Vinyl Me Please Essentials
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Mather
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Currently spinning Phrenology, first impressions:
Holy shit this sounds incredible. Man it would be nice if all the RHH tracks got remasters like this. It sounds phenomenal so far. Nice material on the jacket, gold embossing looks sick. Gatefold would have been nice but I know the original was single pocket so I get it. One side in and so far I don't think I could have asked for more on this one...
Holy shit this sounds incredible. Man it would be nice if all the RHH tracks got remasters like this. It sounds phenomenal so far. Nice material on the jacket, gold embossing looks sick. Gatefold would have been nice but I know the original was single pocket so I get it. One side in and so far I don't think I could have asked for more on this one...
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dhodo
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BuT tHe BeSt OnEs ArE dMm CuT aT gZ!.!.
Mather
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In about six months they will be.
Mather
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Well this is interesting, as I believe @folsom_lives mentioned yesterday, side 2 sounds... pretty bad. Very sibilant and tinny. Strange. Total 180 from Side One. I'll have to check it against the digital version but yeah side two doesn't sound very good.
EDIT: Well after listening to the digital, this is pretty much what those three tracks sound like, in fact the digital version of "Break You Off" is painful, so this remaster is actually much better. So while side two is sibilant, that's pretty much just what those tracks are so, nothing to really worry about there. Would have been nice to get rid of it but I'm pretty sure the Roots masters were some of the ones burnt up in that warehouse fire several years ago so they probably had to work off digital masters.
On to side 3.
EDIT: Well after listening to the digital, this is pretty much what those three tracks sound like, in fact the digital version of "Break You Off" is painful, so this remaster is actually much better. So while side two is sibilant, that's pretty much just what those tracks are so, nothing to really worry about there. Would have been nice to get rid of it but I'm pretty sure the Roots masters were some of the ones burnt up in that warehouse fire several years ago so they probably had to work off digital masters.
On to side 3.
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folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
I think you might have the discs reversed but yeah Break You Off was where I started having issues.
Mather
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I'm on side 2, wasn't that the side you had issues with?
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
Disc 2. Side 3. But of course the disc sides are labeled 21 through 24. So specifically side 23.
EDIT: When I said Break You Off. I meant Water.
That is exactly the experience I had with my OG too. Was hoping they would fix that, but it may just be in the recording and not fixable. It is pretty wild that the other sides sound quite great though. Some of the best songs are on side 2 too and it does indeed sound the worst. The Seed is the worst sounding song on the whole album on my copy unfortunately and Break It Off is just as bad. It’s more the vocals than anything though, the instruments/beats don’t seem to have any distortion. I’ll try to compare it when I get it later this week or early next.
Mather
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I will say it's definitely better than the OG master that I streamed on Spotify. But still not great. "The Seed" is better than "Break You Off" for sure on the new LP. But when I steamed it "Break You Off" was actually painful to listen to so it's DEFINITELY better than that, but it's still sibilant for sure, but I think you'll be happy as it should sound better. But it's definitely not as nice as I'd hoped for.
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JonnyH
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One time in a guess thread I made it fit the Shaggs, and then I come back an hour later and it's like 5 pages on and @NathanRicaud is near tears trying to convince himself that maybe he'll learn to like the Shaggs? Maybe it's ART and he just can't hear it yet??
It was one of the best days of my life.
displayname
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VMP adventures never end. I just got an email shipping notice for a record that arrived yesterday. Thought maybe it was another duplicate shipment, but nope. It was just a very late notice.
I guess that is technically an important though.
I guess that is technically an important though.
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
This pretty much sums up my experience...
AudioAce
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How is it? Scale from 1 to 10?
radiodead
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I have not yet listened. I’m just aware of the leak. I might check it out this weekend when I get a moment.
duke86fan
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The roots artwork is easily the best so far this year, it's that "before phenology" comic that I thought was just free for every single version. It's very nice and id love more stuff like that, it very slightly brings back the club aspect by giving you a history of the band
Mather
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I agree, that comic actually adds something to the release unlike most of the artwork that comes with these. Like I actually consider it a part of the album package as opposed to this extra thing that got thrown in. Good job by the artist on this one. I'd love for more stuff like this or the actual artist photos like we got... last month I think?
duke86fan
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The last 2 months actually
But yeah when I saw the artwork in the trailer I thought "ok this is a cool insert that comes with the vinyl" but seeing it as the art was very nice