The Smiths – Meat Is Murder

Good pressing, flat and thick vinyl, but the Mastering is a little off. Missing dynamics and the could be more punch.

Does anyone have a spare cover and inner sleeve by any chance? Lone disc , looking for its home (NZ pressing) Cheers

Really good sound quality to my ears. Quiet pressing. I would try against my 1st press but that has warped … hence the new purchase.

This is as least as good as a 1985 original French pressing, to my ears.

Not any better than 2012 remaster, so you may be better going with the easilty available version.

The pressing itself is very good and clean, but the actual audio? Man, it's very compressed and flat. It's not horrible, but it sounds like a CD master

Flatter than a tortilla... sounds as if it was ripped from a poor CD copy. Back to sender...

This is the only pressing I've heard of this fantastic album. I don't know exactly why, but the sound on several of the songs just doesn't hit right. It works on some of the tunes, especially slower ones like "Well I Wonder", but the more dynamic/louder songs come across a bit harsh and unpleasant. It could just be the recording, but I have a feeling this record could be presented in a better way. Pressing quality is good, though.

I have one, but on brown vinyl. Sounds pretty good even though it’s probably sourced from a CD.

A tad light in the low frequencies. I’ve heard better.