I listen to this album on my Gameboy, man does it sound good. Quiet and punchy, you don't know what you're missing

0:37 "Oops! This record sucks bad". This phrase only deserve a like!

My copy is a US Terre Haute 1st press and it’s just a monster. So freaking good. So glad I got into vinyl this year.

Many thanks for these videos! Sought out the promo version, got a decent copy for $60 - still has the set timing strip on the cover too. Please, please, please keep these videos up. You are wonderfully on point and to the point.

I have a NM 1979 gold stamp promo version. Dead quiet the sound jumps out at you from the dark like a beast.

Thanks, love your no nonsense, straight to the point approach videos on vinyl. From UK and total vinyl devotee

Mike, I have an Italian EMI/Harvest issue that I assume is a first pressing. It was made from US supplied TML stampers on all four sides. The vinyl is pretty quiet too. Snagged it for $18 about 10 years ago. One of the best bargains I've stumbled upon. It's fantastic.

Feel very lucky to have found a promo pressing in near perfect condition in the used bin for 5 bucks about 10 years ago, it sounds great!!!

Keep up the good work Mike and i wish you much success in your business.

I have a UK first pressing with the later Jacket style that I got in York while I was visiting and it sounds incredible !

I like what you did with the sound of the video...matched it upto what you were talking about to replicate.

Best record pressing reviewer period. Thanks for all your detailed reviews!

Yep, that U.S. pressing is the best one. Though I don't have the promo, the stampers are from the first pressing. I also got the U.K. first press, and while I dig the sound, the American cut has more punch. The Japanese cut is definitely a disappointment, and is now more of a collectible for me. Nice review man!

Although I know you are doing a Dark Side of the Moon at the moment, I would love one for Wish You Were Here as well. Many people know what good issues are for DSotM but WYWH is not as clear, I really dont hear many people talk about it.

I inherited a 1979 first press from my dad, it’s not a minty copy but damn does it still kick some ass!! Love the videos, mike… keep up the great work!

Years ago, I bought what I thought was a good used copy of this album. I never played it, and in the days before the internet, I had no idea what it was. I was shocked to find out that it's the US first pressing (after the promo version). I haven't really cleaned the 2016 Grundman pressing with the fancy fluid (forget what it's called), and Comfortably Numb seems to have a slight sibilance (?) on at the end of "you may feel a little ssssick". The first pressing does not have this.

Hello! Thank you very much for your video! I would like to see a Dark Side comparison :-) Is The Wall first promo pressing you refer the one that has the matrices PAL 36184-1D TML-X, PBL-36184-1BG TML-S, PAL-36185-1BD TML-S, PBL-36185-1F TML-X?

How about a review on the 2011 cd remasters of Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Where Here, Animals and The Wall.

Glad I found these video reviews! Can you do Dark Side of the Moon?

Too bad all new music pressings have gone the way everything else has . Quickest with least amount of quality

I've got the original Canadian pressing with What Shall We Do Now? in the lyrics, was my mother's

I bought an original French first press, with TML on all 4 sides, sounds excellent, More airy clear and spatial than the 2016 Bernie remaster. The French pressing is also very quiet, awesome bass, and more present. Haven't heard the others mentioned here, but I'm happy with the $45 spent on the original French

We’d love to see you do one on Pink Floyd’s “Division Bell” if you hadn’t already.

I just purchased a 1979 uk 1st pressing from a local brick and mortar record store. Listened to it for the first time and noticed that one album is labeled side 3 & 4 and the other (which I expected to be side 1 & 2) is actually labeled and pressed as sides 2 & 3. Is this a misprint? Thoughts? I now have The Wall missing side #1. ????

Dude I love your delivery. Oops... sucks bad great channel

I have a NM 1979 Canadian 1st pressing . curious where mine fits in

⁠​​⁠@TheInGroove any suggestions on Wish You Were Here? Love the shoutouts

Please consider reviewing the Beach Boys' "Sunflower" album. While maybe not the sales equivalent of others you HAVE reviewed, it is an awesome album creatively and sonically (read the liner notes). Several critics considered it the best post-Pet Sounds album the group did.

that beard did you good mike, owner of the in groove!

I have the Japanese 1st Pressing. Sounds crystal clear to me perfect to me 🤷‍♂️

Thanks for the info! Can you run through any Hendrix albums?

Hey Mike. I scrolled past this video 10 times looking for it because you didn’t have the beard. Do you have any more copies of this? I missed winning it yesterday at the auction.

