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In Reply to: RE: Winchester Pressing? posted by Simon Templar on October 27, 2021 at 16:24:57
So, I happen to have a couple of early Michael Franks releases that I bought when they came out, and then later came across cutout copies of them that I bought for backups. The originals were pressed at their Jacksonville, IL plant. The later pressed cutouts were pressed at the Winchester plant.
I recently had the opportunity to compare them after having owned both copies for decades. The Winchester copies were superior to the Jacksonville copies. Even accounting for wear on the original Jacksonville copies, the Winchesters sounded just a bit better. Not night and day better, but a noticeable bit better.
The two releases were "The Art of Tea" and "Sleeping Gypsy".
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I've only got one Winchester pressing, Tiger in the Rain, and it sounds very good (although the Direct Disk labs pressing is better still). My copy of Art of Tea is my only Jacksonville pressing-I'm going to have to keep an eye out for a Winchester.MF Warner albums on vinyl are true cheap thrills-great music and sonics, and still plentiful in the used bins.
Edits: 10/27/21
When I bought AoT back in the seventies, I was completely ignorant of its credentials. Just liked the music a lot.
Took me nearly forty year to actually sit down and read the credits on the jacket. You might imagine how utterly stunned I was to discover that the likes of Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Joe Sample, Larry Carlton and Wilton Felder were all listed as performing on the record. AND Doug Sax mastered it!
Back in the day, nearly all those folks were unknown to me and wouldn't have meant much to me. Being a bit more worldly now, I realize what a tour de force of talent was involved with that record. Still my most favorite release of his.
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