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...it's a scammy package, yeah, but the record itself isn't bad second-tier Merseybeat. Have you heard it?
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Vinyl pressing is very quiet, clean, and flat. Wouldn't have minded some liner notes to contextualize the recordings -- but for some reason none of the Blank Forms Hennix releases have any annotation...
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...I got my copies of the Blank Forms reissues today. Look and sound gorgeous. No new notes/photos, just a straight reissue, but much-needed!
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Music this delicate and ethereal deserves a better pressing than this noisy job...pretty disappointing...
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What? The Holiday Inn didn't book Armand??? Shocker! Words! Words!
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...I appreciate Talkinfun's perspective here, but I have both versions and see value in both. Honestly the Duffy instrumentals never did a whole lot for me -- they seem meandering and unfinished, if not unpleasant. The original version of the album...
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This is nice and all, but why did Waxworks decline to include ANY credits???? No personnel, no recording information, nothing. Also, it seems like if they'd pressed this at 33rpm they could have fit the source music tracks from the CD issue.
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Volume nine of this series is no different than the previous entries: Janky graphic design, liner notes full of typos and hearsay, uncaptioned/uncredited photos, no songwriting or musician credits, highly variable sound quality, dubious licensing (or...
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...yeah -- it's too bad you can't just buy replacement inner sleeves...
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...I don't have an original Revelation pressing to compare it to, but this Japanese edition sounds phenomenal and goes as far as to replicate the cool textured paper that Revelation used for their outer sleeves.
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...I'll admit that, while listenable, the sound quality is not amazing -- but we have no idea what sources they were working from. This may be the best that was possible given the state of what they were working with (quarter-inch audio tape? video...
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...a collection of instrumentals drawn from the musical elements of the prior two albums and EP, issued as "library music" for folks to utilize as the basis for new jingles, scores, etc. Basically atmospheric, largely electronic music. Haunting,...
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Liner notes and credits would have been nice, but can't argue with the music or the mastering...
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Pros: Great sounding all-analog mastering (I'm not an analog purist -- great sounding LPs can be made from digital sources, but still, this thumps!) and a relatively clean, quiet pressing compared to past JAW releases I've bought, which have tended to...
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...can't argue with the fidelity: It does sound great, and is definitely the best JAW pressing I've heard (past titles I've bought have been a bit noisy). Disappointed that their biographer wasn't willing to help newcomers gain a wider contextual...
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The lock groove at the end of side two is a nice touch that you don't get on CD or digital.
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Gotta say, this must be the most crushable packaging of any CD in my collection.
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This is a pre-release edition. From Family Vineyard's Instagram following Connors and Licht's performance at Blank Forms on January 28, 2023: "...a few lucky people picked up an ultra limited artist edition of their new familyvineyard LP, At The Top...
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...all of this material has been remixed -- it's not the original mixes as released: and these new mixes are SO. MUCH. BETTER. Warmer, more muscular, more dynamic. It makes the original mixes sound like they were recorded onto tissue paper.
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...it is a pre-sale version, yes. Family Vineyard's Instagram said "...a few lucky people picked up an ultra limited artist edition of their new Family Vineyard LP, At The Top Of The Stairs - regular edition out this spring." I was at the show and nabbed one.
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I guess I got lucky: My copy is clean, quiet, and flat...
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[quote=Fog-and-Lime] i have the original and it's art-wise very similar to the original issue.
i think the priority was sticking to the original ethos, which it did yeah i get some of us wanted more photos and text, but many people don't have the... See full review |
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Fog-and-Lime Contrary to Fog-and-Lime's insistence, there is now an affordable LP reissue (with no bonus material) on the 1972 label. |
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...I'm of the school that, if you are going to go through all the hassle of reissuing something, you should go the extra mile and include new liner notes and photos. Apparently 1972 disagrees. Whatevs -- at least an affordable edition of this is back...
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Just a fun fact: This is the original cover photo. It was replaced on subsequent pressings because, if you look closely, J.D. Crowe is flipping the bird to the camera. When Rounder originally chose this photo, they couldn't tell he was flipping off...
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If anyone is wondering, this appears to be a private press LP of a fair-to-average high school (or maybe community college?) jazz combo. It is recorded at a performance (there is occasional applause) in a rather cavernous acoustical space. It's not...
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...no information about the source of the recording or the personnel, but hey, that's not surprising. I'm not even sure if these particular recordings have been included on other such grey-market (at best) releases. But despite all that, this is...
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...considering how many tracks are crammed on this thing, the sound quality is pretty good!
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...my copy has a signature and number on one of the interior panels.
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No one has commented on this yet, so I just want to let folks know that, in my experience, this is a great reissue! The pressing is incredibly quiet and flat, while the artwork and lyrics in the gatefold are reproduced clearly. Unlike the recent...
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Weird -- my Waxwork LP sounds great...quiet, full, rich. No issues.
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...agreed. A set of liner notes to contextualize the music sure would have gone a long way...also credits would be nice!
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...some liner notes to provide context for this music would have been helpful, but I guess it's just nice to have an affordable pressing more widely available, so I guess this is still a win.
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...really sharp reissue: Sounds wonderful, quality pressing, and beautiful high-gloss tip-on sleeve. My only disappointment was with the insert. Despite having six full-sized pages, it only contains a relatively brief essay (in laughably large type)...
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...just to be a total type-a about this, I went through and compared this to the UK Vulcan pressing I had. To Soul Jazz's credit, all the content (photos and text) of the original booklet is reproduced, although instead of being in a booklet the...
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no. (words words words words words words words words words)
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Owned by the recently departed -- and much missed -- David "DR" Robert: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsobserver/name/david-robert-obituary?id=32343306
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The LP is available at last, and it is a really lovely pressing: Clean, quiet, and complete with a heavy-weight tip-on sleeve and insert. There is extra music on the CD edition, but not all of it features Cherry. I'm a Blank Forms subscriber, so I got...
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Some folks have said Ebonite is a library music label, but that does not add up: Library music LPs exist to sell synch licenses and thus have very prominent contact information and rights-related warnings on the label. Ebonite titles have no such...
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...the two Monkees Missing Links LPs I picked up (volumes 2 and 3) were the best-sounding and best-pressed Friday Music titles I've come across, but there's a catch: None of the original liner notes from the CD editions are included, which for a...
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