My RUSH Re-issues and Direct Metal Mastering - Vinyl Community
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- A few years ago, RUSH re-released some of their albums on vinyl. In this video, I tell my RUSH story and talk a little about the way these records were made.
You always get my "like" right off the bat! No matter what subject you are touching, you always turns it into gold! Cheers!
About 2 weeks ago I bought Moving Pictures a direct metal master. And it just blew me away, I heard sounds I didn’t know existed on that album. It’s just simply amazing.
Thank you for pronouncing Peart's name correctly! :)
Yes, my thanks as well. So nice to see someone care enough to get details correct, especially the artists' names!
just have across your channel😀 keep up the great work and long live RUSH!
Wow! I picked up 2112 on blue vinyl several months ago, but I had NO IDEA about the hologram! Thanks so much for cluing me in! (P.S.: Thanks for the terrific video, but you're busting my heart the way you just gloss over Caress Of Steel, which is far and away my favorite album of ALL TIME! Please give that one a chance - if you can find the time to shut the world out, sit down & just LISTEN to this amazing album, I promise you'll be as blown away as I am by it!)
Thanks again & cheers!
Great video and we really appreciate it. We’ve heard about Rush’s DMM 200g vinyl reissues and got our first with “A Show Of Hands.” We has gone to our local record store to pick up of another artist’s new release and found Rush’s “A Show Of Hands” but the cellophane was missing. I thought maybe it was used and asked about price. They looked it up and informed me it was new but gave it to me for half off. When we listened to the record, we were really blown away! After hearing that we were sold. We would’ve bought another there but they didn’t have the titles we wanted. So, we took to Amazon and ordered “Moving Pictures” and we’ll receive it tomorrow. We’ll keep you posted. Keep up the great work!-Chris & Beth🎧 #DMM #remasters #AbbeyRoadStudios #RUSH
Allways a pleasure to look at your videos and listen to you Craig. Even if you are just a young boy prom my Mountain Top.
New sub. Browsed a few videos today after buying a replacement turntable (not needed). But I think you saved me from giving up as you say in a video a few years back. A little patience and thought and I am right back in the game after diagnosing my user errors after work today on my LP120 (thanks to you sir). I have a fairly large collection that seems to match your tastes which I bought on the cheap in the late 90's when music stores were still a thing. TOWER RECORDS RIP. Look forward to watching you for many more years to come. Craig is the man, MAN! :) I run a ragtag pinball / gaming channel with my friends.
Awesome records man! I have been collecting the Rush re-releases also. Awesome commentary, great work man.
Tom Sawyer...... one of the toughest of RUSH songs for drummers and as per Neil. I too am a drummer since 1970. Great job. Big RUSH fan!!!!
navahojn55 My band used to play this. No one told me it was in 7/8. What a mess!
"Freewill" is tougher and heavier. Permanant Waves never gets the credit it deserves.
Honestly, if I had the money, I would get the studio releases up to Counterparts in vinyl. John Rutsey was a stellar drummer and deserves mention. I'm a drummer myself and quite enjoy Working Man & Finding My Way.
Hey Craig, thanks for making such great videos; I really love your channel. I'm just getting back in to listening to my vinyl, and your channel has be great in helping me along. The most disappointing point of the video was finding out that the blue vinyl pressing of 2112 is sub-par. Thanks for letting me know, I was wondering which version to get (a lot of my Rush Vinyl vanished a number of years ago), and I was excited that there would be a version that was something that could be shown off (like my Hemispheres picture disc, which doesn't sound that great).
Thanks for sharing your Rush journey. Mine started with 2112 when I was in elementary school. A friend of mine "borrowed" his brother's copy of 2112 on cassette and brought it to my house. As a young Cellist in the school orchestra, I was blown away by the arrangement and complexity of the album. As a budding guitarist (guitar "owner"), I was blown away by the rock musicianship; this album was what prompted me to change to Bass guitar.
I'm filling in the missing parts of my Rush collection mostly with the DMM versions (available in The Great White North at your local Sunrise Records store). I like the cleanliness of these LPs. They have the life and dynamics you expect from vinyl without that "sterility" we got with CDs. I can't yet compare to older versions of the LPs to hear any differences (as Leon thepro suggests). I can say there are some differences, though. In Hemispheres (side 1), there is a jarring "silence" at the transition point between two of the movements.
