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Originally Posted by atari 2600
Maybe you have some "magic" pressing there; I suppose it's possible. I'd like to read anything that might be able to shed more light on this.
In my experience, sometimes a record will go through a great phase for awhile after the grooves have been worn down "just right." To be on the safe side, I would record the lp to digital .wav or a good tape deck right now while it's sounding so fine.
Anyway, the title of the thread puts me in the mind of one particular album:
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session.
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It really is true that some pressings sound better than others. Almost any original (first) pressing of anything is going to sound much better than its reprints. There are exceptions. I'd venture to say that many of the audiophile reprints today on 180 gram come close to the sound of first copies of the original release.
I know I have a couple copies of Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St. The pressings of those albums sound different from one another. It's a subtle thing, but it's there. My UK copies (from the 70s) have better bass and detail than the US copies.
I have no less than five copies of the White Album and they all sound drastically different in their pressing sound. I have one that I think is, according to the old school term, a "gasser," meaning it has exceptional range, as close to a master tape quality as vinyl can get.