Good value vintage pressing of CCR Cosmo’s Factory?


Kinda rediscovered my liking/appreciation for CCR. I only really want Cosmo’s Factory…I’m a new member of Discogs but trust you guys more.

Not interested in exotic pressings, *new pressings, etc

*YMMV, but I’ve never heard a modern repressing of anything that comes close to the best of the old ones….no matter what hype stickers are applied!

MY QUESTION: I’M willing to go $80 - $100 for a true NM-+ pressing of CF…what pressings/years should I be looking for if seeking best bang for that audio buck?

 

(And NO, I’m not using this to drum up an acquisition here! (I despise that greasy practice!))

 

 

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I’d love to hear what others have to say about original or at least ‘70s pressings.  
I am lights years from, say, the people at Better Records in CA who have heard huge numbers of vintage pressings of tons of albums, but I’ve had a hard time finding “a good one” with this LP.  
There may be a vintage pressing that blows the rest out of the water.  
I find the efficiency in buying an immaculate, beautifully mastered, all analog copy cut straight from the original masters a very solid option.

Craft did a 50th Anniversary version in 2020.  It's pretty darn good.

Huge CCR fan here.  I think I have all the versions that Chad did and a few imports.

Curious, I just re-read your initial post, title and text..

At this point,

How would you re-word your thread's title, the initial comments and clarify your question?

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