Vinyl Me Please Anthology

Wolfman Jack said:
Ya I know, so I passed, I did scoop up two Miles mofis (in the sky and Filles) and a Dire Straits' brother in arms for $50 and $60 respectively though.
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Those Miles MoFis are so good. A lot are out of print now too. I was lucky to grab the MoFi In A Silent Way from an Amazon sale and I think I ended up paying $30 for it. Grabbed In The Sky and Nefertiti from that random discogs seller a year or two ago who had crazy deals on MoFi and we thought he was a scam, but everything arrived safe and sound. I ended up putting in 3 or 4 orders from that guy hah.

I will say, a lot of MoFi seem to be hit or miss...but when they are a hit, they really sound incredible. I was able to grab an early Japanese MoFi pressing of Ziggy Stardust the other day for a really good deal and I think it might be the best sounding record in my collection now.
 
MikeH said:
Those Miles MoFis are so good. A lot are out of print now too. I was lucky to grab the MoFi In A Silent Way from an Amazon sale and I think I ended up paying $30 for it. Grabbed In The Sky and Nefertiti from that random discogs seller a year or two ago who had crazy deals on MoFi and we thought he was a scam, but everything arrived safe and sound. I ended up putting in 3 or 4 orders from that guy hah.

I will say, a lot of MoFi seem to be hit or miss...but when they are a hit, they really sound incredible. I was able to grab an early Japanese MoFi pressing of Ziggy Stardust the other day for a really good deal and I think it might be the best sounding record in my collection now.
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I recently got the Miles Jack Johnson MoFi and it's spectacular.
 
Wolfman Jack said:
On the Corner and Milestones mofi's can be added to that list, terrific, esp for the $40ea I scored them for.

Also found the mofi box of Kind of Blue but asking $100 used. Couldn't pull the trigger
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I have actually heard that the KoB box set isn't all that great...and I have an early press of it so don't feel the need to upgrade. The review I remember reading was called "Kind of...Blah?" hahah

I believe the originals and the Classic Records Grundman pressings are meant to be the best sounding. People think that MoFi boosted the bass, and also I do not believe the MoFi version is cut from original tapes since they aren't in good shape anymore.
 
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MikeH said:
I have actually heard that the KoB box set isn't all that great...and I have an early press of it so don't feel the need to upgrade. The review I remember reading was called "Kind of...Blah?" hahah

I believe the originals and the Classic Records Grundman pressings are meant to be the best sounding. People think that MoFi boosted the bass, and also I do not believe the MoFi version is cut from original tapes since they aren't in good shape anymore.
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Good to know, thanks! I tend to do that research before splurging on a high end pressing, but hadn't done so for KoB yet. I was gifted a cheap, prob digital, reissue with alt cover that def needs an upgrade.
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
I think someone on this forum did a side-by-side comparison of the two (maybe on Reddit?) and they were surprisingly close. I'd highly recommend the Rhino versions.
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Also, I don’t know if this is a selling point necessarily but it confused the fuck out of me until I read the hype sticker, Rhino’s Workingman’s Dead reissue has an upside down back cover, apparently this replicated a manufacturing error that effected the initial release. Obviously it’s just an aesthetic thing but something Is found interesting/informative nonetheless.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Also, I don’t know if this is a selling point necessarily but it confused the fuck out of me until I read the hype sticker, Rhino’s Workingman’s Dead reissue has an upside down back cover, apparently this replicated a manufacturing error that effected the initial release. Obviously it’s just an aesthetic thing but something Is found interesting/informative nonetheless.
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That confused the hell out of me for a long time, too. I have the European version and I wondered if it being upside down was unique to that one.
 
Wolfman Jack said:
Good to know, thanks! I tend to do that research before splurging on a high end pressing, but hadn't done so for KoB yet. I was gifted a cheap, prob digital, reissue with alt cover that def needs an upgrade.
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Pretty sure the 2010 pressing for about $20 bucks is a readily available press that sounds pretty good (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). There's a youtube video breaking down a lot of the better pressings out there. It's just one man's opinion, so take it as you will. Seemed to be a guy that has a lot of KoB pressings to compare to one another.

I scooped up a MoFi KoB about a month ago sealed for $65 which felt reasonable. The only downside is that it's a 2LP 45RPM so you gotta flip it more frequently. I might grab a single LP at some point just to be lazy.
 
Wait, can you stack these codes? I wouldn't mind getting this box that way, I'd only stack 1 extra on top so it's only costing them $50 for me to take one off their hands....the slipmat is non negotiable, I'm getting one of those!
 
4080 said:
Wait, can you stack these codes? I wouldn't mind getting this box that way, I'd only stack 1 extra on top so it's only costing them $50 for me to take one off their hands....the slipmat is non negotiable, I'm getting one of those!
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Just tried and you cannot stack codes. When you entered a code, it just replaced the previous one.
 
This Zamrock set is great so far. Listened to the first podcast and on the second album today and enjoying the hell out of it.

I know Grateful Dead is overpriced but this is one of the main reasons I bought, I really do think the Anthology sets are all around the best things VMP is doing right now so diving more into the Dead this way makes sense for me. The same way how people pay an outrageous amount for Music Matters albums. They may be in arguably overpriced for what they are, but the quality is there and is just still worth it for some.


But 7500 is still a stupidly high number of these to make. I'd really love to know how many of these VMP has to push to break even on this, because it's going to be tough.
 
Alright anthology people help me. I own no Dead but have been meaning to get some. This box set after exchange and shipping would be $78 an album... which is nuts yes BUT... I can only find the Mofi of American Beauty which is... $78. None of the others appear easily available and the Rhino pressings also appear to be mostly gone. So... if I wasn't gonna buy the box what's the best pressings I can get of these? I'm not finding much...
 
Mather said:
Alright anthology people help me. I own no Dead but have been meaning to get some. This box set after exchange and shipping would be $78 an album... which is nuts yes BUT... I can only find the Mofi of American Beauty which is... $78. None of the others appear easily available and the Rhino pressings also appear to be mostly gone. So... if I wasn't gonna buy the box what's the best pressings I can get of these? I'm not finding much...
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Our best guess so far is that Workingman's and American Beauty, at least, have not been remastered by the same engineer again and will be simply coloured versions of the standard Rhino reissues from 2011. Seems Europe '72 had the same treatment at the same time. I've seen all three of those in almost every record store back in the before times. Not sure about Live/Dead. My best guess for the rest, that were remastered by Bellman for this set, is that they'll be issued separately shortly afterward for half the price.
 
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