Ugh yeah I think my Enter the Wu-Tang is 4MWB and I've always been vaguely disappointed with it.
― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 2 February 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
quick take:
good: LITA, Numero, Vinyl On Demand, Dark Entries, Bureau B
hit and miss: Superior Viaduct
teh suck: 4MWB, Doxy
― sleeve, Thursday, 2 February 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
are ANY 4MWB reissues decent? i've got a couple Cluster ones and a Scott 4 and it's been awhile since I pulled them out. i don't remember anything egregious but it could be one of those things where if i heard a proper remastering and pressing job it would be like night and day.
― nomar, Thursday, 2 February 2017 23:39 (seven years ago) link
the tim buckley reissues i used to have were pretty good from memory & big star's third sounded great. the john fahey america fiasco made me super wary about their product but still pick certain things up if i see them going cheap.
― no lime tangier, Friday, 3 February 2017 01:19 (seven years ago) link
yeah that Big Star one is good. as I said (I think) on the other thread nomar is remembering, you basically have to look for the words "remastered from the original analog tapes" or some such when considering a vinyl reissue these days, otherwise u can assume it was straight from CD.
did not know about any issues with Fahey's America, I have the Fahey 6LP box on 4MWB but it does not sound appreciably better than the originals I have (just cleaner), and there are a few (like, 3-4) nasty pressing flaw (I assume) glitches for like tenths of a second over 6 LPs, not perfect but OK.
― sleeve, Friday, 3 February 2017 01:50 (seven years ago) link
main thing with america was they copied it directly from the expanded cd version including the shortened version of mark 1:15 that was cut so everything would fit on the one cd. also remember reports that some copies of the second lp consisted of side 1 being pressed on both sides (first thing i checked for when i got mine!)... also major scuffs :-/
mention of glitches reminds me: their reissue of anne briggs' first album is atrocious.
― no lime tangier, Friday, 3 February 2017 02:09 (seven years ago) link
there's this other label 1972, which reissued some Stereolab LPs a couple years back, among other reissues like the Aphex Twin ones. stereolab hates these reissues and is still trying to work at their own reissue series. not sure if they're affiliated with 4MWB et al, but they seem to be another dodgy CD sourced crew.
https://www.discogs.com/label/283751-1972
― nomar, Friday, 3 February 2017 02:47 (seven years ago) link
what is going on with this Garth Brooks "Legacy" 7xLP boxset? apparently Amazon was selling them for like $25 before jacking up the price to $60...you can still get them from resellers for $30-35. There must've been a million copies of this thing printed. It probably has singlehandedly set new vinyl releases back 6 months. Do I like Garth enough to pick this up myself?
― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
He's obsessed with selling more physical copies of releases than anyone in history.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
it's $12.50 on Amazon right now. what the fuck. i think i need to buy this actually
https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Original-Analog-Garth-Brooks/dp/B07VQW9K7J/
― frogbs, Monday, 29 November 2021 22:40 (two years ago) link
It’s the perfect gift for the one getting the gift and the one Giving the gift!!
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Monday, 29 November 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
Enjoy the warmth of the original analog recordings140-gram weight vinylAlso contains 7 CDsEnjoy the brighter sounds of Analog on CD
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Monday, 29 November 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
lmao @ $12.50
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 29 November 2021 22:52 (two years ago) link
Its absolutely insane that there's an analog version and a digitally remastered version
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 29 November 2021 22:56 (two years ago) link
In Pieces Fresh Horses
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 29 November 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
Next, he'll sell a box of all his records remixed to mono, plus each album on 8-track cassette.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 01:58 (two years ago) link