regular vinyl pressings

ECM, Warner Bros. jazz label would be at the top of my list.

To me, the important thing is to try to get the original first release pressings of whatever is I'm looking for, if possible. Not just for the pressing, though. Some first releases are foldout album jackets, like a mint shape of Triumph's "Just a Game" I recently found.

I did find a sealed copy of Boston's first album for $2.00 and thought I really got something only to find out the sound was extremely disappointing. A few months later I saw a sealed copy of their second album and I let it go by...

Since music is the most important thing for me, if I find something I don't have and want I just buy it. Period. Even if it's one of those awful Venezuelan re-release pressings of Latin American recordings. Don't complain about U.S. pressings and enjoy the music Maraka---there's much worse out there...

Now I see why you bought the wrong turntable!

Dont like USA pressings.You should have the pleasure of Canadian pressings.About 70G cheap Viynl you can fold them in half just about.

I didn't say that I don't like US pressings. It's just my collection basically consists of european rock such as 10CC, Marillion, Can, Van Der Graaf... and they were definitely recorded and pressed first in Europe. The pressing weight very often isn't an issue when you have an advanced turntable setup on one side and when you store them properly on the other side. I listen to a french music a lot and love it so I guess there is no way I can avoid canadian 70g vinyls since lots of french stuff pressed in Canada.