harley Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I don't think there are any famously bad sounding presses of any of their records. All of my copies and different presses of the same albums are great. Find the least expensive and best condition one you can and you're golden. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seku Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 The Conspiracy press of this is great. None of the represses have come close to matching that version of Panopticon Especially if you consider fact that Conspiracy has never pressed this album.. andi and valve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harley Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 So, my embarrassing Isis confession is this - Back in 99 or so, I bought the Red Sea lp, listened to it once, didn't like it, so I sold it on skylabcommerce..... Never really even listened to Isis again until about last year or so...I have been signed up for Google Play music streaming service, and thought I'd give them another shot.. I'm hooked. This band is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andi Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Especially if you consider fact that Conspiracy has never pressed this album. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOSTDRONES Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Especially if you consider fact that Conspiracy has never pressed this album.. you are correct... it was Trust No One... my mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neanderthal Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 I'm hooked. This band is amazing. Nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harley Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Sorry to bump, but wondering if there has been any info on this (vinyl pressing)? I'm not really a social media person and I'm not even sure where to check for updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neanderthal Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Sorry to bump, but wondering if there has been any info on this (vinyl pressing)? I'm not really a social media person and I'm not even sure where to check for updates. I searched the other day. Got nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Nada. I'll definitely bump this thread if no one beats to it... assuming that the vinyl remaster comes to fruition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neanderthal Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I know it's been awhile, I just need someone to share my angst with. Apparently they are remastering Oceanic, which is cool I guess. But what fuck man, give us the Panopticon vinyl first... https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=765670390147794&id=158503560864483 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I'm right there with you, man. Pretty frustrating. Would buy the hell out of both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neanderthal Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I'm right there with you, man. Pretty frustrating. Would buy the hell out of both. I've been holding off for so long now so I can get a vinyl copy of Panopticon remastered, but at this point I might say fuck it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I'm getting the impression that they're not planning vinyl releases for these remasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejandromatic Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hi! New here. Huge ISIS fan and in search of all their records in vinyl (have 3 already). About a month ago the Oceanic vinyl got a "coming soon" image on the ISIS store and also on the Hydra Head store: http://isis.merchtable.com/ http://hydrahead.merchtable.com/ I know the CD is coming, hope the vinyl is as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hi! New here. Huge ISIS fan and in search of all their records in vinyl (have 3 already). About a month ago the Oceanic vinyl got a "coming soon" image on the ISIS store and also on the Hydra Head store: http://isis.merchtable.com/ http://hydrahead.merchtable.com/ I know the CD is coming, hope the vinyl is as well. Hello and welcome to VC. Always nice to see a fellow Isis fan here on the boards. I believe Panopticon received very similar treatment; there was a good amount of squawking over the remastered CD version with an extended art booklet, if I recall. It never saw the light of day on vinyl... and unless they're planing on co-releasing all of the remasters on vinyl - however many they may decide to do - I suspect we won't see them for a while. Fingers crossed that isn't the case, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 In all my years on end as an ISIS fan, much like Derek, it seems that every other year there's a new remastering and remixing of any of their albums. Make this madness stop!!! drds89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejandromatic Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hello and welcome to VC. Always nice to see a fellow Isis fan here on the boards. I believe Panopticon received very similar treatment; there was a good amount of squawking over the remastered CD version with an extended art booklet, if I recall. It never saw the light of day on vinyl... and unless they're planing on co-releasing all of the remasters on vinyl - however many they may decide to do - I suspect we won't see them for a while. Fingers crossed that isn't the case, though. Thanks. I'm hoping for Oceanic at least, since I already have Panopticon on vinyl. Also back in august, Robotic Empire posted this on their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/roboticempire/photos/pb.86539661658.-2207520000.1413577450./10152256830716659/?type=3&theater Hope it means a "Absence.." repress in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejandromatic Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Thanks. I'm hoping for Oceanic at least, since I already have Panopticon on vinyl. Also back in august, Robotic Empire posted this on their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/roboticempire/photos/pb.86539661658.-2207520000.1413577450./10152256830716659/?type=3&theater Hope it means a "Absence.." repress in the near future. Seems like "In the Absence of Truth" is being repressed: "First up is a double-LP reissue of In the Absence of Truth, whichRobotic Empire puts into stores October 28. According to a press release, vinyl copies of the set have been out of print since 2010. The album is described as featuring nine tracks that added more singing into the mix, despite the "'heavy' parts" being "even more brutal and crushing" than on previous albums." http://exclaim.ca/News/isis_reissue_in_absence_of_truth_oceanic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 In all my years on end as an ISIS fan, much like Derek, it seems that every other year there's a new remastering and remixing of any of their albums. Make this madness stop!!! I'm hoping for Oceanic at least In complete honestly... of all the remasters and reissues they've done over the years, I think I'd be most excited for an Oceanic repress. That album can use a remaster much more than Panopticon needed one, in my opinion. (Especially if we're focusing on the drums.) Quite possibly being my favorite Isis album, I will definitely pick up the remaster of Oceanic regardless of the format. But man, hearing a revitalized version of it on vinyl would take the cake for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Gotta agree w/ you Derek. A full remastered version of Oceanic on vinyl would be the best. I'd snag one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTrail Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Did you guys hear the remastered track (The Beginning and the End) they posted yesterday? It sounds fantastic. Almost like hearing it again for the first time. https://soundcloud.com/ipecacrecordings/isis-the-beginning-and-the-end_remastered drds89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTrail Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 And I concur; a remastered Oceanic -- especially sounding as good as this track leads on, is one that I'd jump all over. The snare has much more of a "pop" than it did previously, and the new found clarity in the guitars adds so much more depth to the sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Did you guys hear the remastered track (The Beginning and the End) they posted yesterday? It sounds fantastic. Almost like hearing it again for the first time. https://soundcloud.com/ipecacrecordings/isis-the-beginning-and-the-end_remastered I must have missed their post, but... holy shit. Thank you for that. I've often daydreamed of what that track would sound like "cleaned up", and it's exactly what I was hoping for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpherson123 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I have way too many copies of Oceanic on vinyl and one standard CD version. Of all the copies I have there are probably about 4 or 5 different masters. If I had to pick the "weakest" one, I might say first vinyl press on Escape Artist would be it but that is not at all to say that its "bad." Just weaker than the others. The Robotic Empire remaster from early 2011 has a spectacular raunch and tightness to it that really makes it stand out. The same could be said for the Trust No One press. I don't know what it is about that one but I think it may be my favorite of the lot. Each time the album gets pressed it feels like its been remastered and the same stampers/mothers have not been used from one label's press to another. I can't be perfectly sure of that though. I know that after the big 2011 Robo repress/remaster, they ordered a new batch of like 1300 or something and also had a repress of Panopticon available at the same time. Here's a link to a post about that last big press from April 2012: https://www.roboticempire.com/isis-and-pg-99-represses-shirts-new-nadja-shirt-floor-discography-discount-a-bat-peeing-in-tiltstorche-guitarists-eye-lotsa-new-distro-items/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drds89 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Did you guys hear the remastered track (The Beginning and the End) they posted yesterday? It sounds fantastic. Almost like hearing it again for the first time. https://soundcloud.com/ipecacrecordings/isis-the-beginning-and-the-end_remastered That sounds really good! You have to wonder how much influence Aaron Harris has on these RM and Remixes, like 98%? I'm trying to stay content with my current listening copies that are seemingly flawless with my setup: 6th press Black Panopticon (have a spare, too, just in case, you know) and 5th press Oceanic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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