Anyone noticed the annoying noise/feedback in New Jersey? Weird. I've cleaned it a few times but i keep on hearing it. Not sure if its from the recording..A few scuffs and dust! Tight sleeves. Argh but so far i'm fine with it since i can't afford OG pressing.

No problems here. Dead silent after a couple runs, incredible sound. Records removed and stored in poly, no scuffs to report.

Some songs are just as noisy as the Down Colorful Hill-reissue :( Sad to hear many people experienced the same problem. The paper sleeve seem to have caused a lot of scratches on my copy. Don't know if it's the material of the sleeve or something else that is the cause of this...

Sounds like a half and half issue. My sleeves were fine, no wear on the discs. Record pressing was very quiet, no clicks or hiss at all.

Does anyone know how many copies were pressed?

paper sleeves are so tight it's dangerous

Good sounding reissue. Had to clean it extensively, but after that no crackling. Packaging is minimal, in keeping with the original pressing and CD copies. Solid reissue of one of my favourite albums.

Have both the original and this re-issue, and this is a very poor attempt, however to be honest, it is also an inexpensive record. The original has more thicker inner sleeves, and the image of the rollercoaster on the front is sharper than the one on the reissue, which looks like it was simply taken from the cd booklet and enlarged. The original pressing is also better sounding, and the vinyl is heavier. And yes, you're correct in needing to clean the records before playing. Something that I don't expect when buying new vinyl.

First reissue in 15 years, and it's pretty poorly packaged considering the price tag. Mine came in with scuffs, bits of packaging grinded up inside, and the LP was slotted in the wrong way (almost dropped the LP trying to take it out). If you wanted a more grandiose reissue, you already missed it with the 6xLP box set, which was a RSD release and is no longer in print.

The only thing more grandiose about the box set version is that it comes on copper vinyl, otherwise it is the exact same.

Pretty terrible reissue. Bad quality sleeve. Barebones as all hell. Only if you want the record really badly and nothing more.

I'd have to agree with the consensus here. My copy is very poor with extensive crackle on Side 2 of Record 1. This crackle remains despite Ultra Sonic Cleaning on the Klaudio Vinyl Cleaner. There are lots of scuff marks too, more is the pity, because this is a really good album. Why on earth do they make inner sleeves so impossibly tight?? Is this to annoy purchasers? I can't think of any other reason apart from cheapskating. We shouldn't be surprised though because these LPs were pressed by GZ Vinyl in the Czech Republic which is notorious for producing shoddy vinyl. GZ, can however, produce good vinyl LPs, when the price is right, apparently. Ironically, this is a very good sounding reissue but the pressing quality is well below acceptable on a good number of copies, including my own.Can anybody tell me who reissued/pressed the 'Songs for a Blue Guitar' vinyl? JPC says 'Island' so I am hoping that maybe somebody decent like Optimal in Germany was contracted for the pressing job on that one. 4AD did a lousy job on these reissues and there is no excuse because everybody in the vinyl business knows that GZ Vinyl is the worst plant .. ever.