No record is worth $450 IMO. The MoFi One Steps and the Radiohead In Rainbows disc box are the most I have spent on a double LP album and the Dylan One Step and Radiohead both sound incredible. By far my best sounding records. That’s definitely the upper limit of what I have and what I would pay though...
I’m curious to compare the other copies I have. Haven’t had a chance to sit down with them all yet! I have an early mono and an early stereo pressing of it as well but was curious about the AS so I picked up a copy. I know a few people who returned their AS copies when they learned about the panning. Not sure why they panned it...
It's a lot. They charge like 30ish USD to ship THEN you have to pay duty and brokerage fees. It's cheaper to just order them from any store in Canada and get it shipped. Unless you can get one of the 15% off deals then it's closer. I think @TCell orders from them more frequently, I've only done it once.
@Tys1 The Bellman was cut from digital sources (Mastered from 44/16 digital) but that was the first time Harvest Moon was released in the US on vinyl. I haven't heard either that or the EU original but kind of a bummer it's only a digital release, so I have just stuck to streaming for it.
Yeah there’s only the two. Like @dhodo said. I have the RSD release (the more recent us pressing) and it sounds great (as do all my Neil records).
Isn't that typical of stereo jazz releases of the time?
Was that an analog recording? No idea either way. You never know in the 90s, but not sure if neil ever went digital. I tried to find a comparison of the two but don't want to dig through the huge threads at hoffman.
Probably because the original stereo was panned. I don’t hate it, it gives you a feeling for the room. It was just like whoa...
Early stereo RVG is all heavy panned.
I have a seventies repress... It sounds great, especially considering that it is VG-.
Right--but I do not believe that the Speakers Corner/KG pressings of this are hard panned while this one I believe is 100% hard panned with Coltrane 100% in one channel and Elvin 100% in the other. Just curious why RKS chose to hard pan it while KG didn't. I know that the early stereos are panned but I'd have to go back and relisten to my early stereo copy to see if it's 100% hard panned or mostly hard-panned.
I have this pressing which sounds great but prices have jumped up a lot it seems!
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Hmm. Hard to see how you can change panning without remixing. There are only two channels, right? Unless you fold it.
I don't know all the specifics as it has been a minute since I looked into it. But I remember reading that when I was debating going for the KG cut vs the AS reissue. I know people who have the KG cut and said it's not as hard-panned as the AS version (still panned but Coltrane and Elvin are more like 80/20 on each channel instead of hard panned.)
