Cornelius – Fantasma

Quite hard to believe but, aside from a few ticks during the first seconds of side A, I got an almost pristine pressing.

Brilliant album, one of my all time favorites! Cornelius's rich production of loops, samples, acoustic guitars, banjos, and orchestral strings will make you want to do back flips. Clearly influenced by the Beatles, it still manages to sound fresh and exciting more than two decades after its original release. I originally bought this on CD back in 1998. I am happy to have this luxe expanded edition on vinyl. The four bonus tracks are fantastic, and well worth having, and do not dilute the experience.

Cannot believe I missed this! My favorite record of all time. If anyone has a spare copy and isn't looking to gouge it terribly please PM me.

Like most VMP pressings, the audio quality is rich and wonderful to listen to. The center hole for both records is extremely tight on my turntable. Takes a little work to put on and take off. Time to play it again...

This is the best $13 sale price I've ever spent.

This is the 2016 release. The label information listed here all matches up with the 2016 Lefse reissue (see that release page) - the first time this reissue, a pared down version of the 2010 Japanese remaster, came out on vinyl.

Well i have so say its a great remaster, really super stereo separation and frequency control but shoddy cheap pressing. Vinyl has has bubbles in it, sleeves leave paper residue everywhere, white marks on the records....
1. First had crackling all way through side C.
2. Second had a nasty scratch / crackling on Side A, low frequency thumping on Side C.
3. Waiting for a third, lets hope its not anther disaster...

Fantastic sounding reissue, definitely one of my favorites from 2016.

Why 2LP? Seems the flow of the tracks is broken this way.. Strange.

Nice sounding remaster, not too different to the original but some elements do stand out a little more to my ears. It's like putting on two different pairs of glasses with slightly varying focus. Can't say it's necessarily better or worst, just different.

The records themselves sound nice and the transparent orange vinyl along with the matching labels is really nice. My copy has some warping but it doesn't seem to be affecting playback. High quality package overall but I immediately stuck the records in poly-lined sleeves, those glossy paper inners are like static magnets! Great release, just hope that Point and Sensuous are next and get the same treatment.