Great Pressings Shared

ByersVinyl · Jan 18, 2020

Had an idea - lets see if it works.

Im going to buy Vinyl this year regardless of my initial plans to cut Down. Sooooooo I thought we could share Some of our fave great pressings - not necessarily expensive finds. Albums that just really lifted when you put them on the platter.

For instance this Half Speed remaster of INXS - Kick from 2017 sounds great but priced ok....

Might just give us a few new purchase ideas, and some great sounding Vinyl too.

BjorgenFjorgen · Jan 18, 2020

Similar idea to this thread, which also has a bunch of examples of more moderately priced, great pressings:

Best recent AAA releases/reissues...

A thread for those who like their records to be 100% analog. Let's avoid a discussion about analog vs. digital, and instead list our fave AAA releases from recent years as well as update this thread with new all-analog releases. Bonus points if you avoid the obvious MFSL and Analogue Production...

www.needlesandgrooves.com

Personally I have the 2011 reissues of the Grateful Dead's American Beauty (American pressing) and Workingman's Dead (European pressing) and they're two of the best sounding records in my collection. Each is available for a hair above $30 CAD.

The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead

The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2011 Vinyl release of "Workingman's Dead" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

The Grateful Dead - American Beauty

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2011 Vinyl release of "American Beauty" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Selaws · Jan 18, 2020

This is one that I always mention as being a great pressing.

Various ‎– The Famous Sound Of Three Blind Mice Vol. 1

Its a compilation of Japanese Jazz and sounds superb. Its pricey but can be found at a reasonable amount, I paid £29.00 for this 2lp set.

imajindat · Feb 28, 2020

Great idea! It's always great to find good pressings that don't break the bank, and it's really helpful to see what others have found.

Here are some I've come across (used and newer stuff), I wouldn't consider any to be like the epitome of sound quality but they were a great bang for the buck: