Got mine (#957)....I'm literally feeling grateful to be "experienced". It's beyond amazing in terms of sound. I'm stunned. I had a spiritual reaction. I'm having a hard time imagining it sounding better. Like I'm hearing it "right" for the first time... after knowing my whole adult life. It's also historic and I feel like I own a piece of American history. I'm actually going to be proud to pass this to my son some day, and enjoy it with my family in the meantime. I own 1 other UHQR and feel the same. (Kind of Blue)

Really enjoy your videos, I rely on them for up to date information on new releases. Thanks for putting the time into creating them.

I always enjoy your videos. I rely on them for up to date information and have been able to purchase some great things you have recommended before they disappeared! Thanks so much.

Always enjoy your enthusiasm, Michael!

Well done Michael, as always. Looking forward to getting my copy, asap!

I have just received and listened to my copy today, very very good quality.

Wow... so nice. Thanks for sharing Michael

Great video as always. Glad to see they have hit Europe already. Fingers crossed my copy arrives next week 😊🎸

Thank you Michael for giving this one the thumbs up, have ordered it here in Australia expected around the end of April this will be my first UHQR title.

I ordered my copy the same day it was announced. I haven't received it yet, so I really appreciate your report. It is a truly spectacular release, and I very much look forward to holding it in my hands and above all else hearing it on my turntable. Without a doubt, this will be a "buy now or cry later" release. Thank you for the very nice report. 👍💖🎸😎

My copy is in the mail. I had my order in about 3 minutes after the newsletter emailed. I’m looking forward to hearing it when it delivers.

Thank you for the review. I’m looking forward to receiving my copy.

Hi, Michael! Just got my copy. The UHQR is very different from the LP we listened to in 67, my high school days. This sounds quite amazing! As to comments that it's "not the version Jimi wanted"; welcome to the club! The Beatles, Stones, et al were ALL subject to the whims of the record companies in the UK vs here in the US. It seems quite ridiculous now, but back then they were just "pop" groups, so who cares (said the record companies)? I think the first Beatles LP to be "official" was the White Album; Stones, Beggar's Banquet. However, Jimi's next two were issued in the same package (except for the [notorious] Electric Lady cover...). Regardless, this is in the Top Ten all time great albums. Wonderful review!

Boy, you really got your copy fast in Germany. I put in the order immediately, and am still waiting on mine in California. Can’t wait to spin it.

Great review....have mine in transit and excited for arrival. Best part of your video was you highlighting an upcoming Jethro Tull release.....hopefully Chad is starting to realize not everyone LOVES Jazz 🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉 and they start releasing more classic rock selections🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Yay!!! I can't wait to receive my copy. Have a great weekend.

Great video as always, I am still waiting for my copy here in Houston, TX. that would be an experience for sure.....

don't know how you always get them before me in the US but good for you! love your videos

Thanks again Michael just ordered a copy 👍

It's still in stock :) Just bought it

Tempting..in my early drummer days ..many incarnations of Jimmy appeared on our set list.. Perhaps ..wind cries Mary. Had the more of interest for me in drum parts..Mitch Mitchell, like Charlie Watts was a big jazz buff ..he could be heard emulating his favorite jazz drummer , Elvin Jones ..on tracks like ' manic depression '. He played with a traditional jazz grip ..as did many rock legends..bc to play jazz well ..means indepth study and focus..and in my opinion it all goes back to the rhythms of west africa..a place I know all too well. Having studied ritual voodoo drumming for 2yrs in Benin , Max did it , as did Art Blakey .. I'm sure this box set is beautifully crafted and mixed ... You're bringing back alot of memories for me on my drum timeline and phases ..but Hendricks never gets old .. I didn't make it to Woodstock..just shy a few years ..

Nice, I cant wait to get mine, this is my first UHQR purchase, so we will see what they hype is all about

So pleased to see some ‘none jazz’ audiophile records coming through, thank you for the heads up. I’m looking forward to more iconic rock albums appearing in the future. Thank you as always for taking so much of your time to make these great videos.

