Vinyl reissues that are better than vintage copies

Hi everyone,

Just getting back into Vinyl and, given the pretty high prices of recent vinyl reissues in the UK, I've been filling my boots with '70's/'80's pressings instead.

For £5 or so, I can get a vintage copy of most albums in pretty good shape. OK, so maybe not the proper first presses (certainly not of "The Greats"), but '70s pressings. And even most of these bog-standard copies are making my ears sing with joy.

So my question is this- are there any recent vinyl reissues that actually sound better than a vintage copy I could pick up?

Am I better off trying to find '60s/'70s Floyd/Zep/Rush/Beatles, for instance, or should I just head straight for the recent reissues?

 

Genesis' Trespass...I much prefer the newer mix.

 

I prefer the Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy reissue to my original UK pressing. It's currently in the HMV sale for £9.99.

A lot of my preference is because it's a nice, quiet pressing. Originals and second hand copies usually have a lot of crackle during No Quarter and The Rain Song. There's a lot of quiet and delicate parts on this LP.

 

Are we talking about vintage stuff? Otherwise the new Grundman mastered 5 vinyl version of Kruder & Dorfmeisters "KD Sessions" would be pretty stellar.

 

I don't know anything about this 'KD' stuff but Bernie Grundman mastering is usually worth getting the new pressings for
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Not necessarily, no! I actually have and enjoy the CD of that...

 

Brothers two-fer (and apparently the new one from Analogue Productions).

 

A big - for lack of a better word - trip hop hit from 1998

The K&D Sessions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia »

 

This is a definite consideration, although I'm finding that crackles and pops aren't annoying me anywhere near as much as I thought they would. The sound of original all-analog '70s vinyl (even with some noise) seems to be speaking to me a lot more than the pristine CD copies I've been playing for years.

Of course, a modern repressing in Mint condition that sounds just as amazing as the original would be the holy grail, which is kind of why I'm asking this question!

 

Analogue Productions reissues sound constantly great, MoFi reissues are mostly fantastic, and Music Matters (if you are into Blue Note jazz) are incredible.

 

If you like Zappa the recent reissue of One Size Fits All is actually better than the UK first pressing.

Best advice is to search the forum for specific titles, almost anything you can name from the 60s and 70s will have been discussed in mind-numbing detail several times over.

 

The recent MOV reissue of Soft Machine's Third sounds better than any other version I've owned.

 

An argument could probably be made for the Classic Records issue of Hot Rats as well.

 

The 2014 Beatles in MONO vinyl reissue...either as a boxset or individually.

 

Kate Bush Sensual World LP mastered by the host.

 

Joe Jackson Look Sharp and I'm The Man by Intervention Records are way better than the original vinyl issues.

 

The Hendrix Sony reissues are stellar. Just as good, or better, than the originals

 

Oooooooh! *Drool*

 

The new Pink Floyd re-issue lps coming out are sounding good, with Bernie Grundman cutting lacquer.
I think 'More' is the one people are saying sounds improved upon, the rest from what I can tell are just a bang for the buck steal compared to originals, as they sound excellent.

 

Spot on....I actually prefer them to the originals...so far. I will stop short of saying better though.

 

I was talking to an old friend from college last weekend that was getting into vinyl. I was very happy to be able to recommend all the Sony Legacy cuts. Probably the best bargains in rock and roll in a long time. Are you Experienced is like $13 at Amazon right now!

 

Kind of hard not to like 180 grams of "Virgin Vinyl" over used.....

 

Certainly a bonus, but it was the all Analogue process that makes this a winner.

 

Can't speak about the other bands but the Beatles mono reissues are a must buy. Sound wonderful, and you won't find originals in that kind of condition unless you pay significantly more.

 

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