I can understand why you may be a bit peeved, you are buying withthe belief that you will have an album with optimal sound quality.

I am quite often surprised when I did out an older pressing thats nothing special, just something that has not been played much. It can be very obvious, even with LPs when the whole process has been done well on analogue all the way through.

I have an old copy of the Joshua Tree and it sounds great but has some ticks. I bought the heavyweight reissue but its just not the same.

I guess all you can do is not worry about it until you hear it and then make a decision.