Anyhow, apologies for the long meandering post. Again, I love your channel and am looking forward to future videos. I suppose an in-depth video on knowing when to change your stylus would be great (if you haven't already done so).
Thanks, and Cheers from Regina!
Rob.
Hello Rob. Yes, I heard that space between the movements.. oops. Also, on the digital download, which is from vinyl, there's a skip during La villa strangiato.
With the blue vinyl, if there weren't so many quiet parts on that album, it would be ok.
Vinyl TV I haven’t claimed my digital downloads yet. That’s crazy that they missed a skip in that transfer... in my favourite song, no less!
It's always a pleasure watching your videos! So nice, authentic, funny and interesting. So thumbs up indeeed!
Thanks, Craig, for this great video. I had no idea my 2112 has that sweet hologram on it - rock on! Keep up the wonderful content.
The word that comes to mind when I think of Grace Under Pressure is "dissonance."
Craig Farraway, man you make great videos ! I didn't know much in the beginning of this year, about turntable setup or how to clean vinyls, styli ect ... . Clearly watching lots of your videos really helped me out and now I'm much better equipped with my records. I can preserve them with good quality inner sleeves and getting rid of the paper ones that actually can cause little tiny debris & scratches on them. My turntable is AT-120 LP and its same one that you have and I love it and use it everyday to preserve my records in high quality WAV files with VM 540 ML/H cartridge. I have learned a lot and thanks a bunch man !!! Your awesome of what you do and love your videos !!! Keep up the great stuff man :)
Thanks Craig, always great videos from you
I was not into Rush until I met someone younger than me that was really into them. When the CD's came out he gave me all his vinyl Rush albums and some of them were imports. That was back in the 1980's and I still have them. I did buy the remastered Moving Pictures and it definitely was better than the one I had from the 1980's. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for your videos! Rush is one of my favorite bands also. I just recently purchased the Fluance RT 81 and love it! Also purchased Hemispheres! Getting moving Moving Pictures next. I still have memories intact of the early 80's playing Rush's Exit Stage Left and hearing TomSawyer for the first time...
I'm the same way with the Rush re-issues. I completely baby them. I haven't picked up the first 3 yet, but I did grab the bigger box sets of 2112, Hemispheres and Farewell to Kings. Lots of great extras in those.
I first heard RUSH when I was 13 years old when 2112 came out and was blown away. Fast forward to 1985 and we got tickets to see them live during the Grace Under Pressure Tour which they played no music I was familiar with and actually fell asleep at age 18!
I have Moving Pictures and All The World's A stage so far but I definitely want to get all of them. "The Camera Eye" is always my "test" song for any new piece of gear. Amazing sounding reissues.
I just picked up 2112 and Moving Pictures DMM vinyl at Walmart of all places. They sound fantastic!
Another cool and informational video Craig. Thank you.. 17 and best regards.
Rush where my "Main" band back when I was a teenager. Many great memories of concerts and albums. You have inspired me to dig out my vinyl and give it a spin with maybe an accompanying beer or 2. "Moving Pictures" is the DB's! Every home should have a copy!
Love your videos and your rush reissues. I have just about all the same reissues as you do but instead of hold your fire I have roll the bones. I like you never got into rush early on but now love rush. I also have almost every cd of them. I also feel the direct metal mastering reissues sound fantastic. I have some earlier pressings also there good but like you mentioned the new ones play very quiet. I like you hadn’t a clue how to set up my turntable back in the day it’s almost laughable. Thank goodness for the internet and your informative videos. I agree with all your logic and wisdom on vinyl matter wish we could hang out and listen to records together until then take care.
This is my favorite channel...
Even if you dont like rush and i do, you have to love this guys enthusiasm its contagious
Rush caused a sensation here in the UK when they appeared on OGWT in the late 70's, their golden period lasted for several years and then they seemed to run out of ideas, i have Permanent Waves on MFSL sounds stunning! Saw the band live around 2006-7 they were brilliant.
So awesome your a Rush fan! Cool! My favorite band! And drummer!
Nice detail .... as usual. Keep up the good work. Cheers !!!
Big rush fan here too. Recently got their "hemispheres" box set which has Neil's drum solo from a different performance from the "all the world's a stage" which seems to suffer from tape head bias issues
The first album is the only Rush re-issue vinyl that I've bought. The packaging is great. Contains some inserts like a poster and a Rush family tree. The cover and center record label are like the original Moon Records release, not Mercury.
