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Posted by padreken on January 16, 2022 at 22:12:12:
Case in point-couple of years ago a buddy turned me on to John Mayall's Turning Point album. The next time I went record shopping, I saw a copy in great shape that turned out to be a repress cut at Trutone Labs. It sounded good didn't quite have the magic of what I heard on my friend's system. Fast forward to a couple of months ago, and I see another really clean copy, this one cut by Robert Ludwig at Sterling, always a great indicator of quality. Sure enough, this one's got the mojo-the Trutone (cut by Steve Robb) sounds really anemic in direct comparison.

On Port's FAQ he admits they don't give out pressing info for "some good reasons" but won't tell you what they are. He doesn't have a copy of Turning Point for sale, but if he did, I'd bet anything it would be the RL cut. Originals are usually better, but only if the pressing plant does quality work and the mastering engineer knows how to cut. Even the same mastering cut at different plants can vary slightly-I've got 2 original copies of the original Bernie Grundman Steely Dan-Aja,one is a gold promo stamp pressed at Columbia Santa Maria, the other was pressed at Columbia Pitman. Both sound great, the CSM is just a little bit better, not really significant, though. Since the promo is going to be the very earliest pressing, I'm guessing that's the reason it's got the edge, but who knows.

Remember the names, initials, symbols etc. of the guys with established track records for great sounding records, and you can avoid a lot of disappointment.