New Jim James Solo Album - Eternally Even

[kotchishm]

So uhh......I just got a vinyl of this from Wonderful Union today. The only thing is....I'm pretty sure I didn't order it. I see nothing in my email or my Roll Call orders page. Is this the first time a screwup from WU has benefited me?

I also couldn't find confirmation anywhere. I did, however, order it for sure. Only info I ever got was the tracking number randomly when it was shipped.

[PookdaddyG]

I think I read that the gold ones were limited to 1,000 (not sure on that number though) and were only available at independent record stores (pretty sure about being only at independent stores). Guestroom Records in Louisville, CD Central in Lexington, Grimey's in Nashville, and the like, are your best bets for this one.

There are a decent amount still at Guestroom last time I was in there.

[Nikkogino]

[Fritz]

Has anyone else noticed a distinct lack of low/bass frequencies on the vinyl pressing? This problem has been noted to occur on both the EU Black and US Gold pressings.

Does anyone here have the US Black and/or US Pink pressings that they could compare to the digital version of the album and post results?

It's quite noticeable when listening through headphones or decent speakers. The bass drum lacks any life or oomph whatsoever. Sounds more like someone kicking a cardboard box.

[Nikkogino]

This album keeps growing on me.  So good.

[Lucius]

I must admit this album has grown on me hugely also. The World's Smiling Now and In The Moment are both very sexy. I need to get my hands on a coloured vinyl they look beautiful! Where's the best place in the UK to get these does anyone know?

[Nikkogino]

I must admit this album has grown on me hugely also. The World's Smiling Now and In The Moment are both very sexy. I need to get my hands on a coloured vinyl they look beautiful! Where's the best place in the UK to get these does anyone know?

Gold seems to be still out there.  Pink was limited to 300 and is sold out.

[Fritz]

Don't bother with the vinyl. As mentioned above, there was an error in the source provided to the mastering engineer, resulting in a complete lack of low/bass frequencies on the vinyl pressing. This issue exists on all different versions.

[Stevie]

Don't bother with the vinyl. As mentioned above, there was an error in the source provided to the mastering engineer, resulting in a complete lack of low/bass frequencies on the vinyl pressing. This issue exists on all different versions.

Really?  How in the world does that even happen?  On every single vinyl pressed this occurs?  Unbelievable...  what happened to test pressings?

[Fritz]

Don't bother with the vinyl. As mentioned above, there was an error in the source provided to the mastering engineer, resulting in a complete lack of low/bass frequencies on the vinyl pressing. This issue exists on all different versions.

Really?  How in the world does that even happen?  On every single vinyl pressed this occurs?  Unbelievable...  what happened to test pressings?

Someone dropped the ball. It's a shame that all of the variants are from the same master cut. Maybe Jim will catch wind and they can repress with a corrected mastering.

[jimsflyingv]

It took me awhile and several times listening to it but I dig it now, although I like the second half of the album much better than the first....."the world is smiling now" is my favorite track

[parkervb]

heard "The World is Smiling Now" on the show This Is Us, the episode this week.

[Lonndown27]

Here In Spirit keeps ....it just blows my mind. I posted before that I would rather have an MMJ album / live album DVD thing / tour over a Jim James solo album, but now I understand how one benefits another. Without him recording State of The Art by himself, we'd have never gotten to hear Jacket do that song and now it's become one of their MUSTS. I need to listen to the whole thing still, just cannot stop listening to live Jacket to do it.

[Stevie]

I've been listening to the album pretty consistently since it came out and three songs stand head and shoulders above the rest to me.  1. World is Smiling 2. Here in Spirit 3. In the Moment.  I like the jams (Hide in Plain Sight, Younger), especially live, but i've grown a little tired of them when I listen to the album.  True Nature is a cool track but i don't really feel anything when i listen to it.  Never liked Same Old Lie, not once.  I would put Eternally Even at number 4.  It's just a lovely song..  I think the common denominator between 3 of my top 4 is that Jim is singing in those and is more so talking in the others.  I think that makes them easier to love longer. 

As a whole, I may like this album more than the last three MMJ albums.  There are songs that are so powerful within those Jacket albums that they blow the doors off of anything Jim has done in solo (Slow Slow Tune, Smokin', Touch Me Part 2, Tropics, Spring), but Eternally Even just makes me feel very good.