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Not one of the many bootlegs, I'm looking for an original. Actually, I'd even pay you to borrow it, I'd return it professionally cleaned with a t-shirt of the front sleeve if you like. But if that's not an option, I'll buy it. 

12 minutes ago, troymess said:

The download I received had both FLAC and MP3, however the FLAC were released as 44.1 kHz, 16 bit files. They sound incredible, but I do wish he released them as 48 kHz, 24 bit files. They're worth it though considering the huge improvement made for Comfort and Magnified.

I agree, 16/44.1 is a relic, more so the 44.1 part. 16/48 or 24/48 should be the new de-facto digital standards. 
 

im glad they sound good! I’m gonna grab the remasters for sure. Thanks for your input. 

On 4/7/2020 at 9:00 PM, firefoxUSSR said:

I just got the files less than an hour ago, initial impression... Magnified is greatly improved in mix and sounds better, more lush and textured... listening to "Wonderful Life" atm... which is my personal favorite on the album.   Curious why they didn't send out 24bit files, the download is 16bit. 

Are they lossless or mp3? 
 

I wouldn’t get to wrapped up in them being inly 16bit. Modern 16bit files from 24bit transfers will sound much better than 16bit from the 90s. The quality of the source material, in this case the original masters, and the digital converters will make all the difference.

Are the remasters available to purchase anywhere or can you only get them with a download code from the vinyl box? These all needed new digital transfers so I’m glad it finally happened.  

I still have these.

Picture disk day!

Original tour shirt from 2008, size small. I have the "Glasses" design on blue, and the "scissors" design on yellow. $75 each.

We need a non picture disc repress of Don’t Know How to Party. 

$25 for Piper was super reasonable. Otherwise prices. 

Original pressings, all near mint, played only a handful of times. Make me offers, please.

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

Heathen Chemistry

Don't Believe the Truth

Dig Out Your Soul

I also have several singles from the same albums I'm willing to part with, I'll provide a list if there is interest. 

5 hours ago, youspinmeround said:

You are most likely calling this something incorrectly. You are not going to get igd on several misc tracks, you are going to get closest to the center of record.

 

 

Agreed. This sounds like bad cartridge alignment.

Another vote for a singles/EP compilation.  

1 hour ago, unknown pleasures said:

Are you saying you don’t see something wrong with the band putting up a “test pressing” version of their single for over twice the price of the ordinary “limited” version, having an availability counter that turns red and reads “10 available, 9 available, etc...” as the copies sell, then suddenly having 10 more put up as soon as the first batch is gone?

 

Usually the incentive to buy these more expensive versions - especially on sites like Kickstarter and PledgeMusic - is that there’s a certain number and once they're gone that’s it.

 

What the band should have done was put all 50 or 100 or 500 test pressings up at once, but then it A ) wouldn’t looks as limited and B ) would force them to stick to an actual number of copies rather than the open-edition they currently seem to have up.

 

I mean, I get it’s within the band's rights to do what they want - it’s their music, their release - but this practice feels pretty shady to me and I can totally understand someone wanting to cancel if they ordered a test pressing and paid a premium thinking they were getting one of twenty copies or something. 

I agree. I refuse to pay a premium for this when it seems like it’s going to be “unlimited”. If I ordered this and expected maybe ten or twenty of these to be pressed and that’s not the case, I’d cancel my order too. 

I dont thinks its “shady” but they should be more straightforward when asking at least double for what a standard pressing costs. 

Ok, so all of the pink copies have a second disc with more material? Thats kinda cool. I wish I would have waited... now I have to learn to play guitar to put that strap to use.

Oh nice, I have an original Take Them... but definitely interested in the other one.

Yes! No brainer. I don't play music either, but fuck it, it's a vegan guitar strap so whatever. I guess it's time for me to learn to play guitar.

One of my absolute favorite bands. 2018 is looking good so far. Now c'mon Ringo Deathstarr, your turn...

Five albums in a year gives you nothing to grow to truly love, or anything to look forward to. I get impatient when my favorite bands take what I perceive as being too long to release an album (C'mon MGMT, your new singles are great!), but FIVE in one year! 

I like letting albums become favorites and looking forward to a new release. This also makes it a daunting task getting into them as a new fan. 

Thanks for the heads up. I'll probably never listen to it, but at least I'll own it I suppose.

I'm pretty sure it said clear as well. 

Literally nothing. Usually there's one or two things that I would consider must haves, but there is NOTHING on this list that appeals to me, other than the ATDI, but that's just a "first" release so I imagine it should be easy to get. Maybe the Sundays too.

Fucking Toto AGAIN? WTF??? Who's making this list?

Less psych, more darkwave or new wave. Pretty good. Let's see if the rest of the album follows suit.

The lamination on the art prints for The Pale Emperor has very badle bubbled and flaked off. It's not just my copy, someone else on the Hoffman forums posted a picture of theirs and the same thing happened. As I'm sure most people haven't looked at their prints since they received the record two years ago, have a look. It sucks. 

So we get a 4xLP set of the Skyrim music, but STILL NO ELDER SCROLLS VI??? Ugh...

I finally received mine today!

Congratulations is the Slider of this decade. I'd like them to do more of that. Though a few of the really bizarre songs on the last album worked well. A New Sadness or whatever it's called was really good!