Chili Peppers "Stadium Arcadium" 4-LP 180 gram vinyl set being manufactured now!

That's pretty good. Don't feel so bad now. Hopefully the traded discs were poor remasters a la J. Astley and P. Mew.

I'm on Side 8 now, of the needle drop.

What's with the matrix numbers? A couple of sides have scratched out stuff and others had XXXXXXX over some letters and numbers.

 

Under $40US for 150 G edition.

 

My 150 gram edition has finally arrived. It sounds wonderful!

 

Oh I was looking at the deluxe edition. 40.00 is more affordable, but is there much of a sound difference? I know everyone is saying that the 150 gram sounds good, but what's the diference in sound quality?

 

i havent bought a Chili Pepers album in awhile. im interested in this vinyl version though. ill have to check out some local stores (Newbury Comics has LP's huh? ill have to drop by. a new one opened up near me.)

this is a good question. the 150/180g versions would be much sturdier, but im not sure how much the sound quality would actually differ.

wonder if theres a topic around here on this question? (ill try to search it.)

*edit, i found this topic about the subject of vinyl weight: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=53729&highlight=weight+differences

 

I would love to hear the job the guys did on the vinyl! My fave rock disc of 2006 by far! A brilliant rock record for our times! Enjoy, you lucky devil!!!

 

I just picked up a sealed copy of the 150-gram version at a flea market. I've only listened to one LP so far but I had to add my voice to the praise for both the work of the Peppers and Steve and Kevin. It's superb. Thanks guys.

 

My Deluxe box turned up last week, after over a months wait from Amazon UK (it took 'em a while to find a copy).

I'll just add my thanks to Steve, Kevin and the Chillis, you did a wonderful job.

The sound far, far exceeds the cd imo, you can turn it right up and you don't get the harsh congested noise you get with the cd, it just sounds very natural and musical.

Well done the Chillis too, a big album like this could be full of filler, but not in this case, I'd stick my neck out and say its one of the best they've ever released.

Now when are we gonna see a Steve/Kevin mastered Californication?.......

JJ

 

Steve, i finally bought the 150g edition tonight. i couldn't tell you which is the better of your recent projects, Blue or this RHCP masterpiece. they're both incredible, but tonight i nod toward Stadium Arcadium. simply amazing! kudos and thanks.

PS. the vinyl is not the quietest, but all four disks are flat as pancakes and blemish-free.

 

Just a quick and late post, after thinking my local record shop in Brisbane Australia would never get Stadium Arcadium it just appeared out of nowhere so I had to snap it up!

In short I'm just gobsmacked, vinyl is super quiet and I just can get over the quality of the mix. I can't remember drums, bass and guitar sounding so natural & organic - just amazing. Not being a huge fan of RHCP it surprised and struck me how good RHCP are as musicians and how fantastic they sound as a band when the mix is not being rammed down your neck.

Congrats Steve superb job.

Cheers

John

 

ps bought the 150gram version. Not cheap but great packaging, quiet vinyl and good value for money I think.

 

How much?
I bought it for $36 which is $9 per LP, doesn't get cheaper than that!

Enjoy!

JG

 

150gram set is $65 Australian dollars. Actually when you think about it not bad for 4 slabs if vinyl in lovely packaging. In comparison you can buy the CD for $17, ouch, but its still worth it.