Yeah, I made it a mission to eventually have all the Beatles albums with great sound. It takes a tonne of research. Stereo or mono? Early press or later? New or secondhand? This country’s or that country’s pressings? This series or that series?
Of the ones I have I’ve paid a bit for some (never near Discogs levels) and not much at all for others, so it all really depends.
You can pay $10 for a Beatles record, or $1000, all depends what it is. Each one has hundreds of different pressings with more coming out most years.
Not sure it’s worth that much
Their value temporarily increased after John Lemon died.
So I’d like to buy an album for a friend. Doesn’t have to be a collectable, in fact probably prefer a recent pressing if it’s in better nic
Is there any/much difference in sound quality between pressings?
For the record (…) the album is this one
I never had an original or early press of this, so I bought the one you show a few years back. It’s excellent, Bob Weston did the mastering and lacquer cutting.
Ha.
While I was waiting for a response I just read a whole heap about mastering and the guys who everyone raves about. I’m assuming my genetic hearing loss, plus’s too much loud music would probably mean I’m
Missing out on the good stuff they bring.
You know if anyone’s gonna be dedicated to getting a Fugazi classic sounding schmick it’ll be a guy from Shellac.
I splurged on this brand new Double LP Remastered.
Very strong online reviews about it being a quality pressing.
I’ve got the 7” coming.
The 12” is obviously going to be better quality.
I’ve bought a few 3:30 12”s.
Yeah, 12" singles released on Virgin in the 80’s sounded superb (way, way better than the 7"s). Same with the EMI ones.
Whoever they used for their mastering/pressing really knew their stuff.
Even EMI LP’s sounded great. My original pressings of Talk Talk’s It’s My Life and Colour of Spring (both nearly 40 years old… gulp…) sound spectacular.
Just to show off a bit (OK, a lot…), these are all Virgin 12" or 10" singles…
Very nice. I’ve got Dear God, but should look out for others in the racks.
Yeah, I don’t know about availability in Japan but none of them are especially rare.
12”s maybe not so much, but the LPs up to Big Express are everywhere and very affordable. Actually, I’d like a nice copy of Waxworks. If that sounds good on my system then I probably don’t need to chase singles.
Try to find the double LP version, with the second disc (Beeswax) of B-sides - some pretty nifty tunes amongst them…
If you still need a reissue - You can buy one from my shop:
