A question, re: Radiohead - "OK Computer" vinyl

Today at Amoeba Berkeley I purchased what appears to be a Parlophone label copy of Radiohead's "OK Computer" on double-LP vinyl. I thought it was a pretty good find for only $20, considering a new copy of the "from the Capitol vaults" re-issue is $25. It was fairly dirty but I cleaned it right up with my vintage Discwasher and it now looks and plays great. The jacket and inner sleeves are looking pretty good, too. Well anyways, my question is: how can I tell if it is a first pressing or whatever pressing for that matter?

Thanks in advance.

 

I wrote the following on a older Radiohead thread:

My Parlophone copy has the following:
MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN sticker on the back cover

Side 1 - eeny
Stamped on the deadwax - NODATA 0 1-2A-1-1 (1 is crossed out after the 0 – 2nd pressing?)
Handwritten on the deadwax:
I like you, you are a wonderful person - vinyl blair

Side 2 - meeny
NODATA 0 1-2B-1-1 (1 is crossed out)
Handwritten on the deadwax:
I’m full of enthusiasm - I’m going places

Side 3 - miney
NODATA 0 1-2C-1-1 (1 is crossed out)
Handwritten on the deadwax:
I’ll be happy to help you

Side 4 - mo
NODATA 0 1-2D-1-1 (1 is crossed out)
Handwritten on the deadwax:
I’m an important person, would you like to come home with me?

 

My Parlophone vinyl copy of OK Computer (purchased new in 2000 or so) has the exact same deadwax as jeffchisako's copy. Actually on side 4, the 1 is not so much crossed out, as it is replaced by a 2.

My copy does not have any stickers on the jacket, but the back cover says "Printed in UK". Is it the 1st pressing?

 

My copy, purchased around 2002, has the same deadwax info as posted above.

 

so what's in the deadwax of the Capitol Vaults pressing? is it different?

 

Yep, a friend has it, but I don't have a copy to post the details.

 

I love that "OK Computer" is triple platinum in England, double platinum in USA and platinum in Australia. which country per capita is the biggest buyer of this album

 

Isn't the platinum certification in Australia for 70000 albums sold? In the US it is 1000000 and UK 300000. So they are all roughly around the same per capita with the UK slightly in the lead followed by the US.

 

So, which one sounds better--the "from the Capitol vaults" or the Parlophone?

Has anyone compared?

 

just got the calculator out: if the population of Australia is 21 million, the UK 61 million and the USA 307 million, it would go

1. UK
2. Australia
3. USA


one things for sure - only 3 tours (and a canceled show in Melbourne) in 20 years - we've been shafted

 

This is an old question here in SHF about OKC... I don't think there ever was an answer...

 

I drove to Sydney for the HTTT tour, it did not disappoint! I hope they come back over here again! I need to hear the IR stuff live!

 

I just compared and mine is exactly as you described, including the absence of any stickers on the jacket.

 

Interesting...

Is there not one person in all of SH land that has a copy of both pressings?

I do know this much--the 45rpm Capitol vaults single of "Paranoid Android" sounds considerably better than the same track on the Parlophone LP (according to my friends and I when we compared).

 

One of my local stores has a bunch of those 12" 45rpm "from the Capitol vaults" singles on clearance for $4 each right now. Might have to look into them...

I listened to my copy again today, louder, and it's not very quiet. Not sure if that is just the wear on it from being used by the previous owner(s) or what. Still, if it's from 1997 I can't imagine that pressing quality was all that great during what most consider the "dark ages" for vinyl. But it's not too bad, just not as quiet as my Capitol pressing of "Kid A."

 

That's a low price--I sure like the three or so ones I've got.

 

Yeah they just couldn't sell them, apparently. I think they were $10 or $12, then marked down to $8 and now $4. They have a RIDICULOUS amount of them. Like at least one, maybe two rows full. Not sure what they were thinking when they ordered so many.

 

Uh Oh.
No, seriously, a fair amount of the Parlaphone originals were reported as being noisy. I believe that the overall consensus is that (unlike many of the 'From The Vaults' series) the Radiohead re-issues are extremely well done. I know that the 2 that I have sound excellent.

 

I have not been able to find any comparisons. My Vaults copy of OK Computer sounds great and is very quiet, but my only other version is the CD.

Two other Radiohead related vinyl threads

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=158982
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=169414

 

I bought OK Computer tonight (the advantage of living across the street from a record shop (or not). It needs a cleaning; a tad noisy, but the mastering sounds nice compared to my needledrop of the original Parlaphone lp that I have.

 

I'm taking my first listen now to an OK Computer From the Faults, and I do have to say that the vinyl is surprisingly pleasantly punchy, not something I'd ever think I'd care about with Radiohead, but it's hard not to enjoy that nice rolling pop you get on the drum hits. I can tell listening to this that my needle could be a bit better on the high end, and can only imagine what its gonna sound like when I get my vinyl setup really in gear.

 

Vinyl vs. CD?

Hey all. I've been thinking about picking up OK Computer on vinyl. I haven't seen anything on here, though, about this: How does it sound compared to the CD? I'm not the type who is dogmatically opposed to CDs relative to vinyl, and, given that this album was likely recorded in not-particularly-high-def digital (I *think* that's a technical term ), I don't know how much I have to gain from splurging on the vinyl. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

 

i have uk paralphones for all..
the bends- vinyl and cd are pretty much the same.

okcomputer- vinyl is better..it sounds clearer more like a real band playing... the cd sounds a bit um like i dont remember.

kidA... vinyl is awesome and has a very different sound. i liked it.

 

It's funny that this thread should be revived today, as I just scored a nice clean UK copy of OK Computer for $15 at my local record store today. It has the same deadwax as mentioned earlier in this thread. I just listened to side one and it's pretty darn quiet. I'll have to vacuum it up and do a shoot out with my Capitol vault pressing, which also sounds pretty fine to these ears.

As for CD vs. vinyl, the vinyl wins hands down. The CD is OK, but the vinyl has a warmth and dynamic that its digital cousin lacks. I would recommend it without hesitation. The recent Capitol re-press is very nice IMHO.