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Nightfly
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^ Good news Todd as A Farewell To Kings is my favourite.
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Todd
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I've done some comparisons of vinyl rips from the same rig (excellent, but not mine) of the Rush reissues and the original issues. I have to say that the reissues have come out on top every single time, from Rush to Hemispheres, even as good as the originals sound. So clean, rich, no smiley-face boosting like on so many reissues. The most dramatic differences IMO are A Farewell to Kings and Caress of Steel.
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Catcher10
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Yes it does, place a light above the label and a small hologram of a starman hovers over.....pretty cool.
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Nightfly
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^ Think I'll have to get a new vinyl version of A Farewell To Kings after your enthusiastic words, it being my favourite Rush album. My old copy has had tons of play and clicks and pops here and there.
I understand 2112 projects a hologram when playing.
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Catcher10
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^ I agree with you, I have always read the UK pressings are excellent. These Abbey Road mastering's are fantastic! The space, air and sound stage you hear is tremendous, just like the Zeppelin remasters, this is the only way to hear Rush........Vinyl!!
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Tom Ozric
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^ Ditto - the new Echolyn !!
Well, judging by your analysis on the MP re-issue Jose, it must sound absolutely BRILLIANT. I have a U.K. pressing on Mercury, and I can't believe they could improve on perfection ! Rush never sounded better on any other album. 5 star MASTERPIECE. |
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Catcher10
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Great explanation by Brett on the file types they have for the last two albums and the differences between hi-rez digital and the hi-rez vinyl versions.
He explains exactly why I prefer vinyl, usually, over hi-rez digital files......It's the mastering that makes the huge difference. I had the pleasure last week to audition DSD digital files thru a very nice audio system, with a $1,500 DSD DAC..It was amazing!! Problem is not much is available as DSD native files, so not for me. I love my vinyl. Hoping Greg @ Synphonic has my Echolyn vinyl copy ready to mail soon!!! |
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Catcher10
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I have seen some of these, the x-ray ones are cool. I remember those blood filled ones and liquid filled, would never buy one.....NASTY!!! GERMS!!! For collectors only, I suspect SQ wise they are just ok to not very good. I would not play most of these using a higher quality cartridge.
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Catcher10
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That's why I wrote it rivals the Bob Ludwig mastered version I have, original issue, which is the premiere issue people look for due to Bob Ludwig. I am buying these because most of my original issues are played so much and I would prefer to put them away for safe keeping. So far all the reissues are much better than the originals. The only one that comes close to the same is Hemispheres, but having a copy with ZERO surface noise is worth it. This vinyl also blows away my CD versions, of course on my system, YMMV.
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Nightfly
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Just got this new Echolyn album on vinyl - lovely sound.
and Chron Goblin (not played yet) Edited by Nightfly - August 07 2015 at 12:27 |
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Nightfly
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I'd be curious to hear these alongside the original 70's/80's vinyl versions. I have these and the CD remaster boxes from a couple of years back but a little reluctant to shell out for new vinyl versions.
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Meltdowner
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^ Most of them probably not, and there's also the issue of damaging the needle
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Tom Ozric
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^ Some look cool, but do they sound any good ??
These days, plain solid colours (or translucent) and 'spatter' vinyls are just fine. Pic-Discs look good, but can be marred with tiny bubbles which may affect play. Even 'laser etched' vinyls (Styx - Paradise Theater and Split Enz - True Colours) sound really good (though I ditched the Styx album years ago - not a good album at all, though select tracks are great in concert). Anything beyond this couldn't possibly be effective. |
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Meltdowner
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http://coloredvinylrecords.com/blog/25-unusual-and-creative-records/
I didn't know most of these, there are some really stupid ones |
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Meltdowner
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^ Very nice! The store I ordered from, already has my copy, I'm just waiting for them to receive the other albums I bought. No rush though (pun intended), since I still don't have a TT... I miss vinyl very much, I'm so bored with CD's now
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Catcher10
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All of these Rush reissues are amazing, they are done with such care and attention to detail, just like a live rush show.
The much anticipated Moving Pictures arrived today in the mailbox, like the others the album cover is a replica of the original issue. The lyric sheet is the same, other than being a separate sheet as these reissues come with a nice protective sleeve. The mastering work at Abbey Road is impeccable, the tracks are done so nice this really rivals my copy mastered by Bob Ludwig, which is the premiere version. I have the Deluxe Box CD set from few years ago which includes a 24bit/96kHz hi-rez album, this vinyl kills that version! Do yourself a favor and get this classic album |
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I have all Police on vinyl, CD and a few cassette...I have Regatta de Blanc on reel to reel. Any ELP that I see here is in bad shape, you could tell played to hell! Yes can be that way also, but for some reason ELP here in the Seattle area is very popular vinyl. You need the Friday Music remix/remaster on 1/2 speed of CTTE done by Joe Reagosso.....sublime!!
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Tom Ozric
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^ - very cool. Tea In The Sahara . I just have the 5 Police albums on proper cassette. Great stuff.
Maybe it's different over here, but it's not too hard to find pristine ELP vinyls. Perhaps folks just didn't bother listening to them after a few spins and the vinyls found their way into long-term storage.....?? Having said, it was very difficult to obtain a beautiful Close To The Edge, even in the early-90's. Possibly 1 in 10 copies was a beauty. |
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Catcher10
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Picked up these two yesterday on a quick trip to the record store. The Police is like my 3rd copy, anytime I find a VG+ copy I take it. One of my favorite albums, the sound quality is excellent and Sting's bass lines are so good on vinyl. I also have the CD version which is good too, back in the day I had the cassette chrome HQ version which was excellent. The ELP was in VG condition, I took it because most ELP I find are in bad condition. This one is pretty good, there are some rough spots so I will not play those with my good cartridge, but still a classic to have a few copies.
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