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Post subject: Re: The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD
Posted: Tue March 17, 2020 2:13 pm
Troglodyte
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm Posts: 22487 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Simple Torture wrote:
Not a bootleg, no, as it's pressed and released by the label--a bootleg would be an unauthorized pressing, which you do see from time-to-time. The general "it-is-known" in the vinyl world is that color pressings on the whole don't sound as good as black vinyl, but I don't know enough to explain why. Of course, you can always get a bum black pressing. Best to read reviews, check and see where and how an album was mastered (or re-mastered), and shop around for deals.
Discogs can be helpful here on a number of fronts. If something is a bootleg, they will not allow it to be sold on their marketplace (check out this blue bootleg of Avocado: https://www.discogs.com/Pearl-Jam-Pearl ... se/5623372). It can also help you determine if a limited release is really that limited (there are actually two pressings of Pinkerton on snowy-white vinyl, one from 2016 and one from 2018, so snatcher's comment about a false sense of scarcity is really x2). And when you do find what's considered the best pressing (like the MoFi reissue, which has lots of glowing reviews), you can often find a good deal.
I don't understand how you found all this info on discogs, but I was really happy with the MoFi Pinkerton. Do it again for Nirvana's In Utero, please.
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Post subject: Re: The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD
Posted: Tue March 17, 2020 2:17 pm
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19719 Location: Cumberland, RI
B wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
Not a bootleg, no, as it's pressed and released by the label--a bootleg would be an unauthorized pressing, which you do see from time-to-time. The general "it-is-known" in the vinyl world is that color pressings on the whole don't sound as good as black vinyl, but I don't know enough to explain why. Of course, you can always get a bum black pressing. Best to read reviews, check and see where and how an album was mastered (or re-mastered), and shop around for deals.
Discogs can be helpful here on a number of fronts. If something is a bootleg, they will not allow it to be sold on their marketplace (check out this blue bootleg of Avocado: https://www.discogs.com/Pearl-Jam-Pearl ... se/5623372). It can also help you determine if a limited release is really that limited (there are actually two pressings of Pinkerton on snowy-white vinyl, one from 2016 and one from 2018, so snatcher's comment about a false sense of scarcity is really x2). And when you do find what's considered the best pressing (like the MoFi reissue, which has lots of glowing reviews), you can often find a good deal.
I don't understand how you found all this info on discogs, but I was really happy with the MoFi Pinkerton. Do it again for Nirvana's In Utero, please.
Post subject: Re: The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD
Posted: Tue March 17, 2020 2:18 pm
Troglodyte
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm Posts: 22487 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Simple Torture wrote:
B wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
Not a bootleg, no, as it's pressed and released by the label--a bootleg would be an unauthorized pressing, which you do see from time-to-time. The general "it-is-known" in the vinyl world is that color pressings on the whole don't sound as good as black vinyl, but I don't know enough to explain why. Of course, you can always get a bum black pressing. Best to read reviews, check and see where and how an album was mastered (or re-mastered), and shop around for deals.
Discogs can be helpful here on a number of fronts. If something is a bootleg, they will not allow it to be sold on their marketplace (check out this blue bootleg of Avocado: https://www.discogs.com/Pearl-Jam-Pearl ... se/5623372). It can also help you determine if a limited release is really that limited (there are actually two pressings of Pinkerton on snowy-white vinyl, one from 2016 and one from 2018, so snatcher's comment about a false sense of scarcity is really x2). And when you do find what's considered the best pressing (like the MoFi reissue, which has lots of glowing reviews), you can often find a good deal.
I don't understand how you found all this info on discogs, but I was really happy with the MoFi Pinkerton. Do it again for Nirvana's In Utero, please.
Wasn't this post from like 6 months ago???
Yes, but it was easy for me to find. I've only made 2 posts about Pinkerton. Now, shut up, and tell me which In Utero to buy.
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If you'd rather have the original mix, you could get the 3xLP version that also has a disc of b-sides and a handful of remixes (I also have this and it's a great package): https://www.discogs.com/Nirvana-In-Uter ... se/4940893
Post subject: Re: The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD
Posted: Tue March 17, 2020 6:33 pm
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 11:15 pm Posts: 20771 Location: the bathroom
The 2013 mix goes on sale for a pretty deep discount every so often. The regular album too. The 3LP set not so much. I have both the 2013 mix and the regular and enjoy listening to both.
Post subject: Re: The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD
Posted: Tue March 17, 2020 8:50 pm
10Club Complaint Department
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm Posts: 15099
Just to point out, both versions of In Utero are an "Albini mix", since he recorded and mixed the original album (aside from the two singles, which were remixed by Scott Litt).
The 2013 mix is meant to be a fun alternative which brings out different elements on the tapes, not a representation of the album proper, or how it "should have been".
I enjoy both versions too, but the original mix is probably the one you want if you only get one IMO.
Post subject: Re: The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD
Posted: Tue March 17, 2020 9:44 pm
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
Birds in Hell wrote:
Just to point out, both versions of In Utero are an "Albini mix", since he recorded and mixed the original album (aside from the two singles, which were remixed by Scott Litt).
The 2013 mix is meant to be a fun alternative which brings out different elements on the tapes, not a representation of the album proper, or how it "should have been".
I enjoy both versions too, but the original mix is probably the one you want if you only get one IMO.
so basically it's like Monster and Monster Remix, yeah?
Post subject: Re: The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD
Posted: Fri April 10, 2020 3:59 pm
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 11:15 pm Posts: 20771 Location: the bathroom
ghost wrote:
Anybody ever use Vinyl Me Please? Any good? Thinking about gifting someone a 3 mo. subscription.
I did it once so that I could get the Fiona Apple album. It was alright, but the per album cost didn’t add up for me. There are complaints of people receiving damaged albums, or the wrong album, and customer service being completely useless. I never had that issue though.
Although I’d join again for 3 months for an exclusive album I really wanted, I’m not crazy about the idea of not being able to choose what you get. Though, if they announce an album you aren’t jazzed about, you can decide to swap it for an album in their store if it’s in stock.
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