Oh man, about ten years ago I lucked out and found an early Uk press on my local record store that was pretty beat up. Thing about Maiden LPs though, even if there are a lot of scuffs and crackle, the music ends up overpowering the noise from the disc.

For me, it’s Killers and Number of the Beast that I haven’t been able to hunt down.

Nice Pioneer you got there, and the arm is a beauty, too.

An all too familiar story. Some early CDs from these 90s bands are pretty good, though (before everything went to brickwall city), but IIRC I don’t think Badmotorfinger’s one of the better ones.

I guess, the three bottom ones are mid-bass, I think. Then, the top ones are mids and tweeters (not too sure how to put it into English). It has a speaker underneath, as well, that acts like a subwoofer.

Music is a powerful medium, it can connect you to people you’ve never met feeling the same things you’re feeling and helping you make sense of it, especially when you’re a teen. It’s a shame Chris couldn’t make it through his own hell, but I like to think he (and obviously others) gave everyone else a better chance at life, through his art.

It really sucks when you have to give up your records. It’s especially painful for those grunge early pressings, because some of the analogue tapes got lost or people starting moving towards DAT or other formats. But, hey, there’s a lot people out there bringing up these records back, it’s just a matter of time before they make another badass pressing you can buy in stores.

Hells yeah! How does Wheels of Fire sound? Did you have any previous pressing to compare to?

What are your thoughts on the remix compared to the original mix?