I think it would be more productive if we’d add the LPs we feel are substandard in sonics. Because majority of the LPs in my collection are quite good sounding, and if I were to sit down and try to list all the ’wow!’ moments, it will take me many hours and the list would be so long it would be useless.
But if everyone pitches in with some LPs they found less than satisfactory, at least you’ll have a nice list f purchases you should avoid.
What’s that? Me fist? Okay, here are some records in my collection that I find not that satisfactory to listen to (this is not in any way a negative critique of the actual music recorded on those LPs; I’m only referring to the mastering/pressing quality):
1. Big Brother And The Holding Company (great music, harsh and cringe inducing sound)
2. Jethro Tull "Benefit" (great music, awful sound, extremely bass shy)
3. Grand Funk "We’re An American Band" (lots of good songs on there, the production is atrocious with that horrendous ’radio friendly’ midrangey sound that robs the music of all juices)
4. Jimi Hendrix "Band of Gypsys" (phenomenal music, bad and lifeless sound on all the LPs I’ve heard)
5. Jethro Tull "Aqualung" (epic album, unfortunately sounds much better on a remastered CD)
6. Wishbone Ash "Argus" (their best album, the LP sounds wimpy for some reason)
7. Emerson Lake and Palmer "Brain Salad Surgery" (unremarkable sound for such bombastic band; very congested and murky sounding LP; not even close to the brilliance of their first LP)
8. The Beatles "White Album", 2012 reissue pressed from the 2009 digital remaster (flat, murky and dull sounding pressing of the most phenomenal album; such a shame, but any older pressing from analog tapes destroys the 2012 remaster -- what were they thinking?)
But if everyone pitches in with some LPs they found less than satisfactory, at least you’ll have a nice list f purchases you should avoid.
What’s that? Me fist? Okay, here are some records in my collection that I find not that satisfactory to listen to (this is not in any way a negative critique of the actual music recorded on those LPs; I’m only referring to the mastering/pressing quality):
1. Big Brother And The Holding Company (great music, harsh and cringe inducing sound)
2. Jethro Tull "Benefit" (great music, awful sound, extremely bass shy)
3. Grand Funk "We’re An American Band" (lots of good songs on there, the production is atrocious with that horrendous ’radio friendly’ midrangey sound that robs the music of all juices)
4. Jimi Hendrix "Band of Gypsys" (phenomenal music, bad and lifeless sound on all the LPs I’ve heard)
5. Jethro Tull "Aqualung" (epic album, unfortunately sounds much better on a remastered CD)
6. Wishbone Ash "Argus" (their best album, the LP sounds wimpy for some reason)
7. Emerson Lake and Palmer "Brain Salad Surgery" (unremarkable sound for such bombastic band; very congested and murky sounding LP; not even close to the brilliance of their first LP)
8. The Beatles "White Album", 2012 reissue pressed from the 2009 digital remaster (flat, murky and dull sounding pressing of the most phenomenal album; such a shame, but any older pressing from analog tapes destroys the 2012 remaster -- what were they thinking?)