Rowland S. Howard – Pop Crimes

Got this today. It is an OK pressing, not stellar. There is some surface noise. It also has a small warp that doesn't effect play. I paid 14 bucks for it.

As of today, the download code is not working anymore.
Pressing is good and no surface noises.

This black vinyl reissue from Fat Possum is an extremely noisy pressing. Side two features many quieter moment that are ruined by excessive surface noise and pops. Sounds like a VG rated used copy. Shame to have such excellent music marred by inferior manufacturing.

A really great pressing for such a wonderful record. Sounds much better than the digital version. This along with Teenage Snuff Film is one of my most prized albums in my collection.

Edit: I’d just like to add that while the sound is fantastic, there are several passages where there are some clicks/pops that persist even after several cleanings. I bought this new and sealed.

My copy was quite noisy on first listen - need to listen more closely tonight as may need to return

A top pressing of an outstanding album. Three more words.

Does anyone know who's the feminine voice in the backvocals?

Great service by the groovesland people by whom I bought the CD! They delivered as promissed.

There has been another release of Pop Crimes on vinyl by Liberation. The first pressing came with the CD version sealed against the front cover. People who own this edition never needed to unseal the LP to 'check for a CD'. The second pressing had no CD. These two pressings are easy to distinguish from later Liberation re-press due to the use of the round Liberation symbol. When Liberation re-pressed Pop Crimes on red vinyl it appears the first 750 had the Obi strip and the remainder of the press number did not (or they re-pressed without Obi strip). These pressings of Pop Crimes use the rectangular Liberation logo. It appears there is a black vinyl pressing that has been available for some time now and it also makes use of the rectangular Liberation logo. All cat numbers and identifiers appear to be the same so it seems there is some confusion from sellers (or plain unscrupulous sellers) offering copies of Pop Crimes for sale against the incorrect release information. The most obvious way to tell the item is a re-pressing is the shape of the Liberation logo. I attempted to explain this to a seller after purchasing what I was led to believe was at least a sealed second pressing but he/she stubbornly rejected my explanation and continued to say cat numbers matched.

This Liberation digipack came signed in silver ink by Rowland S. Howard, as well as the vinyl version wich came with a cd and a poster.