The Offspring – Greatest Hits

Just picked up a pre-owned copy today. Excellent condition. Still in shrinkwrap and not a scratch on the vinyl. I did dust it but did not give it a bath. It plays quiet with no pops, fizz, hiss, or any other wonky surface noise. The vinyl is nice and flat. Sound? It's not bad at all. I have other albums that are absolutey way more dynamic, but this isn't bad. It has a good balance from top to bottom. It's not muddy and the mids-highs are crisp and clear.

Clearly an unofficial reissue with Pablo Escobar printed on the back, featuring low-quality prints and compressed sound, but for a bootleg, it's nearly good — no issues with noise or cracks, great silver color, and a really good 'The Kids Aren’t Alright' remix

Very sad how low the quality (Rega P8 + Exact + Marantz PM8006 phono in / direct sound + out -> Myteck Brooklyn Bridge 2 -> Hifiman He1000se). Others bands made better quality vinyls in the '80s.. Big shame for these very good songs.. I hope once we can enjoy something good mastering (or they make this all again in a good studio to vinyl)..

Where is this version being sold? Could someone give a hint?

Everything is fine and the sound is good. The only thing is that towards the end of each side the sound clips a little. Indeed, it can be defective, but for modern trends, when vinyl is made quite poorly these days, this press sounds great.

Press with blue sticker , with white sticker on back cover - made in Canada.

My copy sounds just fine, maybe because it was pressed in Canada? I added variant #2 and have no complaints. Good sound, very little surface noise. I’d recommend my variant for purchase.

Really poor pressing and mastering job. Literally cd pressed to vinyl. Zero dynamic range and it took 3 copies to obtain a copy that wasn’t full of surface noise. *Sigh*. My Ixnay vinyl from 1997 absolutely blows this away.

I can confirm what others are saying. Most songs sound great but some sound noticeably more compressed/flat. Though it's not too bothersome to me, the record sounds very good overall. I also really want to mention just how beautiful the translucent dark blue looks, pictures don't do it justice.

There are songs that sound full, open Soundstage then there's songs that sound flat. Rather odd. One consistent is the bass guitar sounds good throughout the record. The other issue I have is I've cleaned it several times and there's still some surface noise. It's gotten better as I've cleaned it but darn. I would expect a decent sounding record for 30 bucks.

My brand new copy has a lot of crackling and high level of surface noise. Max VG+ when should have been Mint. Cleaning has not helped much. To top it off it costs the same as many 2xLP release and comes in a basic plain paper inner sleeve. Cant think of many good reason to get this poor pressing. Music is good, but release quality is pretty bad.