I think the Black Sabbath catalog could be a real win if the decide to remaster it.

@@stevewestman7774 Rhino has done the whole Sabbath catalogue AAA in 2009, but they had cheap covers, and they were pressed at Rainbo. Its time for high quality pressings

@@thomascars1 yep, my Rhino AAA pressing of Paranoid came warped with a skip pressed into track one, side one. I got it sealed with a collection I acquired, so it wasn’t something I could return. Honestly, I’m not super happy with the sound of it in general, and the printing quality of the jacket is sub par as well.

@@stevewestman7774if they can get the UK masters.

100% -- It boggles the mind that a catalog label like Rhino isn't doing AAA mastering with as many of their releases as possible. The master tapes of the rock era aren't going to last into the next generation, and the next generation may not even care about classic rock anyway. Time to get moving with more than two releases every quarter, if only just to max out the WEA bottom line, now, while there's an audience who'll pony up. If it was possible to buy more of these AAA releases, trust me, I would. FYI, the Chris Bellman AAA of "If I Could Only Remember My Name" beats the OG Monarch pressing by miles. It was staring back at me, used, for $10, so I picked it up and WOW is that release impressive.

Thanks. Me too.

My pleasure. It was a very interesting roundtable. Lots of good info.

Thanks for watching.

Thanks Robert. Could not agree with you more. The Cars cut kicks ass.

Yeah it’s apparently all about them re the shop owners. They’re mad they can’t take your money instead rhino. Like you said, who cares where it’s coming from

Much appreciated. Have a great weekend.

Thanks for watching Brian. Enjoy the music.

Glad you enjoyed it.

I am really excited to see what the next titles will be.

Those fees are so insane for us Canadians. Just brutal. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. Like Patrick mentioned I think they may look at demand and what’s working etc down the road for releases. Here’s to hoping for an audiophile Black Sabbath release. 🙏

@@stevewestman7774 that would be great and maybe some Talking Heads. Would love to know what rock lp they scrapped and if we will see it down the road.

Thanks so much. I will ask Kev and get back to u with the answer in this thread.

@@stevewestman7774 awesome, thank you Steve

We get smoked as Canadians on the charges.

It's going to be only for US buyers. This direct to the lablels pocket scheme is a mistake

@@stevewestman7774 I paid $72 to Fed EX weeks after I got my Miles Kind Of Blue UHQR45. So Orig USD price + $20USD to ship to the Canadian border from Kansas. I get the record delivered in less than 4 business days. Then, 3 weeks later FEDEX hits me up with a $72 bill. Never again. Steve maybe you want to be a Canadian reissue vinyl distributor or I could do it? No really, if it made sense $$ as a business I would consider it.

Thank you. My pleasure. It was a lot of fun.

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

Good to know. I’m hoping mine gets delivered later this week.

I know. Right. 🙏

Thank you.

One can hope 🙏🙏

You mean Mr. Gray?

Oh let’s hope one day.

I would love to have Joni Mitchell on to tell Joni Mitchell stories. That would be cool.

I think they’re gonna go for titles ppl have actually heard of, not one guy. I’m just saying. Make the money first with the popular acts then maybe go into the less mainstream ones.

@@Groover71 They keep doing the same artists over and over.

Fully agree. Mike from the In Groove hit the head on the nail. Total missed opportunity. With shipping and tax within USA around $53 for a single album pressed at Optimal. No bueno.

Thank you. Sorry you have had issues. What’s your email address. I will see if I can help.

@@stevewestman7774 my comment keeps disappearing. Have you seen them or maybe they’re automatically getting deleted by KZfaq?

Is there a way to send you my email without posting it here?

@@ajsn5396 stevewestman@rocketmail.com

Always. Until it happens. Come on Jimmy 🙏

The are definitely reading all of the comments.

Let’s hope RHINO gives it the audiophile treatment the catalog deserves.

@@stevewestman7774 that will be amazing and I will be forever thankful…

@@ndrsnvrzI have an original Canadian pressing of their self titled. Bloody incredible sounding. Same plates used to press the US original.

@@stevewestman7774 🥹

Here’s to hoping. 🙏

Thanks Mike. I appreciate your support. I will ask Kevin and get back to u on this thread. Have a good weekend.

You don’t “consider” MoFi bc of a digital step when many of those releases are considered the best sounding version you can get of that particular album. Congrats on that backwards thinking.

Thanks for watching.

One can hope. Would be amazing.

Although one often hears: "The (40+ years) tapes are in great condition", they of course were in better condition right after the recording sessions were finished and the tapes were being used for making the first batch of records. Another factor may be the equipment that was used in the 1970s and early 1980s for mastering/making these records. Certainly one can not duplicate that "original" sound easily.

