Caustic Window – Compilation

these vinyl sound AWESOME! super loud, bassy when it needs to be, and acid that will melt your face off ;)

I did an A/B sound comparison on my CDJs with a clouded copy of the vinyl edition on one channel and the CD edition on the other, the video of the experiment is over there in the YouTube links. Like someone else alluded to here in the comments, the extra bit of noise from the PVC clouding did not really compromise the music. It was all recorded on cassette in the first place, so the noise floor is already pretty high.

Playing these records at 33 1/3 It turns the tracks into something I never imagined, new favorite.

my runouts are slightly different than the ones on this page, maybe i have the 2007 repress?
anyway, these vinyl sound AWESOME! super loud, bassy when it needs to be, and acid that will melt your face off ;)

I bought two copies because I knew I was going to play one of them a lot. Both ended up getting destroyed by the cover.

It’s 2023 and I’m here to say that this album is still slappin’.
Get your hands on it while you still can.

Anyone know how to differentiate the 2002 repress from the 2007 one (do the sleeves have slightly different shades of green, for example) ? Cheers..

All-time classic from RDJ. Nothing new to add here than what others have already said. Just want to reiterate what others have said about the PVC copy. Quite noisy at the beginning of sides and in between tracks, but not much noticeable during tracks. Just be aware of that.

Personally, I find the noisy, lo-fi interstitials charming. They add an underground flare to the proceedings I quite like.

I just opened a copy of this I must have purchased around 2002 that I left sealed and mostly in storage until now. I’m pretty sure the price tag was $18.99.

Sounds amazing, and I’m so glad I picked up releases like this back in the day. I don’t have Richard’s entire discography, but I have quite a bit, and I’m really happy to have quite a few more obscure ones like this and Analog Bubblebath releases.

This release has it moments, but also the annoying fact that several tracks were left out for no other reason that I know of, apart from that it would be annoying.
The fact that the CD edition at least has "Humanoid Must Not Escape" only exacerbates the pettiness.