On your recommendation I picked up the German first pressing. Thank you my friend dead quite 👍👍

My original US pressing has dead quiet vinyl and is still in the shrink, the gatefold has never been opened, with the sticker on it.

Hello. Can you please tell me what to look for to find early copy?

I dare you to do another one of these pressing comparisons with another Pink Floyd album - The Dark Side of the Moon.

Which pressing plant if your first US pressing from? I plan on getting one and not sure which one to get

Who would have thought that the U.S. first pressings of a classic Floyd album would beat out the first British pressings. Goes to show how important lacquer cutting is in determining the quality of the final product.

i'm sure it has been asked before but would it be possible to note down in the video description what deadwax markings to look for, for each of the pressings you discuss?

Hello Master, for when the review of the dark side of the moon? Saludos de Chile

I saw somewhere that there is a Canadian First Press. Is it even a thing or is it the same press as the US one?

I bought a 79/80 Canadian pressing when it first came out which I still have today. Sounds terrific to me but I don't have any others for comparison. Does anyone happen to know how it compares to the original American pressing?

Get a copy of the first Canadian pressing and see what you think. I have not been able to get a first US promo or a UK, so my Canadian pressing has been my go-to for a while.

Damn I’ve got a gold stamped promo. I’ll have to check it out

Where do i get one of these first generation first press?

How about the dutch and the swedish pressing?

Looks like there is a new analogue productions copy of the wall. I wonder how that sounds ?

What about the French pressing from 1979 ? Thank you

Thoughts on the USA 79 TML pressing?

Mike..... Can you do Wish You Were Here

How do you identify a US Promo pressing? I found one that has a gold stamp that says “FOR PROMOTION ONLY Ownership Reserved by CBS Sale is Unlawful” but the jacket is a blank wall, no text like in your video. It’s billed as a 1979 Columbia Promo pressing. Is this it? Will the vinyls themselves have any promo stamp on them?

What is that killer sounding track you use for the intro?

I owned a clean UK 1st pressing and just got a US promo with the timing strip for a crazy low price. You are absolutely right. I didn’t believe you until I heard it but it is better. Deeper, richer bass too.

Mike I'm surprised there's much of a difference between the German and the US pressings, given the German pressings all use TML stampers.

What about pitman or santa maria first pressings?

I have the 2016 press and a 1979 press from the Netherlands, my 1979 press has some wear but listing past that it sounds so much better. Sad to see how with current much better technology they manage to make it sound worse and i also don't get why they keep doing it, everyone wants original pressings why can't they just repress those

Aren't promo copies meant for radio stations and play in stores?

I own a first press US issue that literally blows away that recent digital issue, which I got cheap.

I own a Candian pressing that smokes every version I've heard. Wide soundstage, insane clarity and dynamic

Can you do the who s quadrophenia and live at Leeds?

I got a US non-promo first pressing, and I think it sounds absolutely fantastic. My particular copy is NM and was possibly even not played. I expected it to play well obviously but the quality on that thing is just absolutely top knotch. 👌

Hi, not sure if you’ve answered this already, but which of the two MFSL “Dark Side Of The Moon” do you prefer? Thanks.

I have the 79 “cbs promotional gold stamp”and it sounds amazing, it does have a different jacket than the one yo showed for the US promo copy. It’s just the brick layout without the album name. I got it for 20 bucks and love the album. 2nd favorite of all my records. Tho I have heard that the first France pressings were better. I’ve personally never heard it so it might just be internet hipsters saying it.

That's absolutely right "the best sounding version is the version you find is the best sounding not what you were told" K98- no one can't DENID the Japanese QUALITY OF SOUND AND INTEGRITY.

I have the 1979 Vinyl and the 1986 CD and they both sound great. So much easier to find this on CD in great condition.

Do you have a US Promo copy for sale ?

My UK 1st pressing is dead quiet. Think you might have just gotten a noisy copy. Imagine no US pressing would be as good as mine. How often would they ship the master tape that far? Seems unlikely that US is from a 1st gen tape

I have a Swedish pressing. Sounds awesome!

Great video!!

I have a first US pressing. It sounds amazing. Better than my 2016 pressing.

No hype sticker with the uk edition? That’s the one I have....

so... pardon my ignorance, what is the "Pitman" pressing then?

Your Room echoes really badly, is there no carpet or any type of absorbtive materials in the room?

