Does anybody know if any of the reissues of "The Game" LPs have the silver foil cover or are they all just gray? I'm really interested in buying one, but none of the shops that sell them tell the difference, the ones I have talked to don't even know which one they are selling (as they have to order the vinyl online as well before selling them).
Thanks!
cmi · Member since
Vinyl 2015 has silver foil sleeve as the original.
people on streets · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Merily wrote:[/b]
Hello
Does anybody know if any of the reissues of "The Game" LPs have the silver foil cover or are they all just gray? I'm really interested in buying one, but none of the shops that sell them tell the difference, the ones I have talked to don't even know which one they are selling (as they have to order the vinyl online as well before selling them).
Thanks![/QUOTE]
I have an original USA pressing in the silver cover. Still sealed. pm me if interested.
Merily · Member since
Do you mean the UK & Europe version has the foil sleeve?
ANAGRAMER · Member since
The original release in UK in 1980 had silver foil for sure
Ale Solan · Member since
Avoid the 2015 release, Merily... it's crap. Stick to the original releases.
people on streets · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Ale Solan wrote:[/b]
Avoid the 2015 release, Merily... it's crap. Stick to the original releases.[/QUOTE]
For this particular title I agree with you. A first press The Game record (Germany/Holland, UK or if you must USA/Japan) sounds great. I always use it as a reference LP when I adjust something on my mic or vinyl setup. Mack did an incredible job.
But to say all 2015 releases are best to be avoided. I don't agree. (I just reread your post, maybe you were talking about The Game only?)
I'm quite pleased with Made In Heaven, Innuendo and The Miracle. Made In Heaven and Innuendo are available in full, instead of the edited versions they were released in at the time. Of course cd's would sound better since these are digital sourced recordings. But if you must have them on vinyl I'd advice to buy the 2015 versions for these titles.
Day dop · Member since
The 2015 reissue has silver foil looking sleeve like the original, it just doesn't sound as good.
Ale Solan · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]people on streets wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Ale Solan wrote:[/b]
Avoid the 2015 release, Merily... it's crap. Stick to the original releases.[/QUOTE]
For this particular title I agree with you. A first press The Game record (Germany/Holland, UK or if you must USA/Japan) sounds great. I always use it as a reference LP when I adjust something on my mic or vinyl setup. Mack did an incredible job.
But to say all 2015 releases are best to be avoided. I don't agree. (I just reread your post, maybe you were talking about The Game only?)
I'm quite pleased with Made In Heaven, Innuendo and The Miracle. Made In Heaven and Innuendo are available in full, instead of the edited versions they were released in at the time. Of course cd's would sound better since these are digital sourced recordings. But if you must have them on vinyl I'd advice to buy the 2015 versions for these titles. [/QUOTE]
I always recommend to stick to the original releases, whether they're edited out or not. New vinyls are digital transfers to analog and have saturated sound.
Ale Solan · Member since
Example: (aka Loudness war)
people on streets · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Ale Solan wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]people on streets wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Ale Solan wrote:[/b]
Avoid the 2015 release, Merily... it's crap. Stick to the original releases.[/QUOTE]
For this particular title I agree with you. A first press The Game record (Germany/Holland, UK or if you must USA/Japan) sounds great. I always use it as a reference LP when I adjust something on my mic or vinyl setup. Mack did an incredible job.
But to say all 2015 releases are best to be avoided. I don't agree. (I just reread your post, maybe you were talking about The Game only?)
I'm quite pleased with Made In Heaven, Innuendo and The Miracle. Made In Heaven and Innuendo are available in full, instead of the edited versions they were released in at the time. Of course cd's would sound better since these are digital sourced recordings. But if you must have them on vinyl I'd advice to buy the 2015 versions for these titles. [/QUOTE]
I always recommend to stick to the original releases, whether they're edited out or not. New vinyls are digital transfers to analog and have saturated sound. [/QUOTE]
people on streets · Member since
Yes and no. As a vinyl collector and audio enthusiast I still only half agree with you. Let me try to explain.
The Miracle, Innuendo and Made In Heaven are exactly this as well: Digital recordings pressed to analogue. The LP isn't necessarily the best sounding source there. Original press or not.
My advice therefor would be: IF you insist on staying true to the original sound of those, buy the first press cd versions. The Dutch cd version of Innuendo sounds better than any vinyl ever produced from that album.
Loudness war is a problem. I agree. But let's not fool ourselves: the original USA and Japanese vinyl releases have heavy compressed sound as well. "Loudness war" (or maximising/compressing audio) is nothing new.
dysan · Member since
Would you say that those particular albums were recorded on digital in the first place making it perhaps academic whole the remastering sounds?
dysan · Member since
I believe they were going to do a flat remaster of The Game in original sleeve. But they were....
Wait for it...
Foiled again.
Ale Solan · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]people on streets wrote:[/b]
Yes and no. As a vinyl collector and audio enthusiast I still only half agree with you. Let me try to explain.
The Miracle, Innuendo and Made In Heaven are exactly this as well: Digital recordings pressed to analogue. The LP isn't necessarily the best sounding source there. Original press or not.
My advice therefor would be: IF you insist on staying true to the original sound of those, buy the first press cd versions. The Dutch cd version of Innuendo sounds better than any vinyl ever produced from that album.
Loudness war is a problem. I agree. But let's not fool ourselves: the original USA and Japanese vinyl releases have heavy compressed sound as well. "Loudness war" (or maximising/compressing audio) is nothing new. [/QUOTE]
We agree in everything in different forms. Of course an LP has an inferior sound compared to a CD. I don't like US/Japanese LP pressings. Also AKOM is digital (DDD) to analogue.
LP's for me are a mere souvenir. I will always prefer CDs.