Thank you! I’m so excited! I ordered my copy yesterday. Expensive but I missed out on the Axis: Bold as Love UHQR and now goes for up to or over a grand in most cases! I didn’t wanna make the same mistake again. Btw: Mono fanatics, just stop.. lol. Screw Mono! This album definitely sounds best in Stereo (just as any psych album i.e. - Sgt Peppers, etc.). I’ve heard the mono versions, and never been impressed. Sounds Stripped. Raw. Mono is great for old jazz, soul & r&b or any Old albums that have only straight instrumentation and no effects. But just like Sgt Peppers, there are psychedelic swirling effects and sounds that get lost on mono and makes it sound like something is missing. I’m So excited for this to arrive. Early birthday present to myself.

I can appreciate the technical side of the pressing. I can definitely see why it impresses the Germans. Many of my German friends love this type of craftsmanship, it’s just not very common anymore.

I hope the Hendrix estate can get a hold of his Royal Royal Albert 1969 concert and release it on vinyl. I have my Are you Experienced album worn out so I am thinking on buying a new one . It was a two track recording but it's awesome and was his debut studio album .

Amazing stuff, Michael! Maybe when you do the comparison video, do a deep dive on a song to explain the differences? If I had your setup, I'd probably sit there flipping records back and forth for hours just repeating the same song to dissect all the differences. Big Fan of Manic Depression.

Great video. Jealous you got your copy before mine. Can't wait to get my copy.

I listened to my QRP pressed analogue 2 track tape sourced lp from 2014 last night. Sounded fantastic. Just FYI. One thing that struck me is the vinyl was actually quieter than my uhqr kind of blue. Really. ☮️

What with all these expensive AS/MFSL releases in pointless large boxes and the insanely priced ERC releases, the whole vinyl game has a "Last days of Rome" feel about it.

Thank you !

Can wait for mine 😉😉

I can drive to Salina, KS in 8 hours. Still waiting for mine. Hahah. Ordered within 5min of announcement.

Looking forward to tomorrow’s chat with ‘Mr Tone Poet’, Joe Harley.

iconic blues rock that unfortunately without Red House... not the fault of A.S. but was always bummed that such is the case. Can't wait to get mine!!

I’m waiting for the package to arrive!

Mine is supposed to arrive Sunday. By the time I discovered Analogue Productions, I was too late for Axis: Bold as Love or Jethro Tull’s Aqualung, so this will be my first UHQR title.

Great video! Looks amazing! Mine is coming tomorrow. It’s Marvin Gaye’s 50th coming today, Hendrix tomorrow, and hopefully on Monday or Tuesday I’ll get my first vinyl album (6th album). I pressed 100 copies. Also I’m looking forward to the new Chili Peppers., I ordered the indie record alternative cover release. So maybe it will be sent late.

Nice review as always. Wondering if mastering is any different (sound quality-wise) than one Mr Grundman did on AP's SACD released late 2020. Good luck on your Joe Harley interview - you will do great!

Thank you, I love your passion for music. I would love to see an afordable vinyl listening set up from you, as cheap as possible, lets face it life is getting hard for many people and sometimes i feel music is the greatest escape from the madness around us.

Another great release from Chad Kassem, but only available to those who ordered in the US. In Germany as good as not to get it. If you are lucky, as always only for a moon price. With the announced Jethro Tull it will not be different.

Nice review! I think the way Hendrix heavily panned between the speakers on some of the tracks I believe the Stereo release will be a better listening experience as opposed to the mono.

Already arrived, I have to look out for mine then 🙂

I got the Mono versions of both Axis and Experience. Wish we could hang out. Mono on both sounds Time WARP amazing!!! Thank you for the review!!

I wish the last Hendrix was done as a deluxe double release with both the stereo and mono version in one box with a higher price. I probably would have gotten that one too if it was but I guess since it sold out a lot of people consider that a problem. Im just not enough of a completionist or Hendrix fan to dedicate that much space for 2 copies of that album.

Best thing they did was announce it when it was ready to ship. MFSL is so lost announcing all of these titles that are 2+ years away.

