Back To Black

Considering the comments here I thought I'd add mine.

I bought the Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 2008 pressing back in that year from Back To Black. It sounded ok to me though I'm not an audiophile. I lost interest in vinyl for a while (cramped living arrangements) but recently got back into it. Sadly, only one side of this double album is safe to play. The rest is noisy and suffering from orange peel effect, something I've heard of but never seen. They were stored in the paper lyrics sleeves without any kind of plastic sleeves. All my other records are in good condition and were kept with this one, so I get the feeling I've done nothing wrong.

Slayer- Undisputed Attitude press isn't on here that i can find, anyone got one to list info?

The Nirvana "Nevermind" pressing on this label is the worst pressing EVER!!

I have the Abba Back to black vinyl records. very poorly pressed. even with the finest cartridge and stylus they skip :-(

Should have called it mp3 on vinyl. Three more words.

The download coupon is not worth the hassle. You have to jump through several hoops to get access to the download its a scam

The Back to Black records I have end up scratched from removing the record from the super tight and staticky inner sleeve. They’re much more statically charged than other records I own for some reason. I think perhaps it’s the material the glossy inner sleeve is composed? Might just start slicing the inner sleeve to get these out initially without scratches and then put them in poly sleeves.

I own a few Back To Black records and all ar crap. Perhaps there are some good ones out there, but ill avoid records with this sticker! I'll hunt for originals!

This is my comparative review of the original 21 track(!!) Get Happy! LP (1980 Elvis Costello & the Attractions) carried out today with the double vinyl 'Back To Vinyl' version ....

Received the double vinyl copy today and , having made recordings of a couple of tracks from the original and this new one...I have to say the original still sounds best.
The reissue sound a little anaemic in comparison, fractionally flatter dynamically and tonally.
Also, despite all that spare wax it's cut on, it has been cut 'cold' (without the signal strength and dynamics all that extra vinyl space could allow for) - indeed High Fidelity (the inner track on both LPs) is ~2dBs lower on the double album! A missed opportunity (...opportunity...they missed a big opportunity, ...to paraphrase)
So..those with the original, need not feel they are missing out.
However, it still beats the 2003 CD on my system and is a heavy, flat, quiet pressing and if I was to discount the extra surface clicks and pops on my 40 year old, second hand original, then I would say this reissue is 90% as good as the first edition so pretty good.

Some are great and some poor. It's a crapshoot ..Do your homework 1st!
I was pleasantly surprised with their Dire Straits 'Brothers in arms' RE/RM. Despite some of the material being sourced digitally, the remastering would appear to have tweaked it. This one compares quite well to my highly acclaimed audiophile Pallas 2009 Grundman remasters of 3 of the band's other albums, which were all sourced from the original analog tapes. This particular BIA one 'seems' to be a copy of the RTI 1/2 speed redo of this album from a few years back(?). Very quiet noise floor, punchy, dynamic. Artwork and overall presentation top notch too. I have heard the opposite with some of their offerings, so due diligence is required, don't be lazy.