I cannot comment on any pressings other than original US vs the MoFi Gain 2 45s. I had really nice copies of all the original pressings so resisted getting Brothers in Arms for a few years. When they recently released the 5 albums on Gain 2 45rpm I thought I should try. I mean you get 10% off and free shipping, it really isn't that bad. I started with Brothers in Arms, Communique and Making Movies as those were in stock. The debut and Love Over Gold were awaiting repress. I was immediately blown away!! The dynamics of these Gain 2 albums is just phenomenal. They are nearly as quiet as the UD1S albums and just sound so lifelike. I immediately ordered the 2 awaiting repress and somehow they had a copy of each and I got them 2 days later. Now I have the full set of 5 and it was worth ever penny.
I did have a very unusual finding with Love Over Gold. Track 1 had very loud whooshing static for 32 seconds and then a loud pop and all was quiet. I played several other records, cleaned the stylus and record but every time on this track....the same 32 seconds. Then on the final track the Gain 2 album sounded muted. The dynamics were notably less than the original pressing just for track 5. Seems that there is a physical defect in my track 1 and possibly a transfer defect in track 5. They are great so will be sending me another copy once available and hopefully my copy was just an outlier on both issues.
