2017 Pearl Jam Complete Vinyl Box Set

MedozK said:

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tempo_n_groove said:

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BCBA said:

Wait, are there honestly people who expected these to be new, limited, and improved pressings of each of their studio albums... but limited to 500 and not mentioned at all?

haha come on.

Actually, if you read some of my earlier comments about the pressings included and my hopes of what could have been included... you could see my point.

And new "improved pressings" of titles happen without having been "mentioned at all". Secret or 'under the radar' re-cutting of records happen all the time.

Kev, I'm glad you mentioned the repress of Vs and Vitalogy.  I listened to them and thought something was wrong with my system as it sounded sub par where other records sound great.

I'm glad my ear is still good and can spot a bad pressing.

I've read about VS and Vitology reissues sounding bad. I have the OPs and the reissues from 2011 and did side by side comparisons of each a couple years ago. I'm playing the 2011 Vitology right now and I still think it sounds fine. 

Of course it's a little different than the original, but I wouldn't say it sounds bad by any means. 

Can those of you who don't like the RI elaborate on what is specifically wrong with it?

I don't want to start a debate or argument here.

Now, I start this with.. you hear what you hear. Some will like, some will not, but leave it up to yourself to find what you like.

In my opinion on my setup, the 2011 NRP cuts of Vs. and Vitalogy (which are the cuts included in the box) are remastered with lots of compression, not as much as the 2011 CDs.. but its still there. Vs is the worst offender Vitalogy a little better, but songs like Nothingman still come across way overly harsh. With these remasters I just think everything is flat, you are not immersed in the music.. it is kinda thrown at you. With the compression, I think the top end sounds cut off, no air to the sounds. One way I try to explain my thoughts on this to friends sometimes is that.. with good sound-stage, when you turn the music up louder and louder, close your eyes, the music envelopes you more and more with less the music tends to push you back farther and farther. The dynamics and sound-stage are only a percentage of what you here on the original pressings. If you have originals, just A/B them to see what you hear. In my case, the originals are WAY better. I NEVER play the remasters.

Now to the box, I feel they fumbled this one a iittle... because now with more research I have seen that a SST cut and repressing from MPO for Vs and Vitalogy DID occur in 2016.... why these cuts were not included in the box ..I guess we will never know. But if they had, then you could have had a very respectable unified box, having all reissues cut and pressed at the same plant.

How are the SST/MPO pressings of Vs and Vitalogy?

Haven't heard them yet. Currently trying to track them down.

Are these the 2016 euro releases listed on discogs?  How do they compare to originals and 2011?

No, the EU repressings are new cuts by in-house engineers at Record Industry in Holland.

The MPO pressings are in 2011 covers as much as I can get from my research, so really don't know how to recognize them without buying a new US and seeing if it contains the new MPO cut or the old 2011 cut.

demetrios said:

tatonatas said:

#409 here at Argentina
every vinyl came without the plastic that sealed , except backspacer and lightning bolt
By the way, avocado, ten, riot act, binaural have visible marks on the front (vinyl shadow) and all vinyl have damages and marks at the corners
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happy new year

Whoa!!! All vinyl have damages? 

tatonatas said:

#409 here at Argentina
every vinyl came without the plastic that sealed , except backspacer and lightning bolt
By the way, avocado, ten, riot act, binaural have visible marks on the front (vinyl shadow) and all vinyl have damages and marks at the corners
...
happy new year

cp3iverson said:

So who exactly started the rumor that these were signed?? U set off a fun craze last year

OceansMagnet said:

I’m guessing there was a joke somewhere that the merch craze is so out of control that they could sell an empty box for big bucks and many of us proved them to be correct in their assessment.