Ramzy
Bramley Apple Peel Add friend

How does the artwork look on the front? Is it blown up from a CD scan or taken from the original photos/files?

What's the artwork quality like on this? Does it look like the cover photo has been blown up from the CD or have they got access to the original files?

You'd know if it was the original plates cause they had insane levels of distortion throughout – way worse than simply being tinny or lacking depth, it was actually unlistenable.

Is this cut from the same plates as the abysmal original version? I know it's a picture disc so I'm assuming there's a lot of background noise, but I'm hoping it's at least been remastered and recut and that we might get a black version one day if so!

Not according to the label. I asked em out of curiosity a few weeks ago and they emailed me back: "We received and used high res audio files (96 KHZ / 24 BIT) of the original masters." This wouldn't have been an analogue recording in 1996, so I'm... See full review

Cheers, yeah I know about those releases - it's the Procession 12B1 FBN thing that is confusing me!

Totally agree. The UK version not only features the single mixes and some unique edits in place of the widely available album mixes that are on the US press - it's also got two of her biggest 90s UK hits (Whoops Now and the 1995 mix of Best Things),... See full review

Honestly this sounds so much better than the 2005 press, which is a bit dull throughout and distorted in places. By contrast, the synths, the drums and the different grains of the vocals really cut through here, especially the wonderful spacious... See full review

Strange that this hasn't been mentioned elsewhere, but this has more artwork than the original 3LP: it comes in a trifold cover, whereas the original was just a regular gatefold (that loaded from the inside centre, making it very prone to tears) with... See full review

Nothing unofficial about the Greek and Brazilian issues - the artwork for the 2018 press is clearly copied from the Brazilian issue, even down to the Brazilian RCA label designs and the strangely located split between sides A and B despite the bonus... See full review

Pressing sounds good in terms of the instrumental, but why are the vocals so muffled? I half wondered if they were meant to sound like they were recorded through a face mask but that'd be odd surely

Nah, it isn't - the print is way sharper than that would be, it lists the side divisions, and the copyright and catalogue info is up to date.

Sounds great, with lots of space, depth and clarity and a nice wide soundstage. I'm hearing a small amount of distortion on some of the lead vocals when she really goes for it, but can't tell if this is just an artefact from the way the album was... See full review

Does this definitely exist? The catalogue number here is identical to the 2LP version and there are no details about the packaging of this single LP. Given that the 2LP included a disc of the original album with its own inner sleeve, is this really... See full review

Any clues as to where this was pressed? The catalogue numbers etched in the runout are handwritten and there aren't any other numbers in the deadwax. It's coloured vinyl so I wondered about Orlake but checking the dates the plant had closed by then.

Just got a copy of the new version (with side B label and repressed disc 2) from RT in a sale - sound quality is great on all three sides, though as others have reported the spindle hole in disc 1 was slightly too small and side A was a little off... See full review

The cut is fine, but like the vast majority of picture discs there's a much higher level of background noise - somewhere between a roar and a hiss behind the music that's audible during quiet passages. In addition, the copy I bought on day of release... See full review

Love this album but my stylus has trouble tracking B3 shortly after the full rhythm track comes in - it sticks in one place, on a kick drum, and did the same thing in the exact same place on the replacement copy I bought, too. I'm using an ortofon 2m... See full review

How come Arthur Baker isn't credited for the single/album version too when the intro and outro are lifted straight from his remixes?

Lucked out - sort of - thanks to the heads up by the below poster and got the last white copy on Amazon. I say sort of cause it has a couple of scratches that cause clicks for a couple of minutes each, but it was probably a return. I can live with it... See full review

They're numbered (on the art print) 1 to 300 :)

Just dug my double LP out and was pleasantly surprised by the sound having read the previous review here. Yep, I agree it does sound fairly compressed, but no worse than the original singles, and these aren't exactly audiophile recordings. I didn't... See full review

Genuine question - how come the Think Tank singles are so in demand? I thought these prices were either a mistake or a joke, but some of them have... actually sold for this much? There were loads of them around at the time - they can't be that rare can they? See full review

This has the exact same arrangement (the brass, the percussion, the vocal harmonies) as I Found Heaven by Take That - same producer, but even then still *ridiculously* similar.

Sounds good to me - only very minimal clicks here and there (and one minor pop on A1), no distortion or sibilance or anything. Honestly it all just sort of sounds like a dream or a sea and it's great.