The best Classic Psychedelic Rock albums: Reddit reviews

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Not sure if you are looking for an early pressing or trying to find this album only in the wild but amazon is selling a fantastic pressing of this album for less than $10.

You can always buy it on CD.

I remember reading that In The Court Of The Crimson King was mastered on a tape deck with poorly aligned heads, this caused the high frequencies to be messed up. There was some attempt at the time to minimise it. Then one of the original masters got lost for decades. Robert Fripp finally found it and a digital remaster was released some years back in which they were able to digitally correct most of the issues. I believe the The Original Master Edition is the first pressing of the digitally remastered CD (code DGM0501) amazon link It is also coded with the HDCD audio codec which gives higher fidelity audio if played through Windows Media player or CD player/audio player with the correct decoder. wiki

https://www.amazon.com/EMPYREAN-JOHN-FRUSCIANTE/dp/B001N18HMS/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=John+Frusciante&qid=1665158792&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI0LjY3IiwicXNhIjoiNS42NSIsInFzcCI6IjQuNzkifQ%3D%3D&s=music&sr=1-3

Anyone know the difference between this and this version?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IXHBUG0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

$100 for a single LP at 33 & 1/3 is a poor offering. This is priced to compete with MoFi's One Step, but is not up to par.

It's extremely hard to justify when you can buy an all analog cut at 33 & 1/3 for $11.74 on Amazon with Prime shipping: https://www.amazon.com/Axis-Bold-Love-Hendrix-Experience/dp/B0033AGPF8/ref=ice_ac_b_dpb_twi_lp__1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1531412066&sr=1-1&keywords=axis+bold+as+love

Edit: Don't understand the downvotes. I'm not hating on this release, but I don't see the extra $89 of value in this set vs. the already available all-analog pressing; offered in the same format, same number of discs, and same speed.

I personally prefer the 2004 'Original Master Edition' mostly because it was the first one I hear. I don't think the 2009 stereo mix really adds much, although it is a somewhat interesting companion piece.

So if you don't yet have a copy of the debut I would recommend this one for sure. Having said that, since the other edition includes the 2004 mix as well as the 2009 one you can't go too far wrong.

I bought my vinyl copy earlier this year, so I assume it has to be the 2013 remaster. It does sound really nice. Unfortunately, I've never done a side-by-side comparison with the CD version, so I can't help you out in terms of describing whether the rerelease adds anything. I just know that it was a really cool addition to my collection, and simply because of that it was worth the money to me.

How much is the store asking for it? They're going for $59 on Amazon right now, which is a little more than I paid for it but perhaps it's less than the store may be asking for.

Opinions will likely vary wildly. But, if I could only listen to one Beatles album for the rest of my life, it would be this one.