Look forward to listening to your live Friday cast and you hitting the drums again and having another stab at 'Tom Sawyer'. Your attempt last week was pretty impressive! :)
Another great video. I am guilty of not owning any Rush albums. But I just ordered a copy of "Moving Pictures". Can't wait to spin it on my RT81.
I like the way you explain things!
I scored a 2112 Black Vinyl yesterday. Such a great flashback.
Hot tip: to preserve your covers keep the vinyl in its sleeve on the outside of the cover at the back. It prevents ring wear, pressure on the spine and general wear and tear each time you take them out.
You can buy protectors that have two pockets one for the album cover and one for the disc. And the company that makes them is Canadian!!
The "Rush 2015" reissue Lps are $29 a piece now (little higher for double sets)! And I absolutely love DMM record's! Idk why they stopped it! I think Rush's catalog will always be in print on LP!
You need to get the first Rush Album vinyl, it's a rocking balls to the wall blast haha thanks
P.S. I'll add that the Hold your Fire re-issue, doesn't have a lyric print inside, whereas the original pressing did!
absolutely loved your reviews and comments
Great video! I have Rush - Moving Pictures as the 2015 US 200gm reissue and it sounds amazing! I have some DMM vinyl records. I highly recommend: Darryl Hall & John Oates - H20, German DMM pressing - RCA - PL 14383. It's amazing.
I have to agree, Moving Pictures is a magnificent album to start listening to Rush. I'm still trying to get my hands on one vinyl copy of that record.
Thanks, Craig! I love your videos. Rush is also my favourite band and I am still in mourning, as are most other Rush fans. The blue vinyl 2112 was limited to 5,000 copies, so they are collectible even if they don’t sound as good. I haven’t opened mine yet and probably won’t now (thanks for the warning!). Do yourself a favour - if you stopped at Presto, pick up their last album, Clockwork Angels. I am not a big fan of the mix as it sounds muddy and compressed and all the instruments seem to be competing with each other for dominance in the mix. BUT they re-introduced the high concept and the strong melodies, which seemed to be missing on their newer albums since their 21st century return. The vinyl is currently fetching a high price but I don’t think it is out of print - maybe just out of stock. Pick up the CD if you can’t find the vinyl. “The Garden”, the final song on this final album, will make you cry.
Because of your enthusiasm, I'm going to go Spotify some Rush!
I have 2112, Moving Pictures and Exit Stage Left of the DMM vinyls myself and they really are incredible. The rest are at the top of my want list.
Hi Craig, I understand that you got turned off by the last bunch of Rush albums. Why is that.? I’ve been a fan since 1980 with Permanent Waves, but I’ve allowed myself to be open to there sounds though out time. I just love “snakes and Arrows and Clockwork Angels”. Even “Vapor Trails” has its merits, it so raw and so appropriate for what the band (Neil) went through. I know that the sound quality was very compressed. Basically I want you to appreciate those albums but you have every right . I love your channel, I’m writing this after the sad news regarding Neil’s death. My take is that we are so blessed to have great music and the ability even listen to it and to have passionate people like you talking about this hobby. Thanks from Montreal
Craig, Another band that is doing direct metal mastering is Pink Floyd,the three albums I just picked up are,Wish you were here,Dark side of the moon,and the Division Bell.
Hi there! New here and love your videos. Got into vinyl not long ago because of you in a sense. Question on the rush blue vinyl. I just got mine from the official rush website and on the back it has a sticker that reads “Made in GB”. I thought these were made in the U.S? I haven’t been able to find one on eBay that had the same sticker as the one I have. Thoughts? Thanks!
Those inner sleeves are generally really nice at killing/preventing static. I've had some releases (A&M Audiophile series) come with them.
13:19 - A childhood friend of mine I've known since kindergarten has 2 older brothers so he was introduced to a lot of great bands growing up. I was at his house one day and he was playing RUSH on his dad's stereo. I had never heard them before and 'Tom Sawyer' was the first song I had ever heard from RUSH.
I love the 4 that I have. very good quality, thickness, sound, presentation. love the hologram on 2112. I'm looking for more at a reasonable price.
Another great video to watch .
Ooops! I just posted a video where I mispronounced "Peart". Thank you for sharing the knowledge, I'll know better next time. Great video, as always!
