Creedence on vinyl

Came across Gray/Hoffman’s Analogue Productions vinyl pressing of Green River at a record store a few years back in NM condition.  Considering how spendy those pressings are now and that the owner of the store gave me deals on used vinyl frequently (as I was in there spending money almost daily) and how eager I was for quality Creedence vinyl, (I’m constantly buying and ultimately parting with sub-par original-pressing Creedence vinyl) I had to buy it.

I love it.  Awesome music (obviously) and awesome sound.  Those pressings are just so darn expensive.  I have an original-vinyl self-titled LP that sounds pretty good, but I don’t know how many original vinyl pressings of Cosmo’s Factory (my fave) I’ve gone through.  Often they look good but sound beat, or have a veiled, muddy sound. This is a ‘60s-era vinyl catalog I rarely find in good shape.

My system is Clearaudio Concept Wood w/Satisfy Carbon Fiber tonearm & Clearaudio MC Concerto v2 cartridge, Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+ phono stage, fully recapped/restored Marantz 2285b, and Usher CP-6311 (with plenty of lead shot in compartments) floor-standers.  Very neutral, balanced analog system, where good vinyl pressings can sound glorious.

I’ll probably keep grabbing original Fantasy pressings where I find ‘em, but I should probably just acquire the Gray/Hoffman pressings and be done with it.

A friend of mine recently went to Norman Petty studios.  They don’t let you take video in the tour, but his wife took a quick video and I got to see it.

This made me want to get some quality Buddy Holly vinyl.

After some internet research, I decided to get the Steve Hoffman ‘85 From the Original Tapes vinyl pressing.

Not sure why, but the sibilance was unbearable.  Everything else sounded wonderful, but the sibilance was just way too much.  Not sure if the Discogs seller merely visually-graded it, if someone had played a bum stylus on it, or if I just got a bum pressing, but that proved disappointing.  
 

Wondering if anyone else had any issues with that or any other Hoffman pressings.

@bdp24 Oh my gosh, do Everly Brothers recordings sound amazing!

With fear of sounding cliched and “grumpy-old-man,” so many recordings of that time period sound absolutely gorgeous.

I have a mono Warner Brothers vinyl Golden Hits of the Everly Brothers LP that is such a treat.  Man alive, what vocal abilities, what wonderful songs, what wonderful recordings!

Ace Records is a wonderful thing.

When I went through a heavily diligent period of excavating as many “songwriter/scribe-only,” ‘60s songs by Carole King (Goffin/King) and Randy Newman as I could find, Ace Records CD compilations were as good a source as any.

They made several voluminous compilations for both Carole and Randy of their early, songwriting-only tracks from the ‘60s.  They sound great, are loaded, and provide the listener with several super-obscure 45s I would have never heard otherwise, several of which are simply tremendous songs.

@bdp24 Interesting conversation with Mr. Inglot.  I was impressed with the sound of the Ace CDs, for sure. Not sure the dates on those, I’m thinking late ‘00s. Rhino seems to be hit-or-miss, sound-wise.  I’ve heard some pretty good stuff from them and some really weak stuff.  I had several original Sire ‘79 vinyl LPs of Fear of Music that were too bright.  I decided to get a recent Rhino reissue and it was indeed a better slab o’ wax. Their Fun House, not so good.

Any Analogue Productions vinyl I have is ridiculously good.  

That 45 rpm version of the Crying LP by Orbison of theirs…(cue Homer Simpson drooly-gargley sound)

Correction: I misspoke on Rhino. That Fun House I used to have was not a Rhino.  
The more I think of it, the more Rhino has been great.

Those Black Sabbath reissues I got of theirs were awesome.