slipcraig Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I just found this thread on the Drowned in Sound music board today. The thread has one response in which a person rates the main LP reissuers (see following list). Could anyone weigh in on whether they agree with or disagree with these ratings--and why? I was looking at some Plain Recordings LPs over on acousticsounds.com today, but I definitely want no part of them if they are going to be average or poor. Quality is very dependant on the label in charge of the reissue. Here are a couple of examples that come to mind: Usually Very Good: Music on Vinyl Rhino Light in the Attic Numero Group Average to Good: Back to Black Major label reissues Usually Very Poor: Plain Recordings 4 Men with Beards Back on Black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipcraig Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Also just found this VC thread about Plain Recordings. Still curious about the other labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipcraig Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Another good piece on the topic, from AnalogPlanet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake5 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I don't know if it's fair to have Back on Black in the "usually very poor" category. I know that their earlier releases are notoriously bad, but most of the more recent BoB reissues I own are somewhere between good and great. Seems like they sorta turned their act around starting in 2008 or so - although I'm sure not everything they put out is gold On the other hand, I agree 100% with Rhino in the "usually very good" category, their Black Sabbath reissues in particular are amazing slipcraig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youspinmeround Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Plain and 4mwb are plagued with general it sucks because Kevin shields claimed loveless was cd sourced after being pissed he didn't release it (and still hasnt) Overall I have several albums by both labels and generally not an issue with quality but my ears can deceive me slipcraig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youspinmeround Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Lta and numero do great stuff Rhino can have its screw ups Mov are usually clean pressings but again fall into the question of source material like plain. Unsure how you group in major labels as that is all over the place slipcraig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museummouth Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Numero is awesome. Affordable and great packaging. I personally do not like MOV at all. They sound good but I'm not a fan of their packaging / price. slipcraig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraFox Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Agreed that a 'Major Label' group is too general. Whilst MoV releases belong in the Usually Very Good group, I have found their customer service when problems do occur to be very poor. That said problems don't occur that often. Example: Faith No More - Angel Dust This had a tiny 'wobble' (good description when you hear it) in one track. Replacements were pressed. They did not send them out to stores; they didn't even tell stores that there was a problem (certainly not in the UK). When you got in touch with them to try and get replacements, they wouldn't pay your shipping (first rule of good customer service - when you make a mistake, you pay for it) to send the item to them and the general demeanour of their communication was dismissive and arrogant. When their Rage Against The Machine - Self Titled colour press turned out to be faulty, buyers were lucky that it was exclusive to one seller as that meant they had a point of complaint that was not MoV. A repress on another colour was forthcoming. I think Plain should have their own group 'Complete Pot Luck'. slipcraig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markok Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I just found this thread on the Drowned in Sound music board today. The thread has one response in which a person rates the main LP reissuers (see following list). Could anyone weigh in on whether they agree with or disagree with these ratings--and why? I was looking at some Plain Recordings LPs over on acousticsounds.com today, but I definitely want no part of them if they are going to be average or poor. Quality is very dependant on the label in charge of the reissue. Here are a couple of examples that come to mind: Usually Very Good: Music on Vinyl Rhino Light in the Attic Numero Group Average to Good: Back to Black Major label reissues Usually Very Poor: Plain Recordings 4 Men with Beards Back on Black I agree with most of this list but not with Music On Vinyl. They usually put the most effort into getting the best resolution picture files (artwork) but the sound quality is very poor, at least on every metal record I have had from them (just download some Dream Theater vinyl rips to get an idea). edit: also, people, dont mix Back To Black and Back On Black, completely different things. edit nr 2: judging by the sound quality, Rhino re-issues should cost about 50 USD like those other audiophile re-issues, but they dont mainly because they are backed up by a huge record company. Every Rhino re-issue I have sound amazing (John Coltrane, Pantera, Ministry, Joni Mitchell, The Doors, Ornette Coleman, Ray Charles, Love etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraFox Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I think the problem with MoV's packaging is that the records are free to slide around as they don't seal them tightly. I've had many small seam splits in their sleeves on records I've bought brand new. Looks a bit like I'm picking on MoV, but it's just that I have more experience of them than the others. Over here we don't have to pay through the nose to import them and I've never owned a 4MWB records as I heard about them on here first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I don't know about all the Back To Black releases but this is one of my best sounding records: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobMckinley Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Lets not forget the excellent MoFi. Everything i've gotten from them has been excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markok Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I think the problem with MoV's packaging is that the records are free to slide around as they don't seal them tightly. I've had many small seam splits in their sleeves on records I've bought brand new. Looks a bit like I'm picking on MoV, but it's just that I have more experience of them than the others. Over here we don't have to pay through the nose to import them and I've never owned a 4MWB records as I heard about them on here first. They use polylined inner sleeves and their outer sleeves (gatefolds) are not that tight, so thats why its not a very good idea to buy these from the internet. I have bought all my copies from a local record store since they always use couriers and records are in huge boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Numero is awesome. Affordable and great packaging. I personally do not like MOV at all. They sound good but I'm not a fan of their packaging / price. MOV is one of the few reissue labels that is actually affordable here, since the rest is almost always import. I assume it is the other way around for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 MOV is one of the few reissue labels that is actually affordable here, since the rest is almost always import. I assume it is the other way around for you.Like $40 for a single LP here, and my shops are usually on the cheap side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glass realms Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Rhino's recent reissues have been kind of hit or miss. Their reissues of Ride's "Nowhere" and "OX4: Best of" sound pretty terrible. But the reissue of Supergrass' "I Should Coco" is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ok. Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I think I've posted about it before, but I have a copy of Generic Flipper from 4MWB that sounds absolutely horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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