Worst Vinyl Pressings

Discussion in music corner started by classicrock jun 1 2013.

Worst vinyl pressings. Due to the increase in vinyl record sales some manufacturers struggle to keep up with the demand. Quality vinyl pressing uk. Worst vinyl pressings of the last five years. That said cheap reissues are often the only way to track down a copy of your favorite records.

I also bought thom chacon s solo lp recommended by michael fremer on his website and it is qrp pressing packaging vinyl and. Not that they are bad pressings it is that they label themselves pseudo audiophile when they are mediocre digital sources. The ultimate guide if you re willing to release your band s last album on vinyl but you don t know where to start this is your list. Yup old ideas on vinyl sounds remarkably better than the cd that came with it.

The white vinyl is marginally better though it is a mystery to me why it is labelled heavy vinyl it s around 120 grams. Finding a quality vinyl pressing plant or indeed vinyl record manufacturer can be somewhat of a hardship. There is a limited vinyl 12 that came out for record day with 3 or 4 versions of get it on accoustic electric and a boogie version. This can lead to long lead times for the end product or worst case scenario a sub par product.

Best vinyl pressing plants. Electric warrior on the original fly label with porky and pecko duck in the deadwax truly rocks. Bon iver all feist all us releases i ve had to exchange a lot of sub pop s records before finding flat quiet centered pressings iron and wine fleet foxes sufjan stevens christmas infinity voyage wasn t mastered very well for vinyl the actual pressing is fine but there s distortion in a couple loud parts best. If a company sources their vinyl pressings from a cd the result will sound worse than a cd.

Make your own vinyl record. All the best vinyl records plants in the world sorted by country plus some link to short run vinyl producers and one off single vinyl makers. No minimum quantities we press 1 to 2000 custom vinyl records. Rush orders custom vinyl records and short run vinyl pressing.

The worst pressings to my mind are put out by doxy.