Placebo (2) – Placebo 1973

In general I’m not a big fan of MOV releases but some of them sound really good! This is one of them! Of course I would love to have an AAA pressing but anyway I strongly recommend this pressing.

If anyone would consider to trade or sell a copy, feel free to us here :)

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A fine album for the time, well arranged. A goldmine of samples and a lot of it is perfect soundtrack music. As an album of music, it feels pretty sterile. The funk is there, but it feels like a 70s go at The Meters with an updated, more electronic rhythm section and way less “sex”. This pressing is for a certain kind of collector. However, it is a great pressing and the music does come alive a lot more in it than in any streaming rendition. Can’t compare it to reissues: never bought one because I’m not a fan of the music, but had the original come through a shop I worked at and spin a couple of times. There is much better fusion/Jazz-funk/fusion-adjacent music from Western Europe in mid 70s, and for a much friendlier price tag. Don’t pile on me for being relatively apathetic to this band. It’s just one guy’s opinion, haha.

On my turntable this reissue has a good sound, quiet pressing and great mastering.

I’m pretty happy with this release considering the price of OG copies. Would love to do a shoot out to see how different they sound. On my reference system I can hear little distortions and some lo-fi qualities but overall sounds good and of the times. Maybe a little bright.

Hi there,

I am looking for an OG inner sleeve from 1973, if anyone has a spare from another release, please me. Thank you.

The pressing was really quiet before wet wash. After wash, loud surface noise shown up. I wasn't sure if the noise was there all the time or it shown up after wash... So I bought another copy. New one was quiet but there was a static electricity. I took a risk and I washed it with the spin cleaner. Same thing has happened... loud noise shown up immediately. Same thing has happend with Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters from MOV. I also have 2 other albums of PLACEBO from MOV and they went through wet wash with no problem.

Have you had similar experiences with wet wash of MOV vinyl? It has never happened with any other LP which I have.

I started to think they maybe covering the surface with some special coating which reduce the noise and I just took it off...I have no idea

(I use a Knosti fluid and the brushes in spin cleaner are clean)

While the job has been done well on mastering, everything sounds clean, crisp and rich, but it’s just another defect copy from MOV with a tiny plastic cop that has landed inside the groove during pressing and makes four loud pops without skipping. Would not have wrote a comment for this if such strange things did not happen so often with « Music On Vinyl » repressed. Like new sealed records playing fine for three or four times then starting to skip here and there while grove is absolute clean and records stocked in a dry room. Production line really has to be checked.

This is a counterfeit to look like an original, not an official reissue.

Highly recommended. Pressing is clean and quiet. If you like great jazz breakbeats and excellent electric piano, it is very much worth the $20-25 it will set you back. "Balek" is a monster track.