I compared just two albums, original Columbia US and Canadian pressings from 70s. In both cases master tape was in the US. One Canadian sounded better than the US and another about the same but slightly different. Japanese pressings from 70s are usually high quality and very quiet, though not always the best sounding. Early 70s are often the best, in my limited experience. And original Japanese promo are even better. I also compared a few from 80s. Japanese original sounded better than anything else, including US, UK, German and Dutch. However, in my comparison of a few Japanese and US white label promo from late 70s the US promo sounded significantly better, though the Japanese vinyl was obviously higher quality and quieter. So, things are not simple in the world of vinyl.
Vinyl records
Hello vinyl collectors and music lovers. I have a question about the quality of Canadian press vinyl record. They usually go for sale for a almost half of the price of US and UK production. Are they so bad in quality because I just bought used Savatage “Power of the night“ Canadian press record in immaculate condition and compared with the one I had French press, south very good if’s not even better.I tried to find something in internet but not really much, does anyone have more knowledge about world vinyl records producers? Thank you to all music hobbies!