Roxy Music – Stranded

Purchased this recently at JB HiFi in Sydney. I've been burnt before with coloured vinyl, so not a fan, but this is an excellent pressing and sounds wonderful. The drums on Psalm sound exceptional.

This Polydor reissue sounds much better than I thought it would.

Great reissue, sounds is clear, detailed and loud. Everything breaths, stereo sounds is really sharp. A really good album you can spin and spin again
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Two part review.....

£35 from Amazon UK and Optimal media strikes again. Non fills for a whole 5 mins of side 2 and far too audibly off centre to boot. Same good remaster as before.... sadly ruined.

EDIT: i waited patiently and bought another copy for 30% less than above from HMV uk and its somehow much better. Like from a totally different batch. Its close to bang on centre fairly flat and groove noise free.

1st copy not recommended, 2nd copy highly recommended... GO FIGURE!
God this hobby can be annoyingly rewarding!

My copy arrived, clean, flat, and quiet. Great pressing. It didn't even need a clean. Glad I picked it up.

Flat and centre'd if not the quietest. Really decent mastering but i reckon an original would be better still. Its plenty acceptable overall for what is a borderline price i would just like a quieter pressing (and ive tried 2 and Degritted them both!)

Another amazing sounding Roxy LP, this time the sound is widescreen super-lush CinemaScope. Sort of spooky sounding, recessed & booming, but in a good way. Sounds great played LOUD

A Christmas gift from my brother in law, wonderful sound, silent pressing, detailed and dynamic presentation, delighted.

Difference between this and the other HDCD U.S. Virgin issue?

Bit of a quality control issue with my copy. There’s a scuff on the lead in and a scratch across the first 2 tracks. Fortunately it’s only really audible for a couple of seconds at the start so I didn’t return it. It was also really dirty, like it had been left out whilst someone had a cigarette break over it! That was fine after a wet clean but it would have taken some work if I didn’t have that facility. Great sounding record though, like all the other recent half speed remasters.