Yazoo ‎– Upstairs At Eric's

Sorry, this album reissue is a huge disapointment. The mastering is really bad; compared directly to the original 1982-pressing, this version completely lacks the detail and dynamic of the original. My only use of this vinyl is as an example of how bad things sometimes go in the mastering process.

Just got 2 copies in the mail (4496 & 4510). Sounds great! Both have seam splits, one on the side and one on the bottom, possibly from poor packaging and handling in the mail. Mobil Fidelity doesn't say how many they are limiting this pressing to but they usually press 5,000 copies so, it looks like they nearing the end of this one.

The Mobile Fidelity Pressing is dead quiet between the grooves and sounds great.
Another great job by Mobile Fidelity.

Its always interesting to see if an alternative track-listing works or falls flat on its face. In this case I feel it works pretty well, as the changes mean the vocal sample heavy "In My Room" and "I Before E..." are further apart (and on different sides). Whilst not what the artists intended, this also means the tape is a similar length both sides, as the 2 longest tracks are now both on Side B.

Britain s New Romantic Synth Pop Invasion went massive in the early 80s worldwide in most discotechs, radio stations, stores, & cars: people were starting to let synth pop filter in often replacing funk or disco as an upbeat tempo backdrop. Walkmans , MTV & Boomboxes might all have something to do as well with the prelifiration of new styles of music going 'pop'. Vince Clark amazingly ushered in serious dance floor jams that sneaked in easily into the territory of traditional pop music, You could easily hear "Dont Go" and "Situation" on the radio, which are pure quality synth pop tracks that never age.

The sound quality of this pressing is quite muted/flat compared to many other pressings.

This LP has the standard US track-listing, including Kervorkian 12" remix of Situation, but has some unique artwork banners/logos. Still quite nice to have in any Yazoo collection!

sure this is not the same as the other release from 1987?

There are 2 versions with same barcode, LC and INT cat no. This undated one has no bonus tracks, whilst the confirmed 1990 release has the 2 usual bonus remixes. Both versions include the full original 11 track album, unlike many other releases before the 2008 remasters.