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Many thanks for these videos! Sought out the promo version, got a decent copy for $60 - still has the set timing strip on the cover too. Please, please, please keep these videos up. You are wonderfully on point and to the point.
Mike, I have an Italian EMI/Harvest issue that I assume is a first pressing. It was made from US supplied TML stampers on all four sides. The vinyl is pretty quiet too. Snagged it for $18 about 10 years ago. One of the best bargains I've stumbled upon. It's fantastic.
I bought an original French first press, with TML on all 4 sides, sounds excellent, More airy clear and spatial than the 2016 Bernie remaster. The French pressing is also very quiet, awesome bass, and more present. Haven't heard the others mentioned here, but I'm happy with the $45 spent on the original French
Yep, that U.S. pressing is the best one. Though I don't have the promo, the stampers are from the first pressing. I also got the U.K. first press, and while I dig the sound, the American cut has more punch. The Japanese cut is definitely a disappointment, and is now more of a collectible for me. Nice review man!
Although I know you are doing a Dark Side of the Moon at the moment, I would love one for Wish You Were Here as well. Many people know what good issues are for DSotM but WYWH is not as clear, I really dont hear many people talk about it.
MoFI UHQR clearly #1, followed by early UK 1st or 2nd splits hairs. UK 1st (light blue triangle) is virtually unobtainium for less than $800 or so in decent condition.
Hello! Thank you very much for your video! I would like to see a Dark Side comparison :-) Is The Wall first promo pressing you refer the one that has the matrices PAL 36184-1D TML-X, PBL-36184-1BG TML-S, PAL-36185-1BD TML-S, PBL-36185-1F TML-X?
I inherited a 1979 first press from my dad, it’s not a minty copy but damn does it still kick some ass!! Love the videos, mike… keep up the great work!
I just purchased a 1979 uk 1st pressing from a local brick and mortar record store. Listened to it for the first time and noticed that one album is labeled side 3 & 4 and the other (which I expected to be side 1 & 2) is actually labeled and pressed as sides 2 & 3. Is this a misprint? Thoughts? I now have The Wall missing side #1. ????
Years ago, I bought what I thought was a good used copy of this album. I never played it, and in the days before the internet, I had no idea what it was. I was shocked to find out that it's the US first pressing (after the promo version). I haven't really cleaned the 2016 Grundman pressing with the fancy fluid (forget what it's called), and Comfortably Numb seems to have a slight sibilance (?) on at the end of "you may feel a little ssssick". The first pressing does not have this.
Hey Mike. I scrolled past this video 10 times looking for it because you didn’t have the beard. Do you have any more copies of this? I missed winning it yesterday at the auction.
That's absolutely right "the best sounding version is the version you find is the best sounding not what you were told" K98- no one can't DENID the Japanese QUALITY OF SOUND AND INTEGRITY.
Who would have thought that the U.S. first pressings of a classic Floyd album would beat out the first British pressings. Goes to show how important lacquer cutting is in determining the quality of the final product.
I have the 2016 press and a 1979 press from the Netherlands, my 1979 press has some wear but listing past that it sounds so much better. Sad to see how with current much better technology they manage to make it sound worse and i also don't get why they keep doing it, everyone wants original pressings why can't they just repress those
Please consider reviewing the Beach Boys' "Sunflower" album. While maybe not the sales equivalent of others you HAVE reviewed, it is an awesome album creatively and sonically (read the liner notes). Several critics considered it the best post-Pet Sounds album the group did.
i'm sure it has been asked before but would it be possible to note down in the video description what deadwax markings to look for, for each of the pressings you discuss?
eurodaiz Those can vary a lot even on the same release. Usually you always want the lowest numbers but it doesnt always matter. Just check out Discogs for the earliest release of whatever country he mentions.
I got a US non-promo first pressing, and I think it sounds absolutely fantastic. My particular copy is NM and was possibly even not played. I expected it to play well obviously but the quality on that thing is just absolutely top knotch. 👌
I recently purchased what I THOUGHT was a Wall PROMO (it has the timing strip and gold Demonstration stamp on the back) but unfortunately it does not have the DEMO print on the labels themselves. According to Discogs many got out that way. However its still a -1 first pressing and the sound quality absolutely blows away my later 3rd pressing from 1985.
I bought a 79/80 Canadian pressing when it first came out which I still have today. Sounds terrific to me but I don't have any others for comparison. Does anyone happen to know how it compares to the original American pressing?
How do you identify a US Promo pressing? I found one that has a gold stamp that says “FOR PROMOTION ONLY Ownership Reserved by CBS Sale is Unlawful” but the jacket is a blank wall, no text like in your video. It’s billed as a 1979 Columbia Promo pressing. Is this it? Will the vinyls themselves have any promo stamp on them?
Get a copy of the first Canadian pressing and see what you think. I have not been able to get a first US promo or a UK, so my Canadian pressing has been my go-to for a while.
