T. Rex ‎– Electric Warrior

I'm sort of laughing at the release merge drama. What's the deal? Are copies from 2020 still cut by KG and pressed at RTI? And out of curiosity, since I've never really paid close attention before, what indicators are there to show something was pressed at RTI?

Otherwise, this is an excellent pressing that might be a hair better than the mo-fi, which I also adore.

It should be noted that this is not from the original master tape. Unless it was lost in the few years until MFSLs reissues today.
It may be using the first US tape dub but as MFSL likely means to distinguish that is not the Original tape.

I know I’m a little late to the party here but I finally got a copy of this Kevin Gray cut. I initially held off on it because my record store had hundreds of copies of this that lasted on the shelf for over a year, so I didn’t think I was going to have any problem getting a copy but then all of a sudden one day it was gone and out-of-print. Happy to say I finally got a copy for a little over the original retail price. Let me start of by saying this is the best modern reissue version I’ve heard of this classic album. It’s the most natural sounding, detailed and 3-dimensional I’ve heard these tunes sound. I didn’t even know there was a horn on the song Girl but this reissue brings out the amazing subtle detail in the recordings. Now if I have to nitpick, some tracks sound better than others (maybe due to the quality of the original tape?) While the vocals sound a lot better than on previous versions I wasn’t really thrilled with how they sounded Bang A Gong and Mambo Sun, they seemed to be slightly buried in the mix (this could just be due to the style of singing on both tracks which is kind of at an intimate lower level) but there was still some sibilance too which I find to be on all versions I’ve heard. Even the background harmonies seemed to overpower the lead vocals on Bang A Gong. But other songs seem to have really good, defined bass and punchy drums like Life’s A Gas. The electric guitar tone is dynamic and mesmerizing though. Super sweet and soulful sounding and the acoustic guitar warm and bright. I’m not saying this reissue sounds bad at all I was just hoping the vocals would be a little more cleaned up on some songs but maybe theres just no way around that. The RTI press is flawless as well, flat centered an absolutely no surface noise (some minor scuffing though that doesn’t affect playback). And the high gloss, heavy, tip-on gatefold is pristine. This release is an definitely an overall success.