Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love

is this the pressing you can find on UO's site?

This is a pretty good pressing but not perfect. I definitely notice a drop in volume towards the end of both sides. Some slight muffling of the sound as well, but overall a very enjoyable listen and highly recommended if you’re a fan of the album. You may walk away with some small complaints, but you won’t regret your purchase

Great sounding remaster and pressing! Don’t buy overpriced copies of this album. They are slowly but surely getting more copies out, especially to indie record stores.

Sounds so great! Love it. The quality of this remaster is great. So clear I really love the sound of it.

My brand new copy came with visible and audible defects in A3 and A4. Can't tell if it's non-fill or something else. Sending it back for a replacement. Second time's a charm?

I only rated four (4) stars because Im not into all songs. But my copy sounds immaculate and almost as if Kate Bush is singing in my living room. Very trace static or a pop here there but sounds great amazing.

So on initial listening, I don't think this sounds compressed as some have noted below as James Guthrie is not a believer in the heavy handed maximized sound (the DR database confirms this: https://dr.loudness-war.info/?artist=Kate+bush&album=hounds+of+love ). I am actually hearing some details that I haven't heard before, but it does seem like the volume fluctuates from track to track on side 1. Running Off The Hill starts off fine and then in the last verse, there's a very noticeable drop in volume that lasts for maybe 20-30 seconds before returning back to the previous level. Hounds of Love sounds fine. The Big Sky started off quieter and as it builds towards the middle of the track, it seems to get louder. Mastering issues like this don't seem very Bernie Grundman like but you can't chalk them up to a pressing issue. My pressing was slightly off center on both sides, but enlarging the hole fixed that. There are some muffled distortions at various points on side1 and side 2 has quite a bit of noise as the start of the side, but seems to improve as it plays on. So this certainly isn't one of Optimal's finer pressings to say the least. Perhaps a deeper clean will address that.

Listening on an ATLP120XUSB with a VM95ML cartridge.

My copy sounds clean on side one but has a weird crackle on wake up the witch on side two and doesn’t sound as clear. I have cleaned both sides 2 times each and can’t get it to go away. Other than that sounds pretty good but definitely would rather have an OG pressing

This pressing sounds solid. It’s damn near silent. It has no EQ, which is usual for a James Guthrie remaster. You need to turn it up to hear it open up. It’s not going to be hot like the original 80s pressings. And as others said, don’t pay more than 20-30$ for this.

Yikes, to my ears this re-issue sounds really compressed, and lifeless. I listened to one track and knew it was the last time I would put the album on my turn table. If your equipment is revealing or you just enjoy well mastered/ recorded / pressed vinyl, probably skip this one.