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- An excellent British import LP of ELO’s Rock Masterpiece boasting Double Plus (A++) grades or BETTER from start to finish
- Impossibly quiet vinyl throughout – not even those copies we’ve unsealed for our shootouts have been free from ticky vinyl in places or played much quieter than Mint Minus Minus, making this a very special pressing indeed
- These sides have the punchy bass and fully-weighted sound that this music demands – the energy level coming from these grooves is off the scale
- 4 1/2 stars: “Opening with the opulently orchestrated ‘Tightrope,’ which heralds the perfect production found throughout this album, A New World Record contains seven of the best songs ever to come out of the group.”
- If like us you’re a fan of Arty Rock from the ’70s, this is a killer album from 1976 that belongs in your collection.
- The complete list of titles from 1976 that we’ve reviewed to date can be found here.
A New World Record Checks Off a Number of Big Boxes for Us
- It’s a Must Own record.
- It’s a Rock and Pop Masterpiece, and
- It’s a Personal Favorite of mine.
Even though I am not the world’s biggest ELO fan, I am a HUGE fan of this album, which is why I’m so happy to have finally found one with AMAZING SOUND, on both sides! The British originals are the only ones that can convey the sweet TUBEY MAGIC of the British Master Tapes. The string tone on the average domestic copy is shrill and smeary; too little of the critically important texture remains after the master tapes have been dubbed and the copies sent to America for mastering.