So I got this German remaster from the 320 series for my birthday, and I’ve got to say this vinyl series is quietly nudging its way into my collection. Apparently, this is a 2003 remaster that used the analogue master tapes, and it sounds awesome.
I love the separation and how tridimensional it sounds, especially in the vocals. For such a beast of a record, there’s a whole lot going on at all times, and you can definitely appreciate all the little overdubs and interplay. It’s such a raw and powerful album, while at the same time a spectacle of musicianship, and this pressing lets that shine through without being buried under compression. On the contrary, it’s a pretty crankable disc.
If you’d tell me this is the best Badmotorfinger ever sounded, I’d believe you.
Yeah, at the time CDs were the thing and I didn’t expect to be able to get a new turntable easily, so I figured it was fine to give them up. Only 20 years later that the regret set in.
I got a decent haul on Saturday for record store day, but it’s definitely going to take some time (and money holy crap) to build a collection again!
An all too familiar story. Some early CDs from these 90s bands are pretty good, though (before everything went to brickwall city), but IIRC I don’t think Badmotorfinger’s one of the better ones.