faaip de oiad Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Received my Amazon order of Toxicity. Just finished spinning it. Definitely satisfied with the sound. They're approximately 22 min each side, so it wasn't a big deal. As for the art? Kinda disappointed. I don't understand why the back cover art is really clear, and the front sucks ass! I'm still really happy they finally pressed this! Now hopefully they give this the deluxe treatment like the limited edition Metallic art they did but with 2lp live and demos! Come on System! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshiram Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I've already seen someone wearing jncos at this SOAD show. Also they're selling vinyl here but I'm pretty sure it's nothing special, just standard black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorrisNuts Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 9 minutes ago, Reshiram said: I've already seen someone wearing jncos at this SOAD show. Also they're selling vinyl here but I'm pretty sure it's nothing special, just standard black. Eric_Matthews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) I've listened through all the albums once and S/T and Toxicity sound pretty great. Steal This Album - Hypnotize seem to suffer from inner groove distortion though because the last track of each side sound awful. Anybody else's copies sound like this too? Edited October 14, 2018 by ghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 On 10/13/2018 at 1:12 AM, VinylMario said: Received my Amazon order of Toxicity. Just finished spinning it. Definitely satisfied with the sound. They're approximately 22 min each side, so it wasn't a big deal. As for the art? Kinda disappointed. I don't understand why the back cover art is really clear, and the front sucks ass! I'm still really happy they finally pressed this! Now hopefully they give this the deluxe treatment like the limited edition Metallic art they did but with 2lp live and demos! Come on System! as someone that does a lot of design work as part of his job, id like to believe that nobody could fuck these kind of things up but it happens. the artwork for the original pressing of toxicity looked fine if i recall correctly (dont own it anymore) so proper art files had to exist at some point. as for the rest of these pressings - all the other cover art is pixelated as well. that said, these records pretty much all came out in an era though when vinyl wasnt a thing most people cared about so the art may have also never been properly designed for an lp cover. hard to say what the standard was back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piky0032 Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 2 hours ago, mattisr1984 said: as someone that does a lot of design work as part of his job, id like to believe that nobody could fuck these kind of things up but it happens. the artwork for the original pressing of toxicity looked fine if i recall correctly (dont own it anymore) so proper art files had to exist at some point. as for the rest of these pressings - all the other cover art is pixelated as well. that said, these records pretty much all came out in an era though when vinyl wasnt a thing most people cared about so the art may have also never been properly designed for an lp cover. hard to say what the standard was back then. Surely CD covers were designed bigger than an actual Cd though? .....and then shrunk to CD size? or are people that stupid? mmhmm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntslash Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 21 hours ago, ghost said: I've listened through all the albums once and S/T and Toxicity sound pretty great. Steal This Album - Hypnotize seem to suffer from inner groove distortion though because the last track of each side sound awful. Anybody else's copies sound like this too? Last track on both sides of Mezmerize sounds great on my copy. I haven't listened to any of the others yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza face Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 6 hours ago, piky0032 said: Surely CD covers were designed bigger than an actual Cd though? .....and then shrunk to CD size? or are people that stupid? They had to have been designed bigger than a cd. It's just whether or not those files are kept over 20+ years. Surely, they used the album art on some sort of large print advertisement. I'm just glad to finally have these albums. piky0032 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 6 hours ago, piky0032 said: Surely CD covers were designed bigger than an actual Cd though? .....and then shrunk to CD size? or are people that stupid? I'd say most people have no idea how the backend of the physical music manufacturing process works despite there being a wealth of information and examples of the processes available on the internet to get an understanding. Folks just don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faaip de oiad Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 10 hours ago, mattisr1984 said: as someone that does a lot of design work as part of his job, id like to believe that nobody could fuck these kind of things up but it happens. the artwork for the original pressing of toxicity looked fine if i recall correctly (dont own it anymore) so proper art files had to exist at some point. as for the rest of these pressings - all the other cover art is pixelated as well. that said, these records pretty much all came out in an era though when vinyl wasnt a thing most people cared about so the art may have also never been properly designed for an lp cover. hard to say what the standard was back then. I have the alternate metallic cover of Toxicity and it looks great. Aside from the later albums on pic discs, Toxicity was the only album that was pressed on vinyl, so I don't get why they didn't use that cover art file. Seems pretty lazy. But like I said I'm still glad I finally own it on vinyl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarocks Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) On 