@@anton88istwhich is why “analog tape to DSD to analog console” shouldn’t be considered the Devil by so many in the audiophile community. If you’re getting the original tape put onto a file with the best equipment around, you will ALWAYS have that original tape sound without any degradation.

Your experience seems extremely unusual. I’ve purchased many, many records pressed at Optimal in recent years, to include most of the BN classic series catalogue, and I’ve had none of the problems you speak of. I’ve had maybe a handful of warped records, but that seems inevitable these days.

Optimal has definitely been getting better but there have been some dirty records there. GZ is the worst, I would much prefer however for a premium series like this for it to be pressed at RTI or QRP, they are leagues ahead of the others.

@@chelillingworth9466 I would prefer RTI, as they use a higher quality vinyl mix. They do have their issues, but they are far and few between. Although QRP also uses a higher quality vinyl mix, they have a problem with pressing the records. The most common issue is atleast one side being pressed off-center. It's hit or miss with QRP. One of my recent purchase was the classical "Witches' Brew" LP. I tried 2 copies and both had a bunch of pops and ticks in one of the quietest section, at the same place on both records. I also purchased their SACD, which showed that those sounds weren't in the original recording. I knew that Classic Records had done this LP and it was mastered by Bernie Grundman. Chad Kassem bought out Classic Records and with it he got all it's master discs. Analogue Productions has normally used those masters. I was curious so I sought out and found a CR sealed copy on their Clarity vinyl. The sound was astonishing! It was even better than the SACD! At that point, it came to me that the AP versions were either not made from the original master or that original master had deteriorated. Although I really don't consider myself an audiophile and my hearing isn't what it used to be, I have noticed that many people don't know what a good record should be. The tone arm is not supposed to wag back and forth or look like it is on a rolling ocean. My suspicions are confirmed when I find out that the whole production run was like this.

@@therealdonelaitis I wouldn't say unusual but maybe I notice things which others don't. There have been opportunities when a record was pressed somewhere else, in addition to Optimal. The main differences are that Optimal often produces dirtier records and they seem to have more surface noise, which I call the "Optimal rumble". When comparing an LP pressed at Optimal and a U.S. plant, I can usually pick out the Optimal LP from the underlying surface noise. When more than one pressing plants are used, they usually source from the same master discs. You can find this out when comparing the etchings in the deadwax. One example is the Beatles "Stereo LP Box". This was pressed at both Optimal and Rainbo Records. Both used masters provided by Abbey Road. This is when the "Optimal Rumble" became apparent to me, so I could recognize it in other Optimal pressings. The only differences were in the presses and the vinyl used, besides who pressed them. I have noticed that most of the high quality U.S. pressings have less surface noise, which I attribute to different vinyl mixtures. I've heard all the he said, she said opinions, but nowhere have I found that they had A/B'd them as I have. I don't consider myself an audiophile and just have a little above "average Joe" equipment. Seeing all the high-dollar "Frankenstein" turntables so-called audiophiles use, which ignore the basic advances the first audiophile turntables had, I realize that they aren't able to hear what I hear. Why do you thing that so many turntable manufacturers copy the Technics SL-1200? Technics took the basic audiophile tone arm design, introduced decades before, and made improvements with the rest of the turntable. When Technics re-introduced the SL-1200, they made some tweaks. but they didn't change the basics. With putting so much effort into resurrecting the turntable from the dead, why wouldn't they come out with a totally different model? Technics didn't set out to make an audiophile turntable, but a great heavy-duty one for commercial usage and then they realized, as did companies like AT, that audiophiles were buying their turntables. AT made some tweaks and then Technics re-introduced a tweaked SL-1200.

Like Mr. Milligan mentioned in the vid it’s always something they could look at in the future.

Absolutely!

The MoFi sounds great.

Thanks so much.

@@Groover71 The MoFi sounds very flat compared to the Original done by Roy Thomas Baker "RTB". It's not even close...

Also Optimal is not better than Pallas. Give me a break.

I agree! Most of the records I have were pressed at Optimal have been plagued with non-fill!!! I spend more time waiting for replacements than I do listening to them.

@@Alan_Always I get that they are hyping a product, and I ordered the Coltrane, but there is no need to overstate Optimal's quality here IMHO. Pallas, RTI, QRP all better plants consistently. I guess they can't use Rainbo anymore, which is a good thing.

In the interests of fairness my Coltrane's Sound has no flaws. Packaging is nice too. If Optimal can maintain that type of pressing quality then we should be OK.