Tracklist
| Outside | |||
| Disorder | 3:36 | ||
| Day Of The Lords | 4:43 | ||
| Candidate | 3:00 | ||
| Insight | 4:24 | ||
| New Dawn Fades | 4:47 | ||
| Inside | |||
| She's Lost Control | 3:58 | ||
| Shadowplay | 3:50 | ||
| Wilderness | 2:35 | ||
| Interzone | 2:10 | ||
| I Remember Nothing | 6:00 |
Credits (7)
Joy DivisionDesign [Sleeve Designed By]
Peter Saville (2)Design [Sleeve Designed By]
Chris NagleEngineer [Engineered By]
Porky (5)Lacquer Cut By
Ralph Gibson (3)Photography By [Inner Sleeve, Uncredited]
Martin HannettProducer [Produced By]
Notes
Released on 15 June 1979.
Initial run of 10,000 copies was housed in a textured cover, pressed by the WEA pressing plant in West Drayton and sold until October 1979. Another 10,000 copies were pressed at the Pye pressing plant Tranco and sold until Mid 1980. Some of the Tranco pressings were pressed using vinyl that was translucent red when held up to the light. Reissued / repressed again in July 1980 (so that until July 1981, 77.523 copies were pressed in total). Later confirmed represses from 1981 and 1984. The third and final mastered edition on Factory was done at Townhouse somewhere early 80s.
Peaked at # 71 in the UK Album Charts in August 1980.
Recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Also recorded during these sessions were the tracks "Autosuggestion" and "From Safety To Where...?" (both released on Earcom 2) as well as "Exercise One", "The Only Mistake", "Walked In Line" and "The Kill" (all later released on Still).
Outside is side A and Inside is side B. This however got mixed up by the pressing plant, assigning Outside = B and Inside = A in the runouts.
The centre sleeve depicts "100 consecutive pulses from the pulsar CP 1919", taken from an image that Bernard Sumner found in 'The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy' (page 111, 1977 edition), which was a reproduction of a visualization created by Harold D. Craft, Jr., for his dissertation “Radio Observations of the Pulse Profiles and Dispersion Measures of Twelve Pulsars,” (September 1970).
UK re-releases and re-pressings:
November 1985: Cassettes (cat# FACT 10c) - plastic cases.
December 1985: Cassettes (cat# FACT 10c) - boxed.
April 1986: CD (cat# FACD 10).
July 1993: MC, CD (cat# 520 016-2 / 4), with repressings in 1994, 1996 and 1998.
January 2000: CD (cat# 39842 8223-2), with repressings in 2005.
September 2007: LP (cat# 25646 4015 1) - 180 gram remaster in original artwork.
September 2007: CD (cat# 25646 9778 9) - Collector's Edition.
June 2015: LP (FACT 10R / 25646 1839 0) - Vinyl Collector Edition.
June 2019: LP (FACT 10 40) - White sleeve/Red vinyl edition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of release
US releases:
October 1980: LP (cat# FACTUS 1), with repressings in 1987.
November 1981: MC (cat# FACTUS 1C).
March 1989: LP, MC (cat# 9 25840-1 / 4).
June 1989: CD (cat# 9 25840-2) with CD repressings in 1994, 1997, 2005.
September 2007: LP (cat# RHI1 73395) - 180 gram remaster in original artwork.
September 2007: CD (cat# R2 331260) - Collector's Edition.
June 2015: LP (cat# R1-465628) - Vinyl Collector Edition.
Japanese releases:
July 1984: LP (cat# YX-7337-AX).
February 1989: CD (cat# 25CY-3101).
November 1993: CD (cat# POCD-1879).
March 2000: CD (cat# AMCE-6108).
June 2005: CD (cat# WPCR-75047).
March 2008: CD (cat# WPCR-12838/9) - Collector's Edition.
International licensing for Australia, New Zealand, Italy, France, Germany was done in 1980.
