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got green/white from Amazon on the west coast. 

sounds like it's pressed from a CD/non high-res digital  but not too terrible. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWMcPkTPAEA/

1 minute ago, rickker said:

My Amazon order says 'arriving today' by default - but it hasn't shipped yet.
So out of cancelation fears I grabbed a tri-color from the LTJ store.

Glad I made quick moves.

i think it was no paypal that made me go get my wallet that sunk me lol

1 minute ago, nickj said:

same ha. guess that answers whether i "need" this

yup. i was gonna try to trade for a poker chip if i got it anyway.

lol. sold out before i got through cart. 

there are 5 colors so one left to see /500 each 2500 total (per LTJ IG)

2 hours ago, MachoHommeRandallSauvage said:

I bet that ends up being it, honestly.

i would not be surprised either. it doesn't sound of the era (late 90s) and def has more 80s hair metal going on, at least w/ this guilty song. i'm not listening to more of this lol.

https://hardrockaorheaven.blogspot.com/2011/02/restless-alone-in-dark-japan-edition.html

RESTLESS isn't the 'real' name of this band. This moniker was chosen by leader Roger Sommers and the german label who resurrected this material on CD format in the late nineties.

All these songs were recorded during the '80s under the band name FREELANCE. The group never managed to find a deal back then...

https://www.discogs.com/master/29103-Dio-Dream-Evil

also try reddit/tipofmytongue they're good at tracking things down

https://www.discogs.com/master/42796-Dark-Angel-Leave-Scars

i picked one up. i dunno how well it holds up for me but guess i'll find out. i prob still have the CD around somewhere. if i didn't already have og rev and @#$! i would've gotten those reissues when they came out too. 

I have a Pro-Ject VCS, which is much more affordable than a VPI. Works great.

what is cd cleaner/repair fluid?

you could find a place w/ an ultrasonic record cleaning machine. originals vinyl in SF cleans vinyl. ask them what they think.

https://originalsvinyl.com/

  you can get the 2xLP by itself now. for 50 bucks. plus 9 bucks shipping. pressed at URP. i had to pass.

Discogs works fine for me, especially getting the correct pressing info. 

Also, deadformat was deadformat.net. Virgil owned deadformat.com domain, but I'm sure let it lapse. Could be old Dead Format. Could be something totally different.

i thought the 2xLP 45rpm sounded great. i have both colors of it. 

only ever heard good things about Pro-Ject. if i needed a TT now, i'd prob buy the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon. i have the Pro-Ject VCS and haven't had any complaints with it. 

that...is...crap.

what label is this one? is it somehow an import release (for US)? 

stores are getting purple vinyl too. retail is $31.99. 1234go had a PO for it but now it's sold out. no word on pressing info. 

MOV has also done really great pressings, btw. They are almost all, if not all, digitally sourced, but still have been pretty great imo. I have a bunch of those. 

Plain, on the other end of the digitally sourced spectrum, almost always suck. But i have a couple that aren't terrible. As an only option until a better reissue comes along when the orig. pressing is super expensive.

Rhino is super hit/miss. For a while, they couldn't get shit right. 

15 hours ago, NapalmBrain said:

I'd like to hear Surfer Rosa again but my initial reaction was it sounds too cleaned up, most people share your opinion. 

 

ORG Nirvana reissues are excellent

 

Still haven't sprung for a musicmatters yet. I am loving the Tone Poet series I just picked up Introducing Kenny Burrell today, have not heard but read positive reviews and originals are a fortune

 

I would agree and to think I put the pink Sea Change back in the rack and bought a couple crappy RSD titles I don't even own anymore instead. Fool am I. The standard reissue is almost as good I did a side by side at my friend's as he owns both and he sold me the standard reissue for $10 

i think the tone poet ones are done by same people who did music matters (kevin gray). 

The Technics 1200 isn't a p-mount. My old Technics model (SL-22 i think? i'd have to look it up) was a p-mount and I had the best Audio-Technica cart for it. My setup now is very budget audiophile. Other than that, I agree w/ what others are saying above. 

The latest one I bought was Twisted Sister-Stay Hungry. It was solid; didn't blow me away. I have all the Pixies MoFi and those are great. Miles Davis-Kind of Blue I don't pull out too often bc it's like a white glove treatment, but that one is pretty amazing. 

The silver label MoFi (i forget the differences, but not as high-end as their other stuff...didn't have original master tapes or something)...Cyndi Lauper-She's So Unusual didn't blow me away; it doesn't sound really sound much better than my 99c bargain bin early pressing. But, that isn't necessarily a knock on MoFi. 

The ORG Nirvana reissues are supposedly the ones to get for audiophile pressings. I don't have MoFi to compare, but all the ORG pressings I bought have been very good quality reissues. I usually listen to ORG Nevermind for album and the anniversary box set for the extras. I don't have an original pressing to compare it tho. I do have original pressings of the others. Their Helmet reissues were good too and comparable to original pressings. 

Analogue Productions I had kinda hit/miss luck with. 

The Music Matters jazz reissues are really fucking great. You can definitely tell a different on those even on a cheap turntable. 

If you can keep the audiophile pressings in like new shape, they usually aren't too much of a risk to buy even though they cost more than other new pressings... bc you can always sell them later on if you aren't impressed, usually for more than you paid. But, rarely for less and if so, not much less. 

Screeching Weasel - Wiggle

dunno if you know this, but you prob don't actually want a first pressing, you want one w/ a RE-1 in the matrix. unless you just want to have one. the original run has messed up sound. i've been looking to pick one up cheap just to have it, but i have never pulled the trigger on one. that being said, the newest reissue (Monona) is the best sounding of all the pressings imo. 

7 minutes ago, GradedOnACurve said:

Yeah I have the pic disc but I hate playing pic discs. I feel those are the only vinyl worth framing. Also I'd like an actual proper LP, sleeve, and insert. 

ah, i see. yea, i'm not a big fan of pic discs. i have it, but i rarely play it bc i have chorus of one and the 7"s anyway and i'm not that into the other stuff on it. 

interesting. I thought I had ordered the most limited variant (which i usually do) but apparently I didn’t. It must not have been clear what was what at the time. i remember it being kinda confusing  (something about descriptions of colors not matching or something). i'd never even heard of pure noise or ordered from them before (well, i'd prob heard of them when they did LTJ but forgot). they seem like the new Rise Records from what i can see.  since i didn't know their usual gig, i just picked one of the PN webstore exclusives i guess. 

i could use a new Dickies jacket. i'd have been kinda interested if the back wasn't so obnoxious and there was a big/tall XX-large option. prob anything on the back would've been a deal breaker for me tho. 

On 5/13/2020 at 7:19 AM, GradedOnACurve said:

Is it too much to ask for a To Live In DIscontent non pic disc repress? Hopefully between Jade Tree, Chunksaah, and Epitaph that could happen.

they aren't that expensive to pick up (never were worth much if i remember right).