https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/arts/music/cereal-box-records.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.qang.mh-zDPPJe9xT&smid=url-share   I have no recollection whatsoever of these recordings but surely some of the slightly older members do?

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I liked "Flood" more than I thought I would. I like "Man Child" better, but it's worth picking up both.

Probably not when compared with a contemporaneously-cut original LP pressing. Both would have been cut with first generation tapes. Different tapes, yes, but still first generation. The difference with a cut made today is that the LP medium is less restricted than it was "back in the day", with turntables and cartridges that can track a lot more dynamics than the ones we used to have. Unfortunately, sometimes they have pushed those dynamics a bit too far in the latest BN cuts (Tone Poet & Classic Vinyl series) and created tracking problems for some buyers. With luck, Kevin Gray will not push the levels too far on this one so no one has that problem.

This might lead one to believe that the 45rpm (multi-)EP versions of 50s LPs on Capitol might have been sonically superior?