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I was looking so forward to getting this album on vinyl - out of print for 35 years! - and when I finally got it, I was amazed by the super quality of the old-fashioned cardboard jacket, the glossy heavy-weight photo/lyric sleeve and the high-quality full-size book of photos and essay on Gene Clark. What a package! But you can imagine my horror when, as I listened to it on my expensive audiophile equipment, I heard two two skips on side one and three skips on side two! I'm able to rework vinyl in most cases to get rid of these defects (not everyone is, so such buyers will have to go through the hassle of RMAs), but it was very difficult to get the last skip out - all of them due to very poor manufacturing process controls during the pressing stage. This left lots of "stitching" (looks like solder balls/flakes under a microscope) some of which got stuck in the grooves of the record. What a hassle, and so easily avoidable. The records are pressed at Universal Music Enterprises out of Santa Monica, CA, and their pressing controls and final inspections are terrible, a real crying shame for such a great album as this one. The good news, is that you also get an MP3 download code for the songs, but the quality of the MP3's are poor quality compared to the vinyl. Great album, but poorly manufactured (sigh).Read full review
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