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For years I struggled to enjoy my favorite band, RHCP, because the streaming files were junk. The latest digital remastered files were pretty good, but the vinyl I’ve picked up lately has been fantastic.
To my ears, this album is much more open than the iTunes lossless, and it measures A+ on the Waxwing from beginning to end.
Also a pleasant surprise is that a Pretty Little Ditty on the vinyl is great alternate version.

My copy has a blank label on the first side. Sounds great though!

This sounds amazing. My copy looks really beat up, so imagine my surprise when I put it on and it plays flawlessly, and absolutely explodes out of the speakers. Idk what the other guy who commented is listening to, because this pressings sounds incredible.

SQ is hit and miss. Some tracks (taste the pain and Magic) just leap out and sound stellar. Others not so good. Too bad. This is such a stellar album. Reminds me of my senior year in HS.

I recently picked up a copy with the same run outs as this text pressing but cannot find the regular release on Discogs. Anyone know which one it is?

This pressing is ok but this album deserves a really better mastering !

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Some people were slagging off on this pressing, claiming the source is brickwall-limited. Personally I hear none of that. No clipping and no fatiguing shrillness.

I sold this a while back because it wasn't my favorite RHCP album (their memorable rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" is the best tune on here). Having said that, this Ron McMaster cut sounded decent with some space and depth.

Granted, I could hardly call it the best in the world. It sounds thinner and flatter than BSSM and Stadium Arcadium—an average 80s-style mastering with not a lot of bottom-end kick and not particularly dynamic—but enough kick and headroom to stay engaging.

And hey, it has the full-length version of "Pretty Little Ditty". Who doesn't want two more minutes of clean, smooth Frusciante playing in all its beauty!?

Most people prefer the DMM original and Record Industry-pressed recuts, but if you like me prefer the later Frusciante stuff and still want to have this album, this pressing is one you could live with.

The Rainbo-pressed vinyl is a bit hissy and off-center, but the music overpowers whatever noise there is, so I can't really complain.

A pretty bare bones release. No lyric sheet or extra tracks like on the original CD version. Nice to have this on vinyl either way. I think it sounds pretty damn good. No real complaints about the sound here.

How does this pressing compare to the U.S. pressing?

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