Just got an email from Townsend Music Store. They are taking preorders for these * titles. Link below.

The Rolling Stones have announced a series of Half-Speed Master Vinyl Reissues, available to pre-order now. Every album was remastered & cut at revelatory Half-Speed at Abbey Road Studios from vinyl specific original tape transfers designed to get the very best possible sound from the format. Each album is pressed on heavyweight 180-gram black vinyl. Buy individually or in a money-saving bundle.
It’s Only Rock 'N’ Roll

Black and Blue

Emotional Rescue

Tattoo You

Undercover

Dirty Work

Steel Wheels

Voodoo Lounge

Bridges to Babylon

[townsendmusic.store]

See also here: [iorr.org] .

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Irix
See also here: [iorr.org] .

sorry. i didn't see that post. i don't do vinyl so i thought it was something new.

are the LPs the same which are in the Box from 2018 ?
or are these new remastered

Let me be the first to ask...Why!?

I like that the ones from VL are finally available as normal priced vinyl. I just got m ABB half speed remaster (from the box set). It didn’t become magically a great album but is definitely more listenable than the brickwalled cd. I suppose it’ll be the same thing with VL and B2B. So, bring it on.

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are the LPs the same which are in the Box from 2018 ?
or are these new remastered

Same.

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Let me be the first to ask...Why!?

To re-introduce it to a potential new audiece?
To keep the records in print?
To earn it a little extra money?

There are several of these I would like to get and did not want to buy the box set. I already have a really good pressings of it’s only rock ‘n’ roll from Japan, Sticky Fingers from Japan, go Ted soup from Japan, and exile on main street both the release half speed master and Japanese import. But I would really like to get bridges to Babylon, tattoo you, emotional rescue, and some girls. No desire for the plastic week sounding steel wheels, bigger bang, and voodoo lounge.

I've got all the albums up to Dirty Work on vinyl. Couldn't find anything after that on vinyl for less than a 100 bucks. Finally!

When do they go on sale?

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When do they go on sale?

8-May-2020 - [iorr.org] .

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Let me be the first to ask...Why!?

To re-introduce it to a potential new audiece?
To keep the records in print?
To earn it a little extra money?

I'm pretty sure the question meant why would any fan here be interested ... Answer: they wouldn't (unless they just have nothing else to spend money on).

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Let me be the first to ask...Why!?

To re-introduce it to a potential new audiece?
To keep the records in print?
To earn it a little extra money?

I'm pretty sure the question meant why would any fan here be interested ... Answer: they wouldn't (unless they just have nothing else to spend money on).

Indeed. You are correct sir.

Can anybody tell if new cat. numbers have been allocated or if the newly issued albums sport the same cat. no. of the albums inside the boxed-set, please? Thanks, Luca

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Can anybody tell if new cat. numbers have been allocated or if the newly issued albums sport the same cat. no. of the albums inside the boxed-set, please?

Looks like these are the Barcode/Catalog-numbers:


A Bigger Bang: 0602508773433

Bridges to Babylon: 0602508773389

Voodoo Lounge: 0602508773341

Steel Wheels: 0602508773310

Dirty Work: 0602508773280

Undercover: 0602508773273

Tattoo You: 0602508773266

Emotional Rescue: 0602508773259

Some Girls: 060250877324x

Black and Blue: 0602508773235

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: 0602508773228

Exile On Main St: 060250877321x

Sticky Fingers: 060250877314x


These numbers can be found on: [www.Universal-Music.co.jp] , [Store.uDiscoverMusic.com] , [DriftRecords.com] .



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Hi
Why half-speed mastered pressing on vinyl should sound better?
thanks

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O2
Hi
Why half-speed mastered pressing on vinyl should sound better?
thanks

Just google and you'll get the answer.
I like this one the best

"A lot of the Mobile Fidelity "Original Master Recordings (OMR)" LP's, use to come with sheets that described the process in great depth and detail.

There are still many professionals who will still argue that "Half Speed Mastering", was/is nothing more than a marketing gimmick, much like the Gold as opposed to Aluminum CD theory. It still comes down to the mastering. A poorly mastered album is still going to sound bad, Half Speed, or no Half Speed."

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Hi
Why half-speed mastered pressing on vinyl should sound better?
thanks

Just google and you'll get the answer.
I like this one the best

Thanks ironbelly... yes I did it...but I dont understand anything...
I am looking for an explanation for dummys... would be fine
Thank You

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O2

Why half-speed mastered pressing on vinyl should sound better?

An explanation here: [www.uDiscovermusic.com] .

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O2

Why half-speed mastered pressing on vinyl should sound better?

An explanation here: [www.uDiscovermusic.com] .

thanks Irix!!!!...
very complicated for me.

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Why half-speed mastered pressing on vinyl should sound better?

An explanation here: [www.uDiscovermusic.com] .

thanks Irix!!!!...
very complicated for me.

The simplest (and partially wrong, as all simple thing are) explanation:
For a response of 20-20000 Hz, the cutter head only has to go up to 10000 Hz, so if there are any nonlinearities in the upper range, they will be greatly reduced. Plus, if you were going to, say, 30000 Hz (and you can, with both analog masters and vinyl) you'll have that much more "breathing room" up there.

The downsides regarding EQ curves modifications are left aside.

O2
Here is as simple as you can get. An extract from the booklet for MFSL box

Why no SF, EOMS and GHS ??

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Why no SF, EOMS and GHS ??

Maybe there'll be an extra batch of (Super-) Deluxe-Editions ?

GHS (Super-) Deluxe 2020, EOMS+Bonus on Vinyl, SF-Deluxe reissue, SG+Bonus on Vinyl ....

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O2
Here is as simple as you can get. An extract from the booklet for MFSL box

THANK YOU Ironbelly

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O2
Here is as simple as you can get. An extract from the booklet for MFSL box

I have this Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab BoxSet!

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Why no SF, EOMS and GHS ??

Hello,

Exile on Main Street has already been released with a Abbey Road Half-Speed Remastered edition.

I own it since 2017. It used to be available at the Abbey Road e-Store (now it os sold out), but it is available in Amazon UK

EOMS - Half Speed



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Exile on Main Street has already been released with a Abbey Road Half-Speed Remastered edition.

But it's a different Master - the 2018 Edition was remastered again:

Abbey-Road-Engineer Miles Showell: "You are correct, for the first half speed cut I did for “Exile On Main Street” I was tied to the most recent remastered audio. This was a decision taken by the band’s management as it was the officially approved audio at that time. In an Ideal world I would have preferred to have had access to a flat transfer from the masters, but that was not available at that time." -- [iorr.org] .

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O2
Here is as simple as you can get. An extract from the booklet for MFSL box

I have this Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab BoxSet!

So, you do not need to buy new re-issues from Decca-London era



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Hi
Why half-speed mastered pressing on vinyl should sound better?
thanks

Just google and you'll get the answer.
I like this one the best

"A lot of the Mobile Fidelity "Original Master Recordings (OMR)" LP's, use to come with sheets that described the process in great depth and detail.

There are still many professionals who will still argue that "Half Speed Mastering", was/is nothing more than a marketing gimmick, much like the Gold as opposed to Aluminum CD theory. It still comes down to the mastering. A poorly mastered album is still going to sound bad, Half Speed, or no Half Speed."

I got Sticky Fingers years ago and remembered it came with a sticker saying something to the effect that raw sound is a trademark of the band and any distortion was part of the master tapes not a problem with MFSLs technique.