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  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    Weston1283 said:

    Without a doubt the record I spin the most...

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    I bought this a couple months ago only knowing Songs For the Deaf prior...and I just can't get enough of it. I find myself thinking about parts of the album throughout the day. I have ordered Rated R now.
  • halloweenhead95
    halloweenhead95 Croatia Posts: 255
    Best: every album by John Frusciante, 'Blunderbuss' by Jack White, 'Lightning Bolt' by Pearl Jam, 'Ryan Adams'

    Worst: 'Wakin On A Pretty Daze' by Kurt Vile (constant distortion & hissing - b side is unlistenable), 'Live At TMR' by The Raconteurs (also distortion & hissing, though it's not so bad as Kurt)
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  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    That's interesting, I find Lightning Bolt to be below par and my copy of Wakin' On A Pretty Daze to sound really good, mines the 'deluxe' version though on blue vinyl...
    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.
  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    FrankY59 said:

    Weston1283 said:

    Without a doubt the record I spin the most...

    image

    I bought this a couple months ago only knowing Songs For the Deaf prior...and I just can't get enough of it. I find myself thinking about parts of the album throughout the day. I have ordered Rated R now.
    Yep, great sounding Queens record this, perfect really, but be careful of Rated R, there's a dud pressing out there, I replaced mine with a much better sounding recent reissue, glad I did, one of the their best...

    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.
  • halloweenhead95
    halloweenhead95 Croatia Posts: 255
    reesdog said:

    That's interesting, I find Lightning Bolt to be below par and my copy of Wakin' On A Pretty Daze to sound really good, mines the 'deluxe' version though on blue vinyl...

    Mine also! Blue one with "clear" cover (without stickers). I bought it when he was on tour here in Zagreb, it was suprisingly cheap (rougly 15$). Seems a bit odd. This is probably the worst vinyl in my collection :disappointed:
    As for 'Lightning Bolt', I have european version, really sounds great!
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  • halloweenhead95
    halloweenhead95 Croatia Posts: 255
    Does anybody have 'Carrie & Lowell' by Sufjan Stevens?
    I read on discogs & amazon that there are plenty of bad pressings... It's a shame really, such a great album!
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  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    This would definitely have to be one of the best sounding records in my collection, just phenomenal, so crisp and dynamic. A real kick-ass reissue...

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  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    This one not so great. It's ok, but sounds a little muddy, maybe it's a little compressed. If you want this album I'd try find an original and not this repress..

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  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    halloweenhead95 said:

    reesdog said:

    That's interesting, I find Lightning Bolt to be below par and my copy of Wakin' On A Pretty Daze to sound really good, mines the 'deluxe' version though on blue vinyl...

    Mine also! Blue one with "clear" cover (without stickers). I bought it when he was on tour here in Zagreb, it was suprisingly cheap (rougly 15$). Seems a bit odd. This is probably the worst vinyl in my collection :disappointed:
    As for 'Lightning Bolt', I have european version, really sounds great!
    Wow ok, opposite for me, Lightning Bolt sounds average, but Wakin' is sublime.. Weird.
    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    edited January 2016
    FrankY59 said:

    Weston1283 said:

    Without a doubt the record I spin the most...

    image

    I bought this a couple months ago only knowing Songs For the Deaf prior...and I just can't get enough of it. I find myself thinking about parts of the album throughout the day. I have ordered Rated R now.
    Unfortunately, earlier in this thread I actually names the Rated R reissue as my worst sounding album. I hope you didn't get the same version I did (from Amazon)! If it's the latest reissue (2014?), I'm sorry to say that this album sounds like shit (despite it being a good album from QOTSA). It sounds super flat and dead. The reissues that sound good are Lullabies to Paralyze and Era Vulgaris.
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    I have an original copy of VS which I cleaned really good today and cranked the sucker up. :rock_on: It's one of the better sounding rock records I have.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    edited January 2016
    PJ_Soul said:

    FrankY59 said:

    Weston1283 said:

    Without a doubt the record I spin the most...

    image

    I bought this a couple months ago only knowing Songs For the Deaf prior...and I just can't get enough of it. I find myself thinking about parts of the album throughout the day. I have ordered Rated R now.
    Unfortunately, earlier in this thread I actually names the Rated R reissue as my worst sounding album. I hope you didn't get the same version I did (from Amazon)! If it's the latest reissue (2014?), I'm sorry to say that this album sounds like shit (despite it being a good album from QOTSA). It sounds super flat and dead. The reissues that sound good are Lullabies to Paralyze and Era Vulgaris.
    If you're looking for a good sounding copy of Rated R, this is the one I was steered towards.

