2814 – 新しい日の誕生

I think I discovered a different version of the A/B side of this record. The 'special' repress A/B side record has a slightly different runout groove. There seems to be a MPO logo with the numbers 18 14963 added to the runout groove on both sides, which the normal A/B side do not have. Both the normal and the replacement copies of the C/D side doesn't seem to have those markings though. People who received a bad pressing of this record received a 'special' replacement back in 2018, I was one of those people. The people of Dream Catalogue talked about a 'special' repress and since the A/B side had most of the problems they seem to have tried to fix this and maybe even pressed an entire new A/B side record, or just added the MPO and numbers to separate the bad from the good pressing. I'm wondering how many of this particular record are in circulation, they might be pretty rare since not everyone received this 'special' repress... Go figure!

I bought it during the initial two or three week run back in 2017 and it's sounded perfect every time I've played it. No issues with Side B. Looks beautiful when you hold it to a light, too.

Received a special repress (vinyls only) in the mail today. Put it on and the sound is clean and it diesnt have the distorsions experienced on b2 from my ither copy. The vinyls do not have any markings (that i noticed) that would differentiate it from previous repress. Can someone validate this?

i got my copy (2nd press) (is there even a 3rd press?) a month ago, and it sounds fine all over... just the normal occasial clicks here n there, but totally normal for a coloured press.. and i am very satisfied with the copy. no distortions on side b or d... i am sad to read that there is so many trouble with most the copies... hope they do another run with better results.

After sending short sound bytes (took 10mins) Dream catalogue sent me an email saying that the plant will repress a copy specifically for me (lol - feel special). They also said that they will change pressing plant in the future. Estimated time for new pressing unknown for now so i assume it will take quite some time for it to reach me (many months). Still, nice to see DC is doing something about this.

Worst customer service ever. It started with me complaining and DC needed "more proof by more people". Wow. Alright. Great trust in customers. I pointed them to this Discogs discussion. And to me it would be proof enough. But no. "Not many people have addressed those issues directly to us. We need to wait a bit." Yeah. Maybe tons of people buy this vinyl for display and play just the MP3s? Who knows? And how many people bother to complain anyway and just think it's "bad luck"? So after a really long time (they are terrible in answering quickly. Replies sometimes need 2-3 weeks.) and after MONTHS they dared to send me another copy of the same batch (As if it wasn't obvious the pressing plant did something BASICALLY wrong). I almost forgot after they replied after another month to ask me how that new copy sounds. I never got a replacement. I even bet they never sent it to me since I have the impression this label is pure chaos. Well - after I said I never got a replacement they told me "Oh, hopefully this is returned to us. We will get a repressing. When it's here we send it out to you. But please provide us AUDIO or VIDEO proof". So after this hassle they also ask for an "audio proof"? Who they think their customers are? A bunch of criminals? I am not going to spend more time in running after Dream Catalogue. With all labels (smaller and bigger ones) I had to deal in past when it comes to defective pressings Dream Catalogue is by far the worst. To me there is only one conclusion: Will never buy anything from this bunch of idiots again.

Side B is distorted as shit, but knock on wood it doesn't skip. It's annoying but tolerable.

My copy is first pressing, and has no noise/pops at all. Looks and sounds fantastic!

The entire side B is rendered completely unlistenable due to the amount of noise. Dream Catalogue is not responding to emails about the quality and leads me to believe that this is an acceptable problem for them. Will be the last time I order vinyl from them if this is okay for them to release for the cost it was at.

Updated 09/05/2018 - A lot happened between my original posting of this review & this new update, and the short of it is, I received a new press today as part of the "special repress" run they did to address the customer complaints. I now have two brand new records that sound as good as the originals did at their best parts, and has none of the defects that prompted me to leave a bad review on this pressing in the first place. Dream Catalogue came through in a big way and gone way above and beyond what I would have hoped to deliver these two new records. Everything sounds fantastic. Now, how does one go about logging this "special repress" set, as it's technically a new issue, right?

Updated review accordingly.

Opened my copy to the sound quality & i am sad to say that it too has theses distorsions. They are not very subtle and take away from the listening experience for sure. Will post what Dream Catolgue's response.