My Vinyl Review

Unbiased reviews for vinyl enthusiasts

Beck —Morning Phase (2014)

DSS One-Step (2025) vs Original 2014 Vinyl

Beck’s Morning Phase is often positioned as a companion piece to Sea Change—lush, reflective, and well-engineered. The original 2014 vinyl is already a very good-sounding record, but the DSS One-Step is the version that consistently makes this album feel more alive, with a more open midrange, additional vocal texture and greater retrieval of inner detail—especially on “Say Goodbye” and “Blackbird Chain.”

Counting Crows – Recovering the Satellites (2025 2LP reissue vs original RL/Gateway)

Recovering the Satellites returns as a new 2LP reissue — clean, quiet, affordable, and easy to live with. But next to an original RL/Gateway, the new cut trades away the upper‑mid bite, shimmer, and “alive in the room” energy that makes this album hit. If you just want Satellites back in your listening room, this will do the job. But if you’re chasing the absolute best sound, the original still defines what this record can really do.

R.E.M. --Murmur/Chronic Town

DSS One-Step Vinyl Shootout

R.E.M.’s first great statement, reborn as a deluxe One-Step. Athens haze, midrange magic, and one of the most thrilling Chronic Town pressings ever cut — you come for Murmur, but you stay for Chronic Town.

The Rolling Stones

Exile on Main St.

Villa Nellcôte. A humid French basement. Heat, chaos, and a band on the run. My Vinyl Review looks at Exile on Main St. as a place, a feeling, and the one original pressing that still captures it.

A first-ever vinyl release of 14 live performances spanning three decades — curated from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ deep archives and newly pressed for RSD 2025. Quiet vinyl, thoughtful packaging, and consistently strong live sound make this a rewarding pickup for fans and collectors alike.

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers LIMITED EDITION • RSD 2025

Prince – Purple Rain Vinyl Shootout: BSM One-Step vs. Original BG

Prince’s Purple Rain remains one of the defining albums of the 1980s. With Because Sound Matters issuing a premium One-Step edition, this review compares the new pressing with the original 1984 Bernie Grundman cut and the 2009 Kevin Gray reissue. Does the One-Step preserve the album’s electricity—or smooth away what made it special? A detailed evaluation for serious vinyl listeners.