On second thought,

"Condition Of The Heart" on german 1985 vynil.

It seems like a pretty good benchmark, you have pianissimos and fortissimos.

Anything from TRC.

Calhoun Square or Days of Wild.

I'd add Joy in Repetition to the list. Love this song loud, on vinyl, through a good system.

"Pop Life"

becuz only certain arrangments flow on either side

which makes for very unusual listening

Rebeljuice said:

Anything from TRC.

I like this choice. Also, some of the 12-inch vinyl from the 1980s sounds great, thanks to the spread-out record grooves. One that comes to mind is Glam Slam Escape. Also love sound of Come On from NPG Soul.

bonatoc said:

On second thought,

"Condition Of The Heart" on german 1985 vynil.

It seems like a pretty good benchmark, you have pianissimos and fortissimos.

VERY good choice!!

FYI, I think WEA Germany was pressing Prince for basically the whole Europe (I absolutely have no source to confirm that, just common sense), so any european vynil should do (maybe not U.K., though - maybe someone can confirm).

It has to have "Alsdorf", engraved in the vynil itself, not the sticker.

"Sign O The Times" Maxi Single, Dirty Mind the album... In France, they were all printed in Germany.

And believe me, in the eighties, German made like the best sounding vynils there are (think Deutsche Gramofon).

If you don't have a german pressing of Erotic City, you miss half of the sound.
You never heard the song, in fact !

(OK, I don't speak for american printings, never heard one. But if it's like cars, I would go Wunderbar ).

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