Genesis "Selling England By The Pound"

[magiccarpetride]

Now the exact opposite story from yesterday's "Aqualung" -- bought a Genesis LP in pretty good condition, plays nicely, but the bass is phenomenally deep, bloomy, overwhelming, almost to the point of suffocating!

I have both 1994 and 2007 digital remasters, and the bass on them is not nearly as prominent as on the LP. I'm not saying that I don't like it on the LP -- it's actually gorgeous, super deep, warm as fuck -- but the difference between digital and analogue is stunning, to say the least.

Anyone else shares similar experiences with the Brexit, er... Selling England LP?

[Stratmangler]

Sounds like you need to set your TT up properly.

[magiccarpetride]

Sounds like you need to set your TT up properly.

Hmm, that would be quite a challenge. If among hundreds of LPs that play divinely well I bump into two that are sounding off, does that invalidate all the other gorgeous sounding LPs?

[Stratmangler]

Then there's something wrong with your pressing.
It all probability the answer is a bit of both.

[magiccarpetride]

Then there's something wrong with your pressing.
It all probability the answer is a bit of both.

My TT was set up by a local TT guru (many people know him and recommend him). I'd go with faulty pressing, because almost anything else I listen to sounds too good to be true.

[Stratmangler]

The '94 CD remaster has greater bass presence than the earlier LP, but there's not much in it.

All the Gabriel era Genesis albums sound pretty crappy, to be honest.
I wouldn't be surprised to find that the tape machines were running at 7.5 ips, because as a band they didn't start making profit until the back end of the 1970s, maybe even the early 1980s.

[struth]

Was a big fan of the original band back in day. Cant say I ever noticed but then I probably wasnt too bothered. Certainly sure none were a mile out

[Stratmangler]

Was a big fan of the original band back in day. Cant say I ever noticed but then I probably wasnt too bothered. Certainly sure none were a mile out

Back in the day just about everyone had ceramic cartridges.
Perhaps there lies the gateway to the mystery.

Just played a nice new copy of Nursery Cryme (2007 remix/remaster), and the sound of it took me back 40 or so years .....

[walpurgis]

Back in the day just about everyone had ceramic cartridges.

Some ceramic cartridges actually sound quite decent. Acos and Decca spring to mind. Not the most refined sound maybe, but surprisngly transparent and lots of vitality.

[Stratmangler]

Some ceramic cartridges actually sound quite decent. Acos and Decca spring to mind. Not the most refined sound maybe, but surprisngly transparent and lots of vitality.

Funnily enough, it's the vitality that had me rapt throughout Nursery Cryme just now.
It had a similar vitality and vivid quality back in '73/'74.