@@trueaudiofiles8453 I hope you do get in touch with them. You never know. They should fix the error and get going on pressing a new record 2 they can send out to them that has a default pressing.
The original CD and digital master also had this "defect" which was in fact intentional by the artist. Caused a bit of stir back in the day as well as consumers didn't get the old skipping record reference with their shiny plastic discs.
Just listened to the CD and what do you know? Boy do I feel like an idiot. I will post a follow up video. Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention.
Funny thing is, it’s a pretty good joke when you’re legit listening to a digital copy, but pretty easy to not get the joke when you’re back to vinyl. So meta!
And you're surprised that Epic has not replied? Please can I live on planet Tharg with you... As I have previously commented my buying of new vinyl has been reduced by 80% due to poor pressing quality and I do not support local record stores as they in my experience now try to stiff customers when there are major pressing issues
The local record stores aren’t at fault, it’s the labels. They will not always allow returns. So if the store takes a return the eat the cost. I am not surprised that Epic hasn’t responded, I went into this assuming they wouldn’t. That doesn’t make it any less frustrating.
@@trueaudiofiles8453 Legacy Recordings (Sony's catalog division) actually released this. It has the Epic P&C lines but added updated Legacy Logo and Sony address. I can tell you for a fact they would have responded if the message had gotten to them. Sorry you bought multiple copies on this.
I was the one that commented previously about the G. Love. In the end I brought it back to my local store where I buy most of my records and once they heard it, they reimbursed me right away. I buy enough records there that I don't have any problems returning a record; especially one with an obvious pressing defect. My Rhino High Fidelity Black Sabbath should be arriving soon, though I know U.S. based peeps have already started receiving and reviewing theirs as of this weekend. I'm in Canada and so the ship date here got moved to June 14th, 2024. There's so much good old and new music emerging, I can't sweat an occasional bad pressing. Hopefully, there will be another run of the G. Love (straight black vinyl would be fine with me). Life's too short. That said, I have reached out to companies a couple of times in the past and have had good success in getting replacement copies. However, I fear the whole G. Love RSD run is likely defective (based on your orders) and will have to be repressed in the future. If it was $10 USD cheaper...I may have even just kept it, since the rest of the 2 LP set sounded very good...but it's the principle of it for me. I think a company should be made aware of the defect and if they can't give you a satisfactory product, that the customer should be reimbursed. Also, if everyone returned it, they might get a clue that they must improve their inspecting / quality assurance. I do hope your efforts are rewarded and that, if not a defect-free pressing, you are at least reimbursed. Best of luck!
Thanks. I need to pursue this a little more aggressively and see what I can get for an answer. I hope someone watching this video has a good contact I can reach about this.
So I just had someone else bring to my attention that the “defect” was intentional. I confirmed it as it is on my original CD as well. Boy do I feel silly. I will be making a follow up video about it.
Buy 10 brand new records and 5 will be terrible, either warped from the shrink wrap, have a 'buzzing distortion' in the left or right channel or crackle throughout, worst still a scratch. So 50% of pressing plants are absolutely terrible, it's like a plague. I've been buying new vinyl for over 20 years and it's just getting worse. The bottom line is they just don't care.
I buy at least 10 new records a month. Maybe, maybe one is bad enough to affect playback. Yes, none are visually perfect but it has always been a struggle to get a “perfect” record. I have been buying records for over 40 years and this has always been the case.
@@trueaudiofiles8453 Wish I could get one out of ten that was faulty, double albums are even worse. I'm not after a perfect record just one that isn't warped, has crackle throughout, distortion on either channel. I have been playing 40 year old records that don't have crackle and are flat. Get rid of shrink wrap, you know why MOFI, Quality Pressings, Classic Records, Rhino, Music on Vinyl don't use shrink wrap, it's because it's heat applied, pulled tight in the process hence the warping, it's called shrink wrap because it actually does shrink!
Good luck getting in touch with Epic and thanks for your video.
Yeah, I think that’s a lost cause.
@@trueaudiofiles8453 I hope you do get in touch with them. You never know. They should fix the error and get going on pressing a new record 2 they can send out to them that has a default pressing.
@@trueaudiofiles8453 I really hope they get in touch cause they have sold a default pressing and they should fix the problem.
