Still have all my old Yes vinyl LPs up to Big Generator, along with some Yes 45s as well.

Aren't you the guy who gets dumped on constantly on the Rachel Ghost show, and then you keep going back for more??

Thank you for the shootout! It would be great to see you do one for David Crosby If I could Only Remember My Name. The Mofi vs the AP

Cool to see you did the shootout without knowing which pressing you were listening to

Great explanation of the differences. I was always curious about that Friday Music version but you guys laid it bare. Great job.

I am a Top 40 kind of person and I prefer my Monarch stereo radio station copy of "Your Move" to any of the album version. They make it too long and drawn out. Atlantic Records' main push was the 45rpm singles. They'd chop up any song to fit on a 3 minute single. The stereo 45rpm radio station copy of "Roundabout" is my favorite version. Joe Regoso IS Friday Music, it's not just left to him to do the mastering. 45 rpm is not always the best speed to release an album on. Like Carole King's "Tapestry" album, ORG did a 45 rpm version of the album but the OG pressed by Columbia, Santa Maria, sounds better to me. I've got a 33 1/3 rpm version from Classic Records, but when Mofi did a single 33 1/3 rpm LP version it beats them all. To me Mofi's 45rpm "Tapestry" isn't as good as their 33 1/3 rpm version.

That poor horse! Another great review in the book. Thanks gentlemen

Yourself and Brad are a great team! Hope to see more of the dynamic duo 👍

Friday Music has always been an enigma. Sometimes they put out a solid/good reissue. The rest, totally crap. Very inconsistent label i all but started to ignore years back.

You said side 3 had a "off" sound! It could be a "drop out" in the Master, those master's even though they held up are pretty old!

Great, informative review. I have the MOFI and I have been planning on getting the A75. Probably sell the Mofi.

Thank you generous viewer! I wasn’t aware of the Friday version until it was too late, and promptly forgot it existed. I guess I’m glad about that! My copies are OG US and recentish GB pressing. My OG US pressing was on nearly every picnic spinner I’ve owned since 1972 so it is far too ancient/scary to play! Still sounds like the Friday version is a potential improvement over some of the earlier 33’s. I haven’t been too enamored with the SW remixes save for JT, and think he killed Dukes of Stratosphear. Nice!

The Friday Music pressing is really well done. I stopped there. I have the original in the shrink that I really love.

Thanks for the info. Were the US and UK originals considered at all or do both of the reissues best the originals?

Even though it means nothing to me, as i bought 1 copy and will never sell it… 5000 copies of a very important and popular album is nothing. I can only imagine what the Rhino hifi will be going for in a few years time, let alone 10 years from now. It will skyrocket in value no doubt. I’m so glad I got one and it sounds absolutely phenomenal to my ears.

Good comparison video. I haven’t read other comments yet but I’m sure someone would have let you know that the original was not from analog as you say in your video.

Thanks for sharing your expertise

Outstanding review. Just wanted to share with you. I just received my copy of the Yes "Relayer " album from the Rhino Fidelity Releases yesterday, and my first impression of listening is " Perfect." I have had multiple copies releases from an original U.S copy I bought back in 1974 to the Friday Music and the Steven Wilson remix release years back, and I have to admit the Rhino release is the best. The music is simply amazing. The mix sounds very clean and even. The album cover is glossy, with thick cardboard, similar to the Analog Productions releases. The album cover has the original Roger Dean artwork, and it comes with a liner note sheet, a lyric sheet, and an OBI strip. The back cover has numbered copies up to 5000. So, if you plan on doing an album review for the Yes " Relayer " album, you will not be disappointed. Thanks for sharing 👍 cheers from Indiana.

Awesome vid David , thanks for making it

They should show us the results of the test environment or even the stage before. You know that there always are multi stages in these kind of environments

My wife found out about the outage when it happened but we weren't affected. We only have windows computers and android phones and tablet. I didn't get a blue screen and my computer worked normally. I was getting blue screens for the first time on my main windows 10 computer a few months ago after Norton performed my "free" tune-up. They corrected it. If you sat on your hands would you still be able to talk? lol

I'm still waiting for my copy of this 75th Anniversary edition. Music Direct hasn't even shipped it yet. I do have some 7" 45's by INXS and six of the songs from the "Kick" LP are on those singles. Some of them are Canadian promo 45's and the rest are U.S. copies which were all pressed at Specialty Record Corp. I have several copies which have "Need You Tonight" on them. One is a test pressing of the retail version, one is a promo copy and I have 2 copies of the retail version with picture sleeves. I also have 2 retail copies of "New Sensation" with picture sleeves. The Canadian promo of this song also includes a radio remix edit. The radio edit version is actually 2 seconds longer than the retail singles or the LP version. I've also got a Atlantic Oldies Series of "What You Need" which isn't on "Kick".They all sound really great to me and I will compare them with the new LP when I get it.

