lemonato 1 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 CHVRCHΞS - Every Open Eye Crowded House - Crowded House British India - Nothing Touches Me Lionel Richie - Cant Slow Down Mark Ronson - Uptown Special The Prodigy - Their Law Rage Against The Machine- Rage Against The Machine (not the new remastered version) Rick James - Reflections Tool - Undertow Quote Link to post Share on other sites
candyflip 3,806 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Tool - Undertow Wow, really? which one? Mine is very average, but it is a repress. (https://www.discogs.com/Tool-Undertow/release/1157598 ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lemonato 1 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Wow, really? which one? Mine is very average, but it is a repress. (https://www.discogs.com/Tool-Undertow/release/1157598 ) Same one. I found mine to be very dynamic, bass is tight and minimal surface noise. Certainly beats to cd version IMHO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 FGTH: 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome'. This is a blast and a half.....great music and a great recording! 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myskylab 224 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 hiatus kaiyote :choose your weapon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Recent purchase, '1984' by Eurythmics (1984-Starcall Victor label).....superb sounding recording and pressing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Just played Duran Duran (self titled- first album). Maybe it's my new Grace Level II doing it's thing, but I've never heard this LP sound this good.....just brilliant! A quick shout out to 'Replicas'- Tubeway Army, which I'm playing now.....a great sounding recording (original Oz pressing). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Gee, I'm pulling out some good one's today. Playing Stan Ridgeway's 'The Big Heat' (?Oz Pressing-1986) for the first time in a long time and it is a beauty. The bass on 'Salesman' is truly phenomenal! Great recording all round. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chigurh 292 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 11 hours ago, stevoz said: Playing Stan Ridgeway's 'The Big Heat' Yep, that's one awesome sounding record! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I'm back! Dug another LP out that I have not played for a long time (or on my 'newish' analogue set up) and that was 'The Man Machine' by Kraftwerk......WOW! What a great recording/production. That would probably go for any Kraftwerk LP. I have the CD 'The Mix' by Kraftwerk (remastered remixes) and thought that it sounded great, but the vinyl of 'The Man Machine' slays it bigtime! Fantastic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
candyflip 3,806 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 On 11/7/2016 at 2:27 PM, stevoz said: Just played Duran Duran (self titled- first album). Maybe it's my new Grace Level II doing it's thing, but I've never heard this LP sound this good.....just brilliant! A quick shout out to 'Replicas'- Tubeway Army, which I'm playing now.....a great sounding recording (original Oz pressing). Not *just* the Grace...this is a hot recording. AUS pressing or any other. The Aussie is a Don Bartley MAXICUT mastering...and you don't often get better than that locally. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LogicprObe 7,625 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Just another thought on this subject..................when I was a kid, I always wondered why the singles sounded better/different than the same tracks on an album. (As we know.......I later found out that besides the extra speed and vinyl real estate...........they were mastered differently as well! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, LogicprObe said: Just another thought on this subject..................when I was a kid, I always wondered why the singles sounded better/different than the same tracks on an album. (As we know.......I later found out that besides the extra speed and vinyl real estate...........they were mastered differently as well! I never knew that. I always thought that albums would have had more effort put in on the production side, and that they would be the superior product. I'll have to spin a few 45's later......... Edited November 9, 2016 by stevoz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LogicprObe 7,625 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 The mix was usually the same............but the 45s were mastered for AM radio and the big compressors across the transmitters. My ears were often disappointed when I got an album with a song I had only heard on the radio. That's before we even think about AM's limited bandwidth! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
candyflip 3,806 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 30 minutes ago, stevoz said: I never knew that. I always thought that albums would have had more effort put in on the production side, and that they would be the superior product. I'll have to spin a few 45's later......... Not about more or less effort, per se. More about different strokes for different folks...mastering was always used on everything, but different mastering was required/employed for different purposes. If you want the best of the best on 45, start pulling out your 12" singles...that's where the real audio gold is hiding. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LogicprObe 7,625 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Yeah............this one's a cracker! https://www.discogs.com/Midnight-Oil-Armistice-Day/release/783890 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I only have 'little' 7" 45's...........damn! