The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday

I miss this era of THS so much. This particular pressing roars, the guitars/drums/vocals are so cranked up it threatens to entirely swallow all Franz’s work on the keys. That’s my only quibble. I will always love this band but the music to me always sounded most urgent when Craig barked his stories with bile, venom and vigor. This LP is peak for me with Boys and Girls, Stay positive rounding out my holy trinity.

My side A sounds brilliant but my side B is as wobbly as the tape deck in God in Chicago. It’s obviously been pressed off centre - sounds like it’s a problem with the whole pressing. Annoying because it is close to being very good

Great record. A favorite. But an incredibly noisy pressing with more than a fair share of sibilants.

No problems with my pressing, very happy with it. Side b also ok, no distorted sound. I can not agree with other reviewers. I can recommend this pressing, maybe it’s not the best but good enough for me. I play with tubed luxman amplifiers and a linn lp12 naim aro dynavector record player system

Side B seems to be off centre, the needle wobbles all over the place. The sound is very disorientating.

This pressing sounds like a pile of garbage that's been soaked in piss and gasoline and set on fire. If you value good sound at all, avoid this mess.

anyone else think side B is not right? here it most on stevie nix the piano is very distorted

Repressed and due for release Nov 2016. Not saying you shouldn't buy the original, but if you can't afford it, its a good alternative.