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[gadelseed]

Hi friends,
I'm looking for Judas priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny - Canadian Attic Records . ACD 1157
Hope someone could help me out.?
Thanks in advance

[Stackanovets]

Only EMI Rec. 7243 4 93915 2 9, print for EU, 1998.

[gadelseed]

Thanks,but i have already this 1998 pressing.
The only pressing i don't have is this Canadian Attic. The best sounding version for stevehoffman.tv/forums members.

[Kleinervogel]

According to Adular Zech's opinion
the best are (in order):
1) LICD 9.00112
2) CCSCD213 "The Collection" (SWOD\RR)
3) TECP-25386
4) Attic

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"The Collection", a 1989 release of both SWOD and RR on one CD. There is a UK pressed disc (from the early 1990ies I suppose) and one made in Switzerland, which is the first press. This is the one to get (but difficult to pick), awesome sound, in the same league as the Line, but not as quite, and less muddy; however, the Line is just the closest to an analog sound imho. The UK pressed Collection sounds somehow strange in the hi frequencies, not as "free" and transparent as it should sound. As if the sound can not really spread around from the hi hats into the room; just difficult to explain. Still worth a try, though, and not that difficult to get by. The Japan TECP 25386 (about 1993...or 1991??) white faced disc: dynamic, breathing and warm sound, coming shortly after the Collection. The back side of the booklet is even showing an unmodified reprint of the original vinyl's backcover with the "correct" tracklist (Prelude as the first song), while on the backcover of the case, they changed it to the typical sequence, starting with Victim of Changes. I recently got a copy of the Attic, which is shown in the photo above, but didn't do a close comparison. I just noticed that it's not as smooth sounding as the Line, Collection and Japan, but of course easily better than the RCA and the Rep/Snap, if my memory doesn't delude me.

And later:

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Today I listened to Dreamer Deceiver and Deceiver on the TECP and the Repertoire and I do prefer the TECP without doubt. The Rep is MUCH louder , you can't crank it up and it appears to be less dynamic than the TECP. The TECP delivers the punch of good dynamics which provides the joy of listening, evident on Deceiver when played at a proper volume. On the Rep, everything is somehow rough and "noisy"; in the louder and loudest moments everything becomes muddy/blurred, esp. the hi hats and cymbal crashes - on the TECP everything is much cleaner and more precise and can be recognized clearly, even in the loudest periods (a result of the different EQ choice, I suppose; again, it is NOT sharp or shrill at all - I hate such kind of sound). The WG Line has the most analog feel to it and is smoother/warmer than the TECP, so I would prefer it to the TECP, but this may be a question of personal taste; the Line is mastered at a VERY low level, perhaps too low in some people's eyes. As mentioned, The Collection (Castle CCSCD213) has an analog feel to it, too, but I have to take a closer listen.

As for me, I've listened to LICD, Castle's "Collection", and Teichiku
And I fully agree with the opinion (re)posted above.

PS. But maybe Attic issue would be an interesting point for comparison...

By the way. I discovered #1) & #2) in 2008, #3) - this autumn, and "JP-SWoD" thread on stevehoffman's forum - this week.
All the more interesting.

This post has been edited by Kleinervogel on 05-12-2010, 00:29