Well…I guess I dodged a bullet. I have Santana - Lotus and Santana - Moon Flower from Friday. The records are flat, both albums and they both sound great. The Lotus packaging wasn’t as good as it could have been. But honestly, it sounds wonderful. My only bitch is there is little transparency with their mastering process. I’ve written Friday several times. They responded once with a very vague word salad. Don’t know if there is a digital step in any of them still.

...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 collection of outtakes and rarities is a pretty glaring oversight. The original compilers/producers of the project were also not credited, which seems unnecessarily harsh. Lastly, the covers say the projects were mastered from the original tapes, which seems HIGHLY unlikely...so, nice pressings, but done in a rather callous manner...

Wherever possible check what pressing plant they have used. If they have used RTI your ok, for example Blood Sweat & Tears Greatest Hits is fantastic.

hi all i have Elvis first album on Friday music and i have no issues at all on the record sounds great and wasn't warp at all i like the gate fold cover as well

No one has anything good to say about this label. Does anyone have the Allman Brother Shades of Two Worlds Friday reissue from last year? There are 2 different colored vinyls. I was wondering if this one sounds good? Any of the other issues?

Ahh, Friday Music. You've tempted me with various releases over the past few years. The pictures of the colored vinyl you make always look pretty. But then I receive them (usually after a lengthy delay), and I play them, and .... they suck. Done with you.

Seeing a lot of negative reviews for Friday (unsurprising). So let me give you some advice - if a MusicOnVinyl pressing exists of a Friday record, get the MoV one.

I'm a rather big fan of David Bowie - with his 1990s output being my favourite. I have both MoV and Friday pressings from that time and can hands down say that MoV is better quality in terms of packaging (the sleeves are immaculate and they actually come with proper poly-lined innersleeves) and the records are great quality too (love my blue copy of 'Earthling' - sound quality is perfect).

Seriously though, FridayMusic aren't worth the money considering they use awful, cumbersome tri-gatefold sleeves and send out warped records repeatedly with little to no protection. So if you're a Bowie fan deciding whether to get the MoV or Friday pressing of... let's say 'hours...' (because I own both versions). Dear God get the MoV one if you have any sense. Seriously, the Friday pressing of 'hours...' is a joke though - crap sound quality, artwork that has somehow been made so washed out and pixelated that I've seen better bootlegs!

If you're a Bowie fan like me, the only reason I can think of that would mean you'd have to buy a Friday product, is if you want the full version of 'Outside' (its my favourite album of all time so I took that risk). For some reason MoV aren't reissuing that variant, just the cut down one - meaning that you're stuck with the cumbersome tri-gatefold and crap quality records.

Moral of the story - avoid Friday Music like it was the coronavirus, and buy MoV where possible instead.

I just got for 8 bucks new sealed from 2013 Todd Rundgren The Tortured Artist Effect. Yup the warp and the tone arm looks likes it's shifting like not playing straight... The vinyl sounds kind of good but looks like a old MCA record matte finish... No reflection on this one... Vinyl just looks scruffy. But the one positive side if this came in a paper sleeve from 2013 there would mold paper markings all over both sides.... Ever see those. I have the Mahavishnu Inner Mounting Flame the fake clear coating was a nice touch ever hear the Speakers Corner they wrote me and said they used a master tape and Mark Wilder no they used a copy tape Germany was given probably in 1971 listen to the last track the tape sounds like it's flaking off the reel ... I don't know about the inner photo just throws me. I see a pattern of artists he can use and who he " can not " use.

Totally agree. It seems every pressing is flawed in some way. Most of my Friday music pressings are warped. Those that aren't have significant surface noise. Very disappointing. But I never learn...I keep hoping they'll fix these hiccups as I continue to buy the releases. I"m allowed to complain because I continue to buy. HA HA!!