Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Black Earth

I bought two copies of this album. The second one was more lucky, but not much. There are small clicks and not a big defect at all on the last melody at the end of the record on the D side

What an excellent album. I am very pleased with the sound, very layered with high detail. Deep and ominous, the pressing is quiet with just the right amount of surface noise because life itself has surface noise.

Sound is great but many pops and clicks, little bit better than at Sunset Mission repress.

Listening to a brand new copy of the remaster and it plays great! Dead silent with no visible scratches. Sounds amazing on my AudioTechnica AT-LP120XUSB.

As already stated here: Lots of surface noisee and lots of hairlines out of the box. On the other hand a great mix with a wide soundstage. Cleaning the records improved it a litte, but still some pops and the surface noise won't go away. If you can live with this flaws it's a decent relase with nice gatefold artwork.

Sound quality is decent actually, but the vinyl is riddled with light pops and crackles. Plus there’s some small warping as well. Ideally such a quiet record should sound better on a CD (where there’s no surface noise), but listening to this album on vinyl does have its perks. The “doom” has this special lowness to it because it’s played on an analogue format. That’s my take. Plus this record sounds great on both 33rpm and 45rpm as well haha.

Mine sound amazing on the system I have, unbelievable sense of air in the room within the recording. Beautiful in fact. Can't wait to hear sunset mission. Not sure what else to buy but may well increase my collection with more of their stuff or maybe 2 double albums is enough?

Terrible pressing, there is no excuse, at least my copy.

I got the "Sunset Mission", "Black Earth" and "Piano Nights" [PIAS] Recordings vinyl reissues and all of them sound and look great. highly recommended pressings.

I don't know the original pressing, but this has incredible clarity and stereoimage. Some minor pops, but the sound quality really shines on my system. Love it!