Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

[dhodo]

CS must slowly be getting under control. Sent in a vid of my warped essentials (vid in that thread) and already have a new copy "ordered" for replacement.

I had a new copy ordered in a couple of hours in November for Brubeck, but it still took them 6 weeks to ship it. Hope yours ships sooner!

 

[Mather]

Oh by the way, here's a Jeff Buckley "Grace", public service announcement. So I bought the VMP pressing because CS told me it was the Kevin Gray remaster, turns out it wasn't. I listened through it and wasn't super pleased with the sound, so I went and bought a copy of the Sony Legacy 2010 Kevin Gray pressing and A/B'd the two of them. The KG Legacy copy blew the VMP out of the water, the dynamics and soundstage are finally where they should be, it sounds fantastic. It's a $22 widely available copy, it still has a couple of pops here and there but it's kinda what you expect from a $22 pressing of anything... Anyhow, if you're happy with your VMP copy then just ignore this, but if you aren't, or you didn't get one... Just go get this copy.

Jeff Buckley - Grace - Amazon.com Music

But, and here's the strange thing. One of the copies I got from Amazon actually had the wrong mastered disc, inside the proper 2010 jacket. Which means they may be interchanging them which is very annoying. This is the label you want:


This is the one you do not want:

 

[Bohnjaggs]

I was trying to find this one performance from the David Letterman show where this guy is just moving his synth keyboard like it owes money, but can't find it. What I did find was this performance of Hatsune Miku, which makes me feel super weird. Letterman looks like hes trying to not laugh the whole time.

Hatsune Miku is performing at Coachella this year

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Oh by the way, here's a Jeff Buckley "Grace", public service announcement. So I bought the VMP pressing because CS told me it was the Kevin Gray remaster, turns out it wasn't. I listened through it and wasn't super pleased with the sound, so I went and bought a copy of the Sony Legacy 2010 Kevin Gray copy and A/B'd the two of them. The KG Legacy copy blew the VMP out of the water, the dynamics and soundstage are finally where they should be, it sounds fantastic. It's a $22 widely available copy, it still has a couple of pops here and there but it's kinda what you expect from a $22 pressing of anything... Anyhow, if you're happy with your VMP copy then just ignore this, but if you aren't, or you didn't get one... Just go get this copy.

Jeff Buckley - Grace - Amazon.com Music

But, and here's the strange thing. One of the copies I got from Amazon actually had the wrong mastered disc, inside the proper 2010 jacket. Which means they may be interchanging them which is very annoying. This is the label you want:
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This is the one you do not want:
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Amazon is notorious for this. I remember attempting to purchase the XL reissue of The Bends and reading comments from people saying they received XL jackets with a Parlophone discs and vice versa. I figured with Amazon you can keep trying until you get the right combo since returns are super easy.

 

[Joe Mac]

Amazon is notorious for this. I remember attempting to purchase the XL reissue of The Bends and reading comments from people saying they received XL jackets with a Parlophone discs and vice versa. I figured with Amazon you can keep trying until you get the right combo since returns are super easy.

with those Radiohead ones that was an issue across the board and it wasn’t swapped out discs, I think when XL got the artwork masters they forgot to change the label details from Parlophone to XL on the labels. I got a copy of Amnesiac from my local and just the same, XL on the jacket and Parlophone on the label

 

[Delta Don]

with those Radiohead ones that was an issue across the board and it wasn’t swapped out discs, I think when XL got the artwork masters they forgot to change the label details from Parlophone to XL on the labels. I got a copy of Amnesiac from my local and just the same, XL on the jacket and Parlophone on the label

I’m going to high jack this thread for a second to say I’m very excited about potential anniversary editions of kid a and amnesiac.
Were supposed to be a double album at one time so I will go on the record to say they are my favorite Radiohead album

 

[Joe Mac]

I’m going to high jack this thread for a second to say I’m very excited about potential anniversary editions of kid a and amnesiac.
Were supposed to be a double album at one time so I will go on the record to say they are my favorite Radiohead album

for reasons I’ve gone into in more detail in the Radiohead thread I hope we get 2 separate anniversary editions for each album (rather than a combined) but looking forward to seeing what is on the cards for us in October!

 

[Delta Don]

for reasons I’ve gone into in more detail in the Radiohead thread I hope we get 2 separate anniversary editions for each album (rather than a combined) but looking forward to seeing what is on the cards for us in October!

