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Issued in wide-spined single pocket picture sleeve. Jacket features foil printed album art on the front and back. Vinyl housed in replica inner sleeves containing pictures, credits and lyrics.
Was a little flat sounding and surface noise on first play. Whenever I get colored vinyl that has marbling it always seems to be noisy. Overall it's still an okay package.
I picked this up today as part of Walmart's Black Friday ($15 vinyl) sale.
It sounded a little muddy to me at first, but sounded better once I turned the treble up higher than I usually have it. The first 3 sides were super quiet: no pops or clicks. However, side 4 has a LOT of crackling during "Lady Cab Driver." I'll have to see if an ultrasonic cleaning takes care of it.
The clear vinyl is pretty, but I'm not sure why they added the "white smoke" effect. It just makes the record look scratched (as you can see in the photos).
Both of my inner sleeves were slightly split when I took them out of the cover for the first time, so I put the LPs in new antistatic sleeves.
Disc 1 was slightly warped, but not enough to affect playback.
Lastly, I seem to have a little piece of black fuzz pressed into one of my LPs. It's not on the surface, but INSIDE the record, and can't be removed. It doesn't affect playback, but it's a cosmetic flaw that's impossible not to notice.
For a brand-new pressing, the quality control sure is questionable.
On my pressing Side A had some mild weaving grooves, but they were not audible. Nothing on the remaining three sides was similar. This does not feel like 180 Gram, but you won't care, as the pressing is clean throughout, and sounds very good. Playing back on a Stanton stylus, you know which one. Trip the light fantastic.....