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Thanks for the Acid Bath overview; been meaning to pick those up but hesitated exactly for the reasons you said. And I should reiterate that my copy of Agents sounds really good. I did an A/B test with my original CD, and even though I'm sure they're mastered from the same source, the top end was a little less harsh on the heavier songs for sure (in a good way; some of those heavier songs straddled the line between cool wall of sound and brickwalled).

I didn't realize there were two different versions of this.... I preordered immediately, and with the ridiculous pressing delays, I hope I got the 180g. Have to check when I get home. Happy to report my copy has very little surface noise at all. The LPs, however, are quite off-center and one person on Discogs said it's bad enough it causes his audio to flutter. Mine aren't that bad, but the tone arm gets a workout for sure.

I'm revisiting this album for the first time in a while thanks to this thread.... man, Brett REALLY carries this album. I think Greg's songs are almost without exception the weakest ones on the album. I do like "Inner Logic" and "What It Is," but Brett was on fire for this one.

Wow, got my copy today after ordering it Friday. Drag City is speedy. Can't wait to blast it tonight

Interesting... I always thought this album sounded pretty good. Very tight, snappy drums and bright guitars that fit those songs well. Maybe the production is a little dry, but IMO Recipe for Hate is more in need of a remaster. .... or any of the Brooks albums to reduce the ridiculous brickwalled drums.

I'll do a rare self-response: just got an email from Newbury saying the Hot Rats LPs were defective and they need to be repressed, so all orders are being cancelled. Bummer

Can't decide if it's playfully self-referential or a sign they've truly jumped the shark that the Hamilton song features the second use of the phrase "gay Paris" in their discography. Probably a little of both, but I do know my interest in them died with the Hazards of Love.

Don't know anything about it. Given the time window between the latest round of Blackened pressings, it seems like it's coming in a little fast after Master of Puppets. If it's true, I wonder if they'll try to squeeze it on 1 LP? Honestly though, I'm pleasantly surprised with how well the newest pressing of MOP sounds (Ride also rules, but it's shorter and not quite as jam-packed on a single LP). Yeah, MOP is quiet, but if you crank it, it sounds great (shame about the surface noise during some quiet parts though).

..... aaaaaaanyway... Anyone got shipping confirmation on the Zappa LPs yet? I emailed Newbury about non-preorder LPs I ordered along with Hot Rats, and last Wednesday they said the Zappas would be ready to ship this week.

In my experience, actual ATO pressings never look as good as the mock-ups.... sometimes noticeably worse.

I didn't understand that comment either, lol. Personally, you've been good for my wallet! The Polygondwanaland thread caused me to look into the abyss and made me think that maybe I should focus a little less on collecting variants, hahah. 2018: the year of black vinyl? Maybe.

How does Newbury handle orders that contain preorders? I was under the impression that in stock stuff ships right away, but I preordered Hot Rats on Thursday along with two in stock records and haven't gotten shipping confirmation for anything.

Interesting... I don't understand the technical part of record pressing at all, but why would a pop or click, for example, on a test pressing get transferred to the rest? Like there's an actual physical imperfection in the test press that gets replicated on every other record, without fail? I guess that would explain why sometimes people will say they have a skip/bad popping in the exact same spot of a record as another person. I always thought it had something to do with the dynamics of the record that caused noise in a similar spot on a given pressing (because I'm an idiot).

This album sounds really fantastic, both production wise and the LP itself. Does 45RPM in general lead to less surface noise...? I don't understand how a label as small as Castle Face can put out nearly flawless sounding albums, yet the new Metallica repress I have is full of pops and hiss. Awesome silkscreen, cool vinyl (pink smoke), and high-quality printed inner sleeves as well. Top-notch release all around.

..... goddammit.

glad I didn't get a bum copy, but it's too bad about the vinyl mastering... Nonagon has grown on me and become one of my favorite King Gizz records, it'd be nice to have a great sounding pressing. Thanks for the input!

Mega late, I know, but I finally got a copy of this, the second ATO pressing on blue/red splatter. .... are there any pressings of this that sound good? I'm surprised no one has talked about the sound quality, unless I just have a bad pressing. Granted even the digital version of Nonagon is not a great sounding album, but I'm disappointed at how flat sounding and sometimes distorted the LP is (the keyboard part in Mr. Beat, for example).

.... bwahahah. After that aberration that was the GBV reissue, Newbury has restored order to the universe.

Wh--what's this? Could it be? An actual long OOP reissue from Newbury, for a somewhat reasonable price? It must be a Christmas miracle. Guided by Voices "Mag Earwhig" on green/orange vinyl. First vinyl pressing since the original in 1997.

Don't want to interrupt the variant-o-rama going on, but I've decided only 4 songs on this album do much for me I had such high hopes after hearing Crumbling Castles, but it's easily my favorite track on the album. For me, this and MOTU rank easily at the bottom for 2017 King Gizz output. I wholeheartedly love Banana and Sketches though.

That makes sense I guess... I wasn't sure how many liberties they take with their repressings, if any.

Finally got the Deltron 3030 green/gold repress that was released this August.... Wow, talk about some chintzy packaging. Double LP crammed into a standard 1XLP sleeve, lowest quality record sleeves possible, no inserts whatsoever, no download card.

Seriously. This is taking the "I'll give up some sound quality for a weird colored LP" to an extreme. King Gizz are pushing all vinyl purchasing boundaries with this album!

Pretty excited for this. I've really liked all the singles so far... can't wait for this 75+ minute journey with that 12-minute track at the end. Warm Hands is one of my favorite Ty songs and I'm hoping for more of that.

Potentially a dumb question: is Google Docs basically interchangeable with an Excel spreadsheet? I can't fathom why someone would choose it over Discogs unless it offers some record-specific features.