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Hi Paul, What a great performance it is! That was sent to me for review, so I didn't peruse a replacement, but I suspected a problem with the stamper. Thanks for confirming. I do have the Sweetvinyl Sugarcube which removes tics and pops on the fly. Hearing it flawless was a treat. I think this is best heard on a digital format unfortunately.

Hi Thomas! They do a very good job with restoring these unreleased recordings. Wishing you the best! merry Christmas to you!

Thanks Vince! I hope you get a moment to check out the written review also. I was able to expand on the history and song by song analysis there. The release is getting raves everywhere, so I feel confident that you'll love it too.

Thank you for supporting The Pressing Matters!

Thank you so much, this comment made my day. Its exactly like I hoped I come across. Thank you too for your support. It makes a difference!

Open the One Step! It is superb!. I will have my review up next week

​@@ThePressingMattersI'll wait til you convince me to next week. 😂

Hi! I guess we’ll be discussing it again this coming year. Deluxe multi format super deluxe coming! I think I'm good on. This one though. I'm not sure how they performed that magic, removing the hum. I've never heard a copy with it to my knowledge. Did the first US pressing have that?

Wonderful! Thanks for letting us know. I have not heard one disappointment for this one on the channel. I did see one Discovs review that preferred something else, but that was an outlier. Seems to be a great success!

Yes I saw that too! I'll definitely give that a try!

My pleasure!

Yes the store could be international but there's too many tax issues that I didn't care to deal with. So unfortunately it's US only.

The Ravel was taken from a video performance. I'd love to see it. I don't think the record is worth the cost either. Its just not a great value at $60?

@ here u go th-cam.com/video/5YGxbA0WJ0k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=j7KqP5s7qNfoAO35 , not bad video for 1982 . I like the AMB biopic at the start lol very bbc Celibidache claps his playing at the end !

Oh, great, thanks!

I do, and I will check out your suggestion. I have never heard of the band.

Thank you John!

Probably so. Still a nice sounding record. Looking forward to a nice all analog reissue.

Nico?

@ part of Andy Warhols crowd.

Yes, I thought that what you meant. Yeah, a Nico album would be cool!

Thank you for your recommendation! I'll check it out. Just getting started on that genre. I'll have more coming up soon!

It was fantastic. Was it Matt Luthans who mastered it? Love his work. Great classic stuff, wonderful jacket. Looking forward to try another.

Hi Ron, I wanted to thank you for you support of my channel! I really appreciate it! Quickly, the MOFI Bookends is a Supervinyl 33, not a 45. I'm at work now so I'll respond to the rest of your comment later tonight! Take care and thank you!

Hi Ron, You likely are all set with Blues a Plenty, if my other Verve 45s are anything to go by. I think yours was cut by George Marino. Its still pretty attractive to get the much better jacket, a 33rpm for musical flow, and of course Bernies take on it. I've never had the opportunity to compare them. If I had to guess, the Marino might be a touch more forward than Bernie’s. Maybe your friends can describe what they heard. I'd love to know! If we don't talk again before the holidays, I wish you the very best. Scott

@@ThePressingMatters Thanks, same to you too, Scott!

Thanks for watching and commenting! That display must have been reasl cool. I worked at a record store around that time and remember people asking for the displays!

@@ThePressingMatters Another snippet: In the weeks running up to the album's release, the main record store in my hometown (Newcastle) had the promo videos for 'Robbery, Assault, and Battery' and 'Ripples' playing on a loop. Every lunch break from work had me racing up to the shop and staring intently at the screen for an hour. I must have gone every day for about three weeks. In July '76 I saw them perform at Glasgow Apollo, and some footage from that gig made it into the 'Genesis In Concert' film. I was equally obsessed when 'Wind and Wuthering' came around later that year. Happy days.

Great memories, thank you!

Fantastic! The MOFI is awesome. The one I showed today is good if one doesn't want to splurge on the MOFI.

I know! It's getting crazy. I'm trying to be more selective, and I've had some success. The sound on the Ella is good. It's not quite audiophile quality. You get a good sense of the size of the venue, audience is slightly back, so not distracting. The voice is clear but a touch distant. It's one you'd want for the performance over the sound, though it's very good.

@@ThePressingMatters Kinda what I expected to hear... but sure is tempting.(I'm a HUGE Ella fan). My priority right now is to pick up as many of Chad's classical titles as possible before they go OOP. Fortunately I like the Classic versions of all but the earliest Living Stereo blockbusters - but still it's a lot of records!!!

