sabato 27 agosto 2016

OFF THE MASTERSOUND : 
US & GERMANY HALF-SPEED PRESSES BACK TO BACK

-OFF THE WALL HALF SPEED MASTERED
GERMANY EPIC EPC H83468

-OFF THE WALL HALF SPEED MASTERED
USA EPIC HE45745


The "Mastersound Half Speed Mastered" vinyls launched by Epic/CBS in the early 80's are a collection of classic albums all cut at 1/2 speed from original tapes, without the use of compression.
The records have a better sound quality,they're pressed using JVC Supervinyl formula and packaged using heavy cardboard sleeves, inner cardboard stiffeners, and sometimes plastic liner sleeves.
In Michael's discography, I counted 2 lps from Jacksons ("Triumph" released in USA, "Victory" released in Japan) then 2 from Michael's solo (Off the wall released in USA,Germany & Japan) and "Thriller (released in USA & Japan).
The focus now is on Off the wall : You can easily identify the japanese press because of the grey obi, even though the most common release is the US one. The german one is rather hard to find and difficult to recognize because the front picture sleeve is quite similar to the american one....but :
-The catalogue number on sleeve spine is different.
-The inner sleeve inside is different even though explain the same things.
-The german press have an extra card insert, the american has not.
-The labels and the back sleeve report clearly the writings "made in Germany" and "Manufactured by Epic records/CBS New York City".
-The german one is without barcode, the american has a barcode in the back.



GERMANY VERSION :






USA VERSION :






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