10/12/2018 at 8:38 PM, ptothedo said: Received my bull moose shipment without a notification and lacking mesmerize oddly enough. Glad to finally have these. Mesmerize is the “rare” one. Only one in ten orders are shipped. Edited October 15, 2018 by Plarocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza face Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) Looks like they had other plans for the spine on the self titled album. It says system of a down on the center but was covered up. Anyone else notice that? Also spinning the self titled album now and I've never noticed the whispering vocal back track on spiders during the first verse. Edited October 15, 2018 by pizza face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 23 hours ago, piky0032 said: Surely CD covers were designed bigger than an actual Cd though? .....and then shrunk to CD size? or are people that stupid? It should have been and probably was. However, whether those files were retained after all these years is clearly another question. Other people are seriously that stupid though. I see stuff all the time that looks like complete shit. To cite an example with a record:a few years ago, hot topic had a pressing of thrice - the artist in the ambulance that looked absolutely horrible. I mean, a million times worse than these do. You would think they wouldn't pass a project off to somebody who doesn't know what they're doing but it legitimately looks like they give these layout projects to interns who have little to no design experience. And even then, you would think they would proof the jackets before they start on the whole production run but they clearly don't. 15 hours ago, VinylMario said: I have the alternate metallic cover of Toxicity and it looks great. Aside from the later albums on pic discs, Toxicity was the only album that was pressed on vinyl, so I don't get why they didn't use that cover art file. Seems pretty lazy. But like I said I'm still glad I finally own it on vinyl! So, probably a pretty good sign that the files were lost or they pulled the wrong ones because they don't know any different. 1 hour ago, pizza face said: Looks like they had other plans for the spine on the self titled album. It says system of a down on the center but was covered up. Anyone else notice that? Also spinning the self titled album now and I've never noticed the whispering vocal back track on spiders during the first verse. Just flat out sloppy work done by someone who is probably not a graphic designer (I'd hope not, anyway). It's cool that these records were done but yeah, the artwork is a letdown and probably a combination of inexperience and lack of original files on hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Is Steal a gatefold or naw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamdbz Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 The lack of a hyphen on the Hypnotize spine triggers me a little. Still, stoked as hell to spin these tonight when I finally get home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OU818 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I'll just switch s/t and Toxicity with the bootleg sleeves ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I only care about the sound tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarostino Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 39 minutes ago, DecayToDeath said: Is Steal a gatefold or naw Naw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefoxUSSR Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 22 hours ago, pizza face said: They had to have been designed bigger than a cd. It's just whether or not those files are kept over 20+ years. Surely, they used the album art on some sort of large print advertisement. I'm just glad to finally have these albums. I still own a few of the 12x12 album promo cards for some of my favorite 90s albums (as good as dead, razorblade suitcase, maybe not absolute favorite but I got a few of them when I was 14 and was stoked to put them on my wall)... no excuses, someone accidentally sent a low resolution file I bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 5 hours ago, yarostino said: Naw! L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikizee Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) I pulled out my original copy of Toxicity this morning and am spinning it for the first time in a few years. Still sounds awesome. I’m expecting my new copy of Toxicity to arrive today or tomorrow, I can post photos comparing original cover artwork to the new one if people want? Edit - scratch that, I just got an email from Amazon saying they are trying to obtain Toxicity and so it hasn't been shipped yet. God damn it Edited October 16, 2018 by Mikizee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tug Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 10:21 AM, V3XED said: Yeah please no picture discs. Does anyone really ever want a picture disc?? if your fav band releases a pic disc than prob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museummouth Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 These sound incredible but damn these sleeves are some of the worst in terms of print and thickness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny0190 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Apparently Amazon updated my Toxicity order and overnighted it with FedEx for free? Truly excited about that, can't wait to get home from work today and listen to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faaip de oiad Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Did anyone notice that Toxicity was mislabeled as "Toxic" on side B? This was such a lame packaging job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFC1549 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 The sound quality on them is great. Who cares about the artwork? Always something to complain about. Sound like my wife. Plarocks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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