gmoney Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 http://fat-cat.co.uk They were up... Now sold out. EDIT: Hey! This is actually still available - you just have to click on "Select which shop you wish to use:" at the top and click on the UK flag. They are £21.99 each (whoa). • 180gm Heavyweight vinyl Double Albums • Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) Remastered at Abbey Road • Limited Edition Re-issues in the same ‘deluxe’ vinyl packaging as the original versions • Agaetis Byrjun - Printed in Silver Ink on Heavyweight Uncoated Imperial Blue Card • ( ) - Heavyweight Outer sleeve with Die Cut ( ) shape showing through to 4 interchangable inner sleeve images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I missed out. It's ok though......... 1,000 post! Whoo Hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 I'm hoping they put more up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akross Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Damnit! How much were they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrews Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 What is the 'DMM LTD LP' format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 What is the 'DMM LTD LP' format? It is the new one put up today. Wiki: The advantages of DMM (hard surface material) over acetate lacquer cutting (soft surface material) are both sonic and practical: because of the rigidity of the master disc medium, no groove wall bounce-back effects take place after the cutting has been completed. This preserves the original modulation details in the groove walls much better, especially those involved with sudden fast attacks (transients). The improved transient response, as well as the more linear phase response of DMM improve the overall stability and depth-of-field in the stereo image. In addition, disturbing adjacent groove print-through sounds (groove echoes) are reduced in DMM. Also, there is no need to rush the finalized master disc directly into a refrigerator for groove preservation, as in conventional lacquer disc cutting. DMM also has/had some drawbacks, the increased complexity and cost of the cutting hardware being the most obvious. This is counterbalanced to a degree by simpler matrix processing (the original master disc can even be directly matrixed into stamper plates, if the required amount of vinyl pressings is not very large). Alongside mechanical audio recording and vinyl LP pressing in general, DMM in now more or less a thing of the past (certainly not in the mainstream of the sound recording industry any longer). The original inventor of the DMM method (Neumann) has completely stopped making cutting lathes and neither do they have any spare parts left for existing systems. However, present-day commercial lathes are being kept operational by independent service consultants, as well as cutting room service departments themselves, often by custom manufacturing missing or broken components. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 direct metal mastering. man i've said it once, and i'll say it again: fatcat is a shitty label when it comes to items instock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hey! This is actually still available - you just have to click on "Select which shop you wish to use:" at the top and click on the UK flag. They are 21.99 pounds each (whoa). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerog Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 im pissed that i missed this, they better put more up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrews Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 So the new thing available is a single, remastered LP of the albums that previously came put as a 2x12"? I'm not really following this. Also, I'm on my phone so I most likely missed something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
googlemyass Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 sorry, thats too much for me. i dont care what band it is, thats an insane price for a repress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 So the new thing available is a single, remastered LP of the albums that previously came put as a 2x12"? I'm not really following this. Also, I'm on my phone so I most likely missed something. No - they are both 2xLP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 sorry, thats too much for me. i dont care what band it is, thats an insane price for a repress. Do you know how much they originally cost? I heard they were right at £20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manicdogbert Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 i'm glad i got OG copies of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 dang that's expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrews Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 So the 'DMM LTD LP' format is the repress, and the 2x12" format is the original press and that's why it's out of stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 They are separate releases...Andrews is about to hit 1,000 posts too! 21.99 pounds is an awful lot for us over here...still tempting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 but if you hit the UK flag, they only charge for UK shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytumult Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Hey! This is actually still available - you just have to click on "Select which shop you wish to use:" at the top and click on the UK flag.They are 21.99 pounds each (whoa). Still there as far as I can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrews Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 1000 posts and I'm confused on my phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manicdogbert Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I paid $15 for AB back in 2000 and $20 for ( ) in 2003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 I paid $15 for AB back in 2000 and $20 for ( ) in 2003. Fat Cat = now cashing in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 ok yeah, hit the Uk flag, it gives you UK postage, and at the end, it changes to US postage and has you confirm. Ended up being $75 for both after postage to US, which really isn't that bad, considering each original press goes for well over $100, and these are exact copies of the original (as far as packaging is concerned) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldsnap Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 So the 'DMM LTD LP' format is the repress, and the 2x12" format is the original press and that's why it's out of stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrews Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 So the 'DMM LTD LP' format is the repress, and the 2x12" format is the original press and that's why it's out of stock? I'm glad I'm not the only one. I need a copy of AB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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