Hi, I wish I watched this before I purchased the latest 2016 pressing which I purchased only because my original uk 1979 pressing was a bit crackly and tatty. As soon as I played the new version i noticed that the dynamic range just wasn't there! Where was the big dramatic intro? Just shows that by saying 'Remastered' on the front sticker doesn't mean alot really as there is definitely a reduction in quality from the original. Why can't Floyd follow the lead of Dire Straits whose reissues are just fantastic and also from the same era. Keep up the good work.
I owned a clean UK 1st pressing and just got a US promo with the timing strip for a crazy low price. You are absolutely right. I didn’t believe you until I heard it but it is better. Deeper, richer bass too.
@@krypto_9872 In the real world most of us decide which pressings to buy based on the opinions of others, simply because it's not practical or affordable to buy multiple pressings just to find out which we like the most...
I have the 79 “cbs promotional gold stamp”and it sounds amazing, it does have a different jacket than the one yo showed for the US promo copy. It’s just the brick layout without the album name. I got it for 20 bucks and love the album. 2nd favorite of all my records. Tho I have heard that the first France pressings were better. I’ve personally never heard it so it might just be internet hipsters saying it.
My UK 1st pressing is dead quiet. Think you might have just gotten a noisy copy. Imagine no US pressing would be as good as mine. How often would they ship the master tape that far? Seems unlikely that US is from a 1st gen tape
I owned a 1979 orange Italian press promo. Sounded AMAZING!! Couldn’t turn down the $1,500 I sold it for… everything has its price. Shit, you want an arm or a leg? How much you got!?
Pitman was a pressing plant in the US. But really, the difference between plants wont be anything major at all. Just get a clean copy with TML in the deadwax.
Mike you look so different without a beard lol I was like wow here is the original in groove owner mike must have bought it from this guy then you started to talk. You look great either way just different 😉
Holland pressing sounds best to me. German and Swedish are very good too, but Holland pressing is soft, organic, dark, thick, meaty, and sounds more natural than others.
@@TheInGroove I enjoy them all old or new, no matter. Just keep it up. When you catch time you could review best press of Pink Floyd's "Meddle" LP. I think this one deserve it. Thank you Mike, all the best!
I have a Japanese First Press Test Pressing of The Wall and it Sounds Unbelievable. I know extremely Rare in this Version since they Only Pressed maybe 5-10 Test Pressings.1990 I was in Japan and bought Two Japanese Journalist Collections . Bought maybe 2k Japanese Pressings and All were 1st Press Promo and Test Pressings , All Never Played Mint. Promo's and Test Pressings are usually Pressed Hotter and able to take More Gain with Less Distortion. At least This is what I have Noticed and my friends in Japan say the same thing.
The Vinyl Kitchen This is not always true for promos in other countries. Nice catch though. Do you sell any of your records by chance? I collect some rare Japanese only titles and might be interested ;^)
Your right about Other Countries , but Most Japanese 1st Issues If they are a Promo or Even a Test Pressing Sound better than Stock Copies but 99.9% of the Japanese Pressings I have do. I may sell a Rare Record but it depends on what one you are looking for. Please tell me what you are looking for and I may have it :)
Interesting video and in this case I agree with the reviewer, but differ on some of his other pics. Specifically, recommending Miles Davis' Kind of Blue on a two disc MOFI 45 rpm version is not necessarily the 'definitive version' of the album in my opinion. Some of the recent MOFI releases have been muddy sounding and inferior to the original pressings. (Little Feat Dixie Chicken comes to mind as sounding muddy, while Hall and Oates "Rock 'n Soul" sounded pretty good). Point is the two disc 45 rpm sets for $50 (or so) dollars are a colossal over priced waste of money in my opinion. I hand it to these companies for figuring out a way to charge $50 for a fifty year old album that went for $6.98 not too long ago; and perhaps if you possess over $100k in equipment (like the reviewer) you might hear some 'marginal' improvements at best, but for an average system all a 45 rpm record is going to do, is have you running up to flip the record over twice as often. Stick with the original 33 1/3 format. In most cases a clean original copy of a classic album will sound the best (my favorite sounding copy of Dark Side of the Moon is the domestic copy I bought in the early '90's on the purple Capitol label). Think about it though. An original pressing was too was mastered from the original tapes and while it may not be 180 gram, the weight of a record has no bearing on the overall sound quality. In addition, the master tapes were much newer at the time not having sat 40 to 50 years degrading in a vault and, you hear the album the way the original artist intended it to be heard. If you were buying a classic reproduction of say the Mona Lisa, would you want it the way Da Vinci originally painted it, or have it 'digitally enhanced' and altered. Point is these reviews are very subjective and should be taken with a grain of salt. Best to read several reviews and perhaps buy a couple of different issues of an album to decide for yourself. That's part of the fun of this hobby. As a long time collector I too concur in avoiding digital vinyl. Happy listening!
John Kinder The MOFI cut isnt digital in any way though. And its not like a first press is cheap either. Its true that you might not hear a difference with a budget setup, but you wont if you cant listen properly either.
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