Mogwai ‎– Rave Tapes

Very noisy pressing here...As usual with Mogwai you never if it will sound amazing or not, on vinyl...frustrating.

Mine has no audible scratch on side A, even though it's not a completely silent pressing either (it has some surface noise). Overall, I find this a correct, though not terrific pressing. As for the music, I think it is one of Mogwai's best. Although not a huge departure from their previous records, it includes some welcome novelties, for instance the Carpenter-like electronic flourishes of "Remurdered" (my favorite track). And I think "Blues Hour" is one of their best non-instrumental tracks.

My copy has a big audible scratch too, right across the whole of Remurdered. Massive shame because I want to turn up that breakdown really loud but the periodic pop just kills it.

Anyone else have a noisy pressing? Bought this new, gave it a full wet wash, yet still sounds close to VG at times with the amount of crackle.

Good album, though.

there is a jewel case edition of the cd?

Same problem here in France, I bought a brand new copy sealed. I had to return to the shop because it is scratched in the middle of song #3 and beginning of song #5 on side A

A couple of reviewers on Amazon.co.uk have also reported poor quality pressings, despite replacement copies.

A lot of scratches on my a-side, it seems to be a bad pressing

Anyone know the pressing info??

did replenish on the a-side jump for anyone else? brand new sealed copy i bought seems to keep skipping.