Vinyl Me Please Anthology

agutierrezb said:
I know nobody cares, but American Beauty finally clicked for me. I believe I was just approaching the album with the wrong mindset. Once I listened to it the way I would a Neil Young album, instead of a psychedelic rock album, I could enjoy the songs a great deal more. And boy, is Kreutzman's drumming great troughout, but specially on Friend of the Devil. It sures makes the track something of its own, and not just another by the numbers country-rock track.
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Yes! This and Workingman’s Dead are great Country Rock albums but definitely not wholly representative the band’s output.
 
Anyone have serious distortion through dark star of live/ dead? Not a pop or a clock. A full on crackle. I've tried my old Rhino and it isn't on there.

While American Beauty sounds great its still warped so I'm 3 for 3 on fucked records. This is all a bit demoralising if I'm being honest

The crackle stops about 2 minutes in. My guess is, as that was one of the ones hanging out the inner, that the vinyl has been buggered from rubbing against the cardboard sleeve. So fucked record and was totally avoidable.
 
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Rowan said:
Anyone have serious distortion through dark star of live/ dead? Not a pop or a clock. A full on crackle. I've tried my old Rhino and it isn't on there.

While American Beauty sounds great its still warped so I'm 3 for 3 on fucked records. This is all a bit demoralising if I'm being honest

The crackle stops about 2 minutes in. My guess is, as that was one of the ones hanging out the inner, that the vinyl has been buggered from rubbing against the cardboard sleeve. So fucked record and was totally avoidable.
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Yep that sounds exactly like mine. Before the drums kick in and lasts about 30-40 seconds with like a crackle like noise every rotation or two. I thought it was non fill.
 
greeny400 said:
Yep that sounds exactly like mine. Before the drums kick in and lasts about 30-40 seconds with like a crackle like noise every rotation or two. I thought it was non fill.
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I'm gutted. Absolutely gutted. I knew people were having issues but I was massively excited to get it and now I'm having to sit with a notepad making notes on where there are issues and on what records. It's killed any excitement I had about this box and I'm not even halfway through the set yet. Devastated, man.
 
Rowan said:
I'm gutted. Absolutely gutted. I knew people were having issues but I was massively excited to get it and now I'm having to sit with a notepad making notes on where there are issues and on what records. It's killed any excitement I had about this box and I'm not even halfway through the set yet. Devastated, man.
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Yeah, it’s absolutely rotten. You try and listen and enjoy the music but you end up thinking more about when the next patch of noise will come and it’s just so offputting.
 
greeny400 said:
Yeah, it’s absolutely rotten. You try and listen and enjoy the music but you end up thinking more about when the next patch of noise will come and it’s just so offputting.
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But when it's right it's great. I'm on to Europe 72 which I was convinced would be the duffer given sides a/b and e/f have some bizarre label shit going on... and it sounds immense. I mean... I'm only on to side B so it's got time yet but yeah. Absolutely fantastic. It's incredibly frustrating.
 
Rowan said:
But when it's right it's great. I'm on to Europe 72 which I was convinced would be the duffer given sides a/b and e/f have some bizarre label shit going on... and it sounds immense. I mean... I'm only on to side B so it's got time yet but yeah. Absolutely fantastic. It's incredibly frustrating.
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Yep that crackle on Live Dead is no fill, I've got it too. You're basically mirroring the same issues @greeny400 and I have.
 
greeny400 said:
Yeah down to the exact same records for the most part too. Wonder if we were apart of a bad batch.
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Yeah I don't know. I know another member who only had issues on Wake. But no no-fill on Live Dead. So it could be. But obviously the records wouldn't go into each box in any sort of sequential order so it's probably just bad luck...
 
