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Help, what's the best "Sticky FIngers?"

Can you point me towards the best sounding version of the Stones "Sticky Fingers." I've got the Virgin/Abko cd version, a well worn original US lp pressing (too well worn to really evaluate,) and a near mint MFSL lp. They all leave a lot to be desired in my opinion. The main problem with the MFSL is that the engineer mastered it with an exremely low sound level. I've got to turn the volume up to near maximum, so even with a well vacuumed record, there is too much awareness of groove noise or the occsional tic. This recording is the only one I've ever found with such an extreme case of this. Any suggestions?
photon46
musicdoc
317 posts
 
as regards the above-mentioned site, all i can say is CAVEAT EMPTOR. some egregious and incorrect claims have been made in the past regarding reissues. a very effective salesman, to be sure. got a good amount of my money until i wised up. YMMV.
qdrone
889 posts
 
I have ordered from them but as you said everyone has there own opinion of what sounds good. Would I order the Classic remaster of Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners? Why I have an original pressing in mint shape that sounds great. Would I order the Clasic remaster of David Crosby's If Only I Could Remember My Name? Yeah and I did because my original copy was starting to show some age. Oh by the way it does sound great,one of my top three albums to listen to when it's raining. The other two Lifestyle's by John Klemmer and In the Land of Grey and Pink side two by Caravan.
qdrone
889 posts
 
Photon 46 also go to Sundazed Records website and order from them straight away and cut out the middle man. I just bought Love Revisited after being wowed with the remaster job they did with Forever Changes by Love. They are cheaper than most and they sound pretty good. By in bulk and you save on shipping which further drops the price as opposed to having to pay sales tax. I google the record lable right away to see if they sell straight to the musicaly challenged.
russellrcncom
206 posts
 
One of the saddest days in my audiophile life was losing my MFSL copy of Stickey Fingers. This release is just flat out awesome and I beg you to compare 'brown sugar' and 'moonlight mile' to any other release.
rwwear
2,692 posts
 
Russellrcncom but it is mastered so low it has to be turned up very high which of course raises the noise floor.
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