Love your videos and was wondering if you would do a video on using a protractor . I dont see any good videos out there on that . Thanks again.
If you look my "Very Detailed Turntable Setup" vid, there's a section in there about that. I might do a dedicated vid on it. Thanks!
@@VinylTV33 Thank you . I dont know how I missed that video before .
15:24 - I love 'Red Sector A'!!! I need to check out the rest of "Grace Under Pressure".
great video.. love rush.. good info
I have them all, early ones on vinyl I have a master recording for moving pictures gold plated CD all the commercial cd's too
That shirt fits so much to you, where can we find something like that ?
I still cherisch the first pressings I've got of Rush. My favorites albums are still A frarrewell to kings, Hemmspheres and 2112. But I'm curious about the re-issues. Will take a look at Amazon for them.
Best vinyl related channel on youtube!
Just bought them love them 😊
If you're interested there is a record store day release of Hemispheres, it's a picture disc. Thanks for the videos.
Record changers were the reason for the raised edges and centers on LPs. That way the actual playing surfaces didn't rub (as much) when the LPs were stacked on the spindle. Love your channel BTW.
I would assume also when they are stacked after they are pressed. Thank you!
@@VinylTV33 Indeed, sir. 😉
@@VinylTV33 While I was cataloging some records yesterday, I discovered on a Capitol inner sleeve, an ad blurb for "T-RIM" on the bottom of the sleeve. The blurb says it is patented and it has a fancy logo (which actually incorporates the process.) It also exclaims the protection and speed stability virtues of T-RIM. BTW, the LP was a 1958 pressing of "The King and I" in stereo. Thought of you when a saw this. Here is a link to a photo of the inner sleeve, the T-RIM reference is at the very bottom: images.app.goo.gl/cEmSFS8nGfdWad92A
My experience of playing coloured vinyl, and picture discs especially, is that they are almost invariably noisier than standard black vinyl.
RIP Neal Peart. September 12, 1952-January 7, 2020
15:00 "Sidways!" Who's Sid?
Btw, I also love the DMM records.
I have a DMM of an Art Tatum record by PAN-AM records and the first time I put the stylus on the run-in, I thought I still had my amp on mute!
I've never experienced an other record being so quiet on loud volume setting.
I like the sound of them , have that album
Album Clutching at straws Marillion. Listening to this will make you want to run around the house with sharp scissors, guaranteed.
Watching this ten months later DMM could be the future of vinyl after the factory fire in California...
Hello . I am waiting for next video from CraigTube also :D .
I have one video suggestion :) Maybe a video about audio conversion with Audacity. How to improve & fix vinyl conversion into digital wav 16 bit or higher if you prefer. (For example like to remove big pops and clicks using the repair tool by highlighting the click sound itself and using the repair tool allows to remove the click, or "TICK" like the a sharp fluctuating zig-zag that can be silenced with repair tool as if it wasn't there) or using any tool to can help folks to make it sound great. You still get the classic sound off course that vinyl has just to take away the nasty sounds that can be removed with Audacity :) I just thought that could be an idea ? Not sure what y'all think of that if that's a good topic or not for those who are converting to WAV. I don't like compressed conversions, just the uncompressed ones because it bugs me knowing that piece of music is being taken away when it can be heard the way its meant to be heard. So, I don't know that just me thinking out loud :) Or maybe its silly topic ...
It's on my list. Thanks!
@@VinylTV33 Cool beans :) Your awesome man
Hi. A farewell to kings and a few more later ones were recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales. Near where I live.
Have you heard of a band called Marillion, they’re a Scottish progressive rock band. Their first 5 albums are really good. After that their lead singer Fish left and went solo his first solo album is also great its called Vigil in a wilderness of mirrors, check it out.
never picked up the reissues. Have most of the originals including a few moon pressings of the 1st album and a copy of 2112 that has a Kiss Alive inner gatefold.
The 40th Anniversary LPs use the 2015 Abbey Road remastering, but do you know if they were made using DMM?
I was hoped to hear your thoughts on Roll the Bones. I was raised by your generation, so your Tom Sawyer moment for me happened with Ghost of a Chance
Did you have any problems with the printing of Exit Stage Left? Mine was pressed real bad on one part of one side.
