The Replacements – Tim

This record kicks ass. I love The Replacements. Medium Fi. Songs are awesome. Enjoy this. Sound track of our youth.

I have this pressing and it sounds beautiful. But mine has EAST stamped in a circle on the label. It looks like it's pressed in the vinyl and then the label was put on. Anyone got any info?

Excellent sound. One side was covered with fine paper dust that needed to be cleaned off with a brush, but no Rice Krispies, and flat. If you’re only gonna have one album from The Replacements, then Tim is it. As another reviewer noted, appreciate the poly inner sleeve.

Very good pressing. Bought it new from Acoustic Sounds in the US, on sale for 18 bucks. Mine is clean, quiet and almost flat: has a very slight edge warp that does not affect play, otherwise near perfect. Not sure what it was sourced from and I haven't heard an original pressing but the sound is quite good, maybe lacking ever so slightly on the low end punch but has a full sound stage and is as good as can be expected for an inexpensive reissue. Comes with a plain paper/poly sleeve.

How does this one sound? Is it good as the first US press?

My copy is an above average pressing. Flat, centered. No pops or clicks. The background isn't dead quiet, but above today's standards.

Someone mentioned there was too much noise on Here Comes A Regular, but I absolutely do not have that problem. The noise is really only noticeable at all between tracks. I do wood glue all my albums before I rip them, so if there is any residue/dirt in the grooves I wouldn't be affected by that, so that's a possibility for others.

Can anyone recommend a version out of the 2009,2017,and 2019 pressing? Since some claim black vinyl sounds better than colored I'm torn on which pressing to purchase. Thanks.

My copy has some serious elevated surface noise (no clicks/pops, just the noise, enough to make Here Comes a Regular hard to enjoy/distracting) that haven't gone away after a wash. It's almost like the sound of a record left in a PVC sleeve that's just beginning to noticeably degrade (although the poly-lined inner it came with *definitely* isn't PVC). Anyone else having this problem?

Is this the same mix as the 2008 remasters? The ones with the sound of a door closing and footsteps after "Here Comes A Regular"?

Sound clarity much worse than 1985 press, but sounds good enough if you don’t want to drop too much money on an 80’s press