Rolling Stones Studio Albums 1971-2016 Vinyl Box Coming June 15th*

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by aphexj, Apr 24, 2018.

  1. Nielsoe

    Nielsoe Forum Resident

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    It will be interesting to see (hear) if they will improve on the horrible original mastering of A Bigger Bang.
     
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  2. SteveCam

    SteveCam Forum Resident

    Clean originals of many of these albums can be found for $5-$10 even in Canada.
     
  3. Mister President

    Mister President Forum Resident

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    Exactly what I was thinking. You can pick up Undercover, Emotional Rescue, even Tattoo You and Some Girls for very little money in the U.K. Think I paid £1 for my pristine Dirty Work.

    At £370 this works out at nearly £25 an album. No dice for me.
     
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  4. sennj

    sennj I'm slower than I look...

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    MPO did the Springsteen box (Vol. 1), and they did a nice job on that one. I find that they're pretty good overall but I've gotten a few real duds from them as well. So the issue with these huge box sets, for me at least, is: can any of us trust any pressing plant nowadays to give us 20 pieces of exceptionally pressed vinyl in one box? If not, how do you work out exchanges and returns without sending the whole thing back?

    Also, it looks Badlands mentioned that the US and Canada are not going to receive the hi-res download voucher. If that's the case, I think a lot of us will be pretty p!$$€d off as nearly every site I've seen mentions it as being included.

    Anyway, my $0.02...
     
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  5. mick_sh

    mick_sh Hackney diamond

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    :rolleyes:
     
  6. jon9091

    jon9091 Master Of Reality

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    Now, why the hell would they exclude the US and Canada from WAV downloads?
     
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  7. Szeppelin75

    Szeppelin75 Forum Resident

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    Not the albums after Steel Wheels
     
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  8. mick_sh

    mick_sh Hackney diamond

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    They should have managed to solve the copyrights issues or whatever with this before putting the box set in the market. We are not talking about a single album 320k download. 15 albums hi-res wavs! Huge. And you don't get lower price (except for the Amazon.com mistake thing). I'm beginning to hate UMe's business practices.
     
  9. KeninDC

    KeninDC Hazy Cosmic Jive

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    Yeah. My cart says $374.32. Dang thing kept saying I was eligible for the "SAVE20" code, but that did not work. Crazy computers and their binary thinking.

    My hope with this set is a good copy of Goats Head Soup. Other than the 80s CBS "euro" version of GHS which I've never heard (and is supposedly digital), it's hard to find anyone super pleased with a GHS pressing, be it UK or US.
     
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  10. The Beave

    The Beave My Wife Is My Life! And don’t I forget it!

    Nope, $374 not $324
    Beave
     
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  11. bubba-ho-tep

    bubba-ho-tep Resident Ne'er-Do-Well

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    What evidence is there of the download codes not being included in the US and Canada? I’ve seen nothing about this in any official capacity.
     
  12. mick_sh

    mick_sh Hackney diamond

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    US Official Store: "ALL BOX SETS INCLUDE DOWNLOAD CODES FOR HIGH QUALITY DIGITAL VERSIONS"

    EU Official Store: "includes a download card for HD digital redemption of the catalogue"

    Then, online stores like Badlands.co.uk and JPC.de: "The boxset will contain a download card with high-res audio .WAV downloads (Ex. US/CA)"

    Finally, when Brussels Affair was first released on Google Music, US only got MP3 while in EU we could download FLAC files.

    I bet no hi-res WAVs will be available in US/CA for this box set. I really hope that the actual release will prove me wrong.

    Edit: just found this in MusicVaultz. Want a Stones turntable?

    Studio Albums Vinyl Collection + The Rolling Stones Turntable

    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Apr 27, 2018
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  13. aphexj

    aphexj Sound mind & body Thread Starter

    The simple solution is that North American editions will include a download card for redemption within that territory, and other editions will have a different card for redemption from outside that territory. Could be wrong... but that would make some sense, at least
     
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  14. jon9091

    jon9091 Master Of Reality

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    We get “high quality”. That means MP3’s.

    Eh...I don’t care anyway, I’m not getting this for the downloads. I’ve never actually used one of those download cards...except to set a drink on.
     
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  15. Todd Fredericks

    Todd Fredericks Senior Member

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    I'm sure in a few months after the release Amazon Italy or another site will have a super low price for a few days like with all the other box sets. Seems to happened as a norm in recent years.
     
  16. bubba-ho-tep

    bubba-ho-tep Resident Ne'er-Do-Well

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    Eh. Oh well. I have perfectly serviceable Virgin CDs of the '70s-'90s albums as well as Bigger Bang and Blue & Lonesome. I can live with those.
     
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  17. KeninDC

    KeninDC Hazy Cosmic Jive

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    Yep. It's possible I was drinking last night.
     
  18. Leviathan

    Leviathan Forum Resident

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    My copy of the 2016 half-speed mastered Exile didn’t come with any download code. But I believe I read somewhere that copies sold in the EU came with a download.
     
  19. Jack

    Jack Senior Member

    Leave it to Beave to correct you.
     
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  20. sennj

    sennj I'm slower than I look...

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    I know we all love pricing updates here on the forum so here goes: Collectors' Choice has this on preorder for $374.31. With the 20% coupon on offer the total comes to $317.40 (with standard shipping). I bumped it up to expedited shipping for $9.00 more.

    Not bad for a box I don't really need but knew I'd buy anyway. (It's the Stones...)
     
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  21. While I'm extremely happy with my UK Goats Head Soup (it's a first press, I once had a later UK press and it truly did sound horrible in comparison), I too think this could be one of the more interesting LPs in the new set if they make it nice-sounding. And which version of Star Star will they include? ;)
     
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  22. The Beave

    The Beave My Wife Is My Life! And don’t I forget it!

    Thank YOU!!!!!!!!!!
    BEAVE
     
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  23. Bobsblkwax

    Bobsblkwax Forum Resident

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    Ok but I cant figure out to get to this and the coupon.
     
  24. sennj

    sennj I'm slower than I look...

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    Sorry, thought it was listed on the website. Coupon is ELVIS20 for the 20% off.
     
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    KinkySmallFace1991 Will you come back to me, Sweet Lady Genevieve?

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