Peter Murphy – Cascade

Think i have an italian version of this release. BBQMC 175 is not on spline and has bar code 8013744967531. Made in italy under bar code. Clear tape with S.I.A.E. Distributed by Flying Records srl

This is a cool reissue and is fun to have on LP, but the CD sounds better, as usual. The vinyl renaissance is a joke. I typically play reissue vinyl once and stick with the original CDs for superior quality.

Top to bottom great tracks. Excellent musicians and production. This is how CDs are supposed to sound. No need for the vinyl unless you’re a collector. In my opinion Murphy’s finest solo work as a complete album.

wow, how i love cascade! i have been always love peters voice and his stuff with bauhaus, but not all of his solo work is on this level. dust and deep were my favorites, but then i bought cascade some weeks ago and since then i have listening to it in heavy rotation style and with every round it becomes better and better.

for me this is not only peters best album, it is a real masterpiece.

here comes all toegether in a perfect way: the band is on fire and awesome, the production sounds timeless, all songs are really wonderful and in the right order and above that peter is on the top of his game, his singing is incredible on cascade.

it sounds to me, that peter and his backing band had a really good time in the studio, very inspired.

i love also the backing vocals, which is rare.

the music is not experimental like on dust, it is more like deep, timeless, strong songs, that stays in the head.

it is not a collection of songs, but a real album!

i am very impressed and delighted and so happy i bought it blindly.

for me it would be an album i would take to a lonely island like some albums by chris connelly and robyn hitchcock.

so, if you like peter murphy/ bauhaus, don't waste your time and get it!

thank you, peter for this.

No quality control problems on mine, everything sounds great. Anyone know where those last two bonus tracks are from? Were they ever recorded with vocals somewhere?

Scarlet vinyl is gorgeous. Having only had this on CD it has been years since we listened to the work from beginning to end. Perfect on a rainy summer Saturday.

My favorite Peter Murphy album and one of my favorite albums of that era. Each song builds upon the previous and feels like his other solo work was all building to the refinement of this gothic masterpiece. He has other wonderful solo material but not with this flair from start to finish. When an artist can go over the top with the bold dramatic statements and still keep the ship moving forward it’s a rare accomplishment.

This is the first reissue in this series that I am disappointed with. The sound quality seems to vary from track to track and to add to it, my first record was warped and slightly off center on side 1 (not enough to detract from listening but annoying nonetheless). Sides, 2, 3, and 4 also off center though less so than side 1. Also going to need to run this one through the cleaning machine as it's very noisy out of the sleeves. Of course Amazon doesn't have returns on this and will only offer an exchange of a different title so I'll have to look elsewhere for a replacement.

Listening on an Audio Technica ATLP120XUSB with a VM95ML cartridge.

These reviews are totally surprising to me my copy is perfect and sounds great I couldn’t be happier to have this record for $22. It’s quiet In the lows, but still dynamic and I feel that songs are some of Peter’s best work.

I have absolutely no problem with the packaging at all (however if mine came warped I would probably feel differently)

Luckily my copy is flat and quiet. The sound, however, is a bit muddy. I have the CD playing simultaneously in the same system and the difference is dramatic when toggling the device path back-and-forth. Perhaps not the fairest comparison that's the situation.
Glad to have it to complete my PM collection but greater care could have and should have been taken in the mastering. Even a simple dump of the digital source to the lacquers would have been great, certainly better. Apparently, the whole series suffered in this manner. I have twice better sounding records bought new at half this price and that's the best reference.