There are a multitude of different UK and international LP releases and pressings, e.g.,
UK:
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, Porky, pressed by WEA West Drayton with single pressing ring.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, Porky, pressed by WEA West Drayton with single pressing ring.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, Porky, pressed by WEA West Drayton with dipped pressing rings.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, Porky, pressed by Lyntone.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, Porky, pressed by Tranco on red translucent vinyl.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, Porky, pressed by Tranco on red translucent vinyl.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, recut by RC, repressed by Linguaphone.
- Non-textured sleeve without G+L, inner sleeve with rounded corners, A2/B2, Gedmal, Townhouse, repressed by Tranco on red translucent.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, A2/B2, Gedmal, Townhouse, repressed by MVS.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, A2/B2, Gedmal, Townhouse, repressed by MVS.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, A2/B2, Gedmal, Townhouse, repressed by Lyntone.
Benelux:
- Textured sleeve, FBN logo on labels, 1981 EMI pressing.
- Textured sleeve, no logo on labels, 1983 CBS pressing.
- Textured sleeve, no logo on labels, 1988 Dureco pressing.
Italy:
- Textured sleeve, Prodotto: Base Record Via Castiglione, tracklist on inner sleeve only, no songwriter credits on labels, "Factory Record 1980" on labels
- Non-textured sleeve, typo Unkown on back sleeve, Prodotto: Base Record Via Castiglione, tracklist on inner only, no songwriter credits on labels, "Factori Record 1980" on labels
- Textured sleeve, typo Unkown on back sleeve, Prodotto Base Record Via Castiglione, tracklist on inner sleeve only, no songwriter credits on labels, "Factory Record 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Prodotto Base Record Via Castiglione, tracklist on inner sleeve and labels, "All songs by" on labels, "Factory Record s 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, tracklist on inner sleeve only, no songwriter credits on labels, Made in Italy right angle on back sleeve, "Factory Record 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, tracklist on inner sleeve only, no songwriter credits, "Factory Record 1980" on labels.
- Non-textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, no inner sleeve, tracklisting on labels, "All songs by" on labels, Made in Italy right angle on back sleeve, "Factory Records 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, tracklisting on inner sleeve and labels, "All songs by" on labels, Made in Italy right angle on back sleeve, "Factory Records 1980" on labels.
- Non-textured sleeve, Made in Italy by: Base Record Via Collamarini + Telefax, tracklisting on inner sleeve and labels, "All songs by" on labels, "Factory Records 1980" on labels.
- Non-textured sleeve, Made in Italy by: Base Record Via Collamarini + Telefax, tracklisting on inner sleeve and labels, "All songs by" on labels, "Factory Records 1980 Fractured Music (P) 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, no inner sleeve, tracklist on labels, "All songs by" on labels, Made in Italy right angle on back sleeve, "Factory Records 1980" on labels.
Scandinavia:
- Textured sleeve, no "n©b" on labels / "Garrod & Lofthouse" on the back sleeve.
- Non-textured sleeve, "n©b" on labels / "Garrod & Lofthouse" on the back sleeve.
- Non-textured sleeve, "n©b" on labels / no "Garrod & Lofthouse" on the back sleeve
- Textured sleeve, "n©b" on labels / no "Garrod & Lofthouse" on the back sleeve.
US:
- Textured sleeve, Sonic Arts, Greg Lee, track B5 in locked loop.
- Textured sleeve, Sonic Arts, Greg Lee, track B5 not in locked loop.
- Non-textured sleeve, Sonic Arts, Greg Lee.
- Textured sleeve, RTI pressing.
- Textured sleeve, hybrid version with Sonic Arts, Greg Lee on side A and RTI on side B.
Spain:
- Textured sleeve, EMI pressing.
- Textured sleeve, Iberophon pressing.
- Non-textured sleeve, Iberophon repressing.
- Textured sleeve, 1985 Nuevos Medios reissue with DMM runouts.
- Textured sleeve, 1985 Nuevos Medios reissue with different runouts.
France:
- Textured sleeve, 1981 Disco France pressing.
- Textured sleeve, 1984 reissue without barcode.
- Textured sleeve, 1985 reissue with barcode.
New Zealand:
- Textured sleeve, RTC, inner sleeve.
- Textured sleeve, RTC, no inner sleeve.
