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The RZA - Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai - original music from the motion picture [36 Chambers TSC011-LP]static14 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:03 pm @Nathan you’re on fire lately. :) glad you’re back up and spinning.Thanks ! I missed long spinning sessions. Next time I have a long session like this I'll probably pull a horror list. I miss the very creepy ones that I didn't get to spin on Halloween.
Silvano D’Auria - La mano lunga del padrino (Long Arm of The Godfather) OST [Four Flies FLIES 35]deafmetal wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:19 pmHow's the pressing, mastering on this one, Deaf? Is it the solid red variant?
Fourth or fifth spin, I’ve lost track now. It’s been a long week.
Mateo Sanboval wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:09 pm How's the pressing, mastering on this one, Deaf? Is it the solid red variant?It's the opaque/solid red and it sounds good to me even in headphones. Don't be thrown off by the opening track Ghost Dog Theme (w/Dogs & EFX) as this starts off at a low volume and the added effects almost sound like surface noise (hah), but when the second track drops all will become clear. I'm not an audiophile, but I hear some distortion on the very high frequency sounds on the Ghost Dog Theme, but it might be my needle or equipment. Overall package 7/10, as I would have preferred black or transparent red vinyl and some liner notes from RZA on the production of the original music. They also messed up the tracklist on both the sleeve and the labels as tracks 9&10 are actually on side A and not on side B. All that said, the music is sounding excellent to me. I never went for any of the bootlegs cut over the years, so it's been a long wait to finally have this on vinyl. The original score was only released in Japan on CD as far as I know.
ScoJo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:46 pmThe best speech from one of my favorite films. This was a bit hard to find in the US for a while and I paid a little more than I should have at the time for an oop criterion copy while I was in college having never even seen it but VERY obsessed with the idea of it from hearing guy Ritchie talk about how it inspired him. Until that point Hoskins was just Eddie valiant to me, I never knew his range or the weight of his talent. A double feature of this an Mona Lisa will knock you OUT.NathanLurker wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:22 pmOh brother... throwing down an all-time SJ heater.
'The days when Yanks could come over here and buy up Nelson's Column, a Harley Street surgeon and a couple of windmill girls are definitely over! What I'm looking for is someone who can contribute to what England has given to the world: culture, sophistication, genius. A little bit more than an 'ot dog, know what I mean? The mafia? I shit em!'
Hatter313 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:15 am100%. And every time I rewatch pretty much, I forget about young Brosnan :D This is the film Guy Ritchie always THOUGHT he wanted to make, then ends up making a mockney comic strip lads flick instead. The fackin toilet!ScoJo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:46 pmThe best speech from one of my favorite films. This was a bit hard to find in the US for a while and I paid a little more than I should have at the time for an oop criterion copy while I was in college having never even seen it but VERY obsessed with the idea of it from hearing guy Ritchie talk about how it inspired him. Until that point Hoskins was just Eddie valiant to me, I never knew his range or the weight of his talent. A double feature of this an Mona Lisa will knock you OUT.NathanLurker wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:22 pmOh brother... throwing down an all-time SJ heater.
'The days when Yanks could come over here and buy up Nelson's Column, a Harley Street surgeon and a couple of windmill girls are definitely over! What I'm looking for is someone who can contribute to what England has given to the world: culture, sophistication, genius. A little bit more than an 'ot dog, know what I mean? The mafia? I shit em!'
It interferes with their telepathy...
deafmetal wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:16 pmGood to hear, Deaf, and thanks for the full report. I'll be curious to hear if others note similar distortion; I've experienced issues of that ilk with GOD pressings in the past. And you're correct about the Japanese CD. I owned one for quite some time before ripping it lossless and moving it on. It's such a great score.Mateo Sanboval wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:09 pm How's the pressing, mastering on this one, Deaf? Is it the solid red variant?It's the opaque/solid red and it sounds good to me even in headphones. Don't be thrown off by the opening track Ghost Dog Theme (w/Dogs & EFX) as this starts off at a low volume and the added effects almost sound like surface noise (hah), but when the second track drops all will become clear. I'm not an audiophile, but I hear some distortion on the very high frequency sounds on the Ghost Dog Theme, but it might be my needle or equipment. Overall package 7/10, as I would have preferred black or transparent red vinyl and some liner notes from RZA on the production of the original music. They also messed up the tracklist on both the sleeve and the labels as tracks 9&10 are actually on side A and not on side B. All that said, the music is sounding excellent to me. I never went for any of the bootlegs cut over the years, so it's been a long wait to finally have this on vinyl. The original score was only released in Japan on CD as far as I know.
Mateo Sanboval wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:14 pmI think mine is due to land tomorrow :)deafmetal wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:16 pmGood to hear, Deaf, and thanks for the full report. I'll be curious to hear if others note similar distortion; I've experienced issues of that ilk with GOD pressings in the past. And you're correct about the Japanese CD. I owned one for quite some time before ripping it lossless and moving it on. It's such a great score.Mateo Sanboval wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:09 pm How's the pressing, mastering on this one, Deaf? Is it the solid red variant?It's the opaque/solid red and it sounds good to me even in headphones. Don't be thrown off by the opening track Ghost Dog Theme (w/Dogs & EFX) as this starts off at a low volume and the added effects almost sound like surface noise (hah), but when the second track drops all will become clear. I'm not an audiophile, but I hear some distortion on the very high frequency sounds on the Ghost Dog Theme, but it might be my needle or equipment. Overall package 7/10, as I would have preferred black or transparent red vinyl and some liner notes from RZA on the production of the original music. They also messed up the tracklist on both the sleeve and the labels as tracks 9&10 are actually on side A and not on side B. All that said, the music is sounding excellent to me. I never went for any of the bootlegs cut over the years, so it's been a long wait to finally have this on vinyl. The original score was only released in Japan on CD as far as I know.
ScoJo wrote: With the exception of a regrettable cod-reggae track opening Side B, a killer scoreFull disclosure, I like the reggae track.
NathanLurker wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:33 pmScoJo wrote: With the exception of a regrettable cod-reggae track opening Side B, a killer scoreFull disclosure, I like the reggae track.
