Mr Moustache
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Yep, me too, from popmarket.WOOT! Confirmation received
Can’t wait to listen to that CD I am about to receive haha
Definitive Audiophile pressings
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Can’t wait to listen to that CD I am about to receive haha
grendel627
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I just go my confirmation from Deep Discount, too. About a half hour ago.
That'd be a pretty expensive standard CD; I'm betting this'll be the LP. But most will undoubtedly arrive with seam splits, bent corners, and minor warps because of DD's and PopMarket's minimal packaging, and we'll all be wrestling with whether to keep the slightly damaged discounted copy or to return for a full refund.
djdavedk
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I did not. I have read good things about it. Looks like it's now IN STOCK
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's renowned mastering system in California and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, this numbered-edition Silver Label Series LP improves the record's splendid dynamic contrasts, low-end thrust, expansive dimensionality, and moody atmospherics. Steinman's sonic...
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MikeH
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ah wasn't sure if you grabbed it or not. restocked a week or two ago. also at MD:I did not. I have read good things about it. Looks like it's now IN STOCK
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's renowned mastering system in California and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, this numbered-edition Silver Label Series LP improves the record's splendid dynamic contrasts, low-end thrust, expansive dimensionality, and moody atmospherics. Steinman's sonic...mofi.com
Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland (Numbered Vinyl LP)
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remember folks--put a note to open the record and send records behind the sleeve!
AnthonyI
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Thanks for the heads up, I still had the 2002 Sundazed bookmarked until this came out. I'll grab it off Amazon and see how it sounds
Thanks again
Piratenovelist
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I saw the cover of the Art Pepper and it's.... something lol
AnthonyI
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I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts
MikeH
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the art pepper is awesome. but i have the RSD mono so didn't need to double dip.
Selaws
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Is this the standard cover or have they gone with something else?
Whilst on the subject, its well worth reading his biography. One hell of a crazy life. He was actually hoodwinked into this session by his partner, he didnt know about it until the morning of. He was an addict and hadn't played for a while so his partner rang Lester Koenig (head of Contemporary) and suggested a recording as a way of brining Pepper out of his slump. He was in such a unfit state that the reed in his sax had rotted and he had to tape the neck to the body just to play it. Plus the prestige of playing with Miles Davis' rhythm section must have added to the pressure. What a result though!!
I have a first mono pressing so never bothered with the RSD, but would be interested to hear how it sounds.
HayesWeighsIn
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Awesome. I’m absolutely in on this when it’s repressed. Assuming it’s sold out everywhere by now, yeah?What are the chances of being wowed by an audiophile jazz pressing? We've had Music Matters Jazz, SRX vinyl, Mobile Fidelity, Tone Poets, Acoustic Sounds, and any number of other labels/projects/formulations to raise our expectations and consistently hit that audio sweet spot. Well, today I received and played the Kirsten Edkins album from Kevin Gray's Cohearent Records label and I'll be damned if I wasn't blown away by the sound. Absolutely 3-dimensional, with every instrument having its own clearly defined space in the mix, and I don't mean just "right" or "left" or "center-left," I'm talking about closing your eyes and having the studio space and its players come to life in a holographic kind of way. On top of that, every instrument sounds real enough to literally be in the room. The cymbals are incredibly life-like, as if there weren't microphones and tape machines and mixers and cutting heads between you and that sound. The bass lines can be felt as they thump their way across the floor; the piano is resonant, centered but seeming to come from behind the other players. And then there's the sax. I play sax, and while I can't come close to doing what musicians like Edkins are capable of, I do know what a sax sounds like when you're in the room with it, and that's what I hear on this record. I typically have problems distinguishing the finer qualities of sound from recording to recording or system to system, but if I were auditioning speakers (or any part of a rig) and heard what came through my system today, all attempts at comparison would end and I'd be loading them into my car. So I guess I'm saying I think Boom Boom knocked it out of the park with this one, and I'm kind of surprised there hasn't been more attention paid here to this release. Oh, and the performances are absolutely worthy of their presentation, as I'm sure Kevin knew going in.
EDIT: Guess I should add, though it probably goes without saying: the record is flat and dead quiet.
Kirsten Edkins - Shapes & Sound
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HayesWeighsIn
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Legit might be the best sounding record I own. Insane! Cut by you know who!
MikeH
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yea it's the regular cover so not sure what @Piratenovelist is referring to!
i don't have a first mono to compare to but the RSD one is really fantastic sounding.
keylime_5
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I held off on the mono bc I wanted the Stereo. DIdn't think it would take THIS long for it to finally get released (I preordered it last March), but at last patience is gonna pay off.
MikeH
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i had the stereo OJC and wanted to hear the mono. I prefer the mono on this one (at least compared to the OJC)
