TKalltheTime
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Post by TKalltheTime on Nov 21, 2016 17:08:59 GMT -5
OK on 2nd listen through there is a noticble fight and wobble with the arm on the B side of SS and once "don't let me explode" comes on a very audiable difference. My player (a pro-ject debute carbon with the anti-skate weight) there is a ton of wobble and fight :/ When I was listening for any issues I found a lot with the B side of the record
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Post by john60 on Nov 24, 2016 2:54:48 GMT -5
My copies arrived, with a nice additional customs import charge :-(
Played through SS twice now - and don't care about the costs - this is a fine remaster and mine (SS) at least is a good pressing - not off center and is dead quiet between tracks. And boy can you crank it. Great job. Gonna be a AKM day today I think.
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davew
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Post by davew on Nov 24, 2016 11:04:41 GMT -5
Now got two copies of SS and the off pressing is just as bad on both - time to email frenchkiss I reckon and see what's to be done about it. Waited so long for this album to be re-released on vinyl and such a shame there has been this issue...have to say, however, side one of SS and all of AKM sound incredible - just saddened it's spoiled by the B side.
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Post by thebambino on Nov 24, 2016 16:49:13 GMT -5
Both mine sound nice. Not crazy about the remaster on SS but nothing awful. Guitars are missing a little bit of punch, but like the upfront vocals. Heard a couple of words I'd always missed before.
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hurricanejoe
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Post by hurricanejoe on Nov 25, 2016 12:05:22 GMT -5
Not sure if I want to order it now, knowing this...
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tbob
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Post by tbob on Nov 25, 2016 13:32:34 GMT -5
Not sure if I want to order it now, knowing this... I ordered AKM the other day but am wondering whether to bother with SS now myself.
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davew
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Post by davew on Nov 28, 2016 7:19:55 GMT -5
Anybody else emailed Frenchkiss about this and received a response?
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veon
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Post by veon on Nov 28, 2016 9:12:29 GMT -5
I emailed on Wednesday (11/23) afternoon... I'm hoping for a response in the next few days now that the holiday is over.
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john k
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Post by john k on Nov 28, 2016 13:06:29 GMT -5
tower records in dublin have akm and ss reissues for €30. a bit rich especially if there are problems. i'll have to pass
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davew
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Post by davew on Nov 28, 2016 14:30:11 GMT -5
Had a nice email back from Paul at frenchkiss acknowledging and apologising for the problem. If you send them your problematic vinyl they will send out a repress hopefully fixing the issue
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veon
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Post by veon on Nov 28, 2016 15:41:37 GMT -5
Is Paul's email address paul@frenchkissrecords.com? I hope so-that's where I sent my email!
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Post by wrightyboy01 on Nov 29, 2016 3:47:02 GMT -5
I haven't played my copy of SS yet. Ordered mine from the US. Is it a fault on all of the pressing? And if sending it back am i going to get stung yet again on the import tax?
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TKalltheTime
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Post by TKalltheTime on Nov 29, 2016 4:22:34 GMT -5
Anybody else emailed Frenchkiss about this and received a response? Yes, I did about the pressing issues on SS and the wrong shirt size being sent out. Now they want me (us) to pay to ship back a defective disk on top of buying two bundles at like $100!? This is such a pain in the ass. At least with the teeth dreams LPs Brendan was awesome and took care of the issues right away, the guy at FK seems like a dick and didn't bother returning my response email. Total bummer.
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Post by john60 on Nov 29, 2016 11:30:14 GMT -5
My SS LP is ok - but if it was needing to go back - it would be at their expense and for a refund - not paying them for a defective product return and not paying import tax again, but happily I don't have to.
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Post by muzzleofbees on Nov 30, 2016 16:20:21 GMT -5
Still happy with my LPs, and I got two new t-shirts in right size, without having to return the wrong ones. Great service.
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robs
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Post by robs on Dec 6, 2016 5:25:02 GMT -5
I'll be Emailing about SS - very noticeable tone arm wobble - especially when compared with AKM, which is great.
I won't expect to be asked to return this to the US at my expense, but we'll see!
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hurricanejoe
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Post by hurricanejoe on Dec 6, 2016 13:00:58 GMT -5
Ok, what should I do if I cave in and order from Amazon UK and it turns out to be wobbly?
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Admin
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Post by Admin on Dec 6, 2016 14:02:26 GMT -5
If you have problems and ordered from Frenchkiss and live in UK/EU, still hit up Paul and he’ll work out getting another copy from the UK office upon return.
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Post by ksuwdboots on Dec 6, 2016 15:22:24 GMT -5
If you have problems and ordered from Frenchkiss and live in UK/EU, still hit up Paul and he’ll work out getting another copy from the UK office upon return. I live in the US but ordered from Bull Moose, not Frenchkiss. Still hit up Paul?
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Admin
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Post by Admin on Dec 6, 2016 19:07:32 GMT -5
If you have problems and ordered from Frenchkiss and live in UK/EU, still hit up Paul and he’ll work out getting another copy from the UK office upon return. I live in the US but ordered from Bull Moose, not Frenchkiss. Still hit up Paul? No idea. Try Bull Moose and see what they say?
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Post by john60 on Dec 7, 2016 2:44:43 GMT -5
Hey Brendan, do you know of any progress in getting a uk source for the BAGIA release?
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robs
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Post by robs on Dec 7, 2016 8:41:05 GMT -5
If you have problems and ordered from Frenchkiss and live in UK/EU, still hit up Paul and he’ll work out getting another copy from the UK office upon return. Great, thanks Brendon.
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robs
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Post by robs on Dec 14, 2016 5:31:11 GMT -5
If you have problems and ordered from Frenchkiss and live in UK/EU, still hit up Paul and he’ll work out getting another copy from the UK office upon return. Great, thanks Brendon. I received an Email from the UK office and will be sending my copy back to there.
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Post by dustinthespotlights on Dec 19, 2016 15:17:05 GMT -5
Ive been reluctant to pop my SS onto my turntable for the past month or so after reading this thread, until last night.. I cant tell if my ears just aren't accustomed to higher quality sound from turntables (mine is only $100) but my SS sounds fine!! I was so relieved that I potentially have a good copy of what we now believe to be a shitty pressing. Can anyone else confirm that their SS was also an unaffected copy or at least can someone tell me that I'm totally wrong and need to listen again, which im going to do for the second time tonight anyway? Ill probably hop back on here and comment if i hear anything different later
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robs
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Post by robs on Apr 14, 2017 6:49:00 GMT -5
Just a quick note to say that I have finally received a replacement copy of SS (after two dodgy copies). This is new batch and seems fine, so if anyone still has faulty copies they can be replaced.
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