Depending on price, I’d go 2003 over MoFi…pretty sure you can differentiate between the MoFis by whether or not OMR is italicized. Clean 2016s by all accounts sound great too. I’ve found the MoFi is wildly overpriced nearly every time I see it in good condition.
I second the 2003 if you can find one in good playing condition. I sold one a few months ago that had some surface noise and just took a shot on another for $100 today. Hopefully this one is a bit of a better pressing because the sound is fantastic.
That’s great to hear. Mine came but haven’t had the opportunity to listen to it. I am most excited to hear how “Remember (Christmas)” sounds. That’s such a gorgeous song, and admittedly as a big fan of You’ve Got Mail, always hits me emotionally
I'm spinning mine now. It does sound awesome. Nilsson Schmilsson is a superior album to me (and I prefer one or two others over Son of...) but the pressing is great.
I picked up a Speaker’s Corner copy of Aerial Ballet at the same time as Son of. That’s probably the one I’d put ahead of Son but I love how unique and quirky Son is. Excited to listen to all of these when I can on Monday!
Yea Schmilsson is my favorite of his, then I think Aerial and maybe Nilsson does Newman over Son of...but I do enjoy them all.
The Point!!!
Let me know about that speakers corner pressing…im tempted
Let me know about that speakers corner pressing…im tempted
So I've been looking through Record City's offerings and it seems to me that for Japanese original pressings in what is effectively NM- condition (RC's 'EX'), their prices are substantially better than what we would pay locally for the same vintage of US pressings of the same records in the same condition. And this appears to be as true for the super-popular stuff (Pink Floyd, Beatles, etc.) as for anything else. I think their US stuff is priced higher, which is understandable since they're imports to Japan, and for me at least it wouldn't make sense to buy US pressings from them (unless they were unavailable elsewhere). Anyway, this is one of those like jpc.de where a part of me wants to just keep it a secret, but I'm kind of glad (and fiscally disappointed
) this particular secret was shared here. Just placed another order, and I'm focusing mostly on EX OG pressings from the 70's, with OBI if possible.I think I have mentioned it before, I do have it. Not just cut from a high res DSD master, but from a whopping DSD256 transfer done by the original Sony engineer.
So I've been looking through Record City's offerings and it seems to me that for Japanese original pressings in what is effectively NM- condition (RC's 'EX'), their prices are substantially better than what we would pay locally for the same vintage of US pressings of the same records in the same condition. And this appears to be as true for the super-popular stuff (Pink Floyd, Beatles, etc.) as for anything else. I think their US stuff is priced higher, which is understandable since they're imports to Japan, and for me at least it wouldn't make sense to buy US pressings from them (unless they were unavailable elsewhere). Anyway, this is one of those like jpc.de where a part of me wants to just keep it a secret, but I'm kind glad (and fiscally disappointed
In addition to being well-cared for, another theory is that Japanese record plants had higher standards/used higher quality vinyl, so the pressings were more likely to be clean/quiet from the start. As for whether they sound better, however, do the research on the higher priced LPs. But if it's $5-10, like a lot of their Ex- OGs, go for it.
It is a bit of a mix. Lots are well regarded (Dark Side of the Moon, early 80s Bowie represses) and others not so great.
