This, right here, is one of these legendary posts on LMT. Retromatic brought us a few recently, then there is Impress in the other thread.
Like that time when there is a feast going on, and
everyone is invited to bring an empty plate - and will leave with a bag full of good music.
This is the reason why the internet is such a great project. The generousity peaked today. All the albums are there, with proper titles and year of release added, presented on a silver platter. It's like being Charlie in a certain calorie-bomb factory. The dark times of "everyone for self", with trickling results (here is that LP, there is that release) is over when the whole thing is piled up together, almost like building a pyramid - futile at the beginning but tremendous success at the end. I just came from a 1-hour listening session and this thread came up. Makes me re-check this library once more.
EDIT: You mentioned that CD releases might sound better. But one of my favourite albums shows that your LP recordings sound better than the
CD version LP series share that I received from the official libraries (no Soulseek share).
For example, ST185 - Big City Heat. Take my favourite track there, the name-giving "Big City Heat".
Now compare that file with this official release (the demo sounds the same except the lack of fidelity):
apmmusic.com/albums/SEL_SELLPS_0185
Now play back your LP recording. You hear the better stereo panning? The higher mid-frequencies? The overall better fidely? The loud drum on the right channel at second 4-5 that slowly fades into a reverb whilst on the official release it's almost not there? This is not only completely drowned in bass but barely audible due to some different mixing. Or maybe the bobs at APM just had no clue when they recorded their LP stock? I dunno. The snarling synth bass is clearly more nuanced on your LP recording than the WAV of APM. So your LP recordings might be an actual upgrade to the CD series and I just replace your LP recording over the official APM version! Also, the cover arts are worth it alone as tag-freak myself
"Nightcat" from the same album too. Much, much better what you offer us here than what comes from the official licensees!
Okay, my last edit. But man, this sounds
SO F*CKING GOOD!! I sit here listen to the same tracks over and over as I rediscover the inaudible instruments, slap-bass hits and stereo panorama. This truly is a christmas present. When you can upgrade your already upgraded files both with better covers and the sound is so fantastic. I am still replacing my APM tracks with these and as I tag them, I noticed that LAME had to assign much more kBit/s to each of the now-MP3s as your LPs have obviously a higher frequency range and more nuances, less bass-drowned (and thus masked) content! Less drowned sound, less masked audio, the less LAME can "cheat" with the compression and needs additional juice for the MP3s to keep up
