Ramzy

Out of curiosity, does this have the same mastering errors as the orange version, where A5, B1 and B4 all have half a second cut off at the very beginning? I can see the runouts are different so I'm wondering if there are two different sets of plates around! See full review

This one was pressed at Optimal in Germany, according to the runout format; the copy I bought in April 2005 was pressed in the UK at the old EMI plant (which was by then in the hands of Portal Space, but used the same presses and thus had the same... See full review

Millennials were born from about 1980 onwards so you did well to pick this up 13 years before it was released

Most of them had 0-star ratings and a handful of comments about being scams - some hack seems to be trying their luck listing this over and over again at a fraction of its usual price under different accounts in the hope of making a few quid before... See full review

Yeah, the one you've linked to sounds good. It's a little quiet, but it's no problem to turn up the volume as there's very little surface noise and the master is detailed and punchy in the right places.

Honestly, I'm so jealous! I think if there's any show in history I wish I'd seen, it's this. I know Performance is the more impressive of the two theatrically, but this looks and sounds like the arcadia for which the tragic subjects of Go West were... See full review

Sounds like you've got a defective copy - I got through two before I found a more or less perfect one. Take it back to the shop for an exchange!

That's wild - how on earth does that even happen?! Can you confirm that your runouts match the ones here or is there a rogue different pressing out there? Did you check the entire disc or could the fault just be on part of it?

Anyone got a bit of noise in the right channel on side three?

Edit: One Little Independent exchanged my disc two and the replacement is fault-free :)

Thanks Hot_Snake - didn't know that! I can think of a few examples where they've been done without a label (and without warping) but fair enough if it's best practice - just think it interferes with the design somewhat :)

Just swinging by 12 years late to say that no, they have different deadwax.

Surely this is just an ANV for EMI? Two more words.

If there's an EMI-pressed UK version of this, it's not on Discogs, so I'm sceptical that it actually exists. I wonder if the "made in England" stickers were sloppily being applied to releases to signify they had been imported from the UK, by... See full review

I don't think these are white outlines as such, but rather tiny variations in the positioning of the offset plates that were used to print the sleeves (in other words, in what you're describing, the black plate is a fraction of a mm too high or low... See full review

If this is any help, I have the exact same version (single ring on disc 1, double ring on disc 2, no cutouts on the inner sleeves). The difference between the discs may help date it to the time that Record Industry (where this was pressed based on the... See full review

What makes you think this was cut from a CD, Dave-oDam17? There's no remastering credit and the album was only nine years old by this point - surely they'd have just cut it from whatever master they used for the first round of vinyl pressings, which... See full review

That's interesting, no skips on my copy but as I said below it's quite off centre - can you confirm whether yours is too? If they're not all like this I might try to get it replaced.

My copy of this sounds great, though the side A label isn't properly attached to the disc. But I wonder if anyone can explain the runouts? The text "BRILLP 103 A - 1" is stamped in the unmistakable font/layout of the old EMI presses that were... See full review

I used to have the original pressing of this and the sibilance/distortion was way worse on that one - right from the start of the first side, literally starting with the percussion in the first bar of Spiralling and going all through the first side... See full review

Yeah, mine has this on side A. I wonder if they all do? It's easily missed, the etching isn't that deep. Though this copy did replace one that was markedly more muddy sounding - but could they really have cut a different mix without realising?

Can anyone confirm if this is pressed from the same (half-speed) plates as the rather lacklustre original EU pressing, or if it's been recut?

Not hearing any distortion or clipping on mine - I wonder if there are two pressings? Mine has the usual picture disc rumble and the treble has been slightly over-attenuated, but the general sound is decent. I also remember it sounded ok - better than... See full review

Seems odd that after so many repressings they've never (I think?) done another one with both Change Your Mind and Glamorous indie Rock & Roll - especially since it'd mean they could keep one edition in print instead of two! This version was really... See full review

Is there loads of variation between the colour grading of the sleeves? Mine is way way darker than what's pictured here - the red is much deeper, almost the colour of dried blood (sorry! can't think what else to compare it to) and the PLANS text is... See full review