Radiohead – The Bends XL Recordings – XLLP780, 1995/2016
US repress of original UK release
Pressed at Optimal
There seems to be a lot of recent complaints on the Discogs submission (which I entered back in 2018) - but I suspect there is some confusion on which pressing those people actually have.
This one sounds great. They probably have one of the many other reissues that uses the same barcode. This one has some of the original UK runouts crossed out. The only thing different from the EU release of the same time is the "Made in NA" vs "Made in EU" on the labels.
There is also a GZ pressing dating to the same year - so I suspect there's some people that have that version.
Jumping back into collection play through after a hiatus - Going thru Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross's Watchmen soundtrack all 3 volumes. Love that the packaging has nothing to really do with the soundtrack itself and is based on fake soundtracks / albums that has to do with the show to build the lore. I love the show so this is really cool to me.
Is it just me or does Vol 3's center label remind you of Brian Eno's Ambient artwork?