The White Stripes
Elephant UHQR
scum stats: limited to 10,000 copies
I am not an audiophile. I am fairly certain that my ears are fried enough that I could never BE an audiophile.
Nevertheless, I helped guide the White Stripes into this realm with the 20th anniversary UHQR 2xLP 45rpm cut of Elephant. By all accounts I've read, every audiophile who's laid ears on this record is beyond impressed with the sound here. I am unsure if I've ever been party to such a universally acclaimed release ever.
There's nothing more really for me to say about that album that I didn't already say in the liner notes on this version. I'm EXTREMELY proud of the notes and maybe one day I'll share it on the blog so that everyone can read. But for now, they're behind the boxset paywall. That being said, the $150 price tag on this puppy is absolutely prohibitive.
(I don't even have a copy of the reel-to-reel tape version of this yet and don't even have a way to play it...but I'm still wanting/needing it.)
I crave the Bass & the Thunder of the Elephant; and this Elephant, is that 1 in 10,000.
I won!! Thank you very much!! It came in the mail today.
Who won? I was hoping it was me!
It’s after 3am where I live, and I can’t, just can’t get to sleep. Send help.
I absolutely HAVE to hear this album the way it was meant to be heard. I want to be the boy to warm this record’s heart.
I ME ME MINE
thank you
This album was the first one I ever bought. It’s still regularly in rotation.
This was the very first White Stripes album I gravitated towards via my mom, who wasn’t always up on current rock artists but something about them made my mom go out and buy this album, and I’m glad she did. It’d be cool to have the best quality all analog pressing of this important album to jam along with on my Gibson SG bass!
I never win anything.
The snow has hit here in Minnesota, my last initial is a B so still waiting for Syd with the shipping delay, my needle is so lonely it could use a couple 45RPM discs to warm it up and it will have a home right next to the Prince’s amazing Diamonds and Pearls set! I’ll be staring out the window waiting for Camille and spring! :-)