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From: kucharsk@Solbourne.COM (William Kucharski)
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Subject: LP Quality
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Date: 6 Feb 91 13:44:29 GMT
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I was in the record store the other day, pondering the purchase of a LP
($9.99?!), when I asked myself a question:

Now that the record companies are only pressing a few thousand LPs of any
particular title (if they're available at all), has the quality of those LPs
increased at all?

Basically, I can see two results, with probably the latter being true:

	1) Fewer LPs are being made from the master, so the pressings are
	   probably better and sound quite good.

	2) Fewer LPs are being made, so there is no quality control whatsoever
	   and the albums are being pressed from the cheapest recycled vinyl
	   the record companies can find.

Can anyone who may have purchased a new release on LP lately comment on which
route the record companies are taking on this?
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