John Williams (4) – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Noisy pressing. Surface noise plus occasional pops and clicks. I paid 10 bucks for this, so I guess you get what you pay for. I buy a lot of used classical and jazz on vinyl and essentially this plays like an old used record you would rate as VG at best. I probably should have returned this because it's really unacceptable for a new vinyl record to sound like this. However, I kept it, probably because I enjoy the music so much. I really wish someone would give John Williams the deluxe treatment on vinyl! Even his classical (non-soundtrack) pieces get shitty pressings from DG. You just can't win with this composer on vinyl.

This has to be the worst pressing in my collection. Terrible popping throughout. It's unlistenable.

Lots of surface noise, at least on side A. I didn’t bother with the other sides since side A was so bad.

I would stay away from iam shark if I was you. I have been emailing and waiting on an album from then since December 2018 (if not earlier). They will take your money and if you are lucky, you may see an album from them. I got excuses...but never received the album. Buyer beware on this company.

apart from all the marketing worries of this version from "iam shark" (which no longer exists today), it should be noted that the audio quality is good in addition to a very successful artwork (the colors of the vinyls are very beautiful). no pop, no click, clear sounds and deep silences.

for those looking for a good quality pressing you can fall back to the version from "i am shark". I have this version and the LP sounds great.
Star Wars (The Last Jedi) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

i got two sleeves with mine, one was sealed with the record in it, the other was just a gatefold sleeve. no idea why

Please fellow star wars & music fans! Never buy anything from iamshark. This is a scam website. They take your money, never answer to any of your messages and the bottom line is.... you wont get what you paid for.

Beware! Stay away from this website

Surface noise, pops and crackles after a static clean and a wet clean. Terrible quality for quite a great score. Renowned factory GZ Media is apparently responsible and obviously Disney doesn't really care. I would have requested a replacement but Amazon will only offer a return and refund. Very disappointed.
Avoid GZ Media pressings. Factories should be listed on the sleeve or info as this is really frustrating.

I purchased this from the iamshark website in May 2020 with low expectations based on all the bad reviews. However, it was shipped within the week of purchase and arrived a couple of weeks later. I was initially blown away by the packaging and artwork which was a big reason for my purchase if the first place. Next, I anxiously checked the vinyl coloring itself. It was a really good blend of red/blue and black and looked as I expected based on the photos from their site. The last thing to check was the sound quality so I did a light dust removal and started playing. It sounded WAY better than I expected! I thought for sure there would be pops and surface noise throughout but that wasn't the case. My first listen through I didn't notice a single pop or anything. On my second listen, I really tried to pay close attention and found a few areas with very slight surface noise and a few clicks but still hardly noticeable. I'm sure a more proper clean would help it sound even better.

I'm not sure if I was one of the lucky few who actually received theirs with both good coloring and sound quality, or if a few received a bad product/service and you're more likely to leave a bad review for a bad product than a good review for a good one. Not saying that it's okay for a company to have bad service or anything and for those considering buying, I think should be cautious with doing so.

I do find it very curious that their website and products don't seem to have been updated in two years. My package came with a booklet advertising their 2017 collection so I'm interested to know what happened to them after 2017/18. Also, the fact that these are supposedly limited to 1,000 yet they are still in stock two years later is interesting. Maybe the bad reviews are the reason for this but we may never know!

I am very pleased with this record and it makes a great addition to my John Williams collection!