Have I bought a fake...

[farflungstar]

I recently bought and just received a Record Store Day copy (picture disk) of Bladerunner OST. All in it cost me €116.

I played it yesterday for the first time. There is a constant background noise, very very loud like blood rushing and pulsating. It seems louder between tracks but I'm not sure if that's about the music masking it. I cannot put into words how it is.

I've never heard anything like it. Can it really be a bad pressing or is it a fake - how can I prove it?
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171119/e31f24c4647dcbc96a7d33a26bde2c60.jpg

[struth]

picture discs all do that , or at least all the ones Ive had. alas.. good for putting on the wall

[jandl100]

regardless - return it for a refund. Obviously. :)

£100 on an LP. :eek:

[farflungstar]

I did a bit of checking up before buying it and the comments about sound quality were good - I wouldn't have bought it otherwise. Another lesson learnt.

[struth]

It will look awesome in frames.. disc in one and cover in another then on wall beside the stereo. Then let its value increase.. Buy a normal one for playing.
I suppose its possible you have a bad one or a fake although they are not the easiest things to fake.

[Sherwood]

Were picture disks ever made to be played. I always thought they were primarily for display.

The only exotic LP I ever bought was by accident: a lurid red vinyl pressing of Linda Ronstadt's Living in the USA. I love the songs on this album and her performance, but my vinyl pressing is not great. How much of that is down to the Aphex Aural Exciter I can only guess!

Geoff

[mikeyb]

I only have one picture disc and it's the same, a waste of money to be honest, they're for looking at not playing. Luckily the one I have was cheap but I won't buy another.

I think it was just another gimmick that the music companies tried when vinyl sales were slowing down.

[speedracer]

I have a few picture discs, mainly bought to go on the wall, but most of them are perfectly listenable, although background hiss is present it isn't bad enough to stop me enjoying them when I do play them. Two of them are Bowie records, Aladdin Sane and Hours. It sounds like you have a dud and I would certainly send it back, it should sound better than you describe.

[mikeyb]

I recently bought and just received a Record Store Day copy (picture disk) of Bladerunner OST. All in it cost me €116.

I played it yesterday for the first time. There is a constant background noise, very very loud like blood rushing and pulsating. It seems louder between tracks but I'm not sure if that's about the music masking it. I cannot put into words how it is.

I've never heard anything like it. Can it really be a bad pressing or is it a fake - how can I prove it?
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171119/e31f24c4647dcbc96a7d33a26bde2c60.jpgIf it's this one ( check the runout details etc ) :

Vangelis - Blade Runner

https://www.discogs.com/Vangelis-Blade-Runner/release/10149136

Then it's genuine [emoji6]

[farflungstar]

I didn't actually want the picture disk but could not find it on normal vinyl. I checked a few forums for opinions and the consensus was that it was pretty good for a picture disk so I went ahead. Idiot.

[Simon_LDT]

NEVER buy a picture disc for playing, they all make that wooshing/pulsating noise due to the picture layer.

[farflungstar]

NEVER buy a picture disc for playing, they all make that wooshing/pulsating noise due to the picture layer.Expensive lesson learnt.

[walpurgis]

NEVER buy a picture disc for playing, they all make that wooshing/pulsating noise due to the picture layer.

I have one (only one) that plays very well. It's very early though, could even be the first ever.

[prestonchipfryer]

I own several Iron Maiden picture discs and a few by other artists. All have background noise, a sort of whooshing sound. Perfectly acceptable as it is a known phenomenon.

[JazzAO1]

I purchased the RSD Cure Greatest Hits on Picture Discs and yes it has the whooshing sound between tracks but its still perfectly listenable.

I bought into the record company's limited edition marketing ploy and then found out later that they brought it out on normal vinyl. Now wondering if the normal vinyl sounds better since it was supposed to be remastered.

[Dubster68]

I won’t buy picture disks for this reason. I bought a Roger Waters album and between tracks all it did was make a whooshing sound.

[jollyfix]

Agree with other posts. Never buy picture disks to play, just to look at. Everyone i own, i did play, all sounded crap.

[Lawrence001]

I own several Iron Maiden picture discs and a few by other artists. All have background noise, a sort of whooshing sound. Perfectly acceptable as it is a known phenomenon.I bought the Aces High picture disc as I thought it looked great with the Jerry plane spinning round with smoke pouring out the back. I noticed the engineer (or whoever it is who makes the "mould") engraved "I shot the Focke" on the inside which made me chuckle. Although being pedantic, the picture is of an Me109. (Or extra pedantic, Bf109.)


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