Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
I listened to the standard vinyl pressing of Brother in arms last night and it sounded thin, lacking in body and bright. Compared to Love Over Gold it sounds very poor in my opinion. I had the CD as well as it was probably the first I ever bought. This was digital at its worst.

Don't get me wrong I am not anti digital as I have loads of vinyl that have been produced from digital recordings and they sound stunning but some of the early digitally derived stuff is just dreadful. I have numerous examples and they just don't get played!
not disputing what you hear just the reason for it. There's a shit-ton of variables with vinyl. Maybe your copy was one of the last from the stamper before it was replaced? Maybe the vinyl used for that batch was inferior? That professional engineers working for major labels were incompetent with a process that's not at all complex just isn't the most likely explanation.