of it. They will both set you back $300. I ended up just going digital on that one. I can hook you up with a rip of the MFSL CD if you want..
 
MikeH said:
Seems to have pretty decent reviews. The MFSL is, IMO, insanely expensive at this point. Same with the Speakers Corner reissue of it. They will both set you back $300. I ended up just going digital on that one. I can hook you up with a rip of the MFSL CD if you want..
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Yeah I got a Japanese SACD that’s was supposedly a proper DSD transfer from the original master tapes done just for that market. It sounds absolutely fantastic!
 
HuddieLedbetter said:
I have it -- but I'm a week away from listening to it (if you can wait that long) -- I've had good luck with all the ones from that series, but I'm not a passionate fan (I really like EJ, went to 3 shows, but don't collect) and I don't have a lot of baselines on what might be better. That said, I got them for cheap and remember them all as being a good listen -- but didn't have a sit me down in my seat experience IIRC.

As I've typed this, I'm realizing how relatively useless this review is....
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I'm in no rush, as I'm playing through stuff I'm taking note of what I might want to look for a better pressing of.
MikeH said:
Seems to have pretty decent reviews. The MFSL is, IMO, insanely expensive at this point. Same with the Speakers Corner reissue of it. They will both set you back $300. I ended up just going digital on that one. I can hook you up with a rip of the MFSL CD if you want..
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I'll need to debate this one a bit, the pressing I have isn't terrible, but it's showing it's play time I think, I bought it used from a shop years ago. I'll wait on @HuddieLedbetter's "review" and go from there.........thanks for the offer on the rip ;)
 
AnthonyI said:
I'm in no rush, as I'm playing through stuff I'm taking note of what I might want to look for a better pressing of.

I'll need to debate this one a bit, the pressing I have isn't terrible, but it's showing it's play time I think, I bought it used from a shop years ago. I'll wait on @HuddieLedbetter's "review" and go from there.........thanks for the offer on the rip ;)
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When it comes to Elton reissues, I keep my eye out for the MoFi and the Speakers Corner of Goodbye and then the DCC of his greatest hits, and all are so insanely expensive now. And when there's not an overwhelming consensus on the MoFi being the best sounding pressing of that album I ended up giving up hope of owning the MoFi. The CD rip was my consolation prize haha. And it does sound pretty awesome.
 
AnthonyI said:
Anyone have this pressing? It would go a long way in getting me off the MoFi version...........and expense, lol. I have a decent 80's pressing, but it's such a great album it's on the "Possible Upgrade" list ;)

www.discogs.com

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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I have it and think it sounds pretty great! Well worth the $25 or so.
 
@AnthonyI also according to Hoffman...there's a secret KG cut of it from the 80s. The 1980 MCA version that has the cloud logo on it. Certain copies of that were cut by a young KG and supposedly sound great but that's more of something to keep an eye on if you see any in person. Only side A has KG's initials apparently but people seem to think he cut all 4 sides. Sadly it's not listed on discogs and the non-KG cuts sound pretty bad from what I've seen.
 
MikeH said:
@AnthonyI also according to Hoffman...there's a secret KG cut of it from the 80s. The 1980 MCA version that has the cloud logo on it. Certain copies of that were cut by a young KG and supposedly sound great but that's more of something to keep an eye on if you see any in person. Only side A has KG's initials apparently but people seem to think he cut all 4 sides. Sadly it's not listed on discogs and the non-KG cuts sound pretty bad from what I've seen.
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..........do we need to have an intervention ;)
 
MikeH said:
@AnthonyI also according to Hoffman...there's a secret KG cut of it from the 80s. The 1980 MCA version that has the cloud logo on it. Certain copies of that were cut by a young KG and supposedly sound great but that's more of something to keep an eye on if you see any in person. Only side A has KG's initials apparently but people seem to think he cut all 4 sides. Sadly it's not listed on discogs and the non-KG cuts sound pretty bad from what I've seen.
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