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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![]() | 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, 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 | ||||
![]() | Unknown Pleasures LP, Album, Reissue | Virgin – VG 50102, Virgin – 062-VG 50102, Factory – FACT 10 | Greece | 1984 | Greece — 1984 |
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Reviews
- Here we have a good sounding reissue. This is probably digital transfer, but this sounds good for me. If you can not find OG or one of 80s repress, this will be okay. 4 stars.
- Edited 6 days ago
referencing Unknown Pleasures (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress, Red [Ruby Red], 180g) FACT 10 40
Couldn't resist picking this up with the reverse color cover and the ruby red vinyl... however, it would have been nice if it had come without being seam split from poor shipping practices... definitely quieter than the contemporaneous black vinyl Optimal pressing of "Closer"... plus you hafta love the idea of something being "Limited to 30,000" copies... - curious if any else here has any experience with this record and surface mold. took it out today and the cover AND inner sleeve had very light spottings of surface mold. was able to get it all off i think, and thankfully wasn't able to spot any on any other records, but it's got me wondering why this record in particular. my first thought was something to do with the texture of the outer sleeve, but then why would the inner sleeve have some as well? would love a response if anyone has dealt with similar, but for now i must chalk it up to greasy fingers of days past...
- Fantastic press. Flat and quiet. The mix and mastering were done well, captures the essence of Joy Division. Excellent separation and low end while retaining a great dynamic range. Wonderful soundscape, must have for any Joy Division fan.
Setup
AT-LP1240
ATVM95ML
Bellari VP549
Yamaha A-S501
Wharfdale Diamond 240
Definitive Audio ProSub800 - Just got a copy of this release in excellent condition, sounds great to me, I wonder if there is a big difference between this Rc cut and the Porky’s cut, if anyone compared or owns both, any thoughts?
- Sounds fantastic all around. Such an amazing album. The textured sleeve for this also really brings out the artwork, which of course is legendary and iconic. 10/10 definitely recommend picking this up.
- Edited one month agoMy copy is slightly warped where side A is "domed", which is known as a dished record. Could be fixed by a clamp, but it seems to play fine. Surprised such a warp happened since this is a 180g record
It sounds pretty tight and punchy, just like I remember it, so that's all fine here. Good sounding reissue, it's dark and dissonant like it's supposed to be. The textured sleeve is fantastic - I grew up listening to the digitally remastered version of this album. I always felt like the album had either too much reverb or something went off during mastering to make it sound muddier than intended. Now that I own a near mint copy of this, I can confirm this is not the case.
The original mastering had really well defined bass, high frequencies with crisp clarity and not super overwhelming mid range. The guitar texture is much richer and the best part is how clear and airy Ian’s voice sounds. It’s scary sometimes since it feels like he is singing in my listening room.
I was happy with my 2007/2015 remastered copy but sometimes you don’t know what you are missing out on unless you get a taste of the real deal.
This is the real deal.
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