Initial run of 10,000 copies was housed in a textured cover, pressed by the WEA pressing plant in West Drayton and sold until October 1979. Another 10,000 copies were pressed at the Pye pressing plant Tranco and sold until Mid 1980. Some of the Tranco pressings were pressed using vinyl that was translucent red when held up to the light. Reissued / repressed again in July 1980 (so that until July 1981, 77.523 copies were pressed in total). Later confirmed represses from 1981 and 1984. The third and final mastered edition on Factory was done at Townhouse somewhere early 80s.
Peaked at # 71 in the UK Album Charts in August 1980.
Recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Also recorded during these sessions were the tracks "Autosuggestion" and "From Safety To Where...?" (both released on Earcom 2) as well as "Exercise One", "The Only Mistake", "Walked In Line" and "The Kill" (all later released on Still).
Outside is side A and Inside is side B. This however got mixed up by the pressing plant, assigning Outside = B and Inside = A in the runouts.
The centre sleeve depicts "100 consecutive pulses from the pulsar CP 1919", taken from an image that Bernard Sumner found in 'The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy' (page 111, 1977 edition), which was a reproduction of a visualization created by Harold D. Craft, Jr., for his dissertation “Radio Observations of the Pulse Profiles and Dispersion Measures of Twelve Pulsars,” (September 1970).
UK re-releases and re-pressings:
November 1985: Cassettes (cat# FACT 10c) - plastic cases.
December 1985: Cassettes (cat# FACT 10c) - boxed.
April 1986: CD (cat# FACD 10).
July 1993: MC, CD (cat# 520 016-2 / 4), with repressings in 1994, 1996 and 1998.
January 2000: CD (cat# 39842 8223-2), with repressings in 2005.
September 2007: LP (cat# 25646 4015 1) - 180 gram remaster in original artwork.
September 2007: CD (cat# 25646 9778 9) - Collector's Edition.
June 2015: LP (FACT 10R / 25646 1839 0) - Vinyl Collector Edition.
June 2019: LP (FACT 10 40) - White sleeve/Red vinyl edition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of release
US releases:
October 1980: LP (cat# FACTUS 1), with repressings in 1987.
November 1981: MC (cat# FACTUS 1C).
March 1989: LP, MC (cat# 9 25840-1 / 4).
June 1989: CD (cat# 9 25840-2) with CD repressings in 1994, 1997, 2005.
September 2007: LP (cat# RHI1 73395) - 180 gram remaster in original artwork.
September 2007: CD (cat# R2 331260) - Collector's Edition.
June 2015: LP (cat# R1-465628) - Vinyl Collector Edition.
Japanese releases:
July 1984: LP (cat# YX-7337-AX).
February 1989: CD (cat# 25CY-3101).
November 1993: CD (cat# POCD-1879).
March 2000: CD (cat# AMCE-6108).
June 2005: CD (cat# WPCR-75047).
March 2008: CD (cat# WPCR-12838/9) - Collector's Edition.
International licensing for Australia, New Zealand, Italy, France, Germany was done in 1980.
There are a multitude of different UK and international LP releases and pressings, e.g.,
UK:
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, Porky, pressed by WEA West Drayton with single pressing ring.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, Porky, pressed by WEA West Drayton with single pressing ring.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, Porky, pressed by WEA West Drayton with dipped pressing rings.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, Porky, pressed by Lyntone.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, Porky, pressed by Tranco on red translucent vinyl.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, Porky, pressed by Tranco on red translucent vinyl.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, recut by RC, repressed by Linguaphone.
- Non-textured sleeve without G+L, inner sleeve with rounded corners, A2/B2, Gedmal, Townhouse, repressed by Tranco on red translucent.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with straight corners, A2/B2, Gedmal, Townhouse, repressed by MVS.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, A2/B2, Gedmal, Townhouse, repressed by MVS.
- Textured sleeve, inner sleeve with rounded corners, A2/B2, Gedmal, Townhouse, repressed by Lyntone.
Benelux:
- Textured sleeve, FBN logo on labels, 1981 EMI pressing.
