Big Star – Radio City

This cut and this pressing are both really lacking the life and the bright Stratocaster jangle of this album, and my copy was very noisy out the box, which isn't shocking for MRP. Not really worth it unless you really need this album and don't want to shell out the crazy prices for an OG.

This beats the original in of sound quality. The treble is less harsh, it still has the right midrange punch, and has more solid bass.

Sounds awesome, nice glossy hard-card sleeve. This album would have seemed so out of place in 1973. Big Star has always sounded like it was twenty years too early and meant to come out in the early 90’s. Good stuff

How does this release differ from the other 1998 Italian release?
https://discogs.versitio.com/release/3452350-Big-Star-Radio-City
Does the label here not show Akarma 029 like the other release?

Wow the sound is incredible and the color is beautiful

Incredible all-analog pressing with a beautiful color that perfectly matches the artwork. Easy 5 stars, this is how you do a modern reissue right.

All analog. Cut by Jeff Powell. Tip on jacket. Beautiful wax. Sounds glorious!

Exact same experience as the RSD Essentials #1 Record reissue. Not the quietest noise floor compared to the Craft standard black pressing, but still far from overshadowing any of the music. Flat vinyl and sonically equivalent mastering with the same tip on jacket. Still would rate an easy 5 stars.

how does this sound folks?

would especially love to know if anyone has any comparisons to be made to an OG.

Never felt the need to get the recent Craft pressing, even though I am very curious with how it sounds.

Regarding some of the complaints below, I could be wrong but I believe that the recording is very bright “by nature”, meaning that its first pressing sounded very bright, so there’s that.

My understanding is that in a sense the Craft version - by removing some of this brightness - is “changing” how the original album sounded, so some purists did not like it.

Nevertheless, this exact pressing I am reviewing sounds glorious, and I have probably spun it a hundred times or more through the 10+ years I have owned a copy of this.

My copy is kind of getting (very) worn (ie with a few crackles and surface noise - blame it on years of playing this on a bad setup, which by the way is something that is not occurring anymore) but it still sounds great - the awesome mastering and quality wax still shine through any shortcomings of dozens of plays.

Supposedly this pressing right here was also cut by Chris Bellman just like the 2009 “Holy Grail” Classic Records pressings were, even though his signature is not on the deadwax. Never could compare the Classic pressings to this but this one sounds awesome - and is much cheaper.