{"id":1630,"date":"2016-02-22T18:16:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T18:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bassdress.com\/blog\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2019-03-10T16:35:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T16:35:31","slug":"david-bowie-blackstar-vinyl-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassdress.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/22\/david-bowie-blackstar-vinyl-master\/","title":{"rendered":"David Bowie \u201cBlackstar\u201d Vinyl Master"},"content":{"rendered":"

After weeks of waiting I have finally received my “Blackstar” vinyl.  It’s a nicely packaged, heavy weight 180g transparent pressing which comes accompanied with a lovely 12″ matt print book.
\nVisconti mentioned that the master for the vinyl would sound like a “good old record”. But it doesn’t really, not to my ears anyway. It’s slightly brighter than the digital releases, but certainly not more dynamic. This leads me to believe that a lot of the compression used on “Blackstar” was done during the mixing\/recording process, which would seem like a reasonable assumption.<\/p>\n

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David Bowie \u201cBlackstar\u201d Vinyl<\/p><\/div>\n

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The vinyl does sound good, but still with a very modern sound.
\nThere’s some samples below, recorded from my vinyl and volume normalised against the CD masters. See if you can ABX between them.<\/p>\n

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David Bowie “Blackstar” Master ABX Results<\/p><\/div>\n

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David Bowie “Blackstar” Master Volumes<\/p><\/div>\n

David Bowie “‘Tis A Pity She Was A Whore” Vinyl Master
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\nDavid Bowie “‘Tis A Pity She Was A Whore” CD Master
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\nDavid Bowie “Dollar Days” Vinyl Master
\nhttp:\/\/www.bassdress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/06.-Dollar-Days.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nDavid Bowie “Dollar Days” CD Master
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