Mad Season / Seattle Symphony / Sonic Evolution Purple Vinyl LP *Sold Out . 1900 copies

mrussel1

Got mine today. It is a first class package...no doubt. And the color is cool.

mfc2006

mrussel1 said:

Got mine today. It is a first class package...no doubt. And the color is cool.

Yup! Enjoy!

InLukinsFridge

Mine arrived yesterday and got it's first real spin tonight.

The color is definitely more plum than the Benny. Benny is a deep delicious color wine color. The Sonic Evolution wax is also translucent. I love the gatefold and artwork. I also love that they spread these out over four sides on two discs.

I really feel like the symphony tracks on sides 1&2 are interesting and inspired, and I love Cornell's voice on Long Gone Days, River of Deceit, and I Don't Know Anything. As far as the sound mix, I think sides 1&2 are muddy and distant. You get the feeling that there was something incredibly special happening in the room that just didn't make it onto the wax.

That said, I'd be happy to have the album just for sides 1&2.

The sound mix for sides 3&4 sounds completely different and MUCH better, IMO. I'm no sound engineer, but it seems like with the symphony absent, the process of live recording must be much more straight forward.

Sides 3 includes Mad Season tracks without the symphony and feature Kim Virant and Jeff Angell on vocals (Wake Up, Lifeless Dead, I'm Above). Enjoyable for sure (Wake Up is one of my favorite songs ever). It's just very difficult to replace Layne's voice.

The absolute kicker, IMO, is side 4. The TOTD tracks (Call Me A Dog, Reach Down) performed by McCready, Ament, Cornell, Gossard, and Cameron are spectacular. These songs, performed live by these dudes, recorded at Benaroya Hall... I mean come on! These two alone make the set worth the asking price.

Side 4 finishes with All Alone and the ethereal quality of Layne Stayley's voice sampled in... it's creepy cool.

Before spinning the records I was a little worried I may have made a regrettable impulse vinyl buy... but now I'm really enjoying it.

Cheers!

a5pj

got mine today too, can't spin it until i get my record player set up again when we move soon, looking forward to spinning it then

MedozK

InLukinsFridge said:

Mine arrived yesterday and got it's first real spin tonight.

The color is definitely more plum than the Benny. Benny is a deep delicious color wine color. The Sonic Evolution wax is also translucent. I love the gatefold and artwork. I also love that they spread these out over four sides on two discs.

I really feel like the symphony tracks on sides 1&2 are interesting and inspired, and I love Cornell's voice on Long Gone Days, River of Deceit, and I Don't Know Anything. As far as the sound mix, I think sides 1&2 are muddy and distant. You get the feeling that there was something incredibly special happening in the room that just didn't make it onto the wax.

That said, I'd be happy to have the album just for sides 1&2.

The sound mix for sides 3&4 sounds completely different and MUCH better, IMO. I'm no sound engineer, but it seems like with the symphony absent, the process of live recording must be much more straight forward.

Sides 3 includes Mad Season tracks without the symphony and feature Kim Virant and Jeff Angell on vocals (Wake Up, Lifeless Dead, I'm Above). Enjoyable for sure (Wake Up is one of my favorite songs ever). It's just very difficult to replace Layne's voice.

The absolute kicker, IMO, is side 4. The TOTD tracks (Call Me A Dog, Reach Down) performed by McCready, Ament, Cornell, Gossard, and Cameron are spectacular. These songs, performed live by these dudes, recorded at Benaroya Hall... I mean come on! These two alone make the set worth the asking price.

Side 4 finishes with All Alone and the ethereal quality of Layne Stayley's voice sampled in... it's creepy cool.

Before spinning the records I was a little worried I may have made a regrettable impulse vinyl buy... but now I'm really enjoying it.

Cheers!

Very nice review

Lost In Ohio

Yeah, from the last page, I was really expecting it to be similar to the TOTD and MLB purple vinyl. This is absolutely a plum.

It's a shame it doesn't come with a download. IMO, they all should. I mean, I can see why they don't... spin the vinyl, but it would certainly make life a bit easier.

lolobugg

i am waiting for the apricot coloured 3rd pressing.

whofeelslikeadrank

i'm just glad that none of my 47 pressings of the first 8 albums will ever *see* the light of day

*edit*

evsgjamm

Nice review: others, like me, in this drunken state of mind I'm in after reading about stocks all day, call it... pumping the stock for resale value. fuck i'm hammered. i love the review. but i think it's pumping the stock. but i love the review. DON'T BAN DRUNKEN POSTS, FUCK! FUCK! GET THE R.. i'm done. no sense in makin my brain firug out what the R was suppose to be. it's legit lame ass insane asss mega lame. i love the review. i'll buy eeverything on this forum or a million ducks. lets do this. shit my hands are loppy.

blump

tempo_n_groove

evsgjamm said:

Nice review: others, like me, in this drunken state of mind I'm in after reading about stocks all day, call it... pumping the stock for resale value. fuck i'm hammered. i love the review. but i think it's pumping the stock. but i love the review. DON'T BAN DRUNKEN POSTS, FUCK! FUCK! GET THE R.. i'm done. no sense in makin my brain firug out what the R was suppose to be. it's legit lame ass insane asss mega lame. i love the review. i'll buy eeverything on this forum or a million ducks. lets do this. shit my hands are loppy.

blump

I think I enjoy your drunk posts better than your coffee posts!!!

