New Audiophile Collectables This Week at eil.com, includes Smashing Pumpkins, Steven Wilson, Kings Of Leon & more

What is an audiophile pressing?

Well, in a nutshell, it’s an audio format pressed to help enhance the sound quality, be that on vinyl or Compact Disc.

The idea being the heavier the vinyl pressing, the better. There have been pressings released from 120 up to 200 Gram in weight, usually the 200 Gram will play at 45rpm providing a better audio experience, instead of the standard 33 1/3rpm.

Compact Discs have various different formats, gold was used in the earlier pressing as it supposedly provided a better a clearer sound reproduction.

Mobile Fidelity are known for being one of the leaders in producing vinyl and CDs of an audiophile grade, with the original releases now highly collectable.

We now have Super Audio CDs, SHM-CD providing a high-fidelity-audio, Blu-Spec CDs using Blu-ray technology, along with DVD-Audio using DVD technology, both providing surround sound audio.

Here at eil.com we have a nice range of Audiophile pressings to suit everyone’s taste and pockets.

STEVEN WILSON The Overview (2025 UK/EU limited edition LP pressed on 180gram Mint Green Vinyl. Steven’s eighth studio album, the two track, forty-two-minute album is his most audacious to date, inspired by the ‘overview effect’ experienced by astronauts looking back at the Earth from space. Sealed gatefold picture sleeve).
THE CRANBERRIES Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (2017 US limited edition 12-track LP pressed on 180gram Vinyl cut from the original stereo tapes by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios. The group’s debut album originally released in 1993 including Dreams and Linger. Housed in a Stoughton old style tip-on gatefold jacket, with lyrics, photos, personnel set-up and notes on the inside. The sleeve has only light general wear and has the hype sticker from the shrink attached to the plain inner, and the vinyl has minimal signs of play) housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve with the lyric inner. The sleeve shows minimal shelf wear & the vinyl is Near Mint with few signs of play).
KINGS OF LEON The Early Vinyl (Rare 2011 US Record Store Day exclusive limited edition deluxe collectors box set featuring the band’s first three albums pressed on 180gram vinyl – Youth & Young Manhood 2-LP, Aha Shake Heartbreak2-LP and Because Of The Times 2-LP, housed in gatefold picture sleeves. Plus a bonus 12-track LP titled Rarely featuring previously unreleased studio and live material. Also includes a 20-page booklet with rare pictures, artwork and liner notesby Austin Scaggs [Rolling Stone magazine]. Housed in a deluxe black & gold picture box, individually gold number stamped on the back, and sealed with hype sticker on the front).
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Terry Pratchett’s Vinyl Discworld (2019 UK/EU limited edition 15-LP Box Set comprising SEVEN BBC dramatisations pressed over FIFTEEN DiscSwirl vinyl LPs. Featuring Mort, Wyrd Sisters, Guards! Guards!, Eric, Small Gods, Night Watch and Only You Can Save Mankind. With unique cover artwork and two laser-etched B-sides, plus exclusive framable artwork print. Housed in a two-piece picture box – still sealed in its hype-stickered shrinkwrap DEMRECBOX42) **Limited to only 500 copies**.
SMASHING PUMPKINS CYR (Sealed 2020 UK/US limited edition 20-track 2-LP set pressed on Pearl Marble heavyweight vinyl, this colour edition was available exclusively from Sumerian Records website in the UK and USA. Housed in a gatefold picture sleeve which remains sealed in the double stickered shrink. As an added bonus, this example also includes a bonus 12″ slipmat!).

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