Geffen Records lp's

I have the weezer blue album which was originially recorded and released under geffen, there was a Geffen Release and a Universal release, neither sounded as good as the CD.

depends on the time frame for the releases I guess. Geffen, probably like most labels all but gave up on the vinyl format from the mid 80s until recenly with the re-hip-ification of LP's.

The recording and mastering process was devoted to producing a frequency range more suited for digital played back. Its likely they never even made a second mix/master for vinyl and just pressed from the digital master.

My experience is exactly the opposite, though I don't know if I have any Geffen pop/rock LPs. I have three Pat Metheny Geffen LPs (Still Life (Talking), Letter From Home, and Question and Answer), and they are some of the best commercial pressings I have, easily on a par with '70s-era ECM jazz records.

In fact, Question and Answer has exceptional dynamics, especially Roy Haynes' drumming, and I don't know how they managed that given that the pressing has over 30 minutes per side.

"Double Fantasy" by John Lennon on Geffen is not bad as I recall.

On the other extreme the first "Asia" album from Geffen about a year or two later is a huge letdown as you describe.

I don't know if any more meaning can be inferred other than some were good and some were bad as was common with many labels back then.

Mapman, I have 2 double fantasy records, and they are both pretty dull sounding. But if you remember a good one, then I suppose they are out there! Thanks, I will look for a third! There is a Lennon compilation I have as well, and hands down the cd smokes it!
I'll have to grab a couple of those Metheny albums, Thanks guys.

I was going to talk about the Pat Metheny recordings but I see someone beat me to it. The sound quality of "Still Life" is very good, but the pressing itself and vinyl suck. My Geffin label pressing suffers from noisy bad vinyl. too bad, as the Metheny recording is wonderful. Had to resort to buying the CD for sound without the dirty vinyl noise. and in my experience, no amount of cleaning gets out that dirt pressed into the vinyl itself.