I noticed the Rubinstein Rachmaninoff Concerto is now gone. Not sure if you said you were going to grab it. I wish we could know which ones are running low.

@@ThePressingMatters It was on my list, alas. Do we know if he's keeping any of the hardcore favorites in print?

I think so. That is the impression I got when talking to him. Maybe the best strategy is to pick from the more obscure titles first. Or just go with your next must-have.

Thank you for all the wonderful blues suggestions. I picked up a couple of from the Prestige series. I actually like the acoustic stuff so far. I'll get some more and do a video on it from my beginner’s perspective. Yeah it hurt not to be able to do Sonny Stitt and Johnny Hodges, especially as I have really beautiful thumbnails done for those. Perhaps I'll revisit for full reviews!

@@ThePressingMatters When it comes to blues vinyl records, it's really pretty tough. I was just talking to a used vinyl record seller I call Jazzy Jeff. He doesn't see blues records very often. Finding OG copies of great classic blues records in NM condition is very difficult. If you find them in that condition, get ready to pay some really big bucks. We're very fortunate to have people like Chad Kassam who are reissuing blues records to get over these hurdles. You're about to discover some truly great music. Though not as musically complex as jazz, it is full of emotion and can be so soulful. 🤔

@@ThePressingMatters This is a cover of the Skip James Great Depression era classic Hard Time Killing Floor Blues performed by Larkin Poe: th-cam.com/video/nsAUvYn97eo/w-d-xo.html. I actually like this version better than the Skip James original. The lap steel guitar slide on this version is absolutely heavenly blues. 😻 I saw them perform it live in concert at the MJF in Monterey years ago. 😻😻😻😻😻

I'll check it out! Thanks!

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Thanks for your comments! Its a bit of a financial investment to go back into vinyl, but I find it a rewarding pursuit. Maybe collect you favorites why there in print for your future vinyl set up. I'll be covering more equipment soon. Used is the best bang for the buck! Yes the jackets are frame worthy! Such a luxurious look and feel!

I'm glad you mentioned the lead in music. At one point, I thought I wanted a fresh lead in video but it just wasn't the same. The original music works really well.

I'm a big fan of Everest, but just haven't gotten to it yet. I have no blue/silver originals though. But I can still use my later pressings and audiophile reissues and come up with a great video.

I am totally with you brother! Never has any music spoken to me and moved me more than the blues for the reasons you mentioned and for other more personal reasons. It is what I strive to play on guitar more than anything else. As Eddie Van Halen once said, "Everything begins with the blues anyways." Thank you for your comment, and I hope that the blues continues to be a joy to you. 👍👍👍

@@audiophileman7047 Indeed my fellow Blues Brother 😎😎

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Yes, I'm very excited to have something like this to explore! Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll be picking up more from this and the Prestige series.

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video!

Yes it’ a great one and my two top picks from this batch are it and the Johnny Hodges. I love the sound that Verve captures at this time. Sounding better than ever on these beautiful reissues. Now onward to 2025!

That's awesome! Thank you! Wait til see the jacket of the Hodges record. So beautiful as is the sound that Bernie drew out of the tape. I think you'll love Moonbeans too. Classic Bill Evsns, surprisingly good!

@@ThePressingMatters Just Saturday I got Bill Evans "Sunday At The Village Vanguard" and four Donald Byrd albums I haven't listened to yet. I had to check my Discogs because I thought I had that Johnny Hodges but then I remembered I had it in my wishlist but every time I went to order it was sold out. You can't dilly dally on these things, lol. I got another Rafael Puyana harpsichord album from Acoustic Sounds. It was from one of their used collections but cost $45. It's "Baroque Masterpieces For The Harpsichord" Mercury Living Presence #SR90411. That man could make the harpsichord sound like nothing I ever heard, and I hope I can find more originals.

There are some gems in that late Mercury catalog! That is one of them. Sunday at the VV is a classic. Did you get the last Craft OJC? Someone just gave me a copy of a vintage German press of it. I have to clean it up and play it!

@@ThePressingMatters Yes, I got the Craft Recording and I'm going to give it a spin this evening. Life is good, lol.

It certainly is! I love whats happening with the reissue market these days.

The John Lee Hooker is very nice for the price too. Bookends was a great surprise too!