- Textured sleeve, no logo on labels, 1983 CBS pressing.
- Textured sleeve, no logo on labels, 1988 Dureco pressing.
Italy:
- Textured sleeve, Prodotto: Base Record Via Castiglione, tracklist on inner sleeve only, no songwriter credits on labels, "Factory Record 1980" on labels
- Non-textured sleeve, typo Unkown on back sleeve, Prodotto: Base Record Via Castiglione, tracklist on inner only, no songwriter credits on labels, "Factori Record 1980" on labels
- Textured sleeve, typo Unkown on back sleeve, Prodotto Base Record Via Castiglione, tracklist on inner sleeve only, no songwriter credits on labels, "Factory Record 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Prodotto Base Record Via Castiglione, tracklist on inner sleeve and labels, "All songs by" on labels, "Factory Record s 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, tracklist on inner sleeve only, no songwriter credits on labels, Made in Italy right angle on back sleeve, "Factory Record 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, tracklist on inner sleeve only, no songwriter credits, "Factory Record 1980" on labels.
- Non-textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, no inner sleeve, tracklisting on labels, "All songs by" on labels, Made in Italy right angle on back sleeve, "Factory Records 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, tracklisting on inner sleeve and labels, "All songs by" on labels, Made in Italy right angle on back sleeve, "Factory Records 1980" on labels.
- Non-textured sleeve, Made in Italy by: Base Record Via Collamarini + Telefax, tracklisting on inner sleeve and labels, "All songs by" on labels, "Factory Records 1980" on labels.
- Non-textured sleeve, Made in Italy by: Base Record Via Collamarini + Telefax, tracklisting on inner sleeve and labels, "All songs by" on labels, "Factory Records 1980 Fractured Music (P) 1980" on labels.
- Textured sleeve, Base Record Via Collamarini, no inner sleeve, tracklist on labels, "All songs by" on labels, Made in Italy right angle on back sleeve, "Factory Records 1980" on labels.
Scandinavia:
- Textured sleeve, no "n©b" on labels / "Garrod & Lofthouse" on the back sleeve.
- Non-textured sleeve, "n©b" on labels / "Garrod & Lofthouse" on the back sleeve.
- Non-textured sleeve, "n©b" on labels / no "Garrod & Lofthouse" on the back sleeve
- Textured sleeve, "n©b" on labels / no "Garrod & Lofthouse" on the back sleeve.
US:
- Textured sleeve, Sonic Arts, Greg Lee, track B5 in locked loop.
- Textured sleeve, Sonic Arts, Greg Lee, track B5 not in locked loop.
- Non-textured sleeve, Sonic Arts, Greg Lee.
- Textured sleeve, RTI pressing.
- Textured sleeve, hybrid version with Sonic Arts, Greg Lee on side A and RTI on side B.
Spain:
- Textured sleeve, EMI pressing.
- Textured sleeve, Iberophon pressing.
- Non-textured sleeve, Iberophon repressing.
- Textured sleeve, 1985 Nuevos Medios reissue with DMM runouts.
- Textured sleeve, 1985 Nuevos Medios reissue with different runouts.
France:
- Textured sleeve, 1981 Disco France pressing.
- Textured sleeve, 1984 reissue without barcode.
- Textured sleeve, 1985 reissue with barcode.
New Zealand:
- Textured sleeve, RTC, inner sleeve.
- Textured sleeve, RTC, no inner sleeve.
