The Abbey Road Studios RIP OFF

[Bksabath]

I bought Simple Minds 'New Gold Dream' vinyl in the Abbey Road half-speed mastered series.

It's one of the very few digitally sourced lps I have but I have to say it sounds fantastic. It was obviously produced with a lot of care and attention to the final product IMO.

I am very happy for you and hope you enjoy that I wish I could I really really do.

And the Simple Mind was first issued on ?
1982 so maybe it is worth to do a back to back whit the original?

Just another thing why you keep quoting the Independent and not the Analogue Planet article?

[Macca]

Here is the engineer talking about it on the Abbey Road site:

https://shop.abbeyroad.com/Vinyl/*/F...er/4ZB700000KW

4.What was the source for this record?

Digital transfers from the original ¼” tapes, recently prepared by Free remastering engineer Andy Pearce. This album was cut from a high-resolution digital transfer from the best known analogue tape in existence. Only minimal sympathetic equalisation was applied to the transfer to keep everything as pure as possible. Also, as this was an analogue, vinyl only high quality release, I did not apply any digital limiting. This is added to almost all digital releases to make them appear to be loud and is responsible for “the loudness war” and in almost every case is anything but natural and pure sounding.

My bold.

I get the impression he does know what he is doing, I can only assume the 'best known analogue tape in existence' was not as good as the one your original pressing was made from, possibly because it is 40 years older?

[Bksabath]

This is quite possible.
IMO a competent engineer would have used all the space available to make the best possible print. No?

I wonder if the 180g 2016 Italian reissue whit no catalogue number or the Island Records ‎– 473 187-5 re issue dated 2017 sound any better
Just got to get one now

[Bksabath]

To late just ordered the 180g Italian for 15 euros

[Macca]

Be interesting to see if you can find one that is better than your original pressing. I'm going to guess you won't.

[Bksabath]

There are quite a few on Discogs.
https://www.discogs.com/Free-Fire-An...r/master/88608
even same Abbeys priced over £25 +pp

A Japan issue SFX-7209 would be nice maybe
Considering that my original pressing is quite tired only a 5U inscribed on it and whit the original hand written (please say WOW) price sticker from the second hand shop £4.50 I guess I will.
Snag is I only shop in 2 places in Liverpool but I am sure I find one in Chester next time I got there

[forsell]

There are quite a few on Discogs.
https://www.discogs.com/Free-Fire-An...r/master/88608
even same Abbeys priced over £25 +pp

A Japan issue SFX-7209 would be nice maybe
Considering that my original pressing is quite tired only a 5U inscribed on it and whit the original hand written (please say WOW) price sticker from the second hand shop £4.50 I guess I will.
Snag is I only shop in 2 places in Liverpool but I am sure I find one in Chester next time I got there

Obviously I am missing your point. You have got an original pressing of a record and are going to "better" it with an reissue...? To me it is kind of a discussion like: I have got an original E-type in my garage but now trying to replace it with a modern replica car to "better" an original E-type...

[Bksabath]

Sorry the point is that my ILPS9120 is tired, if you like did same serious millage (2 times to the Moon and back) so I was looking for a replacement.
There are same honest craftsmen out there that can do pretty good things when re-cutting records
One Example I can give you is as I got them here The Chieftains Bonaparte Retreat The first issue Ceirnini CC20 and the Island Issue that followed (I gave that copy to my Niece)sound much the same and are much worst than The Shanachie 79026 which was printed a few years later.

I am sure that where you live (Berlin?) there are many more and better second hand record shops than here in Liverpool and that You can find either and do a back to back test.
In this case the replica (Shanakie) is better than the Original (Ceirnini) or the mass market model (Island)
BTW no Fancy A4 certificates came whit the Shanakie

[Audio Al]

I bought Simple Minds 'New Gold Dream' vinyl in the Abbey Road half-speed mastered series.

It's one of the very few digitally sourced lps I have but I have to say it sounds fantastic. It was obviously produced with a lot of care and attention to the final product IMO.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-a6870646.html

I have it also , and agree it good qulity

[Audio Al]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjjgPVipuXc&t=363s

The man himself and very honest