Hey that's the one I have and it sounds great to me! Very quiet pressing and looks mighty fine Spinning on my turntable!! I picked mine a few years ago at a local record store and when I pulled this red beauty out from the cover my Jaw dropped. I live in South Texas, so to find this in a used record store so far from Canada was amazing. - I am partial to Rush - Moving Pictures was my first Rush LP and Rush was a big part of my TEEN years. I saw them live in 1984 at the Texas Jam in the Astrodome and three times since!! Fun Times!!
Love the look of the red vinyl pressing of Hemispheres. Never heard it though. I have a Trident UK pressing of that album that sounds amazing!
Label design change was the only clue, matched a discogs release. Funny thing though, no barcode and it's not a club. I found a few with this design last year and I'm thinking 83,84 for them
Thanks. I knew at some point the black labels appeared. I just wasn't sure exactly when, Rush started using custom labels from Hemispheres on though I have a Buildings And Trees label for Exit...Stage Left. I never pinned it down to an exact year, since my experience is only with Rush vinyl and early '80s was the closest I could come.
Have some question on those pressings with the Dutch Audiophile Series from 15 to 20 years ago. (My very limited research online tells me there were issues of 2112 Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures) Are those the same masterings as the usual pressings from Holland or was something special done to these? Do they have their own unique catalog number? Did they just put a sticker on them and import them to the US. Just wondering if these "pressings" are more superior than normal. Thanks in advance...
Are those the same masterings as the usual pressings from Holland or was something special done to these? RL stampers were send and the regular Holland LP have the RL matrix Do they have their own unique catalog number? --No Did they just put a sticker on them and import them to the US. --Yes Just wondering is these "pressings" are more superior than normal. --Better vinyl and pressing
So the short answer is they slapped a sticker on them and sent them to the US advertising them as audiophile when they are just normal Holland pressings which by definition are generally superior to the US manufactured pressings?
well yes and not. this was a limited import done for Polydor US so I think there was a extra quality control on them .
Good to know. I guess I won't go out of my way since I already have a few of these Holland pressings without the stickers.
Glad you like it. I'm not the only one who thinks that HW Rush pressings are at the bottom of the list. But if you're happy with your copy, on your system, that's all that matters.
I don't think I've ever heard of or seen an HW Hemisperes, so it's interesting for that reason, at least. It has been a long time since I have browsed he thread, so it's possible that someone mentioned this pressing when Hemisperes was covered.
So I'm new here, I've read through the entire thread though, whew! Let me just say, This thread is a gold mine of info!! However, I could not find what I'm looking for. I've just acquired a sealed Hemispheres and the dead wax info is: T1 SRM - 1 - 3743 - A - cT4 A2(faint stamped A with scrawled 2) T1 SRM - 1 - 3743 - B - cT4 Does anyone happen to know who mastered this one? Great job with this thread, keep it up!!
Going from memory, that should be an original or close to it. I honestly can't remember if we sleuthed out who did the original US copies... I like mine though.
Thanks for responding. I do like mine, I'm kind of still on the fence about it. I've played it several times now and it just seems there isn't enough high-end, maybe even a slight touch muddy, slight though. It is very full sounding, with plenty of punch, I just like a certain level of crispness that this seems to somewhat lack. I have found plenty of samples of other pressings of Hemispheres and my ears really liked the UK red vinyl version I sampled. Geddys bass was so gloriously bright, I took notice right out of the gate. I'm definitely open to any suggestions, you guys here certainly seem to have narrowed down the best of the lot.
Got a nice looking copy of the Dutch blue label 2112 in and gave it a couple spins. Holy hot Grand Finale!!! It was practically smoking it was so bad. Album sounded great up to that point. 2nd side was fine on Passage, and TW, but started heating up again until the end of side 2. Think I'm gonna pick up the new 2015 pressing. I've read a lot of great things about the reissues.
I'm pretty sure that this mastered by JAMF which corresponds to 1st Us pressing or a very early press of first pressing cause of later numbers (cT4)
True.I forgot to ask for a JAMF reference on Brian9229's copy. I got carried away with the ''CT'' reference only because I always see it along with the JAMF one.Also I must say that JAMF isn't the 1st US pressing.The Masterdisk with G.K initials is the 1st US pressing.
What is your reference on that statement (in bold)? The US liner notes state JAMF, even the Masterdisk ones IIRC.