I owned a 1979 orange Italian press promo. Sounded AMAZING!! Couldn’t turn down the $1,500 I sold it for… everything has its price. Shit, you want an arm or a leg? How much you got!?

Is there anyway to tell them apart without playing them side by side?

What is that beautiful equipment you have? Look That is a professional sound system...

You're an audio boss man!!!

I was lucky enough to get my hands an original US first pressing of this album. Great comparison.

thanks again

Mike you look so different without a beard lol I was like wow here is the original in groove owner mike must have bought it from this guy then you started to talk. You look great either way just different 😉

I paid $90 for a Japanese pressing that I was told was the best sounding.

Please make new "what version is best" videos

Hi, I wish I watched this before I purchased the latest 2016 pressing which I purchased only because my original uk 1979 pressing was a bit crackly and tatty. As soon as I played the new version i noticed that the dynamic range just wasn't there! Where was the big dramatic intro? Just shows that by saying 'Remastered' on the front sticker doesn't mean alot really as there is definitely a reduction in quality from the original. Why can't Floyd follow the lead of Dire Straits whose reissues are just fantastic and also from the same era. Keep up the good work.

I have the US first pressing, it sounds GREAT!, better than UK.

Were you reading a script somewhere? Look at the camera! But still, great video!

how is the canadian?

I have 3 copies on vinyl and imo the 79 version sounds better than 80s copies or the 2016 version

My Australian orig sounds killer, probably from the UK stampers.

Interesting, I've read others say the 1st Japan issue had more pronounced bass than the other pressings lol...

Holland pressing sounds best to me. German and Swedish are very good too, but Holland pressing is soft, organic, dark, thick, meaty, and sounds more natural than others.

Hmmm, my UK first press is dead quiet.

Of Course the latest reissue (even though it’s done by Bernie Grundman) isn’t good. Cuz it’s under 40 bucks, right?

I have a Japanese First Press Test Pressing of The Wall and it Sounds Unbelievable. I know extremely Rare in this Version since they Only Pressed maybe 5-10 Test Pressings.1990 I was in Japan and bought Two Japanese Journalist Collections . Bought maybe 2k Japanese Pressings and All were 1st Press Promo and Test Pressings , All Never Played Mint. Promo's and Test Pressings are usually Pressed Hotter and able to take More Gain with Less Distortion. At least This is what I have Noticed and my friends in Japan say the same thing.

Animals is Pink Floyd's best studio album

The first U.K. pressing can’t be beat.

Mike, do you read what you say in this video? Old school man 😂 BIG UP!

Anyone sitting next to what may be $100,000 of audio equipment, you might want to pay attention.

Interesting video and in this case I agree with the reviewer, but differ on some of his other pics. Specifically, recommending Miles Davis' Kind of Blue on a two disc MOFI 45 rpm version is not necessarily the 'definitive version' of the album in my opinion. Some of the recent MOFI releases have been muddy sounding and inferior to the original pressings. (Little Feat Dixie Chicken comes to mind as sounding muddy, while Hall and Oates "Rock 'n Soul" sounded pretty good). Point is the two disc 45 rpm sets for $50 (or so) dollars are a colossal over priced waste of money in my opinion. I hand it to these companies for figuring out a way to charge $50 for a fifty year old album that went for $6.98 not too long ago; and perhaps if you possess over $100k in equipment (like the reviewer) you might hear some 'marginal' improvements at best, but for an average system all a 45 rpm record is going to do, is have you running up to flip the record over twice as often. Stick with the original 33 1/3 format. In most cases a clean original copy of a classic album will sound the best (my favorite sounding copy of Dark Side of the Moon is the domestic copy I bought in the early '90's on the purple Capitol label). Think about it though. An original pressing was too was mastered from the original tapes and while it may not be 180 gram, the weight of a record has no bearing on the overall sound quality. In addition, the master tapes were much newer at the time not having sat 40 to 50 years degrading in a vault and, you hear the album the way the original artist intended it to be heard. If you were buying a classic reproduction of say the Mona Lisa, would you want it the way Da Vinci originally painted it, or have it 'digitally enhanced' and altered. Point is these reviews are very subjective and should be taken with a grain of salt. Best to read several reviews and perhaps buy a couple of different issues of an album to decide for yourself. That's part of the fun of this hobby. As a long time collector I too concur in avoiding digital vinyl. Happy listening!

It's ironic that you're commenting on sound quality when you seem unable to balance the levels of your audio.

Mike's come a long way since this teleprompter woody.