Vinyl Me Please Essentials

This thread has got really confusing.

As far as I know the 2017 & 2020 Rhino releases used the same KG mastering, the 2017 pressed at RTI & the 2020 RI

The VMP appears to be a brand new mastering by Ryan Smith, plated at QRP & pressed at GZ.

is that correct?

I have the 2020 KG Rhino release, but I'm tempted to get the VMP version to see what Ryan sterling does with it. If the pressing is poor I'm sure VMP will replace it
Yeah you got it right. Sorry for any confusion I added.
 
Yeah you got it right. Sorry for any confusion I added.

No need to apologise. After a few glasses of wine I can find it difficult to match the responses to the original posts :)

It's easy to lose track of who is replying to what without summarising the whole thing

edit - Kevin Gray & Ryan Sterling are the best from what I've heard. It's a shame they didn't press them at QRP, that would be a really interesting shoot out
 
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Prine is a great album. Well worth grabbing. So many amazing songs on it, really super stuff. Probably not worth myself delving again with the 2017, though my cover is dinged so there’s always a temptation. I listened to Tough Guys. It’s fine.
 
So I’ve spent 60 mins with Prine.
”Pretty good” is the Bob Dylanesque highlight and 1 or 2 others, but I will cherry pick others from his discos, and listen on Spoti. Glad I listened tho - that track alone is worth it.
Donald & Lydia, Spanish Pipedream, Hello In There, Angel From Montgomery, Sam Stone, Illegal Smile, Paradise. All these tracks are classic Prine and were mainstays of his setlist until the very end.

But I agree, Pretty Good, is a lot of fun. And pretty underrated
 
I’ve seen John a few times. My parents were/are big fans. There is a photo somewhere of the two of them with Prine and looking very happy. There was a very sad concert a few years ago where he obviously was very unwell and stopped and apologised during a few songs. People were crying in the audience. Then he did a tour a year or two ago, was in much better voice and fettle. He really fought back hard from all his health problems which made his death this year harder to take.
 
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