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bdm105 said:
Meanwhile other than minor things I previously mentioned mine are perfect. Weird QC on this set.
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Yeah. It's bizarre. I think someone in here mentioned that maybe some people's set ups were bringing out the worst in the box but I'm at a loss. It's not just the sound issues though. It's things like the inners. That's basic stuff. And my europe 72 sounds great halfway through but the labels are genuinely hilariously off centre. The only way they could be this off is if QRP got the person who applies them shitfaced, put a sack over their head, spun them round 20 times then passed them a bundle and said 'here's your labels mate. Go stick them on those records over there'
 
Rowan said:
Yeah. It's bizarre. I think someone in here mentioned that maybe some people's set ups were bringing out the worst in the box but I'm at a loss. It's not just the sound issues though. It's things like the inners. That's basic stuff. And my europe 72 sounds great halfway through but the labels are genuinely hilariously off centre. The only way they could be this off is if QRP got the person who applies them shitfaced, put a sack over their head, spun them round 20 times then passed them a bundle and said 'here's your labels mate. Go stick them on those records over there'
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I mean with mine there are two things going on in terms of sound. There is straight up no fill on L/D, there are marks all over Reckoning 1 which causes pops and Wake is noisy. Full stop those issues are big. Then there's just the light clicks that I'm getting on another 4 discs. That I'm guessing partially comes down to my 2M Black. I mean those clicks aren't present on AP pressings, on the classics pressings, on MOST QRP pressings. But I'm picking them up on this set. I'm guessing that if you don't have a Shibata or another such very precise diamond tip then it's likely that these clicks wouldn't show up OR... if you have a generally more noisy setup then they might be the norm for what a listener would hear on their rig. For me, my rig is dead quiet and these things are very noticeable. Does it kill the enjoyment? No, they're light. Not loud snaps. Should they be there? No. So I asked for replacements because ESPECIALLY for the price these should be dead quiet. The replacements HAVE to fix the first three issues, they're big. However I fully expect the next batch of replacements to sound almost no different in terms of these light clicks on the remaining discs... But it's worth a shot.
 
Mather said:
I mean with mine there are two things going on in terms of sound. There is straight up no fill on L/D, there are marks all over Reckoning 1 which causes pops and Wake is noisy. Full stop those issues are big. Then there's just the light clicks that I'm getting on another 4 discs. That I'm guessing partially comes down to my 2M Black. I mean those clicks aren't present on AP pressings, on the classics pressings, on MOST QRP pressings. But I'm picking them up on this set. I'm guessing that if you don't have a Shibata or another such very precise diamond tip then it's likely that these clicks wouldn't show up OR... if you have a generally more noisy setup then they might be the norm for what a listener would hear on their rig. For me, my rig is dead quiet and these things are very noticeable. Does it kill the enjoyment? No, they're light. Not loud snaps. Should they be there? No. So I asked for replacements because ESPECIALLY for the price these should be dead quiet. The replacements HAVE to fix the first three issues, they're big. However I fully expect the next batch of replacements to sound almost no different in terms of these light clicks on the remaining discs... But it's worth a shot.
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At the minute my WMD is a write off. There is constant noise all the way through it. My American Beauty is warped, Live Dead has massive issues on Dark Star and some clicking on side D E72 was fine up till Sugar Magnolia and there are clicks on that track but it feels insignificant next to the issues on Workingmans Dead and Live Dead in particular.

I don't feel we're really doing the best job of promoting this box to the wider forum here. Do you like your slip mat?
 
Rowan said:
At the minute my WMD is a write off. There is constant noise all the way through it. My American Beauty is warped, Live Dead has massive issues on Dark Star and some clicking on side D E72 was fine up till Sugar Magnolia and there are clicks on that track but it feels insignificant next to the issues on Workingmans Dead and Live Dead in particular.

I don't feel we're really doing the best job of promoting this box to the wider forum here. Do you like your slip mat?
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I forget, what cart do you use?
 
the laugh of the promotional video having a guy playing a 450 dollar audiophile vinyl set on an ATLP60 (its a decent turntable but the boxset costs 4 times the price of the turntable)... with the money he could have saved getting a less expensive version (a bunch of high quality pressings from a record shop or something), he could buy a better turntable to get even more out of that set
 
Bloodlemons said:
Another hopefully forgivable thread hijack: I now own WD, AB and Europe '72. These are all great, but where do I go next to get the actual psychedelia? I am easily amused, so I want the most bombastic shit possible.
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Anthem of the Sun is the best early psychedelic album.

Either the two FW 69 sets, Live Dead, Shrine Auditorium, or Two From The Vault on vinyl if you want something live.
 
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