Knock-off vinyl LP labels you might want to avoid.

1ThoughtKnown

LukinFan said:

DewieCox said:

Not knockoffs, but  Music On Vinyl stuff has a huge discrepancy between the quality of the vinyl and quality of the packaging. For the cost, both should be top shelf. 

I had bought an MTV unplugged Alice in Chains MOV vinyl a couple years back, and it skipped a lot. I sent back that copy, got another one, and it did the same. I'm been afraid to try them again. 

My MOV copy of AIC Unplugged is awesome. One of the better sounding records in my collection.  No skips. 

In fact, most of my MOV Reissues are great. Some of the great sounding reissues I own are:
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Swervedriver - Raise
Type-O-Negative - Bloody Kisses
Therapy? - Nurse
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

I’m sure I have more but those immediately come to mind. When I see a MOV pressing, I buy with confidence. 

dankind

1ThoughtKnown said:

LukinFan said:

DewieCox said:

Not knockoffs, but  Music On Vinyl stuff has a huge discrepancy between the quality of the vinyl and quality of the packaging. For the cost, both should be top shelf. 

I had bought an MTV unplugged Alice in Chains MOV vinyl a couple years back, and it skipped a lot. I sent back that copy, got another one, and it did the same. I'm been afraid to try them again. hi-res 

My MOV copy of AIC Unplugged is awesome. One of the better sounding records in my collection.  No skips. 

In fact, most of my MOV Reissues are great. Some of the great sounding reissues I own are:
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Swervedriver - Raise
Type-O-Negative - Bloody Kisses
Therapy? - Nurse
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

I’m sure I have more but those immediately come to mind. When I see a MOV pressing, I buy with confidence. 

Most of my MOV slabs have been great, but most of the jackets for those same slabs have what appear to be scanned low-res images for covers. Since MOV stands for music on vinyl and not hi-res imagery on cardboard, I'm OK with making stopgap purchases through them. Hopefully, something better comes along; if not, I still have a great-sounding record in a jacket that looks like someone took a cellphone photo of the original artwork and pasted it there.

DewieCox

My complaint is that they are flimsy and $40-50.

LukinFan

1ThoughtKnown said:

LukinFan said:

DewieCox said:

Not knockoffs, but  Music On Vinyl stuff has a huge discrepancy between the quality of the vinyl and quality of the packaging. For the cost, both should be top shelf. 

I had bought an MTV unplugged Alice in Chains MOV vinyl a couple years back, and it skipped a lot. I sent back that copy, got another one, and it did the same. I'm been afraid to try them again. 

My MOV copy of AIC Unplugged is awesome. One of the better sounding records in my collection.  No skips. 

In fact, most of my MOV Reissues are great. Some of the great sounding reissues I own are:
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Swervedriver - Raise
Type-O-Negative - Bloody Kisses
Therapy? - Nurse
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

I’m sure I have more but those immediately come to mind. When I see a MOV pressing, I buy with confidence. 

That's good to hear. Maybe I'll give it another chance. When you get back to back albums and they both skip at the same point, you become weary. It's a killer live album that I'd love to own. 

Spiritual_Chaos

Is the AIC release gatefold or two discs tucked into the same slot.

Spiritual_Chaos

DewieCox said:

Not knockoffs, but  Music On Vinyl stuff has a huge discrepancy between the quality of the vinyl and quality of the packaging. For the cost, both should be top shelf. 

Sounds like this fit MONDO and their stuff. Their Twin Peaks release is suppose to sound terrible.

deadendp

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Is the AIC release gatefold or two discs tucked into the same slot.

Gatefold. 

1ThoughtKnown

DewieCox said:

My complaint is that they are flimsy and $40-50.

Well I geek right out and place the sleeves in a sealed cover with a disc pocket.  The wax goes in the MoFi sleeves with any inserts in the disc pocket so I never really handle the sleeve.  They could do a better job of packaging I will agree, but I’m more concerned about the sound and quality of the record. 

DewieCox

My MOV AIC Unplugged is the single jacket/non gatefold type. 

brianlux

dankind said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

LukinFan said:

DewieCox said:

Not knockoffs, but  Music On Vinyl stuff has a huge discrepancy between the quality of the vinyl and quality of the packaging. For the cost, both should be top shelf. 

I had bought an MTV unplugged Alice in Chains MOV vinyl a couple years back, and it skipped a lot. I sent back that copy, got another one, and it did the same. I'm been afraid to try them again. hi-res 

My MOV copy of AIC Unplugged is awesome. One of the better sounding records in my collection.  No skips. 

In fact, most of my MOV Reissues are great. Some of the great sounding reissues I own are:
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Swervedriver - Raise
Type-O-Negative - Bloody Kisses
Therapy? - Nurse
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

I’m sure I have more but those immediately come to mind. When I see a MOV pressing, I buy with confidence. 

Most of my MOV slabs have been great, but most of the jackets for those same slabs have what appear to be scanned low-res images for covers. Since MOV stands for music on vinyl and not hi-res imagery on cardboard, I'm OK with making stopgap purchases through them. Hopefully, something better comes along; if not, I still have a great-sounding record in a jacket that looks like someone took a cellphone photo of the original artwork and pasted it there.

"slabs"  LOL- that's a new one on me! 

"not hi-res imagery on cardboard"  Your on a role! 

LukinFan

DewieCox said:

My MOV AIC Unplugged is the single jacket/non gatefold type. 

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the two I had a couple years back where not gatefold either. 

Air23

No gatefold for AIC on MOV

mickeyrat

monkeywrench records. beware......

brianlux

mickeyrat said:

monkeywrench records. beware......

Somebody been messin' with 'em?

Spiritual_Chaos

So there is a gatefold and a non gatefold release?

mickeyrat

Spiritual_Chaos said:

So there is a gatefold and a non gatefold release?

no. 2lp NON-gatefold cover

AndySlash

brianlux said:

Are you a The Baseball Project fan?  If not, you might enjoy some of their records-  they made 4 records on one live on FLAC/MP3.  Unfortunately,   most of them are hard to find/ very pricey on vinyl.  Peter Buck and Mike Mills are in that side-project band.  Nothing earth chattering, but some fine music there.

i do like the baseball project, and feel lucky they always seem to play the twin cities on their tours. getting to see mike and peter in small rooms is just really cool.

brianlux

AndySlash said:

brianlux said:

Are you a The Baseball Project fan?  If not, you might enjoy some of their records-  they made 4 records on one live on FLAC/MP3.  Unfortunately,   most of them are hard to find/ very pricey on vinyl.  Peter Buck and Mike Mills are in that side-project band.  Nothing earth chattering, but some fine music there.

i do like the baseball project, and feel lucky they always seem to play the twin cities on their tours. getting to see mike and peter in small rooms is just really cool.

Oh man, very cool.  That would be amazing!  I hope I get the chance to do that someday.