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| Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured Sleeve | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1979 | UK — 1979 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Tranco Pressing | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1979 | UK — 1979 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured Sleeve | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1979 | UK — 1979 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured Sleeve | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1979 | UK — 1979 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured Sleeve | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1979 | UK — 1979 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Smooth Cover | Factory (US) – FACTUS 1 | US | 1980 | US — 1980 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures Cassette, Album, Orange paper labels | Factory – FACT 10 MC | Italy | 1980 | Italy — 1980 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Repress, Tranco Pressing | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1980 | UK — 1980 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured Sleeve | Factory (US) – FACTUS 1 | US | 1980 | US — 1980 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured Sleeve | Factory – FACT 10, Factory – FACT. 10 | Italy | 1980 | Italy — 1980 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures Cassette, Album, White paper labels | Factory – FACT 10 MC | Italy | 1980 | Italy — 1980 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Misprint | Factory – FACT 10, Factory – FACT. 10 | Italy | 1980 | Italy — 1980 | ||||
 | The Art Of Walking / Unknown Pleasures LP, Mispress | Factory – FACT 10, Factory – FACT. 10 | Italy | 1980 | Italy — 1980 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Misprint, Textured Sleeve | Factory – FACT 10, Factory – FACT. 10 | Italy | 1980 | Italy — 1980 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Repress | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1980 | UK — 1980 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured Sleeve | Factory – FACOZ 1003 | Australia | 1981 | Australia — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Stereo, Textured Sleeve | Factory – 0060.362, Factory – FACT 10 | Germany | 1981 | Germany — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures Cassette, Album | Factory – TCFACOZ 1003, Factory – TC-FACOZ-1003 | Australia | 1981 | Australia — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures Cassette, Album | Factory (US) – FACTUS 1C | US | 1981 | US — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album | Factory – FACT 10, Edigsa – 19L0106 | Spain | 1981 | Spain — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures Cassette, Album | Factory – FACTC10 | New Zealand | 1981 | New Zealand — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured sleeve | Factory – 201883, Factory – FACT 10 | France | 1981 | France — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album | Factory Benelux – FACT 10 | Belgium | 1981 | Belgium — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured Sleeve, No G+L, NCB | Factory – FACT 10 | Scandinavia | 1981 | Scandinavia — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album | Factory – FACT 10 | New Zealand | 1981 | New Zealand — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, White Label | GAP Records – FACOZ 1003 | Australia | 1981 | Australia — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures Cassette, Album | Edigsa – 19C0106, Factory – 19C0106 | Spain | 1981 | Spain — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album | Factory – FACT 10, Edigsa – 19L0106 | Spain | 1981 | Spain — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Textured Sleeve | Factory – FACT 10 | New Zealand | 1981 | New Zealand — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Repress, Lyntone Pressing | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures Cassette, Album | Edigsa – 19C0106, Factory – 19C0106 | Spain | 1981 | Spain — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Non-textured Sleeve, No NCB | Factory – FACT 10 | Scandinavia | 1981 | Scandinavia — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Reissue, Textured Sleeve | Factory – FACT 10, Factory – FACT. 10 | Italy | 1981 | Italy — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Non-textured Sleeve, NCB | Factory – FACT 10 | Scandinavia | 1981 | Scandinavia — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Non-textured Sleeve, No G+L | Factory – FACT 10 | Scandinavia | 1981 | Scandinavia — 1981 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Reissue, Textured Sleeve | Factory – VR 22497, Factory – FACT 10 | Netherlands | 1983 | Netherlands — 1983 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Reissue | Rough Trade – FACOZ 1003, Gap Records – FACOZ 1003 | New Zealand | 1983 | New Zealand — 1983 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing | Factory – VR 22497, Factory – FAC 10 | Netherlands | 1983 | Netherlands — 1983 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Repress, MVS Press, Single Dip | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 | ||||
 | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Repress, Lyntone Pressing | Factory – FACT 10 | UK | 1983 | UK — 1983 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- Sounds great to me and is a fantastic album. The texturing felt pretty authentic compared to a early pressing at the record shop. It was also a fantastic price.
Unknown Pleasures, done right. ✅ Nothing of use I can add, to what has already been said.
This is a good sounding reissue. Nothing exceptional but definitely nothing close to”sounding compressed to death,” or “lifeless.” I believe these comments are coming from super fans who are just frustrated that the record didn’t sound like their other amazing sounding records (which is totally fair). I am a pretty casual fan and from that perspective, this is an above average sounding modern reissue. Compressed to death are reissues like Linkin Park’s earlier catalogue (not the recent one step).
