swan17th

5 hours ago, downisthenewup87 said:

Just a heads up... the guy who runs the Vinyl Me Please forum has responded to inquires and indicated that the re-issues coming out this month will be sourced from the Parlaphone masters. 

 

"the first batch of reissues will be Parlophone reworks, not Capitol, XL will do their own reissues to follow, but will be using the Parlophone parts from what I gather."

Great news! I am intrigued by how they end up sounding. Kinda hoping I don't have to replace all my Parlophone/XL originals, but kinda want to as well..

I disagree with the fact capitol Kid A sounds like shit, my copy sounds terrific. So to summarize is Hail to ththe Thief and the Bends on the same level as Kid A?

I said the Kid A sounded like shit compared back to back with the Parlophone. The Capitol was certainly passable, I didn't mean to infer that it was unlistenable. Not sure about The Bends, we didn't test that. I'm actually very curious about the differences with that one too.

My friend has a ridiculously expensive tube amp/receiver setup with a $2000 record player at his place (he and his father are adult children with way too much $$$) I don't remember the brands but I know the amp was like a piece of fine art & I was nervous getting too close to it.

He bought all of the Capitol "From the Vault" Radiohead vinyl, so we decided to do some comparisons. My new HTTF "le chien" that I recently mentioned versus his Capitol Vault series were both very good, but more dynamic range & general warmth from the Parlophone. Also a bit quieter overall. Capitol was still pretty decent. OK Computer, Kid A & especially Amnesiac all sounded like dogshit on Capitol against my Parlophones.

We both have the In Rainbows discbox & KoL newspaper and those probably sounded the best of everything, aside from Parlophone Amnesiac. "Feral" especially on the clear vinyl was beyond spooky & great. We went back & did that song 3 times in a row because it was so incredible.

I know I'm not breaking any new news with that, just thought I'd report. I'm very happy with my decision to seek out the old Parlophones. HTTF was the only one I've paid more than $30 for (bought Ok Computer at Amoeba Berkeley in 1999 or 2000)

Thanks for the help. I feel pretty good about the way this one sounds. Parlophones are the best!

I just got a Parlophone copy of HTTT. It's got the deadwax info listed on Discogs for the original EU/UK press ("le chien", "le loup" hand etched, etc), but the cover has the black sticker with the band name & title on it. I think I have an original pressing, but this cover sticker business has me wondering. Any thoughts?