Coil – Astral Disaster

Make sure this special edition Audio Disaster can't be reissued.

Very poor sound, it sounds like what you would imagine a bootleg would sound like. Low volume, poor fidelity and lots of crackles. Filed and not in a rush to spin again...what a pisser!

Yellow vinyl - absolutely terrible pressing - avoid! Just not worth listening to as is.

Really disappointing quality. All kinds of crackle and pop, and strange surface noise, sounds (much) worse than MP3s.

I'm really astonished by the bad quality of the yellow pressing. Surface noise during A-side, louder than the recording. A shame !

Bought a copy today, I really can't complain about surface noise mostly, just a little crackle towards the end of the A side, and a couple very subtle pops on the B side - nothing out of the ordinary for any record. I guess I got lucky. Dynamically I would say it doesn't sound the best, but it's alright - it's good enough that if you're not hyper focused on it's fidelity you'll still get sucked into the music. I saw the bad reviews before I bought this in a shop - the gamble paid off.

Just picked up a copy. There are a lot more crackles and pops on this record than I like so I will be returning it. The music is very minimalist, so any little imperfection in the vinyl is made very audible if you have a high res system. They really need to stop pressing on colored vinyl. It's a sales gimmick plain and simple. I really want this album on vinyl and they know that, even to where I'm willing to go against my rule of not to buy colored vinyl and take the chance just to hear this album and shell out $25 only to be let down again. JUST PRESS IT ON BLACK VINYL!!! Translucent is always the worse in my opinion I've returned 50+ records over the last year because of shit surface noise on translucent vinyl, I can care less about color vinyl! I will not be fooled again. And don't feel bad that I didn't get a good copy. I always buy from the same store and have no problem getting my money back. Cheers to those who got a good copy, I ain't gonna try a second time.

I just received my copy, and it's nearly flawless as well. I heard an occasional subtle crackle and maybe a light pop or two, but that's pushing it. The music is absolutely mindblowing, I couldn't help but to play it a second time immediately following the first. The mastering sounds good to me also, crisp and clear with lots of space. Sorry to hear that some of you have issues. For what it's worth, I pre-ordered mine from Light in the Attic in the US.

Very sorry to hear (or read) your comments about this pressing. Luckily, my copy in this beautiful yellow vinyl sounds almost perfect, appart from the normal and very occasional cracks due to possible dust spots on its surface accumulated while playing. So very happy with this release, but stranged about hearing that most of you are experienced problems. I bought it on boomkat, if it could help you.

does anyone know if the black vinyl version sounds also that bad?