Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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Label:	Apollo – AMBLP3922
Format:	2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country:	UK
Released:	Jan 29, 2021
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	IDM, Techno, Electro, Experimental, Ambient

Tracklist

A1	Xtal	4:51
A2	Tha	9:01
A3	Pulsewidth	3:47
B1	Ageispolis	5:21
B2	I	1:13
B3	Green Calx	6:02
B4	Heliosphan	4:51
C1	We Are The Music Makers	7:42
C2	Schottkey 7th Path	5:07
C3	Ptolemy	7:12
D1	Hedphelym	6:02
D2	Delphium	5:36
D3	Actium	7:35

Companies, etc.

Record Company – R & S Records
Published By – BMG Chrysalis
Lacquer Cut At – Metropolis Mastering
Mastered At – TAKT – 0682116
Mastered At – TAKT – 0682154

Credits

Lacquer Cut By – Matt*
Producer, Written-By – Richard D. James

Notes

For the versions cut at Alchemy Mastering (and both pressed by MPO), please refer to 2013's reissue and to Selected Ambient Works 85-92 for its 2018 repress.

Runouts are hand etched on all four sides.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (scanned): 5055274703046
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, Variant 1): AMBLP 3922 A3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS = 0682116-A-3
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, Variant 1): AMBLP 3922 B3 0682116-B-3
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, Variant 1): AMBLP 3922 C3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS = 0682116-C-3
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, Variant 1): AMBLP 3922 D3 0682116-D-3
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, Variant 2): AMBLP 3922 A3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS = 0682116-A-3
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, Variant 2): AMBLP 3922 B3 0682116-B-3
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, Variant 2): AMBLP 3922 C3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS = 0682154-C-3
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, Variant 2): AMB 3922 D3 0682154-D-3
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, Variant 3): AMBLP 3922 A3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS = 1 0682116-A-3 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, Variant 3): AMBLP 3922 B3 1 0682116-B-3 4
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, Variant 3): AMBLP 3922 C3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS 1 0682154-C-3 x̅
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, Variant 3): AMB 3922 D3 1 0682154-D-3 2
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, Variant 4): AMBLP 3922 A3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS = 4 0682116-A-3 5
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, Variant 4): AMBLP 3922 B3 0682116-B-3 7 44̷
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, Variant 4): AMBLP 3922 C3 4 = MATT @ METROPOLIS =1 0682154-C-3 1
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, Variant 4): AMB3922 D3 2 0682154-D-3 25
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, Variant 5): AMBLP 3922 A3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS = 1 0682116-A-3 30
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, Variant 5): AMBLP 3922 B3 0682116-B-3 3̶0̶ 27
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, Variant 5): AMBLP 3922 C3 1 = MATT @ METROPOLIS =1 0682154-C-3 37
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, Variant 5): AMB3922 D3 1 0682154-D-3 24
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, Variant 6): AMBLP3922 A3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS = 1 0682116-A-3 25
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, Variant 6): AMBLP3922 B3 1 0682116-B-3 25
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, Variant 6): AMBLP3922 C3 = MATT @ METROPOLIS = 1 0682154-C-3 31
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, Variant 6): AMBLP3922 D3 1 0682154-D-3 25

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (2×LP, Album)	Apollo	AMB LP 3922	Belgium	1992
Recently Edited	Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Cassette, Album)	R & S Records, R & S Records	AMB 3922 MC, AMB 3922MC	Belgium	1992
	Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (CD, Album)	Apollo, Apollo	AMB 3922 CD, AMB3922CD	Belgium	1992
Recently Edited	Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (2×LP, Album, White Label)	Apollo	AMB LP 3922	Belgium	1992
New Submission	Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (CD, Album, Reissue)	Apollo, Apollo	AMB 3922 CD, AMB 3922CD	Belgium	1992

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Reviews

lilituna Feb 7, 2025
Great sound... but like the reviews under say, theres only one sleeve
AntonVinokurenko Jan 7, 2025
A few clicks of my copy, but overall sounds great, mastering is great as well.
hamzaiftikar Dec 5, 2024
this or R & S Records ‎– 2006 / 01 remaster? has anyone compared these 2? I'm really curious
MorBLACai Jul 22, 2024
Sounds amazing, very minimal packaging but the sound quality is good enough to make up for it for me.
josephlacko Jun 7, 2024
Fabulous vinyl with fantastic bass treb and mids. Great listening. I do agree that the sleeves are disappointing. I loathe two discs/one cover. And at least give us static guard plain inners! Still love it though.
whitespyder Feb 3, 2024
After years of wondering if i should just get a CD (after all, this piece of music isn't AAA) i've decided to pull the trigger on a vinyl pressing.

For now, i'm at my first copy but it doesn't start well:
- Packaging is bare-bone with the usual über-slim cardboard you find in the modern world.
- Both records have marks all over the surface
- One of them has a bubble!

As for the listening experience:
- mastering sounds good to me (i've only add a digital/mp3 version to compare so far) but...
- a few tracks (mostly B2 & D3) have annoying defects. I can hear loud cracks, typical of non-fills.

So, not a perfect pressing but if you can get for 20€ or so, i guess it's OK.
FrankChen111 Dec 24, 2023
Edited 2 months ago
This is great, one of my all time favortie electronic albums. Really dynamic and quiet.
LordFarquad Dec 3, 2023
Excellent pressing. Restitution is perfect, the records are a bit noisy but nothing crazy. Really good release.
lyghters Dec 2, 2023
Edited one year ago
The pressing itself is fine, I think people often forget that original material ain't perfect and is distorted anyway, you have to keep that in mind. Inner sleeves are paper only. Overall it's nice, a classic album, sounds good.
abracax Oct 30, 2023
I've had 2 copies of this record and both have what sounds like non-fill at the beginning of We Are The Music Makers. Anyone else have this problem?