INXS - Kick - Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 45rpm series vinyl 2xlp vs. Original 1987 UK pressing 

Interesting thought: I suspect that you're right about this. I was in my teens / early twenties during the eighties and loved many records that are seen as perhaps a bit 'naff' nowadays... There are some absolute classics from this era.

I'm sure you're gonna love listening to it. Enjoy, and thanks for the comment.

I couldn't afford the subscription, sadly, and there are some (probably no more than half of them) that I'm not bothered about. I do agree though, this is the probably best reissue series that I've ever come across.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this information.

Couldn't agree more!

Glad you enjoyed the review. FWIW Men At Work introduced me to Vegemite: not bad at all. ;-)

I'm so pleased my review inspired you to find a copy Ross. Thanks for the feedback.

@@DaveDenyer Hi Dave, the only thing i did notice is that the first 2 tracks sound good but by the 3rd track the sound seems to open up quite a lot and from there on in the album sounds incredible. Did you notice that? Could be me as got a new Cartridge and it is still breaking in. I also noticed my pressing had a blue like sheen to it similar to what happens with old PVC sleeves de-gassing onto the vinyl - not sure why that occurred and a slight warp on disc 1. I have an Orb flat but was this one of the vinyl formulations you have tried to fix or was it the mofi vinyl that you said was a no-no? Anyway what a brilliant album - you know back in 1987 The Rolling Stones would have killed for an album as good as this!

@@ordersredrawwear Hi Ross, I certainly didn't notice this on my copy but haven't gone back to it to check. If there's a sheen I'd suspect it is some sort of manufacturing residue. I have had this on one or two QRP records, (as well as plenty pressed elsewhere). I always clean records when I get them, new or old, the new ones get cleaned precisely to remove any residue such as what this MAY possible be. If it is a pressing residue then that might well result in slightly veiled / murky sound compared with when scrupulously clean. As far as flattening goes, I have not had an issue with Atlantic 75s. The ONLY records I have had problems with in this regard are MOFI Supervinyl and Impex OneSteps (I suspect they are the same formula).

TBH I've not heard the Abbey Road cut, but have not been at all impressed with their Half-Speed Mastering process (to put it politely). I do agree: I think this was probably the one I was looking forward to most, even above the Yes and Genesis. It's staggering. I'm even tempted to order another copy as back up.

@@DaveDenyer I’m not a fan of the abbey roads either, I bought a few when I was first getting into collecting as was swayed by them being abbey road and the marketing, but found them all a little lifeless. A backup copy of this is a very good idea actually, may put through an order now!

@@DaveDenyer I've been a big fan of Miles' own mastering work. What a lot of people don't know about the Abbey Road Half Speed series is that a lot of the records are only cut by Miles. A lot of labels give him masters already made and ask him to just cut them. When Miles actually does the mastering himself, the results sound fantastic. It's definitely a shame how the labels are ruining his image... Miles was forced to do the Rolling Stones stuff from brickwall limited CD masters..

@@SmallPersonRoo As I understand it "half speed mastering" is a bit of a misnomer. It really means half speed cutting. Which is something I'm not totally convinced actually provides a benefit... My feelings are purely derived from personal experience. I have several 'Abbey Road' cuts that I simply don't like. The recent (last year?) Sade box set for instance... I see the individual albums are coming out at the moment so I could do a video on those. It would be highly negative. I have the originals of most of them so really only bought the box for the later albums. However the albums of which I also have originals: I much prefer the originals, in fact I would MUCH rather listen to the CDs than the new cuts. In my personal opinion they are horrible. Flat, dull, losing all of the life and spirit of the originals. I very recently bought the new cut of Duran Duran's Rio as it's an album I enjoy and wanted to know what the new version sounds like: similar to the Sade, completely flat, grey and without any of the life of the originals... I could go on and on, and I keep buying new releases, ever hopeful that they'll improve upon the originals (and of course sometimes they do). But it has to be said, from my experience most of what's coming out of Abbey Road, whether cut / mastered by Miles or someone else, is (to my ears) pretty awful.