Thanks! The Living Stereo topic is coming back soon with two more titles to review, and an interesting update. Thanks for checking out the storefront.

So far La Mer and the Brahms Heifetz violin concerto have been favorites, but they’re all fantastic. I’ll be watching

I need both!

The Heifetz really slaps!

I bought the Sibelius Concerto for my next episode. I do have the Classic and original for the Brahms.

That sounds wonderful!

Good Morning! Thanks for coming by!

Focus on the Sonny Stitt! Its well worth it!

Good Evening! Thanks. For checking out this video!

I'm looking at the website now and its definitely in stock. Wouldn't be a bad idea to give them a call tomorrow. Sometimes a phone call can get things moving in the warehouse.

@ThePressingMatters morning, I'm in England so I ordered it from suppliers here but the release date was early December so god only knows what's going on.

It will be worth the wait. Please keep me up to date and please return with your thoughts on it.

@@ThePressingMatters yes mate definitely, I skipped selling England and got the clear LP Atlantic 75 version which I'm okay with because I already have a 1st press in ex con, I passed on the lamb for cost reasons which I'm fine with too because I get to save up for the big box set edition next year, so getting 'trick' is just perfect for me to have at least one of these 45rpm editions. Merry Christmas 🎄

One you should consider is Selling England By The Pound. I did a review on it and had a lot to compare it to. I think its the most successful AP. I think its awaiting repress. th-cam.com/video/th5e--6KGe0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Iv7ii7xl0mDFg3Vz

Great to hear from you! I'm glad you are loving the new pressing! It is amazing. The MFSL does have that huge bass, which I do love. They didn't restrain that part! Would you say the new one is similar in sound to the UK?

@ I think the OG UK has a bit more detail than the MFSL but not as much as the AP. And the AP is quieter for sure. The thing that bugs me a bit with the MFSL is the vocals sound a bit lost in the mix to me-granted it does sound like that on all pressings, but more so on the MFSL (I think the vocals were recorded or mixed a bit weird, on some tracks the volume seems a little low and drenched in reverb). Of the three, the AP is the best pressing hands down in my opinion. Los Endos really shines, like you said. It really hit me in the feels haha And congrats on publishing a written review on this one, I’ll check it out next. I think you were spot on in describing the differences between the MFSL and AP. I have a slightly warmer system, I might favor the MFSL a bit more on a brighter system I’m guessing!

Thanks! I hope you like the written review. I'm going to be testing and reviewing some higger end cartridges shortly. I'm hoping for a slightly warmer sound through my system. The Hana ML is very good for the price, but a little more refinement would be great. I'm also going to rewire the system with much better cables very soon.

The vocals are the most striking improvement with the AP. First thing I noticed is that the vocals were revealed more clearly and with more presence. The difference makes the vocals on the MFSL seem lost in the mix. Its amazing they could do that without a remix!

I am aware of it but haven't investigated thoroughly. Are they using the original mixes or the Nick Davis remixes? I'd be interested for sure, especially Wind and Wuthering, And Then Thrre Were Three and Duke if the use thr original mixes.

@@ThePressingMatters: Abbey Road's Miles Showell is remastering it using the original master tapes, which is promising. Along with that is a Blu-ray with an Atmos version that Peter and Tony oversaw at Real World Studios. I'm not an Atmos person but I guess some people are.

That does sound promising! I'll be keeping an eye on it now. Thanks for all the information!

I didn't realize that, so thank you for the information. I'll now be listening for it.

Thank so much! I really appreciate that you are checking out some of the older videos. Lots of good info in this one! I hope you found a title to spark your interest.

Lucky you! The latest ones are matte and kind of drab looking.

@ThePressingMatters I have same issue with those latest Mangus on Atlantic 75 where the first album in series is semi-gloss & the rest are matt!😕

I don't like matte unless there's a good reason. Textured matte like on Alexander Nevsky and Sibelius are very nice and appropriate.

@@ThePressingMatters Agreed, especially when it is drab. Guessing some problem at Stoughton, perhaps too many orders...

My mind immediately went to cost cutting, but your idea makes more sense.

Yes, I did, thank you. Looks like something I will need to add to my arsenal. My record clamp deals with this well but it would be nice to get problem discs flat!

Thank you, @audiotomb! It does look pretty cool 😁

I've always considered a step up in sound as well. Glad you enjoyed it! Some stunning music on this one!