John Lennon – Imagine

I read all the reviews and it had me really worried to listen to my pressing, but when I tell you this is one of my best sounding albums.. I mean it! Mine sounds wonderful, barely any pops or clicks or any surface noise. I really like my pressing and I'm so glad to finally own this album on record after wanting it for so long.

The first few tracks have a good amount of surface noise, and track 3 has a scuff that causes distortion for about 15-20 seconds. After that it cleans up and plays well.

Equipment used:
* Rega Planar 6 w/NEO PSU
* Rega Exact cartridge
* Rega Elex-R
* Dali Oberon 5
* Blue Jeans Cables + interconnects

I guess I'm not the only one, then. My 1978 Capitols sound better than this, its a sizzly mess I thought it was static; cleaning did little to improve the noise. I'm bummed.

GZ media can kiss me arse...lol///Might be the largest pressing plant on the planet, but ANY label that chooses their complete lack of any quality or professional self-respect will not get a penny out of my wallet.

Mine sounds pretty great, it sucks others got low quality versions. No issues with mine.

This is the dirtiest "High quality remaster" I have ever bought and I have spent thousands on albums. I put it through the ultrasonic cleaner and it still is the noisest new record I have. There are lots of pops. "Hold On" has a squiggly scratch that pops about 8 times before I get past it. I Bought it on Amazon and unfortunately by the time I got around checking it out it was too late to return it. $40 wasted. By the way, I prefer the original mix. This sounds slow. Maybe a few more listens and it will sound better to me. Maybe Yoko should talk to McCartney and find out where he has his albums Pressed!

My US copy is pretty noisy, how do these european pressings sound? Is the profile quiet?

Wish I read this before purchasing the vinyl. Truly awful vinyl quality. Noisy as hell. And I agree I think earlier mix may have been better.

Let me be brief, this pressing SUCKS. It sounds like a forty year old record! Non-fill and uncleanable surface noise abound. What a shame. This will be dumped for a pressing done elsewhere. This was pressed at GZ media. Keep this in mind, GZ Media is well known by collectors the world over to reliably produce a LOW QUALITY PRODUCT. Oh, and you can bet that they know it. Since they've been cranking out said shit product for a very long time now-- you should assume that this is a feature and not a bug of their manufacturing process. If they wanted to do better, they would. They obviously don't.

Update 12/19/2018: I have now tried two copies-- both suck. This is a cheap, low quality pressing with loads of ticks, loud non-fill distortion, and other rotational noise. There may be a lucky few that get clean copies but your chances, based upon my experience, are very slim indeed. Prepare for a noisy record that you will not be able to improve much by cleaning.

GZ Vinyl pressed these. My copies were ordered in the US and are black vinyl. They were dusty and needed cleaning a few times. They still were noisy with pops and no-fill. Both inner sleeves were ripped through inside from the heavy weight of records. Ron McMaster did a good job with the mastering. The sound of the music itself is great.