Maybe it’s my Klipsch Forte IV’s but my copy kicked in the low end. Agree with the top end but at its heart it’s midrange hits hard.

Nice review INXS was never my favorite so I passed on this release The music is very dated now with the drum machine and synth tracks I’m sure it sounds great on the Atlantic series though

Great video David! I would be glad to loan you my Abbey Road cut of this title so you can include it in the shootout.

From what I have read this was a digital recording - so it seems. There is a good article on mixonline about the making of the album. Sounds like AP nailed it again. From the article: The Kick album was recorded to one of the early an Otari 32-track digital recorders, “but slaved to Studer 800 MK3, which saved our bacon a couple times when [the Otari] said it was recording but actually wasn’t,” Nicholas says.

4:45 I think you meant "1/2 inch" 30 IPS, not "half speed".😊

It would be great if you did a shoot out between the Kevin Gray all tube pressing and Analogue Productions 45 rpm version of War's Greatest Hits.

Don’t waste your time, Showell converts everything to 96k. Not a chance.

It's nice that after so very long these remastered releases are finally living up to expectations. UHQR's aside I had given up for the most part, save for MoFi's of records I'd worn out for decades. The budget friendly Atlantic Series have more than lived up to expectations. On the downside, my wallet ain't happy! On a semi-related note, some good news about Rhino. I had ordered a few records, mostly so I could get free shipping on Devo's Freedom Of Choice. I received my package, and it appeared they slightly changed the box to have extended wings. Every record was in perfect shape, but they forgot Devo! I emailed support, was immediately contacted back with an apology, then a "shipped" notice the following morning. Emailed Monday, received Wednesday. Out of 3 previous shipments, 2 came with slightly bent corners, but not enough to complain. So it seems they're listening! I responded with a thank-you.

Need you Tonight ❤ Good video 🤗

Wow, Now there is something I can buy. I have the original in the shrink. Cool!

Wore it out, had it on 8 track Nazareth Frank Sabbath all the 70s stuff good times

nice video. I have gone down the KZfaq rabbit hole of Karen. Lots of people say she lip syncs sometimes. I don't believe that; there are some analysis videos on her vocals, her live sounds and match's. identical to the studio version. Shes the greatest voice.

How’d you like Venice? I am thinking of moving there thanks Dave keep spinnin

Very detailed review and comparison. The challenge with the OG is finding a clean copy. The AP release was solid and checked this one off the list for me. Thanks for putting this together.

Thanks for the video of the new facility. Why did they buy a press that was manual? What specific purpose does it serve?

Please make sure to include the Miles Showell 45rpm issue in your Kick shootout mentioned at the end of the video. Lots of debate in the vinyl community regarding which sounds better, the Abbey Road 45 or the new Ryan Smith/Sterling Sound AP 45.

Is this not a second generation digital master ?

Another enjoyable post David! Thanks so much

We are about the same age as I graduated high school in 74 Did you scan the dead wax when you took a record home for the matrix number and where it was pressed and who mastered the recording?? The VC has gone a little over board on this in my opinion Rebuying the album over and over for very little differences is great if you want but it’s going down a rabbit hole looking for the ultimate version!!

This is my 9th AP 75 issue and it is the first that I am not wholly convinced about. Compared to my early (but not first) UK pressing there is undoubtedly more body and punch with an altogether fuller soundstage. Where I am less enthused is in the upper frequencies which, to my ears, sound a little harsh. Indeed on my first play of the album I had the letters CD spinning in my head............................clearly there is no digitisation involved in this 1975 recording but it appeared to be creating the same fatigue for me.

Hey Dave, How would you rate this pressing.

Thanks for your excellent review David ✌️