Radiohead – The Bends

I’ve listened to this, in one format or another, for decades. Tried to purchase the 1st pressing, seller sent this and to be honest, I’m better off. There is no way I would now pay $500 for an original first press VG+, when this gem of a MF’er exists for 1/5 the cost. If it’s not as glorious, it’s 95% there. This is a gorgeous album that sounds extremely clear, dynamic, and almost existential.

The labels and cover state made in England and UK and the EMI plant closed in 2000. Kid A being the last UK pressed Radiohead LP so one would imagine it’s late 90s ore 2000 at the latest?
The missing Parlophone logo is just a misprint, there are copies with it missing on one side only. There’s copies of Pablo honey with 45 single labels on them quality control had some hiccups

There seems to be a lot of different presses and a lot of different info out there, so I'm just posting here to see if anyone can confirm whether this is the exact version I have. I believe it to be this pressing, but then I read somewhere that if it says "Capitol" on the spine (which mine does), it is automatically one of the "bad" pressings. So I was hoping to get confirmation for myself and to help anyone in the future who is trying to determine what they have. I've spent over an hour reading through all of the different versions listed on Discogs and comparing my copy and I've only gone and confused myself even more. lol
Thanks in advance to anyone who can give any insight into this!

Characteristics:
-Capital on the spine with 7243 8 29626 1 8
-Parlaphone in red lettering in the black stripe on the label
-it has a very faint, barely visible -3 at the end of the number in the runout groove.
-it does NOT have a glossy cover
-it has one imprinted circle on the label, NOT two
-definitely NOT a 180 gram pressing.
-it sounds pretty good to my ears. I'm not an audiophile by any means, but I'm confident that I would notice if it sounded as bad as people say the Capitol pressings sound.

Very nice sounding master. Wasn’t expecting that from sucha long length. Very different from the CD for sure

Ordered this on Whatnot. It was d as being a 2008 Capitol pressing, with the packaging to boot, but the record inside says Parlophone, with zero mentions of Warner Music Group, so I researched it here on Discogs. Holy cow, this album sounds so good, almost analog, and I didn't listen to the second side yet!

Ortofon 2M Red > Pro-Ject Debut III > Kenwood KR-710 > Technics SH-8020 > Yamaha MX-35 > 2x Design Acoustics PS-10s

One of the best sounding albums I own. Probably the best way to hear this epic masterpiece.

Why isn't the year updated for this? Was it not 1995?

Wicked sounding LP with a mastering that just gets out of the way and allows the 3-D soundstage to float out of the speakers & envelop the listener. Each tune is it's own unique soundscape & you can hear every nuance, every detail, be it metallic crunching or feather soft, it's all there. Bass is subterranean at times if your hi-fi can dig that low & the clarity of certain moments lends an air of intimacy seldom found. Terrific pressing of an art-rock psychedelic masterpiece...

The indented circles make me think about 1998 when OK computer was immediately repressed. Maybe Parlophone repressed also this record after the release of ok computer

This is the best version I've heard, sounds epic, great detail and clarity.

It bests my Euro XL from 2016 which is still a very nice pressing and I used to have a 2008 US but sold it, didn't like it at all, my original CD sounded better.

This UK, probable late 90’s repress is terrific, managed to find a Near Mint copy which wasn't cheap, but worth it in my opinion for such a dead-set classic album.