Vinyl Done Right
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? [AS00033 USA 2017 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] I last ripped this album back in 2018, then from an original Island Records 'audiophile' version on noisy recycled black vinyl. I've since moved on, sold that copy for a small fortune (seriously) and picked up this very wonderful all analogue repress from the Analog Spark label for thirty quid. I know that's about a tenner more than you would pay for the current in-print digital file to noisy vinyl pressing by the carefree GZ Media - however, this one is cut from the original analogue masters by Sean Magee at Abbey Road (hurrah!), superbly pressed on superior formula, super quiet wax at Chad Kassem's QRP in the US and wrapped in a very high spec tip-on gatefold jacket. What's not to love? We could all think of albums we would love to be released on Analog Spark, there aren't many in current circulation and their schedule seems to have dried up since ...