Danzig – Danzig 4P

Best copy you can get that’s not an original! Way better than the single lp version. I have both and this is far superior but has a little warp, doesn’t affect playability.

So I just received this pressing and was super impressed w the packaging. But the new master that somebody made for this vinyl is very "MEH"... I don't understand all the praise. I've listened to the cd since it came out, and this record has a huuuuge EQ shelf ducking out a ton of the top end, starting in the high-mids. So it does tame some of the high-mid sibilance of the original master, but at the (huge, to me) cost of the overall air and space of the real album. It's blanketed in comparison, the drums lose all of their transient punch, and the cymbals take a way further back seat as well. The entire image also sounds much less forward as another result. I had to turn my treble knob all the way up to mimic the original sound, and although it did bring back most of the drum snap & vibe, that treble knob doesn't extend low enough into the EQ to really bring the high-mids back to where the vocals, instruments and reverbs project forward as much as the ol' CD. There is also a big audio gap between track 1 & 2, the songs don't fade into eachother like they should, and it actually cuts out the first couple of seconds of track 2. Clearly someone took their cd tracks, or online , and had it pressed. "Remastered" in the process. So this is definitely, overall, a bootleg quality-audio pressing. Considering the subpar quality control of the master, it's absolutely not some secretive official pressing from the Danzig camp.
All that being said, the audio isn't bad! It's just inferior to other official options (CD & high def streaming.) The vinyl pressing quality & packaging are actually great! Next-to-silent pressing. Mine does have a warp like others have stated, but not enough to cause any playback issues.
So yeah... If ya find a good deal on this, like the cool packaging and don't mind the audio flaws and inferior master-of-a-master, I'd say go for it. But it certainly isn't the be-all-to-end-all of this album. Hopefully eventually 'Zig & American Rec work out their tiffs and finally get a proper LP master pressed.

Packaging alone looks amazing. The main image is glossy where the rest is matte. The attention to detail on the packaging is nuts. I heard Danzig did not want any identifiers on the packaging, in that vein the spine markings are really small. The poster is nice and the image is crisp. My disc is either not warped or its very slight. The edges are a bit rough. The audio sounds pretty good. Overall great quality bootleg that wont remind you its a bootleg.

Sound very good! The bass are more present in the mix, low noise pressing, good "soundstage". The only small negative point that the voice of danzig has certain "hiss" too loud in a few ages but nothing more. This version definitely sounds better than my real original version which I have always found "flat" on the sound.

Rumor is these aren't necessarily bootlegs, just not involving rubin/def jam/def american.. Some involvement might have occurred. But who's to say? I'm just happy to own all 4 on wax. Waiting for 5, 6, and 7 to drop. 8 and on I kinda checked out, but I wouldn't mind the pain of owning the entire catalog.

Can anyone who has this comment on the sound quality? Thanks in advance