The Significants I`m Loving Too Hard On Alesver`s Records

[steephill]

Got a copy of the above 45 in the mailbox today which looks mint,a nice copy visually indeed.The problem is though that it sounds lo-fi at best.Very quiet pressing and some distortion too (in the right channel)l.Are all copies like this or are some copies better sounding than others?

[Benji]

My copy plays very quiet too. Didn't notice that much of a sound distortion tho.

[Tricky]

Am I right in thinking a fair few copies of this seem to be up for sale recently?

[Jordirip]

My copy plays very quiet too. Didn't notice that much of a sound distortion tho.

I think it's just a poor press and not well mastered, the story of so many great 45's, all the Modo stuff for a start. The slow flip sounds better than the uptempo side.

[boba]

super lofi ghetto recording

[Jordirip]

super lofi ghetto recording

Yes, two brilliant sides.

[Benji]

super lofi ghetto recording

Is there a ghetto in St. Petersburg?

[Corbett80]

Love this but had to move mine on partly due to the pressing issue - shame as the 45 is amazing. What price if an alt studio take recorded properly showed up??

[Roburt]

But was the problem with the quality of the master tape recording or just what it sounded like when converted into vinyl format ??

Maybe there's a pucker original master tape that sounds just great (but where that would be found now is anyone's guess).

[boba]

Is there a ghetto in St. Petersburg?

it was a qualitative description of the recording but that said, it does appear that there is at least blight in the city:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida

in 2010, 15.9% of the houses were vacant, and I'm guessing they're concentrated in specific areas. i don't know what it was like in the early 70s though.