While this very affordable reissue is above average in terms of sound quality relative to other modern reissues, I do agree that compression has taken out some of the beautiful dynamics, haunting space between vocal and the instruments and the overall atmospheric element of the album. It is not as immersive as it should be. The best analogy I can give is Radiohead - OK Computer. Most of the modern reissues of OK Computer don’t come close to the original vinyl in terms of dynamic range and fullness of the sound.
However, I am okay to live with this since getting a vintage copy of this record in a good condition is quite difficult and the price to be paid for such a copy is really expensive especially for a casual fan like myself.
The bass and drums cut through quite well (due to the compression) and the stereo panning throughout the record is nicely separated. Lower frequencies were EQ’d a bit weirdly but still it doesn’t make me feel like my ears were muffled/blocked with wool like some other bass boosted reissues (a lot of Beatles Giles Martin Remixes).
The cover reproduction is amazing. The texture and the print quality is top notch. For the price, this definitely deserves a space in my growing collection.
- This is a good sounding reissue. Nothing exceptional but definitely nothing close to”sounding compressed to death,” or “lifeless.” I believe these comments are coming from super fans who are just frustrated that the record didn’t sound like their other amazing sounding records (which is totally fair). I am a pretty casual fan and from that perspective, this is an above average sounding modern reissue. Compressed to death are reissues like Linkin Park’s earlier catalogue (not the recent one step).
While this very affordable reissue is above average in terms of sound quality relative to other modern reissues, I do agree that compression has taken out some of the beautiful dynamics, haunting space between vocal and the instruments and the overall atmospheric element of the album. It is not as immersive as it should be. The best analogy I can give is Radiohead - OK Computer. Most of the modern reissues of OK Computer don’t come close to the original vinyl in terms of dynamic range and fullness of the sound.
However, I am okay to live with this since getting a vintage copy of this record in a good condition is quite difficult and the price to be paid for such a copy is really expensive especially for a casual fan like myself.
The bass and drums cut through quite well (due to the compression) and the stereo panning throughout the record is nicely separated. Lower frequencies were EQ’d a bit weirdly but still it doesn’t make me feel like my ears were muffled/blocked with wool like some other bass boosted reissues (a lot of Beatles Giles Martin Remixes).
The cover reproduction is amazing. The texture and the print quality is top notch. For the price, this definitely deserves a space in my growing collection.
- This is a good sounding reissue. Nothing exceptional but definitely nothing close to”sounding compressed to death,” or “lifeless.” I believe these comments are coming from super fans who are just frustrated that the record didn’t sound like their other amazing sounding records (which is totally fair). I am a pretty casual fan and from that perspective, this is an above average sounding modern reissue. Compressed to death are reissues like Linkin Park’s earlier catalogue (not the recent one step).
While this very affordable reissue is above average in terms of sound quality relative to other modern reissues, I do agree that compression has taken out some of the beautiful dynamics, haunting space between vocal and the instruments and the overall atmospheric element of the album. It is not as immersive as it should be. The best analogy I can give is Radiohead - OK Computer. Most of the modern reissues of OK Computer don’t come close to the original vinyl in terms of dynamic range and fullness of the sound.
However, I am okay to live with this since getting a vintage copy of this record in a good condition is quite difficult and the price to be paid for such a copy is really expensive especially for a casual fan like myself.
The bass and drums cut through quite well (due to the compression) and the stereo panning throughout the record is nicely separated. Lower frequencies were EQ’d a bit weirdly but still it doesn’t make me feel like my ears were muffled/blocked with wool like some other bass boosted reissues (a lot of Beatles Giles Martin Remixes).
The cover reproduction is amazing. The texture and the print quality is top notch. For the price, this definitely deserves a space in my growing collection.
I have a Near Mint Condition Copy of this Album White Vinyl, Brazilian, No spelling mistake on my Cover though spelled Correctly. If interested please email me at [email protected] my name is Grant
If anyone has a good copy to sell, contact me :)
I have never heard any other vinyl versions of this but I can confidently say that this Porky Prime Cut is prime indeed!- What an absolute disappointment there is no Kevin Gray mastered release.
- Bought mine from a local record store for €25ish in VG Condition. It sounds superb and really punchy! Probably the best sounding record currently in my collection!
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