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In Reply to: Re: Janis Ian, Breaking Silence nt posted by tao on July 7, 2005 at 07:31:43:
Current release is widely available on AP label but unfortunately does not sound as good as the original (numbered limited edition) AP pressing, so seek out an original if you can. If folks are interested I can post an evaluation of the head to head merits of the two (I purchased the newer pressing as a spare recently)
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I have an AP test pressing dated Aug '95 that sounds gorgeous. Also have a standard pressing and it ain't too shabby either, but not quite up to the test version.I don't get it; how can a pressing be a "limited, numbered edition" if they just go ahead and press it again when the ”limited” one sells out? I understood limited to mean “once these are gone, that’s it, buddy.” Not “limited ‘till we get around to cranking out another batch.”
Well that's the wonderful world of so called (as you point out) limited editions. For those who are looking to see what they have the original pressings have a silver sticker on the back lower right reading "HQ 180 GRAM SUPER VINYL LIMITED EDITION SEQ. #" and then a 4-digit number. The labels are identical (and both marked "LIMITED EDITION" so what does this mean?!) The lead out grooves are also identical. I've half way convinced myself they must sound identical so went to do the head-to-head and discovered the interconnect on my RHS phone amp has gone out, so that will have to wait, sorry
it is still sealed. Perhaps I should open it and compare
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Mine doesn't have an AP limited edition sticker so it's a later one. I'll keep this in mind and look for one. AP does such a great job on their 45's that I really wish they would do a pressing of Silence at 45.
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