Who's Next Classic vs Track vs Decca etc.

I just got done doing a shootout on various pressings of Who’s Next using the track Won’t Get Fooled Again.

UK Track early pressing Stamper B2
US Decca 1st pressing Stamper W1
Classic 1st pressing run
MCA Heavy Vinyl

Here are my impressions.

UK Track – Best top end clear and open, nails the vocal perfectly. Extremely deficient in bass. Drums have the snap but no wack. Very detailed.

US Decca – Smooth, evenly balanced great mid-range, above average bass but lacks the detail of the UK Track. Vocals are nicely delineated from the instruments.

Classic - Outstanding bass, drums sound “real”, vocals are recessed sounding. Guitar tone is dead on.

MCA - Balanced but overall sounds a generation removed. Good bass but vocals sound homogenized. Guitar sounds very recorded compared to the Classic.

Just for the record I have no problem tracking the Classic.

 

Tommy thanks for this! How do the drums sound on the MCA?

 

NNNNOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!

enough Whos Next - enough

 

Yeah, my feeling exactly which is why I did it. Hey at least I didn't add in the German, Canadian Audiophile or any other pressings I had laying around.

 

Cool! It can be done in a later thread that way!


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[SIZE=-3]Of course this is my own opinion, but hey...nothing wrong with another "Who's Next" thread! [/SIZE]

 

You can never, IMO, have enough "Who's Next" threads!

 

I like a little bass and nice vocals and midrange, so my Decca fits the bill there. It's like you describe. Don't have any of the others.

 

so which do you prefer?

 

You Tellem PMC

 

It's a toss up between the Decca and Classic. Classics bass and drums are very addicting.