Grateful Dead* – American Beauty

Number #947 out of 5000. This pressing sounds absolutely amazing! Dead silent, a perfectly flat vinyl with a heavy gatefold jacket. Shipping must have improved with Rhino because we received our album directly from Rhino without any damage unlike previuos purchases. Overall a phenomenal copy of a great American album mastered by a legendary engineer.

Best sounding pressing of this I have heard. Solid pressing, perfectly flat. Great sound dynamics and clear.

On my modest system, this pressing sounds about as beautiful as I could imagine. Really impressive clarity, without letting the vocals get harsh (see Attics of My Life). It's already a fantastic recording, and this presentation is quite satisfying. I put it through the Spin Clean once and only heard a bit of crackling between a couple songs on side 2. If you don't already own this record on vinyl you can't go wrong with the KG cut. However, there are other well-rated pressings out there which are more plentiful. For what it's worth, I feel no need to seek out any other version now (I also own the MoFi SACD and Rhino HDCD from 2003).

Kinda curious how missed details like the song titles not all being printed in bold on the back cover happen on a pressing like this. How is a simple detail like that missed? Unless it's replicating some original detail I'm unaware of... beyond that, phenomenal!!!

Warner Canada Obi only says Limited Edition, not numbered! WTF?? Same with Candy-O.. My Cars self titled was numbered as was Coltrane. False advertising, much?

I ordered my copy directly as a pre-order from Warners Australia at the cost of $90 plus shipping.

My copy arrived yesterday and it does not have the number stamped on the back.
I have contacted Warners Australia and it seems there has been some sort of printing error with the jackets and all the copies they have been sent are unstamped (so not numbered). They opened up their stock to check trying to get me a numbered replacement.

Warners are looking into it and I am waiting on a reply. So for Aussie Buyers check your jacket.
The LP itself is beautiful and sounds amazing.

I shall update this information once Warners have come back to me after they have a reply on the matter.

My first copy of American Beauty was the 50th Anniversary colored pressing from Dead.net. Since that copy has the distortion in Ripple I bought the 45 RPM MoFi when it was last repressed. It sounds excellent, but I have to flip twice. This one just came in today. It sounds absolutely amazing! Given how quickly the colored vinyl sold out at Dead.net (4,000 copies) I am surprised this one hasn't sold completely out yet!

The UK 1st pressing has an orange label , and not a green label .

doing some research on whether or not to buy this.. looks like Mofi 45rpm AAA could be the best, according to some below, but then you look into this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_RBvSPZASI
and perhaps Bellman's cut is the way to go? curious how it all stacks up

Bellman vs Rhino KPG vs Mofi 45.. looks like the OG is surprisingly the worst one

I own 3 pressings of this album now, a White Label, Promo, the 45 RPM MFSL and this one the Rhino High Fidelity. I know this album, better than I know myself, and while I am not sure if it’s a fair comparison with the MFSL being at 45 RPM, but the Mobile Fidelity version is far and away the winner of the three. The WLP and the Rhino are on par with each other one a little warmer (OG), the Rhino, more detailed, but neither touch the MFSL, which just has way more body and fullness to it. That being said, 45RPM pressings can be annoying so I think a lot of people will be happy with this reissue.