Rhino Records' Vinyl Quality?

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  1. MrSka57

    MrSka57 Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Syracuse, New York
    Need expert opinion here. Been thinking of picking up
    Nuggets, My Favorite Things and In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
    on vinyl but a little gun shy.

    Would like comments on overall Rhino quality first and if
    anyone has copies of the LPs mentioned above.

    Thanks in advance for your time and interest!
     
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  2. jon9091

    jon9091 Master Of Reality

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    I don't have those titles, but Rhino vinyl is usually excellent IMO.
     
  3. fortherecord

    fortherecord Senior Member

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    Rochester, NY
    I dont have those LPs but Rhino pressings are usually excellent.
     
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  4. Coricama

    Coricama Classic Rocker

    Location:
    Marietta, GA
    I agree with jon and ftr, I've always been happy with the Rhino vinyl I've purchased.
     
  5. Arkay_East

    Arkay_East Forum Resident

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    ATX
    Rhino gets a thumbs up from me as well
     
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  6. sonofjim

    sonofjim Senior Member

    Rhino gives some of the more premium labels a real run for their money most of the time IMO. I have Nuggets and it's quite good.
     
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  7. Where are you Simon

    Where are you Simon Well-Known Member

    Location:
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    If you mean this double album? [​IMG]
    The pressings and SQ are excellent.
     
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  8. Opeth

    Opeth Forum Resident

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    It really depends on where they have their albums pressed and who mastered them.
     
  9. patient_ot

    patient_ot Senior Member

    Location:
    USA
    You really need to be specific about titles and particular Rhino pressings. Rhino uses half a dozen different pressing plants just in the last five or so years, probably just as many if not more mastering engineers. The quality varies.

    Even popular reissues they've done have sometimes been pressed at more than one plant around the same time. For example, U.S. copies could be done at Rainbo while Euro copies are done at Optimal.
     
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  10. James Glennon

    James Glennon Senior Member

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    Dublin, Ireland
    Never had an issue with Rhino vinyl, thankfully!

    JG
     
  11. NapalmBrain

    NapalmBrain Forum Resident

    Location:
    Kansas City, MO
    just to echo everyone else, I've always been happy with my purchases. Favorites include: Otis Redding "Pain in My Heart" mono, Black Sabbath "Paranoid" on blue vinyl and Cibo Matto "Viva La Woman" on Orange
     
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  12. kozy814

    kozy814 Forum Resident

    The Coltrane MFTs is great. Quiet and sonically very, very good!
     
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  13. hi_watt

    hi_watt The Road Warrior

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    San Diego, CA
    Rhino pressings have been consistently good for me.
     
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  14. MrSka57

    MrSka57 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Syracuse, New York
    Thanks everybody for your help! Now you know where my 60th birthday gift card is headed ...
     
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  15. MrSka57

    MrSka57 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Syracuse, New York
    Yes. Had it new in '72, have the last CD reissue and 4CD box, I just want one, well, because ...
     
  16. Where are you Simon

    Where are you Simon Well-Known Member

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    This [​IMG] is a really good vinyl box set if you don't already have it ?
    As is this [​IMG] CD box set
     
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  17. MrSka57

    MrSka57 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Thanks for the tip(s)!
     
  18. Dhreview16

    Dhreview16 Forum Resident

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    London UK
    +1.
     
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  19. Tommyboy

    Tommyboy Senior Member

    Location:
    New York
    Agreed. It depends on who they use. Recently, I bought Rhino's pressing of Joni Mitchell's Blue, which sounds really good. It was pressed by RTI. Sometimes RTI can be hit or miss and my pressing wasn't very good.

    Usually, I'm pretty happy with the quality of Rhino's output. Very good customer service as well.
     
  20. AnalogJ

    AnalogJ Hearing In Stereo Since 1959

    Location:
    Salem, MA
    Watch out here. It depends on from what period you're buying it. Within the last few years, it seems to have been quite good, with good mastering. But they had a period with poor digital mastering. Their reissue of The Last Waltz many years ago, complete with posters and ticket facsimiles, etc., was absolutely AWFUL, bright, with a midrange suckout. I was so aghast as to how bad it was, I needed to get a second opinion. Michael Fremer, who had not received a copy to review, asked me to send him mine to listen to. He agreed that it was really bad, and that the original pressing, while not perfect, is better. They recently re-released it again, I think, for a Record Store Day. I don't know if it was any better.

    I have a Sun Records collection on a picture disc which actually sounds quite good.
     
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  21. patient_ot

    patient_ot Senior Member

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    I have good copy of that RTI Blue. Maybe try another copy. I bought mine a few years back, dunno if they did another run at some point. It's worth getting a good copy of that one. Same with Court and Spark and Heijira on Rhino.
     
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  22. Tommyboy

    Tommyboy Senior Member

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    New York
    I would but I didn't like the album. This was the first time I listened to Joni Mitchell and probably the last time.
     
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  23. patient_ot

    patient_ot Senior Member

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    USA
    That's funny. I find it hard to believe that someone would buy a Joni record without knowing what they are getting into...
     
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  24. Tommyboy

    Tommyboy Senior Member

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    New York
    I was curious.
     
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  25. patient_ot

    patient_ot Senior Member

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    USA
    I believe you. I buy stuff blind all the time. Just surprised someone hasn't heard Joni until recently.
     
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