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Regarding these new 45rpm pressings that are retail @ $100.00. I’m glad the technology exists for a sonically superior pressing! What bothers me is that, if the market shows an interest, the cost of great pressings will go up. Can anyone who owns one of these pressings remark? Are they (on-centered)? Do they have no dishes or warps or washboards? For $100.00 they should be more than perfect! …………………………………………………. Steely Dan "Everything Must Go" |
@slaw I definitely get the sticker shock on the the price of the specialty vinyl but I guess I also understand how much manual work goes into everything from the re-mastering to all of the pressing stages, packaging and the rest of it. The record pretty much sounds like something that was started from the ground up to be the best sounding piece of music you can offer your ears. It is indeed 'special' in my opinion. I paid $109 all in for mine but I pre-orded it from my favorite local shop that does a lot of Mofi and Acoustic Sounds stuff so they pretty much sold the pre-orders at retail. Heck, it was so good I called them back and had them hold another copy of it for the sake of hoarding or if I can swap a copy of the Bill Evans box that Mofi did that I don't have. The other good part about it, even if you feel like you paid too much for it just hang on to it for about a year and sell it on eBay for $300, there are already copies of this one listed for over twice retail. I really can't wait for the Hendrix Axis mono version that is due any time as well. That one should sound killer too. When you see how much some people shell out for early first pressings (used at that) it doesn't seem quite as bad. Just my 2 cents (well, +$109) Pablo |
@slaw you asked about the MSFL One Step 45RPM pressings. I have several, they're certainly very nicely presented and exemplary pressings. In addition being double sided discs they do not suffer from the endemic dish warp that afflicted the Classic Records one sided 45RPM issues. I'm actually looking forward to comparing the Classic 45 Bridge Over Troubled Water with the new MSFL, should be interesting -- just need to sort out a hum in my phono stage The "gold standard" for expensive new pressings is of course The Electric Recording Company. However bear in mind that the comps for these are the originals which are usually $1,000+ I had an interesting shock recently picking up this - the only original currently listed on Discogs is $1,800! |
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