Definitive Audiophile pressings

snoops said:
Okay homies...filling out some gaps in the collection. Anyone have any input on the best version of The Clash - Combat Rock?

From what I can tell my choices are down to an OG, the 2013 Chris Bellman Cut, or 2017 Re-mastered by Tim Young.

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2013 Version

2017 Version
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Combat Rock is the only one I don't have, but the other Clash represses all sound great. All of mine are 2013 editions.
 
MoFi back in stock soon:

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The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl

Mastered from the original master tapes, Learning to Crawl finally possesses the combination of whisper-in-your-ear intimacy and nerve-checking toughness that it's always demanded on Mobile Fidelity's super-quiet analog LP. Leader Chrissie Hynde's voice is made viscerally apparent, wavering...
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Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's

This numbered edition Silver Label LP breathes with a decongested openness, textural richness, and expansive tonal palette. Alison Moyet's inimitable vocals, such a huge part of the record's appeal, are dramatically enhanced, her sensual timbre, bittersweet crooning, and knockout range now...
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MikeH said:
MoFi back in stock soon:

mofi.com

The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl

Mastered from the original master tapes, Learning to Crawl finally possesses the combination of whisper-in-your-ear intimacy and nerve-checking toughness that it's always demanded on Mobile Fidelity's super-quiet analog LP. Leader Chrissie Hynde's voice is made viscerally apparent, wavering...
mofi.com

mofi.com

Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's

This numbered edition Silver Label LP breathes with a decongested openness, textural richness, and expansive tonal palette. Alison Moyet's inimitable vocals, such a huge part of the record's appeal, are dramatically enhanced, her sensual timbre, bittersweet crooning, and knockout range now...
mofi.com
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Did they.... um... did they need more Yaz?
 
Also, it's a great early-80's synthpop album featuring Vince Clark who had just departed Depeche Mode and Alison Moyet on vocals. It includes two pretty big hits at the time: "Don't Go" and "Only You". It's well worthy of being in press and available. Much more than Vanilla Fudge and shit like that.
 
Turbo said:
Also, it's a great early-80's synthpop album featuring Vince Clark who had just departed Depeche Mode and Alison Moyet on vocals. It includes two pretty big hits at the time: "Don't Go" and "Only You". It's well worthy of being in press and available. Much more than Vanilla Fudge and shit like that.
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All I’m going to say is David Crosby one step. 🤦🏻 I could go on but I probably shouldn’t...
 
Turbo said:
Also, it's a great early-80's synthpop album featuring Vince Clark who had just departed Depeche Mode and Alison Moyet on vocals. It includes two pretty big hits at the time: "Don't Go" and "Only You". It's well worthy of being in press and available. Much more than Vanilla Fudge and shit like that.
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I just see it EVERYWHERE. That and the Evans and Hall "Undercurrent".
 
Mather said:
I just see it EVERYWHERE. That and the Evans and Hall "Undercurrent".
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Yeah, they probably pressed a ton of it. It was huge on all the video shows at the time. It's biggest flaw is that it doesn't include the single "Situation" that was released concurrently.

I do have a dollar bin copy of the album, so there you go. But my copy sounds like garbage, so I'd definitely be tempted to upgrade.
 
MikeH said:
I think that's MoFi's official motto!

But to somewhat answer it, this was originally released on MoFi back in 2012 and comes back via repress every now and again. It was a silver label so it's cheaper and moves well usually. One of the two main members was in Depeche Mode and went on to form Erasure.
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And yet they won't repress the Echo and the Bunnymen or English Beat silver labels, which I would buy.
 
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