    http://www.ccmusic.com/queens-of-the-stone-age-rated-r-import/606949086411

    I'm gonna put it in my next order, so I can let you know how it sounds. They have a ton of great stuff and really reasonable prices. Supposedly, there's always some kinda sale going on, but I just discovered them. The code I used was jan1650 for 20% off. Not sure it's still active or not.
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  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    DewieCox said:


    PJ_Soul said:

    FrankY59 said:

    Weston1283 said:

    Without a doubt the record I spin the most...

    image

    I bought this a couple months ago only knowing Songs For the Deaf prior...and I just can't get enough of it. I find myself thinking about parts of the album throughout the day. I have ordered Rated R now.
    Unfortunately, earlier in this thread I actually names the Rated R reissue as my worst sounding album. I hope you didn't get the same version I did (from Amazon)! If it's the latest reissue (2014?), I'm sorry to say that this album sounds like shit (despite it being a good album from QOTSA). It sounds super flat and dead. The reissues that sound good are Lullabies to Paralyze and Era Vulgaris.
    If you're looking for a good sounding copy of Rated R, this is the one I was steered towards.

    http://www.ccmusic.com/queens-of-the-stone-age-rated-r-import/606949086411

    I'm gonna put it in my next order, so I can let you know how it sounds. They have a ton of great stuff and really reasonable prices. Supposedly, there's always some kinda sale going on, but I just discovered them. The code I used was jan1620 for 20% off. Not sure it's still active or not.
    Sorry if I burst your bubble here Dewie, but going by the catalog number I'd be careful of that pressing of Rated R, comments section at the bottom of this link give it very mixed reviews...
    http://www.discogs.com/Queens-Of-The-Stone-Age-X/release/2984283
    Also on the link you posted it has a release date of 2003, this record was never reissued in 2003.

    I'd recommend this pressing...
    http://www.discogs.com/Queens-Of-The-Stone-Age-Rated-R-X-Rated-/release/6323619
    With the 000 000-0 catalog number it's a really good pressing, I brought this one myself recently to replace the former LP and it sounds really good..

    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    edited January 2016
    Yeah, there's something up with the info and pic at the website. I read a detailed description of the different versions and a few people said that they ordered from ccmusic and got the great sounding pressing. Some differences in the matrix and the album art is very slightly different.


    Just checked and the coupon code still works for 20% off on order over $50.....jan1650 is the actual code
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    does anyone know if the My Bloody Valentine "Loveless" reissue mastered from the original analogue recording has ever been released? the copy I have is the inferior digital transfer.

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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Just listening to my Parlophone copy of OK Computer - damn - it's so good. So good in fact, I sold off my Capitol pressing!!!

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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    I felt the same way with my parlophone The Bends.
    Way better than the Capitol release I also have.
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    edited January 2016
    RobbyD462 said:

    I felt the same way with my parlophone The Bends.
    Way better than the Capitol release I also have.

    Looking to get one of those. :) I am pretty sure most of the Radiohead Parlophone presses are superior. I had US Kid A - Amnesiac and HTTT presses I bought new but took them back after listening - Kid A was noisey in the quiet parts - Amnesiac had a bunch of fill - and HTTT had a swooshing sound on one side. Yuck - Someday I will get all of them proper.
  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    DewieCox said:

    Yeah, there's something up with the info and pic at the website. I read a detailed description of the different versions and a few people said that they ordered from ccmusic and got the great sounding pressing. Some differences in the matrix and the album art is very slightly different.


    Just checked and the coupon code still works for 20% off on order over $50.....jan1650 is the actual code

    Fair enough. I'd be interested to find out if the version you end up with does sound decent as I had the one with that same catalog number and it sounded pretty bad...

    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.
  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    buck502000 said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    I felt the same way with my parlophone The Bends.
    Way better than the Capitol release I also have.

    Looking to get one of those. :) I am pretty sure most of the Radiohead Parlophone presses are superior. I had US Kid A - Amnesiac and HTTT presses I bought new but took them back after listening - Kid A was noisey in the quiet parts - Amnesiac had a bunch of fill - and HTTT had a swooshing sound on one side. Yuck - Someday I will get all of them proper.
    That's interesting, I have the Capitol releases for Ok Computer and The Bends and have noticed they definitely could sound better. Will keep an eye for the Parlophone pressings for sure...

    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.

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