Well it was two releases and I expect two different anniversary deluxe releases

 

[Joe Mac]

Well it was two releases and I expect two different anniversary deluxe releases

There was a rumour going around that they’d be combined but a completely unsubstantiated one because all we’ve heard officially was Thom saying that him and Stanley has tonnes of leftover artwork from this period that they were going through.

 

[MadLucas]

There was a rumour going around that they’d be combined but a completely unsubstantiated one because all we’ve heard officially was Thom saying that him and Stanley has tonnes of leftover artwork from this period that they were going through.

I wouldn't mind if there was a DVD of them from this era attached to the reissue. The show they did at MSG in August 2001 mayyyyyyy just be the best live show I've ever seen.

 

[Joe Mac]

I wouldn't mind if there was a DVD of them from this era attached to the reissue. The show they did at MSG in August 2001 mayyyyyyy just be the best live show I've ever seen.

it’s funny that was one of the things I said in the other thread that I’d like in the Kid A box as there is little extra stuff (that’s Amnesiac), no b-sides and they had to almost re-invent it live. That said I would rather a DVD of the UK tour immediately after the Kid A release. They hired a circus tent and did all the gigs around the country under it.

 

[MadLucas]

it’s funny that was one of the things I said in the other thread that I’d like in the Kid A box as there is little extra stuff (that’s Amnesiac), no b-sides and they had to almost re-invent it live. That said I would rather a DVD of the UK tour immediately after the Kid A release. They hired a circus tent and did all the gigs around the country under it.

They really DID have to reinvent it to be done live... especially "Packt Like Sardines..." the live version of which is probably the rocking-ist thing they ever did!

 

[Joe Mac]

They really DID have to reinvent it to be done live... especially "Packt Like Sardines..." the live version of which is probably the rocking-ist thing they ever did!

I think from Kid A they always said Like Spinning Plates was almost completely different live. It’s built around a guitar loop recorded and then reversed so Ed or Johnny were never going to be able to recreate that live!

 

[Phaneronic]

with those Radiohead ones that was an issue across the board and it wasn’t swapped out discs, I think when XL got the artwork masters they forgot to change the label details from Parlophone to XL on the labels. I got a copy of Amnesiac from my local and just the same, XL on the jacket and Parlophone on the label

WAIT I was going to ask if you checked the mastering but then silly me remembered there was no 12" Amnesiac until XL so it's a pretty obvious answer.

 

[Joe Mac]

WAIT I was going to ask if you checked the mastering but then silly me remembered there was no 12" Amnesiac until XL so it's a pretty obvious answer.

I actually have a 10” one, XL released a limited quantity when they first took over from Parlophone.

 

[Phaneronic]

I think from Kid A they always said Like Spinning Plates was almost completely different live. It’s built around a guitar loop recorded and then reversed so Ed or Johnny were never going to be able to recreate that live!

Well, they were actually trying to get "I Will" recorded, it wasn't working and fed up played the tape backwards. Thom liked it and wrote a couple of lyrics so they wouldn't have to throw it out. Even sung half of it backwards if you're paying attention!

 

[Phaneronic]

I actually have a 10” one, XL released a limited quantity when they first took over from Parlophone.

THEN CHECK THE MASTERING. The Parlophone Amnesiac one of my favorite sounding peices but I don't think they kept making them like they did with OK Computer.

 

[manonkouch]

For my money Faith No More performing Epic on SNL is only bested by Living Colour performing Cult Of Personality on the Arsenio Hall Show, which in my books is the greatest tv performance I've ever seen. Made all the better by the crowd of scared white folk who have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on.

I watched that Living Colour performance on YouTube just last week. Then on Saturday I found this at my local after looking 10 years or so for it:

 

[Joe Mac]

THEN CHECK THE MASTERING. The Parlophone Amnesiac one of my favorite sounding peices but I don't think they kept making them like they did with OK Computer.

Just did. Different in the deadwax. It’s an oversight with XL design department I imagine. Also I’m having deja vu, I think we may have already had this conversation in the old forum

 

[Phaneronic]

Just did. Different in the deadwax. It’s an oversight with XL design department I imagine. Also I’m having deja vu, I think we may have already had this conversation in the old forum

I know we've discussed Amnesiac's mastering but I don't know that we've had quite this discussion before.