bearchuck Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Just going through some boxes in my closet and discovered some extra Hotelier test pressings for Home and LP1 of Goodness (only Sides A/B). First, some quick background ... I was never happy with the quality of the Home, Like NoPlace Is There vinyl so last year we decided to re-master and re-cut the vinyl lacquer. I'm not sure if anyone noticed because the changes were fairly minor, but we cleaned up some things and vinyl playback is much improved. The fifth pressing (pressed at United) is this new version, as is some of the orange variant from the 4th pressing (Rainbo). If you want to confirm which version you have, check the deadwax. The old version says "TE127 A / TE127 B" while the new versions say the following .... TE127 A-RR / TE127 B-RR (Rainbo orange variant) TE127 A2-U / TE127 B-U (United 5th pressing variant) As for Goodness, we did two rounds of test pressings to start and unfortunately I don't have any extra of those. United is weird and rarely ever sends me the quantities I ask for. Round 1 - I only received 5 copies (both LPs) and round 2 ... maybe 10-15? However, we had to re-cut Sides A / B, so there's a 3rd round of tests for these and I definitely have extra. I don't know if anyone is interested in having a Goodness test pressing for LP1 and not LP2, but they're available regardless. Anyway, send me a message if you want to throw out an offer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cemeterytapes Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 All colors of the 5th pressing are the new laquer? I'll definitely pick up a new one if so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearchuck Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 35 minutes ago, shadowkid33 said: All colors of the 5th pressing are the new laquer? I'll definitely pick up a new one if so. Yup! To be clear, I wouldn't call this a "remaster" per say. It's more a case of us trying to clean up some things to improve the vinyl experience. When you listen to the new pressing, the songs will pretty much sound the same, but the vinyl should be much less noisy (less surface noise, clicks + pops), especially during quiet passages. fyi - the digital version of the record remains the same! Don't buy this on iTunes and expect something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearchuck Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 I should also mention that I have tests for It Never Goes Out as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearchuck Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 Bumperooni. One copy each of the Rainbo + United Home (TE127) re-tests are spoken for, as well as one Goodness (TE149) A/B tests. Only one more of the Rainbo and two of the United TE127 tests remain. Plenty TE149 A/B though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearchuck Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 The Rainbo re-test of Home Like NoPlace Is There is now gone. The two United re-tests are still available though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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