The original CD and digital master also had this "defect" which was in fact intentional by the artist. Caused a bit of stir back in the day as well as consumers didn't get the old skipping record reference with their shiny plastic discs.
Interesting, I have the CD and I don’t recall that. I will have to listen to it again. Thanks for the heads up.
Just listened to the CD and what do you know? Boy do I feel like an idiot. I will post a follow up video. Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention.
Funny thing is, it’s a pretty good joke when you’re legit listening to a digital copy, but pretty easy to not get the joke when you’re back to vinyl. So meta!
And you're surprised that Epic has not replied? Please can I live on planet Tharg with you... As I have previously commented my buying of new vinyl has been reduced by 80% due to poor pressing quality and I do not support local record stores as they in my experience now try to stiff customers when there are major pressing issues
The local record stores aren’t at fault, it’s the labels. They will not always allow returns. So if the store takes a return the eat the cost.
I am not surprised that Epic hasn’t responded, I went into this assuming they wouldn’t. That doesn’t make it any less frustrating.
Should have actually reached out to Legacy (Sony's catalog division) and you would have gotten a quick response.
@@trueaudiofiles8453 Legacy Recordings (Sony's catalog division) actually released this. It has the Epic P&C lines but added updated Legacy Logo and Sony address. I can tell you for a fact they would have responded if the message had gotten to them. Sorry you bought multiple copies on this.
My copy of A night at the opera has a defect on the song "Good Company".^
Have you tried talking to where you bought it or reaching out to the label about it?
@@trueaudiofiles8453 Not yet^
I was the one that commented previously about the G. Love. In the end I brought it back to my local store where I buy most of my records and once they heard it, they reimbursed me right away. I buy enough records there that I don't have any problems returning a record; especially one with an obvious pressing defect. My Rhino High Fidelity Black Sabbath should be arriving soon, though I know U.S. based peeps have already started receiving and reviewing theirs as of this weekend. I'm in Canada and so the ship date here got moved to June 14th, 2024. There's so much good old and new music emerging, I can't sweat an occasional bad pressing. Hopefully, there will be another run of the G. Love (straight black vinyl would be fine with me). Life's too short. That said, I have reached out to companies a couple of times in the past and have had good success in getting replacement copies. However, I fear the whole G. Love RSD run is likely defective (based on your orders) and will have to be repressed in the future.
If it was $10 USD cheaper...I may have even just kept it, since the rest of the 2 LP set sounded very good...but it's the principle of it for me. I think a company should be made aware of the defect and if they can't give you a satisfactory product, that the customer should be reimbursed. Also, if everyone returned it, they might get a clue that they must improve their inspecting / quality assurance.
I do hope your efforts are rewarded and that, if not a defect-free pressing, you are at least reimbursed. Best of luck!
Thanks. I need to pursue this a little more aggressively and see what I can get for an answer. I hope someone watching this video has a good contact I can reach about this.
@@trueaudiofiles8453 please stream the track and tell me what you hear.
So I just had someone else bring to my attention that the “defect” was intentional. I confirmed it as it is on my original CD as well.
Boy do I feel silly.
I will be making a follow up video about it.
@@trueaudiofiles8453 Sorry you bought multiple copies on this.
That’s really too bad, Jim. Very frustrating when you think you have a great sounding record, and then #%]#!!
Exactly. Expensive too.
Buy 10 brand new records and 5 will be terrible, either warped from the shrink wrap, have a 'buzzing distortion' in the left or right channel or crackle throughout, worst still a scratch. So 50% of pressing plants are absolutely terrible, it's like a plague. I've been buying new vinyl for over 20 years and it's just getting worse. The bottom line is they just don't care.
I buy at least 10 new records a month. Maybe, maybe one is bad enough to affect playback. Yes, none are visually perfect but it has always been a struggle to get a “perfect” record. I have been buying records for over 40 years and this has always been the case.
@@trueaudiofiles8453 Wish I could get one out of ten that was faulty, double albums are even worse. I'm not after a perfect record just one that isn't warped, has crackle throughout, distortion on either channel. I have been playing 40 year old records that don't have crackle and are flat. Get rid of shrink wrap, you know why MOFI, Quality Pressings, Classic Records, Rhino, Music on Vinyl don't use shrink wrap, it's because it's heat applied, pulled tight in the process hence the warping, it's called shrink wrap because it actually does shrink!