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 On 09/11/2016 at 8:39 PM, candyflip said: Not about more or less effort, per se. More about different strokes for different folks...mastering was always used on everything, but different mastering was required/employed for different purposes. If you want the best of the best on 45, start pulling out your 12" singles...that's where the real audio gold is hiding. I listened to a few 7" 45's on Thursday night and I think I'll be sticking to LP's as they sounded awful, way too bright and rough sounding and just didn't have the refinement of a full length album......I have one 12" single (that I know of), Hunters and Collectors 'When the River Runs Dry', I'll see how that sounds later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ian McP 5,405 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 On 04/06/2016 at 10:29 AM, Y B said: Recently discovered On-U Sound label. Great music aside, both Adrian Sherwood At The Controls and Survival & Resistance sound superb, S&R is absolutely top notch! There is a thread about 3D sound which is out of the speakers, S&R has many moments like that. Last Queen Of England has one of the most wonderful harmonica at play and Greenleaves has the sound of bells floating around in the room. Wow the record in the video looks so warped, luckily mine is perfectly flat. On U Sound label well worth investigating further! https://www.discogs.com/label/2409-On-U-Sound check out On U Sound artists African Head Charge, heavy experimental dub reggae mon! https://www.discogs.com/artist/13674-African-Head-Charge https://www.discogs.com/African-Head-Charge-My-Life-In-A-Hole-In-The-Ground/master/19087 http://www.junodownload.com/products/african-head-my-life-in-a-hole/2811836-02/ also Singers & Players also on On U Sound https://www.discogs.com/Singers-Players-War-Of-Words/release/174085 Suns of Arqa, this split 12 inch 33/45 has incredible dynamics on Acid Tablas https://www.discogs.com/Suns-Of-Arqa-Featuring-Prince-Far-I-G-D-Magick/release/374922 Suns of Arqa: Revenge of the Mozabites https://www.discogs.com/Suns-Of-Arqa-Revenge-Of-The-Mozabites/master/104450 regards Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 On 09/11/2016 at 6:45 PM, candyflip said: Not *just* the Grace...this is a hot recording. AUS pressing or any other. The Aussie is a Don Bartley MAXICUT mastering...and you don't often get better than that locally. Getting back to that candyflip, I see the Maxicut reference on the back cover at the bottom, cool! I'm playing it again now. Which brings me to Duran Duran's follow up album, 'Rio', which I have just ordered, but it is a Japanese pressing (EMI 1982 EMS-91037). Out of curiosity, is the Oz pressing of Rio a Maxicut, and do you know much about the Japanese pressing? Cheers.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michaelw 417 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 i'm no fan of nz/aus pressed records but this is one of the all-time greats; an early textured, single-sleeve australian pressed pink rim island that is the second best "tea" i've ever heard. almost as good as a mint uk pink label, far more natural sounding than the hyped up mo-fis and amusical japanese pressings. last weekend it claimed another scalp, the qrp 33rpm tea which sounded like a bad cd in comparison, detailed but thin, bright and lifeless 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
candyflip 3,806 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 5 hours ago, michaelw said: i'm no fan of nz/aus pressed records but this is one of the all-time greats; an early textured, single-sleeve australian pressed pink rim island that is the second best "tea" i've ever heard. almost as good as a mint uk pink label, far more natural sounding than the hyped up mo-fis and amusical japanese pressings. last weekend it claimed another scalp, the qrp 33rpm tea which sounded like a bad cd in comparison, detailed but thin, bright and lifeless And still relatively cheap, and plentiful.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
candyflip 3,806 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 6 hours ago, stevoz said: Getting back to that candyflip, I see the Maxicut reference on the back cover at the bottom, cool! I'm playing it again now. Which brings me to Duran Duran's follow up album, 'Rio', which I have just ordered, but it is a Japanese pressing (EMI 1982 EMS-91037). Out of curiosity, is the Oz pressing of Rio a Maxicut, and do you know much about the Japanese pressing? Cheers.... My educated guess is, yes, as it is 1982 and it *should* be. No I have no info on the Japanese pressing..but I would buy both and have a little listening party. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michaelw 417 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 9 hours ago, candyflip said: And still relatively cheap, and plentiful.... not here i've only seen one other textured cover pink rim and it had a bad side 2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 17 hours ago, candyflip said: My educated guess is, yes, as it is 1982 and it *should* be. No I have no info on the Japanese pressing..but I would buy both and have a little listening party. Thanks for that candyflip...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevoz 5,424 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I received my copy of a Japanese pressing of 'Rio' Duran Duran the other day and it has a different version of "My Own Way" to the radio version I'm used to. Anyone aware if this is the norm for all releases of this LP, or is it a 'Japanese' thing? BTW, the whole album, SQ wise, is fantastic!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diynamic 358 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Autechre -incunabula . Many of autechre records have always been pressed / mastered very well . Warp records in the early to lates 90s were a label to treasure given the pride and qaulity , but a label of this caliber chose the most authentic artists that have pushed Electronic music to new levels . Every warp record I have listened to has been ace , autechre will push your hifi to the limit . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
metal beat 19,291 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 (edited) The Quick ?– Fascinating Rhythm sounds absolutely awesome. bought in the day for $3-4. https://www.discogs.com/Quick-Fascinating-Rhythm/release/5635985 Edited November 26, 2016 by Metamatic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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