Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music

Excellent album. My copy is flat and full bodied sound.

My copy is flat and quiet. The music and sound is fantastic!

My copy had a light warp on the second record and some quiet surface noise even after being cleaned first. Otherwise sounds almost exactly like the digital edition (pretty good but not amazing) I was able to get this at $34 instead of the almost $50 this is going for, which was cool. At $50+ I would have been a little unhappier about the warping.

Where is the box set? I cannot find it the database.

Musically this is excellent overall. People were waiting a long time for Dayes' real debut album and this doesn't disappoint.

My copy is generally okay and decently centered, but both records have a light warp to them. This is common with Optimal gatefold pressings IME, because the edge of the records get stuck in the part of the direct board printed gatefold that folds over. It happens all the time with both single and double gatefold LPs from this plant. Extra tight shrink wrap doesn't help either.

Standard edition on black vinyl has no real extras. Just printed inner sleeves and a direct board printed jacket with an embossed front cover. No download code.

If you got a really bad copy you're not happy with, just return it and try to get a replacement. At the prices new records go for these days there is no reason to put up with defective vinyl. Optimal is one of the worst offenders IME but are unavoidable as they are such a huge plant and so many great labels (large and small) use them.

My 2 cents.