Sides1,2,3 have popping/ like high pitched fireworks sounds for a minute or two, close to the end of the side. You can see it on the record if you look close enough.
Would be interesting to see wether they could half speed a direct metal master an lp and what it would sound like.
I wish they’d re-release Chronicles using DMM as its the best and so expensive second hand!
Hello Craig, what year were these pressed in the event we wanted to try and find some out there?
That's something I've never been good at... figuring out the press date. These came out in 2015.
I have a Blue Vinyl reissue of Kraftwerk autobahn, and I was very disappointed with it sound wise, it had issues very similar to what you describe with your blue vinyl 2112 album. After I while I sought out a clean 1st pressing of the same album, yeah it cost me but boy the sound was like night and day to the blue copy.
Craig, I made a mistake in my comment to you before.... I raved on about the Ortofon 2M Blue cart, but now I reccomend the Nagaoka MP-110 instead of the Ortofon 2M Blue... It's way way better. (And cheaper) Especially paired with the Schiit Mani preamp. Trust me. I actually sold my Blue to get this less expensive cartridge. Out of this world sound-stage! See You Tube reviews. You won't believe your ears... Also looking foreword to your next upgrade video. I think I know what it is. :)
Hey Randy... No worries. The upgrade was provided by Fluance. I also really love my AT440mla. I think it's probably the best cart I've ever heard. I will look up your cart for curiosity. Maybe one day... :)
Is there any way to tell how a vinyl was pressed just by looking at it?
craig…are you still producing videos?
It's Craig!!!
perfect!
“That’s a shampoo.” :)
Do you participate in Record Store Day Craig?
Na, I haven't so far.
Vinyl TV I’ve gotten some really awesome records the last 5 years. Check out the list at there website
HailYes, Rush!. I just play with "Sticks" compared with thee!.
Is the black 2112 better sounding than the blue?
Oh yes!
@@VinylTV33 Sorry I asked on another video...I'm really worried and know your and expert. I ordered a red atn-3600 stylus instead of the yellow atn-91 to go on my at-91 cartridge. The specs are the exact same. Is.that ok will the 3600 be the same as the yellow atn-91? Thanks
I believe they are exactly the same.
I was given a promo copy of Signals on cassette about a week before it came out. My die hard Rush friends and I gathered around my stereo and eagerly listened through the whole thing. Our mutual final verdict was "WTF is this crap?" The beginning of Rush's watershed years. Lost many a fan on that one.
Kimono Craig MARILLION. MARILLION you have to try them my friend 2 nd album Fugazi it’s a mindblow
Fugazi is great!
I have exit stage left on vinyl and cd. Both sound muddy.☹️
14:15 My uncle had a copy he gave me. It's only vg though...
they are quiet.....I'd seek out a refund on the 2112 Blue....yikes alot of $...
"Freewill" is a better song than Tom Sawyer. Permanent Waves never gets enough credit. I don't know why. It's such a great album.
I have always found that coloured vinyl / picture discs always sound like shit... lots of "Rice Crispies". manufacturers have claimed they have a new formulation for the coloured vinyl that gives the same aural qualities as black....I am not convinced. FYI Coloured Vinyl was used ,at some point , so that Radio Stations could tell what genre the new releases were....e.g. Country would have it's own colour, Jazz would have a different, Pop would also be different etc, etc, etc. Record companies would send out the new records so the Radio would not have to listen to everything that came in. The Music Directors could look at the colour and decide if the song was the right format for their station.
Coloring does not affect the sound.
Leon thepro: I agree! Colored or black vinyl-it all sounds the same.
The interest in vinyl continues, at least for now....at least until the boomers are finally all gone. Alas-
I dont like the sound of DMM records. I find them sounding bright and hard.
The originals cut by Robert Ludwig still sound better. The reissues have a lack of low end and dynamic punch, not because of DMM but just the mastering in general. DMM is not necessarily brighter either.
Some of my black reissues are also clicky and noisy as well by the way, even after RCM cleaning. Worse vinyl used or worn stampers perhaps.
You have the Back To Black European reissues? that might be the problem. The USA&Canada reissues from 2015 are the ones you want.
@@Livewire91 Nope, mine were QRP pressings, although I should mention, all of them were plated in the EU anyway.
@@leon9021 Oh, i have moving pictures qrp and it does not pop or click. Dead silent and no surface noise. Absolutely fantastic pressing.