Lucky again.
Lovely album. Great sound. Perfect pressing.
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Try some Speakers Corner records from Germany. These are all AAA. And they aren’t so expensive as MoFi:
https://www.discogs.com/de/label/75430-Speakers-Corner-Records
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I had till recently around 10 Pure Pleasure and maybe 5 Speakers Corners. No one could reach the life and freshness of my original lps. So I sold them.
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We notice that the cutting level on the remastered vinyl record is 1 dB lower than that of the original version, and more importantly, we notice a flattening of the peaks with a dynamic range reduced by over 5 dB!
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Vinyl succumbs to Loudness War: more than just collateral damage!
An interesting article on MagicVinylDigital.net
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Hi Kevster, is that the “Hot mix” you are referring to? A friend and I spent an evening investigating whether our copies were one of them, sadly no.
Hi there
Regarding Rumours you should try to listen to the double 45 rpm mastered by Hoffmann and Gray at acoustic mastering and pressed at Pallas. It’s one of the best if not the best sounding version.
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RD did mention this version to me earlier on in the thread, I just need to sort out the lp12 as it will only play 33rpm at the moment, thanks for the suggestion.
As a 69 year old with a large vinyl colection mostly from the 70s and 80s but also 50s,60s and 90s. Generally speaking, you need AAA classification ie analogue at every stage of the recording process. I do have some digitally recorded and mixed albums that sound pretty good but they are essentially a vinyl pressing of a CD. Early pressings of a release (A1 /B1) generally sound better, but can also be more worn as they are older. Japanese pressings are superior in every way. Half speed masters are more precise but lack bass depth. 80s 12" 45s are often the best version of a song available, in sonic terms. There, that’s my two-penny-worth. Trust your senses.
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Yes. Heard it (sounds amazing) but sadly don’t have a copy myself. If I ever win the Lotto though…
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Lol… @TheKevster I’ll leave you my copy in my will. It ain’t mint, but it sure as hell doesn’t need to be. Enormous sound. 
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Zep 11 was their first album I bought as a teenager. I would guess it was 1979 or so, which would have been well past that early copy. Either way, I remember laying in my bed listening to it over and over with headphones. The album still sounded amazing to me, and is the reason I fell in love with the band. I still own that album, which has been played hundreds of times, and has plenty of scratches to prove its age. I no longer own a turntable though, so it is just a reminder of better times.
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What I see is that reissues are remastered. They balance is not like the original. Maybe more geared toward an audience using phones and headphones ear buds. but I have a dozen reissues and none sound as good as the original but quality wise they are quiet and flat in my cases.
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Agree with the flat and silent, that was all I could say about my latest purchase, which I managed to return, thankfully.
Looked at the price of MF albums and they are certainly not cheap, think I might try the s/h option next.
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Original press sounds like good music, whilst latest press are like presenting a piece of information to you, good for those who spent fortune in highly revealing system for being picky on details. That’s the trend driven by market.
Outside of the odd dodgy pressing modern vinyl sounds fantastic, even stuff that is digital all the way through the chain (DDD) sounds great. Does it sound as good as the best all analogue pressings from the 70s? Maybe not, but I’d rather put a gun to my head than limit myself to music from a particular period and deny myself new pleasures.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good.
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