#241

You mean the paper gets caught? This is really frustrating and Wowee Zowee has this!

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#242

Not going to lie, these vinyl pressing variants are giving me a boner.

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#243

I assume it was the best quality possible although it’s clear so does that affect it?

But otherwise it’s a lot of wasted space on a 12" at 45 or a single LP at 33 with worse quality.

#244

Nah a 2lp of 12"s would have been better. There’d be more space for the grooves, on the 10 they’d be that bit more condensed/compressed.
Clear in theory can sound better (if a clear and a black were like for like in size, rpm, mastering, production etc) but that would be negligible. Also as the colour added to vinyl is also a preservative, in theory clear vinyl is more easily damaged and not as long lasting.
#boringvinylchat

#245

The original pressings in 1995 had that on the back, the special edition took its title from that.

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#246

Ah okay. That makes sense.

I guess they just still make it!

Just had a look and all the copyrights are 1995 so I’d guess it’s all unchanged. It sounds good though. I think the disparity in volume on different records is one of the strangest things for me with vinyl.

Our brand new Warpaint album sounds quieter than an 80s original Ry Cooder ‘Bop Til You Drop’ which is so flimsy it’s practically a flexidisc.

#247

Yeah, I think Matador are still just pressing it. I got all five Pavement LPs in 2012 and have consistently seen them since.

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#248

I just figured there’s only so spaced you can go.

Not sure what the thought was then. It definitely was a step down from In Rainbows. I’m not sure if they put it down to a £30 because they felt people were priced out of the previous one or what. Nice that AMSP came back to that level though.

But I don’t really care about the 10" thing. I’m still flipping between four sides. I think it’s a shame that In Rainbows CD2 wasn’t also on record.

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#249

I have an original pressing of Pulp - Different Class & Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs, they are so thin and flimsy I swear they are opaque.

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#250

More to do with condensing the groove physically really. Inner groove distortion is more likely on 10s and 7s from what I understand.
Esit: yeah the whole package looks a wee bit shot in the shelf sandwiched between IR and AMSP fancy versions. Kinda wish I’d gotten the okc one too. “Meh, it’s only a cassette tapes!” I foolishly said.

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#251

All down to the mastering really. I have a lot of CDs that show this problem too!

#252

The weird thing is, I bet that Pulp pressing is worth loads of money. 90s and early 2000s pressings were in such small quantities they went for silly sums years later, especially if there was no reissues for ages.

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#253

My wife has We Love Life and I was shocked at how light that was. I’d thought that came out in the period when any record like that was ‘heavyweight’ as a kind of special thing.

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#254

Yeah but I don’t recall that issue with CDs in recent times. In terms of CDs the Ry Cooder era one would be the quiet ‘all the dynamics’ one. I think modern CDs are all pretty loud, certainly for the same type of music.

#255

If you did want to get a more modern heavyweight pressing you could easy flog the old copy for £££

#256

Jay Reatard’s Blood Visions is one that springs to mind. Always have to turn it down on CD, otherwise your ears will melt off. Dinosaur Jr.'s Farm is another.

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#257

Nah Too much of hoarder when it comes to records. If I was going to do anything it would be just buy the heavyweight one, which I am definitely not doing.

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#258

The reason I own Times New Viking on vinyl is because I was told the CD was produced to be stupidly loud. I recorded the record to MP3. Maybe I should compare to whatever is on Spotify.

#259

My man!

#260

Also it was still happening in 2006 my copy of Give Me A Wall by ¡Forward, Russia! Is pretty light as is the 1st Long Blondes lp and Jamie T. There is a group of album from the mid 2000’s that are pretty thin although Up The Bracket isn’t. 7”s were built like brick shithouses back then though.

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