Led Zeppelin II on vinyl

@bigtwin 
Using all the technology that's available today, shouldn't they be able to produce a vinyl product that surpasses anything produced in the past?

I agree with you. In some instances this is absolutely the case. And I have many examples in my collection. 

But here’s the catch…from Acoustic Sounds product page:

”Technical note: The new remasters were created from 192 kHz/24 bit digital transfers of the original analogue tapes. The catalog is being remastered now to take advantage of the significant advances in mastering technology that have occurred since 1991.”

And I have listened to every remastered version on streaming. It will be most likely the same master as one of those I heard. Yes - cleaned up, padded to 192/24 and stripped off life. It will without any doubt sound cleaner and quieter than the original pressing but I’m willing to bet the remastered version will bore you while the original will convey a lot more energy and emotion. They just messed up with these remasters. 
I would love it if Analogue Productions bought the rights and reissued this as full analog version, similar to what they did with Steely Dan. Man that would be cool. 

Whole Lotta Love in this room for old Zeppelin music. 😆   

Whole Lotta Love in this room for old Zeppelin music. 😆   

Totally sir.  Zep and other greats is what got me into better stereo gear.  I have been done with albums since college.  Too many moves after.  I had all of Zep, Who, Stones, Kinks, and so many more.  3 Peaches crates worth. You all remember Peaches.  

CD's and now streaming for me...

I have two RL versions both in terrible shape so the amount of surface noise is overwhelming but you can easily tell why they are legendary pressings.  I bought a Japanese pressing a few years ago in Near Mint condition for about $33 that I was very happy with.  https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2363223.  I know nothing about the pressing you asked about but the single disc 2014 release I own really isn't very good in comparison.  I was never a Zeppelin fan but this is a fantastic album that really rewards listening on a high end system to a good release.

 

bigtwin

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02-04-2026 at 09:28pm 

Whole Lotta Love in this room for old Zeppelin music. 😆   
 

haha absolutely.

@pinwa I guess I answered my own question after streaming all these remasters.

@speedysteve4 yep streaming is my primary source as well. I’m picky with vinyl though :)