Tom Petty vinyl box set 1994-2014

Wonder if it has anything to do with that etched side 4?

 

"The Last DJ" has an etched side 4, and no such problems, at least in my box.

 

I finished cleaning up my rip of Echo today...lot of work on side three, but it sounds great now. Interestingly, almost all of the problems were in the left channel.

So I turned my attention to The Last DJ which I just ripped yesterday. After running it thru my pre-screen in ClickRepair, I knew this pressing was going to be an issue as well. Tons of problems in the left channel. So I put on the headphones and gave it a listen...lots of the same problems as with side three of Echo. Looks like this one is a gonner.

I wonder if the individual release of this title will solve this pressing issue?

 

Finally got around to listening to She's The One stand alone... sounds very good. Like really good. Clean,quiet and detailed. Wow.
Glad I passed on volume 2.. With a new Wildflowers apparently coming anyways happy to purchase these
separately. Also bought Last DJ and Echo..Will report back on those as well.

 

A couple post above had me wondering so I just gave Echo side 3 a good listen again (out of the box set). LP is flat and completely dead quiet/nice black background. Sounds great!

 

I've had 2 copies now, both with the same problem, dang it. So frustrating because the rest of the album sounds so good.

 

I just played my side 3 of echo - completely silent.

 

My German pressed Vol 1 box was perfect. All records from memory came with polylined inners. a few in Vol 2 did not thou.

 

She's The One sounds effing phenomenal. Dead quiet pressing, super flat and has some nice heft. Packaging is extremely bare bones, but for under $20, I cannot complain at all. By FAR the best I've ever heard this album sound. Heard harmonies, handclaps and percussion I've never heard before. Man I love this album. So stoked to finally add it to the collection!

 

I had to go and re-check my side 3 of both Echo and The Last D.J. from the US box set and both were dead silent...all the way to the end. So I'm thankful that I'm one of the lucky ones who doesn't have this problem.

 

Full Moon Fever up on Amazon.ca for preorder. Wow. DTT and ITGWO as well. Looks like all
of Box 1 is coming. Southern Accents, Hard Promises, Pack up the Plantation to boot.

 

Niiiiiice! I'll be ordering Full Moon Fever and ITGWO once they're released. Wait, I have a birthday in June. I'll have my Wife or kids get them for me!

 

I just pre-ordered FMF and ITGWO. $20 each.

 

Really good deal especially if they are the same as what came in the box set. Ordered Pack up the Plantation.

 

Nice to see Pack Up the Plantation coming too.

 

Has anyone determined if the individual pressings are 140 gram? Can folks post the UPC of the individual releases to compare to the box set?

 

Hard to say at this point for the box 1 stuff. Box 2 stuff is not 180 gram although I've only got She's The One, Echo and The Last DJ which seem to be standard weight
pressings.

 

So am I right that every album from the 90s onwards is available or available for pre-order except Wildflowers?

 

Can you post the UPC codes of the ones you bought individually?

 

I would say you are right.

 

The Last DJ - 0 93624 92024 3
Echo - 0 93624 92025 0
She's The One - 0 93624 96391 2

 

Those are the same UPC codes as the ones from my box set.

 

Well, if this is the case they are generally 180 gram pressings. I weighed the ones from my box on a postal scale and they were very close to 6.34 ounces (180 grams)...very reasonable cost!

 

The albums from box 2 have appeared on Amazon uk at really reasonable prices

 

Except Wildlfowers