The Soft Bulletin Vinyl Vs Cd

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The soft bulletin vinyl vs cd.

Sound is full and dynamic vinyl itself is quiet and clean. The flaming lips will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1999 masterpiece the soft bulletin with a limited edition vinyl reissue this october. What you do get to compensate is the beautiful track slow motion that is not on the cd. When the lips got to release the soft bulletin on vinyl a few years ago they restored.

This late 90s indie classic deserves the best possible treatment plus the vaults are potentially full with wonderful and interesting rare tracks outtakes and demos of that era think of the semi official the soft bulletin companion cds. Would have been nice to add an extra lp with the soft bulletin b sides and outtakes like radiohead did with ok. No surface noise clicks pops or inner groove distortion. Only complaint i have.

The band didn t see eye to eye with the label warner brothers so the wider release was drastically altered to include different mixes and repeated songs. What you do get to compensate is the beautiful track slow motion that is not on the cd. The album was released to widespread acclaim and was hailed by critics as a departure from their previous guitar heavy alternative rock sound into a more layered intricately arranged work. So the vinyl has one song less but one song more than the cd.

This is the version the band meant you to hear. Much of whether cd or vinyl sounds better will relate to your system the quality of your source and personal preference but there s reason there remains space and demand for both to exist in this era of ever improving streaming services and hi res downloads. As a musical narrative the albums are superior to the cd as they don t include the remixes of waitin for superman and race for the prize. So the vinyl has one song less but one song more than the cd.

It uses the original mixes three songs were remixed by peter mokran for the initial release and is apparently a flat transer from the original digital mixes. The quaility of the records is high but they are black 120 gram vinyl and there is no free cd like embryonic or coloured vinyl like a lot of their other releases. See more louder features. You may have heard that the vinyl release is closer to the band s intent than the major cd and subsequent digital release.

Records on may 17 1999 in the united kingdom and on june 22 1999 in the united states. The band didn t see eye to eye with the label warner brothers so the wider release was drastically altered to include different mixes and repeated songs. Wish we could have more of that good quality high standard pressings.