Rhino "Rocktober" releases coming soon...

I have that release and is a great LP on red vinyl, I will check out tonight to see if my copy has the same issue.

 

Have you had a chance to listen to Eliminator more? I saw a copy the other day, debating if I should get it.

 

Like to know as well my local has a copy and almost picked it up or should I have picked it up ? What do you think is it OOP

 

I haven't dug out the CD to compare yet. But the Rocktober LP just sounds dead to my ears. It seems subdued and even muffled. I was disappointed the day I bought it, and listening again just now, I'm still disappointed.

I did find a nice copy of Afterburner a while ago, and while I know you can't really compare two different albums, but this original Afterburner pressing sounds more alive and exciting.

 

I just pulled the CD out and tried it. It's a Made in USA by WEA Manufacturing copy (1 23774-2 RE-2 06). Bought it used several years ago when I couldn't find my original CD (Eliminator was one of the first two CDs bought in 1982 or 83 when I got my first player). It's LOUD and somewhat shrill, but it does sound more alive than the Rocktober LP. Neither are really satisfactory to my ears. I may have to search for an original pressing.

 

Thanks for following up. I appreciate it!

 

I did not hear a dropout on my copy. Just saying this reissue sounds very good to my ears underrated LP

 

Absolutely. It does sound fantastic, like a lot of Rhino reissues. That's weird. I definitely have what sounds like a drop out at around the 2:40 mark. I can also hear a little something on the Rhino web download but it has obviously been edited digitally. Only really noticeable when I'm listening with headphones.

 

Is it known when the two Alice Cooper albums with the problems will be issued properly?

 

Bit of discussion on that here - Alice Cooper's "Easy Action", "Killer" and "Welcome to my Nightmare" on Rhino coming 1/23/18! *

I found a European release date a few weeks ago for yesterday but I'm not sure if anyone has actually bought/received one in-person yet.

 

I will give another listen tomorrow with some headphones and let you know

 

I doubled checked and I do have a drop out at 2:36 happens quick but it’s there

 

Thanks for confirming that for me Tinnox! Good to know it's not a fault on my pressing. Otherwise, great record.

 

No problem that’s one of the reasons why I like the forum and it is a great LP sorry it took a little bit, hadn’t had time to spin some vinyl

 

Thank you, thank you!

I just got the box set recently and was wondering the same thing a week or so ago after listening to Ooh La La for the first time.

I did search but didn’t find anything (here or elsewhere on the interweb) and was too lazy to ask the question. But I went back and listened to Silicone Grown on the Five Guys box (CD version) and it’s NOT there. So I thought for sure I’d gotten a bum copy - and since the box was purchased sealed and not returnable, I would have to buy the red vinyl version if I wanted a clean copy.

Anyway...yes, my box set copy (presumably the same cut as yours) has some sort of glitch/drop-out at the ~2:40 mark. So apparently neither of us got a bum copy - or perhaps everybody has a bum copy.

It doesn’t quite sound like a drop-out or skip to me - my first thought at the time is there might be something imbedded in the vinyl. I’m now thinking it might be worth an email to Rhino just to see what’s up on this.

 

Didn’t see your post until after I posted. Thank you also...

Interesting that it’s apparently there, but fixed, on the download. As I said, I didn’t hear it on the Five Guys version - but maybe I need to listen to that again.

 

My theory is that there was something on the master that appeared on the vinyl because it was an analog cut. They were then able to fix it digitally for the download.

 

Yep. That seems the most plausible reason.

“When you hear hoofbeats, think horses not zebras...”

 

Exactly right.

 

Finally got around to playing the gold vinyl Velvet Underground Loaded.

More detail than my original first pressing Cotillion, but at the cost of some painful ear-stabbing treble.

 

painful ear-stabbing treble, maybe due the color gold? I hope they re-release in black vinyl.

 

How good is the 1st T Rex album of the 2016 Rocktober? T.Rex* - T.Rex

 

Colored vinyl has virtually nothing to do with EQ (though some might argue a difference between vinyl compounds, it would be subtle and not “painful ear-stabbing treble”).

 

Don't bother. It is a dreadful mastering.

 

Nah. Same mastering as the trebly RSD pressing from a few years ago. It’d sound the same on black as it does on pink or gold.