Still waiting for my pre order here in singapore🤩🤩

Awesome video! When are we going to get The VMP Quincy Jones box set review? Been waiting for that one

I am a huge Hendrix fan, and this might see like I'm trolling here, but I am not! I'm really disappointed the track listing is the version Jimi was unhappy with. No Red House!? Purple Haze as #1 track? No thanks.

1967/1968.......Nobody in history or the future could produce Are You Experienced/Axis Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland in such rapid succession AND still sound exciting AND futuristic....I have only one complaint and that is the inclusion of Hey Joe at the expense of Red House...Terrific video Michael👌👋

Pity it is not the U.K. track listing ( the one Jimi wanted).

Just found a mint original copy for 14au in my local thrift ,it blew me up ,so intense .....

Ok….How in the hell did your copy get across the pond before mine? 😂😂👍🏾 That’s awesome…. This way I will know for sure how this release will sound. Hopefully I will get my copy soon.

I heard about the Hendrix on Chad's channel! I'm jumping on this one! With jimi Hendrix I prefer the stereo version (I'm a stereo guy anyway) , not only because I like stereo better, but because jimi Hendrix was the opposite of the Beatles where as the Beatles concentrated on mono, Hendrix was more into stereo (which is why you hear a lot of "sound effects " in his music) ! He was a visionary who saw that stereo was the future, and the creativeness with it was limitless!

I like this approach to releases. I don’t like long waits, uncertain release dates, etc. Do you think the vinyl supply situation is getting better?

Great video Michael. I love this album...I got a fantastic UK pressing of this album. Don't think I'll get this...but I am curious if they will ever do a UHQR version of an album that's not over 50 years old? Like there are great album made past the 60's and 70's. ..and not jazz either. Just wondering..

Man you got it fast!! I ordered mine on the 26th and it still has not showed as mailed yet ☹️

I ordered 2 Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced UHQR copies on March 26, and the status of my order currently is back ordered. I don't know how this could be when all 20,000 copies are already pressed. Why are copies not shipped!?!?!?!?

I’m listening to the 2014 Legacy pressing right now. Being honest, I just can’t see how this album could ever sound better than this! But since I dropped the $ on this uhqr, I Sure hope there is a massive improvement to justify the massive cost difference! Lol. I guess I’ll find out next week

I'm a huge Hendrix fan. But one thing that bugs me about his studio albums, he always got a little heavy handed with the left and right panning effects. But I guess stereo was new back then and he wasn't the only one overusing it. The Beatles are guilty of it too. Some of their songs are unrecognizable if you only listen to one channel.

180 grams are not enough. A 200 gram record when 140 will give you the same quality is unnecessary. This is a great album. Much better than most of the MoFi one steps. Are You Experienced is a stereo album. I don’t know why anyone would want a mono version.

love your glasses where do I get a pair ??

Yours showed up super fast. Ordered mine on the 25th and paid for the fastest FedEx option available yet shows as still being "in progress" Guess some of us to do have to wait sadly

Not available in Europe and 250 US Dollar in total for 1 record (incl. 70 Dollar shipping to europe plus Tax and fed ex handling fee) is not a business practice I do want to support.

Great Video. My question „Is this a all analog production (AAA)?“

Mono AYE sounds great! absolutely stunning. I have read that the US mono tapes do not sound good and the original UK mono tapes are now very degraded. I have 2 copies of the original Track UK vinyl and they sound very veiled. Really rolled off top end. I have not heard a US mono. I do have several French Barclay pressings in Mono. I have found the best is the Barclay Box Set with 1C1D1S in the run outs. If only they could find the French copy of mono AYE!

Hola Michael, I'm in Spain and just received a bill/invoice from FedEx of 79€ ahead of the arrival of the UHQR. Are you experiencing ( no pun intended😂? the same in Germany? Great channel! I'm a big fan.... Pepe de Granada

Hi love you Chanel just won a copy on eBay 200 pound hi price I know but will be worth the money all ways high price in Uk 129 d in us 185/200 Uk

1:27 so is this a "Don't Look Back" Laugh Now, Cry Later release ??

