Madonna – Celebration

Record labels / artists / managers rarely get these types of comps right.

The bad:

a) Poor packaging - should have been a box set.
b) Erratic track listing - missing multiple key tracks.
c) Release should have collated tracks in chronological order.

The good:

a) Mastering is first rate, with a lot of earlier material benefiting from way better bottom-end; the exception being tracks from Like A Virgin, which suffer from razor-thin bass & drums.
b) Pressing is clean and flat - when Optimal get it right, it’s an absolute winner.

It sounds really good. People talk about the meased up editing, but I dont hear anything off about any of these songs. Rich bass. Crisp vocals! Didn’t hear any pops or anything. Super happy with this!

I do wish it was a boxset though! The discs take a bit of work to fit in the jacket

It’s made from the 2009 EU pressing plates, so it sounds exactly like the first edition. It has the same f*cked up version of ‘Music’, full of digital noise and pops. Overall, sounds great. If not the new Warner Records logo (which I hate btw) - this would be easy to mistake with the original EU pressing.

Потрясающий сборник! Звук отличный!
Согласен с комментариями пользователей, что упаковка на 4LP могла бы быть попрочнее и поинтереснее.
И мне не хватает двух треков: Rain и You'll See ))

One of my best pressing records in my collection!
Rate 5/5

Es impresionante la calidad de audio del prensaje de este disco, muy poco ruido y nitidez perfecta, vale la pena adquirir para aquellos que no pudimos tener la versión original!!

Outstanding pressing that sounds utterly fantastic. Packaging isn't wonderful, but if it helps to keep the cost lower then so be it - the wonderful mastering makes up for it anyway.

I feel like the packaging of four LPS in a 2LP gatefold isn't appealing, cheap, and may wear the cover over time.

The quality of the pressing is good, but I do feel the remastering for the 80s-90s is just a typical new vinyl remaster which sounds a bit too bass-heavy and not as dynamic as original vinyl from that period - yet the 00s-10s sound better as they are not as compressed as modern time CDs

A perfect greatest hits collection from Madonna. The packaging is quite bleak, but it sounds amazing nonetheless.

Vinyl themselves are super clean, no dust, scuffs etc. Super warm sounding and very high quality. I could have done with a little more bass on some of the newer and punchier songs (Sorry, Revolver, Ray of Light, Celebration, etc) Packing wise, was not expecting anti-static inner sleeves but I was pleasantly surprised with that addition. Mirroring everyone else here, the jacket housing the vinyl themselves are way to thin to house this many records. I have a very hard time getting them in and out of the jacket. A recent comparison for this many records in a gatefold jacket is Taylor's version of Red. I have no trouble getting those records out of the jacket, but they also aren't as think as these are. I wish the gatefold jacket had thicker sides on each slit. Like most people here, I was expecting this to be totally half-assed, but they really delivered. The price still seems a bit too high, I think 60 or 70 dollars or so would have been more far. But at the same time this has been out of print for years, so it's great to have it now and finally obtain a copy :)