Great show. Bad mixing that doesn't seem to be aware of the typical Moodies live mixing practice of panning the band members to where you'd expect to see/hear them on stage. It pretty much sounds mono for the most part. Bad, abrupt editing. They cut out all of the stage banter for some reason... when there's big gaps big enough for an additional song on each side. If you're gonna cut out the banter... have it be because you want to space out the grooves and increase the volume of the signal! Jarring fade ins and outs. Terrible mastering. (shakey run out groove, nice) Poor quality control. White blotch and small squiggly scratch on a sealed album. The sorta mark, one makes on a paper, when testing a pen. It's pretty much a fail, at every stage of production for "Eagle Records"Clear vinyl is a stupid, pointless idea really anyway. It usually has flaws on it and it sounds bad. Whoevers in charge of these things, if they somehow happen to see this... please just make one that's black AND 2LP's. I want something I can enjoy the sound of music on. I don't wanna pick between bad quality vinyl or good vinyl with too much info on it (which will radically reduce the fidelity as well) Vinyl is about the sound, not the look. Fix the sound, and just make it black like a record. They went to the effort of designing a really nice, period appropriate cover that evokes the era.. and then make some bizarre hipster vinyl. Also, what makes this more something I need to bitch about, is that they used thick stock paper for their ads for other artists sleeves. I threw them away to spite them. Takes up too much space in there anyway. But it still paper texture, so useless for holding records and an expense that could have went towards making a better package for the consumer who's paying $30. Like.. hiring a competent mastering person. It's not 'neato like the 60's' It's annoying when you're paying premium prices and ads are shoved down your throat everywhere. Vinyl is supposed to take you away from that. They did it in the 60's cause records were cheaper then and they didn't have much respect for their artists.This is the first time I've been disappointed by a UK release of anything though. It's nice and thick.. 180 gram... but that's useless when it mastered with your butt on material also made of butt. The Moody Blues are the greatest. This shit release is an insult. Good for wall hanging I guess if you're that sorta collector. I like the cover... they did that great, all around there. Good, high quality posterboard stock. Nice, firm spine.

Also, just to nitpick as a collector.... stuff that doesn't matter as much as the sound... Why are the song titles so tiny on the label? Slightly larger than the small print legal info around the edge. There's plenty of room! The label design is otherwise quite pretty. :-)

The ads btw were glossy and magazine cover thickness. That coulda had lyrics on it or been a poly sleeve. If yer gonna tout things like 180 gram and give the impression you're quality seekers.