"Lola..." was treated to excellent mastering on the original UK Pye stereo press...I hope it gets treated with the mastering respect it deserves on reissue, which I would buy despite having a couple of originals.
That is right : thee box is mastered by KG, whatever the country. I guess the poster confuses with the individual releases released before the box sets where only the coloured EU were KG.
Can you clarify what you mean by coloured EU? I was under the impression that all the 2015 releases pressed in the USA by BMG/Sanctuary with black hype stickers were Kevin Gray mastered, AAA.
I didn't get any of the individual releases, and someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but from reading on here I understood that they were; i.e. the 2015 USA ones were all KG AAA cuts. However, at the same time there were EU issues that were not KG nor AAA, then a little later some EU coloured vinyl versions that were KG AAA arrived. I've forgotten which albums were done in each of the various pressing as it all became irrelevant (to me) when the box arrived and you could get the lot in one go!
Apart from the 'skip' near the beginning of the the first track - I've 'trained' my cart to play it without skipping but a lot of carts can't!
At least the following red lps in EU were done : - The Kinks - Kinda Kinks - Kontroversy I bought all 3 in red EU and they have KG in the deadwax. Now i am in search of a proper Village Green, there is no point for me to buy the box as i am only missing Village Green.
Track down the early 80s PYE reissue. I was fortunate enough to grab a copy recently and was not disappointed!
Yeah, the German Pye/PRT is the way I went. Being in France should make it a bit easier for you to track down. Stateside, shipping was rough but in the end, totally worth it.
There was also face to face on colored vinyl in the EU...So, as I bought all first four AAA before the box came out, I didn't buy the box and I have no hope now that the remaining ones will be issued individually...
Does anyone here have an in to Sandoval to find out if there is any progress on Lola? Seems odd that there’s been no mention of it.
I think Arthur is the one that most prefer the stereo of. As for Village Green, I think there is a preference for the mono, bit not as pronounced. I used to prefer the mono too but I think I have a slight preference for the stereo these days.
Oh my ! I knew i had a disc still unsealed at my cousins ! I picked it up and drove by him and left the amazon package at his place and that's it ! I need to grab it asap
Perhaps, there is plans for reissues of Kinks in stereo along with Lola Stereo- Arthur I prefer mono VGPS, some do prefer the stereo version. I would suggest to get both for Village Green
Selling the four LPs you have would get you about two-thirds of the way to the box set; it's only €117 on Amazon Italy just now. I'd imagine there's no way they put any more out individually whilst the box set is still so readily available.