Ordered mine the minute the email hit and don't even have a shipping confirmation 🙃

I hope we will see a doors uhqr, will you be getting the la woman rsd release ?

Hoffe, das ich noch eine erhalte, frage mich aber gerade ob du dein eigenes Transportflugzeug hast, da du sie 2 Tage nach Veröffentlichung vorstellen kannst. Viel Spass beim hören.

I guess Joe Harley will announce Blue Train... 🤫

Wow....same comment, how did you get your copy on release day...? I need your secret on this! Cheers.

Let’s hope that Jethro tull received the pop up cover with great sound quality

Would you mind telling me what gatefold sleeves you use? They seem to be really well made!

Hey Michael, where is this interview with Joe Harley with the announcement?

Michael, Ja die Platte ist gut aber haut sie dich vom Hocker? Ich habe mehr erwartet. Aber ich denke das Ur-Band bzw. die Masteraufnahmen waren schon nicht das non plus Ultra. Wenn ich die 45er Umschnitte der DOORS damit vergliche, ist das ein Unterschied wie Tag u Nacht. Wie siehst Du das? Grüße Denis Im Vergleich

Michael, but it is mono. I think you got confused and meant stereo release when you asked...

Shipping + Tax + DHL is killing the fun to order in the US,...I simply can't take that anymore.

With the prices of everything rising it would be better if they didnt have the box and spare the cost. Plus I dont see the need for the box especially as the gatefold is included too.

Did they just use the stampers they already have fir the 2014??

I thought this wasn’t gonna be the same issue as the Mile Davis one…..? Anyone know what’s up. I ordered mine with the impression that they were all pressed in house and ready to ship on that date. Now I’m seeing that people in Egypt and in the Antarctica already have theirs and my order is still processing.

Hallo Michael, leider komme über deinen Link mit der Bestellung nicht klar. 🤔 Und, wie ist der Preis umgerechnet in €? Info. von dir könnte mir viell. helfen. 🙏

Mofi give you two discs and a one step process for the same money.

Price 125 dollars…..shipping to me 108 dollars…..

Ok i gave up. I ordered it today. I had promised myself Not to buy it. Oh well… i Must hear this

Have you made a video showing your audio set up? I bet is legendary.

I really would want this title in my collection, but after 3 replacements of the Kind Of Blue UHQR without a satisfying outcome, I simply lost my trust in this series... Overseas shipping is insanely overpriced, plus the return policy from AS is anything but "fair" for overseas customers. Im now stuck with a 150$ very bad and unacceptable pressing of the KOB UHQR, that hurts. Never again!

You would tell us if you're getting these for free right?

Beautiful sleeve and stunning vinyl, but the silly container makes me stay away. Sorry 😩

Do you anticipate a 45RPM version?

I heard the original boring and heard another version boring now this version bettter be Better just orderd it from my local record shop the clear vinyl scares me but am looking forward to it just the same. I Trust Your Judgment.

So I have to assume that you get them for free and shipped before the general public since mine is expected to be delivered April 3rd and I live in USA! I feel you should disclose that you don’t pay for these high priced sets from AP. Just like you manage to ALWAYS get the ERC releases. Please be honest to your audience and disclose that you get these records only to promote them on your channel. Otherwise it takes away from your integrity.

Nice review but £180 vs £26 for the Marino AAA version cannot possibly be worth it. Granted you should buy it, not play it and make yourself a little profit down the line

Everytime you say 'Once more ...' I finish it with '... the Sith wil rule the galaxy'. I guess I watch too much Star Wars

Overreaction

Son unos YOURGIRLS.Uno de los mejores conciertos ❤️ Son unos de los mejores conciertos, no puede ir pero de tan solo verlos desde pantalla 5, se que estuvoj sorprendente...

Sadly the label don't is the original, that label looks too modern, too toy to my taste.

Finally got my copy. First impression: ridiculously over-packaged, ugly book spine, god I hope they stop doing this. Sound quality? Good (from Hey Joe on), not great. Second impression: Great music, horribly recorded/engineered.