Vinyl Shootout | Radiohead - Kid A (EVERY VARIANT) | my AOTY: 2000

0:00 Radiohead's best?
1:10 Pressings (overview)
3:18 What to look for in the variants.
6:14 Notes on the 2016 12"
7:06 The good & the bad of Kid Amnesia?
11:15 The experience of Kid A (thoughts)
14:47 Thanks

Artist/Album: Radiohead - Kid A
Year: 2000
Genre: Art Rock/Experimental Rock/Anti-Rock
Album review: 10/10
Favorite pressing: 2000 EU

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10" vs 12" vs US vs EU
Why no 45?
Side B (total of 15min 29sec) Side D "Untitled" ( :03 now, cut from :52)

-2000 OG: Loudest (Con: some older pressings are more sibilant/noisy). Intense dynamics front & center. Exciting moments full/present/not crushed (National Anthem, In Limbo) The stamper is the same on BOTH pressings from 2000, just 2 different jackets.
Note: Parlophone/Not Capitol - Barcode Boxed UK...
My 2000 OG:
https://www.discogs.com/release/65034...

-2008/2012 Capitol US (Discogs: one is by no means disaster it seemed to be for others. A more-than-acceptable pressing.)
My 2012 Capitol:
https://www.discogs.com/release/15443...

UPDATE: Got a 2016 2xLP. B+ pressing. Not as much bass/warmth as the A pressing 2000 EU, however this one has even more defined upper range. A/B is super-super similar. & super sweet price, especially.

2nd hand: "I had the 2016 US 12” of it, that was ok - that version might have a slightly more dynamic sound field than other Capitols. also has Side A ending with a locked groove of endlessly repeating sound from the beginning of track B1 - The National Anthem. (You still get bonus ending grooves on other pressings)

US kid Amnesia black/red ("Indie record store exclusive")
Issued in 3-pocket gatefold cover. Horrendous, almost every song has issues.

"Mastered by BEATS by Dre
Pressed at Kellogg's (Snap Crackle Pop)
Shipped by Joe Montana & David Beckham"

The EU KidAmnesia character is clear top, "subby" (lack of low mid punch noticeable on Idoteque), less contrast than OG. Still, it does have some cool bonus (if you like strings, How To Disappear) spotty with clicks on Amnesiac Side A distortion on a few moments noted on Amnesiac C2-C5 only – some surface noise off & on the left channel.
My EU Kid A Mnesia:
https://www.discogs.com/release/20779...

I think if they would’ve taken better care of the actual physical pressing of the kid amnesia set it would have been amazing, the remaster is great, but they botched the actual process:

So you have to leave the plate on until it cools down some, then pull it up. What’s happening nowadays is everything is backed wayyyy up so everything subsequently gets rushed. They’re pressing too fast, not giving the plate time to cool before moving on to the next which causes imperfections and distortion in the grooves. Especially a band as huge as Radiohead, they’re pressing millions. So the side plants (us) are in huge rushes and deadlines so they just press them too fast. from a shop owner that used to work at RTI.

Keep on grooving your way.


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