DJ Shadow ‎– Endtroducing.....

Sounds great on my player, don't get the hate. damn.

Phenomenal. So full of emotion. Who said this style of music was lacking😀 Theeeee most amazing deluxe 2cd set that you could ever own!

The first sleeve of "Excessive Ephemera" misprints/typos a track title -- Building Steam With A Grain Salt / Alternate take without overdubs -- but the hard cover book has the correct full title.

Does anyone know if the release sold directly through Universal is any different than the one sold through dj shadow dot com?

I agree with what has been said by steamybrown2003 but would like to add that my heat sealed copy of the 2002 version did not have a hype-sticker. Main sleeve is matte, as previously mentioned. Black labels. Mastering is great.

A gorgeous set, packaged very nicely, pressed beautifully, and worth every penny!! No funny remastered business is going on here, J.S. sticks to his guns, but the program has been changed up a bit on the original album component of this release, and appropriately so. By squeezing "Changeling/Transmission 1" onto side A, it shifts and shuffles how side B and C open and close, then goes back to normal in time for side D, ending each program with a "Transmission" basically. The record is also cut at a lower volume than the 96' vinyl release, but returns to the color labels not found on the 2002 repress which came with black labels. I must say that the "Re-Imagined" material has more to do sonically with Shadow's most current release "The Mountain Will Fall" than it does with his first original masterpiece, with the only real keeper being "Changeling II (Adrian Younge Remix)". Mr. Younge seems to understand "Endtroducing.....", and in my opinion this man and his band should have been left to handle the whole remix/re-imagined project. ".....Ephemera" serves it's purpose with being exactly what it is-"Excessive.....", with the absolute must have "DJ Shadow Live In Oxford, England, Oct. 30, 1997" representing the other brilliant side of this man-the "performer".

It is very difficult to be able to tell the difference between the original 96' release and this 2002 repress when sealed. They look almost identical right down to the green hype-sticker on the cover. Aside from the runouts and labels, the inner sleeves and main sleeve are also different. The main sleeve of this 2002 repress has a semigloss/matte finish, the original 96' release comes in a high gloss picture sleeve with glossy inners. Ultimately the mastering on the 96', 2002, and the recent 20th all appear to be the same, although the original is cut the a tad louder than the others...

dunno about you guys but I did a side-by-side comparison with the digital version and it sounds the same, at least my copy does

Don't know what my fellow "discogs audiophile nerds" buddies think about this one but I'm playing the original album out of this box right now and it's a huge improvement on my 2011 repress (I did buy it on CD at release time), pretty good pressing to my ears at least !

As for the bonuses I already had the "Excessive Ephemera" part of the 2005 Deluxe CD edition and listened to the remixes and of course they don't surpass the original (which you would have guess I'm a huge fan...) but they are interesting and an enjoyable listening for sure !

So pretty happy with that box, yes it's no cheap but I would say it's a "Normal" price for 6 gatefold LPs in a nice sturdy box and a short but nice book these days, at least the pressing seems really good and this album well deserve that I bought it for a fourth time over the last 20 years enjoying it again and again...