Suede – Dog Man Star

After reading the poor reviews on the new 30th anniv half speed, I decided to bite the bullet and get a UK original. Comparing to my 2014 Demon, it certainly is better. Although never an audiophile recording, the UK is less compressed (though still too much) and I can definitely hear Butler's guitar more upfront and separated from the soupy mess of the Demon pressing. Drums are a bit better too. Definitely heard some various other sounds that were buried in the Demon mix. So, if you like this album, the Demon works for the price, but if you love this album, you'll probably be happier with an OG, knowing it's as good as it will probably ever get.

Cayin A-88T
vpi Scout with Soundsmith Paua cart
Klipsch RF-83

This Original sounds much much better than all the represses I've tried. Sound is clear and spacious. Excellent work by MPO.

I've loved Suede since day 1, and the band has great integrity in the way it approaches each new release. However, its attitude to its back catalogue seems completely at odds with this. They've partnered with Demon, which has a budget approach to all its reissues across countless 90s bands now. Be warned, NONE of the many Demon reissues sounds anywhere close to as good as the originals (we're talking Gene, Bluetones, Suede, Longpigs, Frank Black and more) and that only comes down to the band allowing this to occur. Now, maybe no-one in the band cares enough, maybe they don't have turntables, and just want it to be "good enough" on the basis that hardly anyone will notice or care. It's merchandise to a lot of bands, nothing more.
But for anyone who DOES care, these sonic differences are very noticeable. Attention to detail is lacking all round, with no real care taken over the packaging either, whether its the colour grading of the sleeve art, scratchy paper inners, card stock and so on. Corners have been cut in every single regard, and over and over again these reissues come out in new colours, etc, with absolutely no attempt to improve the audio reproduction. Even the recent half speed remaster was cheaply done. It's this generation's digital remastered. An illusion of improvement, and often a step back.
If someone in the band, or the band's management happen to stumble across this page, get a Nude original of DMS or any of the others, then play them side by side with an original and tell me that's acceptable. Do better.
The originals were never exactly audiophile quality, but the clarity and heft and dynamism is night and day compared to these squashed, muddy dull reissues. Goodness knows what the vinyl mastering process is with these modern reissues actually is—I think we'd all be up in arms if we actually knew. I know a lot of people say it's sourced from CD or whatever. I don't believe it's quite that simple, but whatever process is used, the net results are not good, and with the rising price of vinyl, we should all be demanding better.

Mine sounds great....better than c.d. dont know what some are looking for.

Just ordered myself an original press, I think an album as good as this warrants paying out £60-70 for a decent copy. Can’t wait to hear it now!!

All the originals are better than the Demon reissues. I learned this to my cost!