Paul Weller – Stanley Road

Anyone else missing the voucher which is mentioned in the notes describing this release? Bought it new and sealed this week, the exact runout codes etcetera, but no code whatsoever to be found.

I`ve had this a few years now so I can`t or find the price on purchasing new but it wasn`t much(about £20).
Compared to my cd copy this IS better but like the cd the 1st track("The Changingman")isn`t mastered/recorded as well as the others here.Things start to get "slightly" better from "Porcelain Gods" then on the b side it`s back to the lower sq,why this is I don`t really know my copy is a later version with "Stanley" spelt correctly (vs "Stanely") so if this IS significant for sound quality your guess is better than mine.

Nice enough gate fold printed inner sleeve with all lyrics except "I Walk On Gilded Splinters"(maybe because it`s a cover?) the disc is flat,well centred but fairly noisy. Now judging by what I know & have learnt about hifi in general I would comfortably state this IS the reason for the poor sound reproduction people are expressing(some on here have mentioned that their "reissue" has sounded fairly muffled etc.).
If your system is quiet enough(so if you`ve got your mains,amp/s,turntable etc sorted) this one is FULL of dynamics which means from quiet to loud ages the music is dramatic and impactful even over the "noisy vinyl" used for the pressing!

Every track here has something for anyone into the Modfather(Weller)/Indie Rock/Pop/Rock etc. this is one Weller`s best LP`s.
Five stars for the music and musicianship - thank you for reading.

Music 5*
Sound quality 4.5*
Mastering/pressing 4*

System:
Turntable:Rega P3
Cartridge: Roksan Corus Goldring G1042 stylus tip
Phono Stage: Whest Audio TWO.2

the 2021 re-press (which is almost identical to the 2017 press - this version has Stanley Road on spine, rather than Stanely Road) still has a few ticks/pops especially on Side A - it sounds slightly better than the 2017 pressing however - I got mine cheap for £9.99 so am happy with that. Maybe it's the length of each side that causes a problem with 'quiet' pressings!?

Sounds great to my ears! Just did a quick A/B comparison on The Changingman with a friend's original copy and there's no difference that I could discern.

This pressing sounds great on my setup, didn't have to crank the volume to enjoy it at all. Lovely gatefold cover.
Worth noting that "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" lyrics missing from inner sleeve, but track listed on back side of outer cover.

I think this pressing is equal to an original, sounds like the levels were boosted ever so slightly. Sounds good in my book, but nothing audiophile level.

I haven't heard the new pressing but I own the 1995 pressing. It's a very poor vinyl pressing. Too quiet, almost muffled and sounds like it was mastered from a digital source with some distortion added after the fact. My cd copy sounds much better (and I'm generally a vinyl fan). But sadly that's the case with most vinyl pressed after 1990 and likely before that. They did a better mastering job with some of the later Weller LPs.

A decent pressing of a highly sought after album. Sellers with astronomic asking prices are furious but that's life :) Anyway, this is a good pressing but I find it less impressive, unlike the other comments here. You have to dial the volume higher than usual to get the joy out of the album. It's probably mastered & pressed from a digital source bc sound is compressed and not lively at all.

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