Crazy priced new pressing of VU&N by Supersense

[iaredatsun]

Cut direct from tape. £330. Collector's item in a similar vein to the Electric Recording Company, who recently pressed The Stooges' Fun House

https://the.supersense.com/collections/ ... round-nico

[Mark]

Oooh an envelope. Take my money now!

[MartinVU]

If the envelope is polylined I'm all in

[simonm]

This is a lathe cut, made one at a time for each buyer, allegedly direct from the master tape, so for once I don't think it's outrageously expensive, and it will probably retain its value. If my hi-fi was higher fi (and I had more money) i would buy this and play it loud through huge studio monitor speakers.

[iaredatsun]

This is a lathe cut, made one at a time for each buyer, allegedly direct from the master tape, so for once I don't think it's outrageously expensive, and it will probably retain its value. If my hi-fi was higher fi (and I had more money) i would buy this and play it loud through huge studio monitor speakers.

You're right. Assumed they were pressed – I had not realised that they were cut one-by-one. Lathe cuts have a reduced frequency response. And yes – they cannot be cutting 999 copies truly from a master tape. They must have made a copy of a master?

[simonm]

they say

For this project, Universal Music Group, the world leader in music-based entertainment, provided access to its archives containing the greatest recordings from over a century of music history. Our Mastercut Records are cut completely unedited directly from the original tapes..

on the video here it shows the cutting lathe and says they use a copy of the master tape

https://supersense.com/mastercut/assets ... 0-1920.mp4

[iaredatsun]

If it’s really cut to lacquer (as they describe) then the number of times it can be played is very small. It is said - only three or four times.

Unless they really mean an acetate.

The video looks like it was directed by Chris Carter.

[hkmartin]

Review from dixigas, who used to post here but hasn't been around in a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsuh0HG92AU

[simonm]

In the early days of ebay you could see the usernames of all bidders - when there were rare VU records i was outbid by Tex many times!
I respect his opinion, If i was still in full time work I would buy it, but now I'm thinking "What can I sell?"

[gazatthebop]

its cut from a copy of the master tape