Binaural / Riot Act / Avocado Vinyl Re-Issues?

[Birds in Hell]

Yeah, the Binaural artwork does absolutely nothing for me.

[emanon]

Can you spot the problem with this e-mail I received from Amazon today, December 3rd?

They're just alerting to you that it will ship in mid-December, not that they have it in stock now. I got the same email about my Riot Act vinyl. Hope the "estimate" is correct.

Yup - I got the same email for both. If you look at the individual items, both show back in stock on 12/10.

[B]

it would probably also help if the stocked enough to cover their preorders.

[nomorecrackpipes]

I did an A/B comparison with the original Avocado and the new Avocado this weekend (Pro-Ject Debut III turntable, Vandersteen 1 speakers) - kind of meh.

* Overall the mix is better and not quite as harsh, but still harsh!
* Low end seems to have been decreased on everything up to Army Reserve
* Army Reserve has the best overall improvement; Gone is also better
* Guitars tamped down on Marker with more prominence to the drum rhythm
* Doesn't fix my main issue with the original mix: quite, muted sounds are still incredibly loud (Parachutes, Come Back). He did fix the snare some in Come Back - it doesn't sound like Matt is smacking crumpled paper grocery bags any more!

I'll spin it again this weekend, increasing the bass a bit on the receiver to see if that improves the low end.

[Strat]

I've found on all the reissues that ive had to turn the mid WAY down on my receiver to listen to them.

[Anders]

I love the Binaural artwork. Could hardly be better.

[Monkey_Driven]

Riot Act vinyl arrives at my doorstep tomorrow via Amazon/UPS.

[epilogue]

Riot Act vinyl arrives at my doorstep tomorrow via Amazon/UPS.

[Monkey_Driven]

Riot Act vinyl arrives at my doorstep tomorrow via Amazon/UPS.

Soon my collection will be complete (minus Backspacer and Lightning Bolt)!

[Birds in Hell]

Riot Act vinyl arrives at my doorstep tomorrow via Amazon/UPS.

Soon my collection will be complete (minus Backspacer and Lightning Bolt)!

That’s complete enough.

[epilogue]

Riot Act vinyl arrives at my doorstep tomorrow via Amazon/UPS.

Soon my collection will be complete (minus Backspacer and Lightning Bolt)!

I have original pressings of all of them. But I'm still way more excited about reissues of Riot Act and Binaural than originals of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt.

[epilogue]

Yeah, the Binaural artwork does absolutely nothing for me.

I've never been a big fan either. It's totally fine. I'm not offended by it. Don't hate it or anything. But it always felt weird that people criticized the S/T cover so much when Binaural really isn't all that different. It just feels lazy to me. Here's someone else's picture of space. BOOM! Cover.

[Norah]

i like it and y'all can s my d

[epilogue]

Calm down, Dev.

[Monkey_Driven]

i like it and y'all can s my d

If I like it too can we just hold hands?

[Rangi Guy]

Still waiting for ST to come in to complete the collection.
Has anyone listened to the re-issue of Riot Act - is this better or worse than the original pressing?

[Monkey_Driven]

Amazon sent me Binaural by mistake. Lame. I already have that one!

[B]

Mailwoman just delivered my Binaural at 7:30am. I didn't even know the mail staff were out this early.

[wease]

Lotta packages this time of year, B.

[Simple Torture]

I know it's been months, but I'm really just listening to these reissues now.

Binaural did sound a bit flat, for sure.

I'm on Riot Act now and I think it sounds great. Lots of depth, very very clean pressing. I've been critical of the album's production in the past, but I listening to it this way improves it greatly. My 2nd record is pretty badly warped (my fault for not opening it for so long, I think) but it still sounds good, no skips or anything.

Avocado soon.