Gojira (2) – L'Enfant Sauvage

No warped discs, some cracks and pops at the beginning and end of each side - nothing distracting thou. I cleaned each side only with the solution and with brush thus it may be why there’s surface noise (again: nothing distracting but it can be heard between tracks). I’ll give it a bath at record store + ultrasonic stuff as well. It should help.

As for the sound - it is superb. One of the best sounding vinyls in my collection (with “Odraza” and “Hauntologist” records at top5). If cleaning will help with what I mentioned above it should be THE best sounding vinyl I’ll ever heard.

My copy is dead flat, but it required two Record Doctor cleanings on every side to get the surface noise off of it. , more than likely, your new records are going to be in need of a good wet cleaning.

I bought it on July 2021, but there were some issues with shipping that it never arrived, a second shipping was sent in October of that year, and when I considered it lost already (by end of 2021 it was out of stock already), it finally arrived after 10 months, and it was surprisingly the first shipping they sent (from roadrunner USA).
All in all, both LPs are perfect in shape and sound, eventually you can hear a pop or crack, but nothing to be bothered.
But, the only detail is, both discs have Side A & B labels, at first I was confused and afraid that after all that time I had received repeated discs.
But luckily it was just that, 2 discs as expected, but both with Side A & B labels.

Anybody care to comment on how this compares to the sound quality of an original 33 RPM pressing?

Great sound for a colored vinyl. No pops and noises after a cleaning. Super recommended.

Just had mine arrive in the UK purchased from the American store, shipping and cost of LP was cheaper than most records in our HMV stores.
Packaging was amazing, no seam splits and very flat centrally pressed discs, surface noise minimal as they are 45s

Since I liked a few of the videos of Gojira I had seen online I thought I'd get one of their albums. I came across this record used in a local store and thought, why not? I listened to the whole thing and HATED it! I was just thinking, wth am I listening to? This sounds nothing like the band I heard. The second time through, I realized something wasn't right so I did some research. I had to find out on here that THIS THING IS PLAYED AT 45 RPM! Omg... No wonder it sounded terrible. Not one single mention anywhere on this record does it say it is 45rpm. Nowhere. What else would someone think when playing a 12" record they had never heard before?! Once I played it at the correct speed, I love it! Sheesh.

Echoing what others have said. It's a poor pressing. 1st LP is really warped and 2nd has hard static like crackles in parts of songs. Even exchanged for another copy and it was even worse. A shame. A great album, why can't we make decent vinly anymore? They were doing it perfectly 50 years ago.

Sound quality of the pressing itself sounds great. Very clean and detailed. Unfortunately My copy is warped to the point of the first disc being a bowl shape. Side 2 is unplayable. Real shame considering the price and shipping.

Decent, not great. The audio/music is very well mixed for vinyl, excellent highs and lows, but the vinyl itself is poorly made. Cut from some crappy master molds. Crackles and hard pops throughout the album. Could've been a really good pressing if manufactured better. Also, should've been 180 gram. And 33 rpm while we're at it. Why forfeit 45 rpm quality? Because then the LP could've included "This Emptiness" and "My Last Creation" from the deluxe CD.