Def Leppard HYSTERIA - anyone heard first Japanese pressing on vinyl ?

Trying to find the best-sounding vinyl version, read plenty of threads on outstanding qualities of 32PD cd original///
Maybe someone listened to 25PP227 Nippon Phonogrnam original pressing?
thanks for your replies.

 

If there are any issues it would be due to it's sheer length, should of been on two lp's...

 

fully agree. there should have been a double instead of single.
last year I was surprised how Jap cutting engineers deal with extra length (got a very nice sounding copy of 54-min Metallica Master of Puppets) on a single LP and keep hope Hysteria sounds at least a bit better than EU and US pressing

 

I would hunt down as many of the UK 12" singles as possible, I have a few and they sound fantastic compared to the LP.

 

Nice! Hopefully someone who has one can offer some insight

 

Heh!)) I got all of them except Love Bites (will find some day although not liking the song itself).
Funny thing for me it that 7 singles cover the whole side A plus title track while I love side B ten times more!)

 

This LP is one of the most unpopular ones so I think the chance is very low. Everyone prefers to get the best-performing cd rather than wasting time for LP.
As for vinyl the only discussed ones are UK and US pressings.
I can add that many times things in fact are not as they are descriped and with a certain cart and phono amp combination for example Dutch DMM version sounds very very nice.

 

Does the Hysteria album really sound bad ? I have a early UK copy of Pyromania, VERS 2, that sounds good to me. I think I've seen it cited in the best sounding vinyl threads. I'm not doubting your view, just surprised that Hysteria (which I dont have) would not also sound good.

 

VERS2 with '...bear /..grizzly' on deadwax? I have it, absolutely thunderous version of Pyromania.
Hysteria is 61+ min long that's why absolute majority of pressings are weak.
e.g. UK 1st pressing non-DMM is hit and miss

 

I agree that the UK first pressing of 'Hysteria' is not great, and the Japanese first pressing was too bright for my liking.

The best version that I have heard is a US original pressing, which is pressed on translucent ('Quiex'?) vinyl.

 

My original US vinyl copy doesnt sound so bad. Whatever anyone says i like Hysteria the albim. Title track is a favourite of mine.

 

Thanks a lot!
To me US version is also bright. And Dutch . Honestly all DMM pressings to my ears are bright , I use two separate cartridges that lower this annoying metallized effect.
The main issue on Hysteria for me is low dynamics, fading from 4th track noticeably.
Was Jap pressing better than others or on par?

 

My Japanese copy ;

Side A : 422-830-675-1-AS-SP-DMM SP1-5 SP-JAP MASTERDISK
Side B: 422-830-675-1-BS-DMM 3-4 SP-JAP MASTERDISK

 

Many thanks! Very captivating news)
First time I hear about Japanese domestic pressing with Masterdisk stamper( or etching? )
I also did not see this on discogs.

 

The music content (omitting 2-3 tracks) is outstanding.
I find the production arguable plus the decision to release it as a single LP is an obviuos mistake.
In case of leaving Bites, Rocket, Sugar offboard and releasing some of them as singles, adding some production features from HighnDry, the record should have been much solid and strong sounding like previous gems. IMHO)

 

There are many different US pressings - after all, this album sold gazillions. You are right in that some US pressings are also bright. However, the one that I am talking about is pressed on translucent vinyl, and is not bright (at least, not to my ears!). I don't have the matrix numbers to hand as I am travelling, but I can let you know once I get back home.

 

Please do when you're back home.
I expect it to be this one http://www.discogs.com/Def-Leppard-Hysteria/release/2832254, the one with Q in matrix #.
I have two translucent versions of REM Reckoning, I can agree it is more 'cashmere'-kind of sound than on black mass.
But at the same time is adds some background hum.

 

Found a cheap uk pressing in excellent condition at a yard sale and thought i'd give it a try. It's a disaster. This album was clearly not designed for vinyl. I use the term designed because not having heard it for a zillion years, i was strucked by how unorganic, processed and digital the music sounds. And my god, the songs haven't aged well. 100% cheese.

 

I just recently acquired a mint copy of the original pressing US Hysteria. According to the dead wax both sides are Masterdisk, haven't determined who mastered this yet though. I can say the sound is phenomenal! Perfectly balanced, just a joy to listen to. Heres the dead wax info, in case someone happens to know the story with this copy.
Side 1: Masterdisk(in what looks like very neatly scrawled handwriting)IMP#3 422-830-675-1-AS-SP-DMM SP-HRM 4 -7
Side 2: Masterdisk(neatly scrawled handwriting)IMP#6 422-830-675-1-BS-DMM 4-2 SP-HRM

 

Early UK non-DMM non-mastetdisk version is clearly a hit'n'miss one. Deadly dull..

 

I had a US translucent that sounded very nice, it's the only one I've owned, so no comparisons to be noted, but it killed my cd obviously.

 

Thanks for posting this info.
My Jap pressing has nearly the same ethings except SP-JAP after DMM and 3-3 on both sides.
This leads me to a conclusion Japs were pressed from US matrices but not UK.
As for mastering chĕf : US been cut by Bob Ludwig, two different UK versions by two other mastering gents...afair.

 

I also noticed the similarity between us and JP numbers.