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It's a concept album companion piece to the novel "House of Leaves" by Poe's brother Mark Z. Danielewski. They were both written and made concurrently together.

Just snagged one of these freshly traded-in to the local store on the cheap. Excellent condition so I bit the bullet. Happy to report there are no sibilance issues aside from the last track on side A; probably an inner groove issue. It's not super... See full review

It was mastered to be pumpable. If you want it loud, play it loud, and it won't sound like a mess! It's very nice. This was also done to avoid distortion.

To echo the other guy, nothing ridiculous about it whatsoever. The band wanted it cut to two 12" discs (not LP, they're not the same) for best fidelity. No inner-groove distortion risk etc. As for why they didn't do 45RPM while at it, the results were... See full review

There's no way to tell without opening it up unfortunately.

Did it need a vinyl release? Or a physical release at all? Did they need to record the music? Depending on whom you ask...you might get a no to each of these questions. Have a happy!

5 years ago I snagged one of these factory sealed on eBay for $40. The seller thought it was the reissue. It sounds incredible! Highly recommended seeking it out, it's still pricey but not as bad as it used to be.

I want to print out this comment and frame it and hang it on the wall above my toilet

The "digital sound" you're picking up isn't because they digitally captured but futzed around with frequency filtering. That's the main culprit. There are plenty of digitally captured releases that were left well alone and sound fantastic. Of course a... See full review

First; you need a better copy that's not trashed. Second; you need better equipment.

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Rainbo Records closed and is no longer pressing these even if it has their numbers in the runouts. That probably accounts for better sounding discs! The current plant for US copies (not known) probably made a new side C stamper recently and omitted... See full review

These promotional stamped copies are extremely rare and fetch around 500 pounds on the used market.

According to the runouts it's just another Optimal pressing distributed in Japan with specific packaging.

The album was recorded digitally. Those lossless files were used to cut the lacquer the vinyl was pressed with. There was no in-between step like a master prepared for CD (or digital download) being cut to vinyl how some releases are.

Fantastic release! Presents the entire original score from its session masters as heard in the movie. No alternate takes or chopped down selections here like the old releases. Nice presentation with theatrical one-sheet art on booklet. Audio-wise it... See full review

Mine isn't like that, thankfully. No fakery here! That said, Memphis Record Pressing is pretty hit or miss. They used to be pretty good. I'm gonna get the new Japanese release to replace mine even though my particular copy isn't garbage.

Weight varies on them. 180g records are a marketing gimmick. Thickness doesn't equate to better sound. Unless your discs are paper thin there's going to be no difference. If your copies sound great you're not missing out!

Just because they're similar doesn't mean the LP was "cut from the CD." There's a slight difference in dynamics between the two but not much. The CD isn't a brickwalled garble of nonsense anyway, which was pretty common then. Your observation is... See full review