There was a comic called "Too much coffee man". That you should check out.

mfc2006

Yahtzee!

bazzer

Damn, after seeing the photos, now I have to buy it!

mrussel1

InLukinsFridge said:

Mine arrived yesterday and got it's first real spin tonight.

The color is definitely more plum than the Benny. Benny is a deep delicious color wine color. The Sonic Evolution wax is also translucent. I love the gatefold and artwork. I also love that they spread these out over four sides on two discs.

I really feel like the symphony tracks on sides 1&2 are interesting and inspired, and I love Cornell's voice on Long Gone Days, River of Deceit, and I Don't Know Anything. As far as the sound mix, I think sides 1&2 are muddy and distant. You get the feeling that there was something incredibly special happening in the room that just didn't make it onto the wax.

That said, I'd be happy to have the album just for sides 1&2.

The sound mix for sides 3&4 sounds completely different and MUCH better, IMO. I'm no sound engineer, but it seems like with the symphony absent, the process of live recording must be much more straight forward.

Sides 3 includes Mad Season tracks without the symphony and feature Kim Virant and Jeff Angell on vocals (Wake Up, Lifeless Dead, I'm Above). Enjoyable for sure (Wake Up is one of my favorite songs ever). It's just very difficult to replace Layne's voice.

The absolute kicker, IMO, is side 4. The TOTD tracks (Call Me A Dog, Reach Down) performed by McCready, Ament, Cornell, Gossard, and Cameron are spectacular. These songs, performed live by these dudes, recorded at Benaroya Hall... I mean come on! These two alone make the set worth the asking price.

Side 4 finishes with All Alone and the ethereal quality of Layne Stayley's voice sampled in... it's creepy cool.

Before spinning the records I was a little worried I may have made a regrettable impulse vinyl buy... but now I'm really enjoying it.

Cheers!

All this is true and more. And you hit on the disappointment piece. I think we all expected the symphony record to blow us away, at least that's true for me. I was hoping to hear some real detail, sound stage and be able to pick out instruments, but they muddied together a bit. The 2nd LP is very good and the TOTD side is the best. Kim was definitely not the best choice for Wake Up. You need more 'pain' in the singing. Ironically, Ed would have been the best choice, other than Layne.

hsohi

InLukinsFridge said:

Mine arrived yesterday and got it's first real spin tonight.

The color is definitely more plum than the Benny. Benny is a deep delicious color wine color. The Sonic Evolution wax is also translucent. I love the gatefold and artwork. I also love that they spread these out over four sides on two discs.

I really feel like the symphony tracks on sides 1&2 are interesting and inspired, and I love Cornell's voice on Long Gone Days, River of Deceit, and I Don't Know Anything. As far as the sound mix, I think sides 1&2 are muddy and distant. You get the feeling that there was something incredibly special happening in the room that just didn't make it onto the wax.

That said, I'd be happy to have the album just for sides 1&2.

The sound mix for sides 3&4 sounds completely different and MUCH better, IMO. I'm no sound engineer, but it seems like with the symphony absent, the process of live recording must be much more straight forward.

Sides 3 includes Mad Season tracks without the symphony and feature Kim Virant and Jeff Angell on vocals (Wake Up, Lifeless Dead, I'm Above). Enjoyable for sure (Wake Up is one of my favorite songs ever). It's just very difficult to replace Layne's voice.

The absolute kicker, IMO, is side 4. The TOTD tracks (Call Me A Dog, Reach Down) performed by McCready, Ament, Cornell, Gossard, and Cameron are spectacular. These songs, performed live by these dudes, recorded at Benaroya Hall... I mean come on! These two alone make the set worth the asking price.

Side 4 finishes with All Alone and the ethereal quality of Layne Stayley's voice sampled in... it's creepy cool.

Before spinning the records I was a little worried I may have made a regrettable impulse vinyl buy... but now I'm really enjoying it.

Cheers!

A passionate yet thoughtful review

rw160510

Sold out.

mfc2006

rw160510 said:

Sold out.

Surprised that it lasted as long as it did

whofeelslikeadrank

mfc2006 said:

rw160510 said:

Sold out.

Surprised that it lasted as long as it did

now let's see all the ISO threads...

spnoone

probably old news, i haven't checked in a week, but while my heart beats and backspacer are also absent from the shop now, too.

branscop

whofeelslikeadrank said:

mfc2006 said:

rw160510 said:

Sold out.

Surprised that it lasted as long as it did

now let's see all the ISO threads...

Hub.

spnoone said:

probably old news, i haven't checked in a week, but while my heart beats and backspacer are also absent from the shop now, too.

What? They didn't give me enough time to buy it!