CZ- did you mean '80s - I remember record club offerings in the '60s and early '70s. I think your statement earlier, about listening to multiple pressings, is the only way- in some cases, the first pressing sounds better to me, in other cases it doesn't, at least with rock/pop stuff. Sometimes, it is a question of preference -detail v. a more organic quality. Each different pressing has strengths and weaknesses in my experience (apart from the downright awful). And I think the question remains, "first" from which country?
