LP pressings from other countries?

I bought a Van Morrison alblum from Australia and it was thinner than the thin period we had here. I thought it was a fake but I found out that was real and truly Australian.
It was far from great. German and Brit pressings are good for classical, French also good but is quite variable for classic rock IME. Dutch is generally good as are many "Audiophile Japanese." The auidiophile Asian pressings and recordings are on the good side.

Generally, the Korean stuff isn't all that great - though I actually used to own a Korean copy of Empire, strangely enough!

The most dependable pressings are pretty much always from Japan. That doesn't mean it's necessarily the best-sounding pressing, a la Who's Next. But it's the most consistent way to go, no doubt.

In the case of Empire, though, just go for a USA or UK since there's no Japan pressing anyway.

There are really two issues here, the first is mastering quality. Most labels never let the master tape for an album leave the their posession, instead sending safety masters, which are second generation, or later, to other countries. So the closest approximation of the original tape will usually be a record pressed in the country of origin, ie the UK for Floyd or the Beatles and the US for Steely Dan or the Dead. The other issues is pressing quality, which relates to surface noise and defects, and has alreacy been addressed by others in this thread.