AWasteOfATime Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 The first press on black of Saves The Day - Saves The Day was SO BAD. The repress on white is fine though.Sames goes for the first presses of TWY - Greatest Generation and B&C - Things We think We're Missing. All of them got fixed pretty recently w the next pressings, which is good to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 The first press on black of Saves The Day - Saves The Day was SO BAD. The repress on white is fine though. Sames goes for the first presses of TWY - Greatest Generation and B&C - Things We think We're Missing. All of them got fixed pretty recently w the next pressings, which is good to see. I'm one of the few people who never had any complaints about my Hot Topic purple TGG or my yellow TTWTWM. But I've heard other copies of TGG and it isn't very consistent in quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWasteOfATime Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'm one of the few people who never had any complaints about my Hot Topic purple TGG or my yellow TTWTWM. But I've heard other copies of TGG and it isn't very consistent in quality. i had the yellow TTWTWM and it had a consistent scratching sound over the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyCoon Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I'm unsure if I should buy those Radiohead albums on Amazon if I don't know which pressing they'll end up shipping. I might have to stick with Discogs for this one. Yup, I just bought three Radiohead albums from Amazon. Roll of the dice, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boourns Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Which pressings of Kid A and Amnesiac should I get since the latest ones that are readily available are apparently crap? The Music on Vinyl reissue of Pulp - His n Hers sounds really bad. What the hell happened there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 All Capitol Radiohead releases sound shitty. The problem is the quiet part of the first song. The second song sounds fine, but yeah this belongs on the list. I'd like to add Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞ It's missing like 20 minutes, I'd be all over a double LP redo. The CD and LP of Godspeed are completely different recordings, right? I've always wanted the CD version to be pressed, as it is far superior in my opinio . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The first pressing of Twitching Tongues - In Love There Is No Law, sounds like doodoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moglog Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I just picked up OK Computer from Amazon during that sale. It has a Capital sleeve, but the actual records are from Pariphone and sound fantastic. Not sure if that's the case for Amnesiac, etc. Back to the original subject, a lot of my Epitaph pressings sound like garbage. Most noticeably The Menzinger's OTIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntslash Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 There is absolutely nothing wrong with Antlers' Hospice pressing.. the album was recorded super lo-fi. The vinyl sounds much better than any digital copies of the same record. Agreed. My vinyl copy of Hospice sounds better than my digital or CD. But no one listens to Hospice for the mastering or sound quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natenomm Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Agreed. My vinyl copy of Hospice sounds better than my digital or CD. But no one listens to Hospice for the mastering or sound quality. Nope, you listen for feels! To add to the list, definitely the Fall Out Boy Pax-Am Days RSD Black Friday 7" set. It also really rustles my jimmies that it says "45 RPM!" all over the damn thing and it plays at 33. On the subject of bad pressings, is there a superior pressing of NIN's Pretty Hate Machine? I know Trent shit on the repress, but people claim the 2010 remaster has more compression. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serum7 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I'm pretty sure No Sleep screen test pressings on a piece of crap unless they've upgraded recently. I think it's a U-Turn, at least that's what was showing up on their Instagram for awhile. The only smaller label that I've seen openly talk around here about actual set-ups and getting the most out of your equipment is Tiny Engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungie Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Off the top of my head... Muse - Their first 4 albums (with OOS sounding the best but still shit) are awful. The last 3 (Resistance, T2L, and Drones) sound excellent! Silversun Pickups - all of their releases sound like garbage to me especially Swoon and Carnavas Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright...sounds like someone threw a blanket over my speakers. Compared to their other vinyl releases, it's shit. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways. For a band that was supposedly splooging over sound quality and vinyl on Wasting Light, this one is a huge letdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeepo Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I can think of two besides a few named ones that sound reasonably bad. La Dispute/Touche Amore split, but maybe that's the whole point because the digital copies sound bad too. IIOI/Everyone Everywhere split sounds so lo-fi and scratchy. Tigers Jaw S/T 5th press or whatever it is on orange/white starburst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downisthenewup87 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Just a heads up for people with questions about Radiohead pressings... there is a thread I started awhile back that wound up going several pages deep in which various pressings and reissues from over the years are discussed. Well worth reading through if you are thinking of making purchases. As for my additions to the list: The Fugees: The Score. Quiet and noisy. Very noisy. And expensive which makes it worse. Kendrick Lamar: GKMC. Same thing as above except slightly less noisy but even quieter. Kyuss: Sky Valley: Quiet and Flat A Sunny Day In Glasgow: Sea When Absent... Sort of like Capitol's Amnesiac pressing where it's hard to pinpoint why it doesn't sound good... it just sounds off. Warpaint: The Fool. This one isn't terrible, but it's still disappointing that such a lush and nuanced album sounds so... flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rottengoth Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Just off the top of my head My Chemical Romance - Three cheers - first press Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding the Seventh Trumpet - Hot topic repress white Norma Jean - The Almighty Box Set - sounds weird and the songs have shitty gaps in between songs. Twitching Tongues - In Love There Is No Law - First Press. Cky - The Best Of - Sounds really flat. Klefki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntslash Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 On the subject of bad pressings, is there a superior pressing of NIN's Pretty Hate Machine? I know Trent shit on the repress, but people claim the 2010 remaster has more compression. Thoughts? There were two recent repressing. The two disc remaster with updated artwork sounds fantastic. The single LP repress is horrendous natenomm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouTwo Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Bon Iver - For Emma and S/T. Both are noisy and flat. Tame Impala - Lonerism (2014 Repress), Very noisy. As for Radiohead pressings, I recently got OK Computer and Amnesiac. both were Capitol Sleeves and Parlophone discs and sounded fine. My brother recently got Kid A. Capitol Sleeve and Capitol discs. I haven't heard it so I can't comment on the sound. It seems the Muse re-presses get a lot of flack for sounding bad. I have Origin of Symmetry and recently got Black Holes and Revelations and both have sounded fine to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcafilm Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Letlive.'s The Blackest Beautiful is a garbage pressing all around. Flimsiest piece of vinyl I've ever seen and it's basically unlistenable. Shrill and distorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klefki Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Letlive.'s The Blackest Beautiful is a garbage pressing all around. Flimsiest piece of vinyl I've ever seen and it's basically unlistenable. Shrill and distorted. Despite what the band says, the mixing/mastering job they did is just terrible. When you take that piece a shit and put it on wax, it still sounds shitty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I love the production on that record, but I've never gotten around to grabbing the vinyl so idk how it translates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natenomm Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Bon Iver - For Emma and S/T. Both are noisy and flat. Yup, For Emma sounds like complete dog shit on vinyl. I think my pressing was off-center, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouTwo Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Yup, For Emma sounds like complete dog shit on vinyl. I think my pressing was off-center, too. I've actually had 2 copies of each and they are both terrible. The current ones I have are at least listenable. The first copies I had of each were too noisy to even listen to. I gave For Emma to a friend and Popmarket replaced S/T for me. Blood Bank actually sounds OK but my copy is warped. Not a good track record of Bon Iver records. I've heard most Jagjaguwar releaeses are terrible pressings but these are the only ones I own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billich0986 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Polyphia's IndieGoGo pressing of Muse. They forgot to add the bass in. At least a remastered version is being pressed.ETR's Cartel - Chroma. This may be strictly my copy, but towards the middle of the record, a pop sound will happen once per revolution. This occurs on both sides. I'm guessing I just got a bad copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjkenney Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Op of Mare Vitalis on Deep Elm. Very quiet, not the best master. The graveface presses blow it out of the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 OP's list should be alphabetized. rooks and poweredbytrust 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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