Glad you enjoyed my review. Thanks for the feedback.

Hope you enjoy it! I’m sure you will.

@DaveDenyer I sure did! It's everything that you have mentioned in the video,excellent pressing, punchy tight bass response, and the vocals are airy! Such a fun album to spin!

100% Thanks for your feedback.

I have to agree with you there: Thanks for the feedback.

I too am _really_ looking forward to Katy Lied, but I heard that might be last, behind The Royal Scam, oddly enough... Don't know if that's 100% true, but we'll see I suppose. You just never with AP. 🤞😬🤞

@@R3TR0R4V3 On the Acoustic Sounds RU-vid video 5 days ago, when the 2 new Bill Evans UHQRs were announced by Chad, he said that Katy Lied UHQR should be out by the end of August & Royal Scam by the end of the year.

@@BowieorBolan good to know, thank you. I haven't seen that video yet.

I do know what you mean but I think I'd keep this one over any of the other Atlantic 75s, and to be honest, even over any of the UHQRs. It's music I want to play, and want to play loud and get utterly swept away.

@@DaveDenyer That’s the beauty of this great hobby of ours Dave - we all prefer different things and it would be so boring if we didn’t. Luckily for me Jazz is not my bag so I can rule those titles out straight away. I did see Inxs on the Kick tour and they were brilliant, Hutchence was one of the best front men I have ever seen, but I do prefer the two albums which came before Kick. Might move this release further up my list given your enthusiasm for it.

Thank you, so glad you enjoyed my review. You are in for a treat!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Michael. I may try and find a Miles Showell cut but generally speaking I don’t like the sound of Abbey Road Half Speed Mastering. Of course as ever this is subjective.

Thank you for watching, and for your feedback.

Prepare yourself to be blown away!

You're very welcome. This LP is an absolute stunner!

Haha good one!

I'm sure it will. My son came round last night and I played it to him: absolutely knocked his socks off!

Great, I hope you enjoy it!

One of the very best albums of the 80s, IMO.

Time and time again, Ryan's work blows me away, and when he's interviewed he always seems most humble, but excited and grateful for being in his position. Top, top man!

Glad you found the video interesting David. If you mean the 'Abbey Road Half Speed Mastered' version, to be honest I've not heard it, but typically I avoid anything 'Abbey Road Half Speed'. I haven't yet heard one I like the sound of.

I don’t know those tracks, will have to look them up.

This is a very good idea. I’m take a look at Melinda, and other’s channels, and see what mics they use.

Hi, since the launch of this Atlantic 75 series I've mostly been buying them direct from Acoustic Sounds as there are so many I want, and I don't want to miss out or wait an extra month or so for them to come in via distributors. However I do buy some from vinyladventure.com. Regular, non-audiophile records I typically buy from my local bricks 'n' mortar store: Raves From The Grave.

@@DaveDenyer super thanks for the reply Dave. Much appreciated!

Hi David, Sorry, but I don't have any useful input regarding this: I just have what was, I assume, the regular original UK issue of the CD.

It's OK Dave.

Thanks for the feedback. I would like to get better sound but have not yet found a microphone solution I can work with. Suggestions are always welcome.

@@DaveDenyer You might ask some of your favorite YT reviewers that use such mics and see exactly what they use. Rick Beato uses real small clip on mics along with others. I'm sure they wouldn't mind letting you know what they use and what your best option would be.

@@DaveDenyer The Steely Dan Gaucho review shows you wearing a mic, but it sounds like it's not turned on.

That’s very surprising!

Got mine today and it sounds fantastic.

That’s the 80’s! This is a belter. There’s no doubt about it. Had to get it, very glad I did. It’s brilliant.

@@medecindamour9688 absolutely!

I forgot to mention in the video but there is an 'inner sleeve' insert with the Analogue Productions Atlantic 75.

Awesome!