Belinda Carlisle: Runaway Horses (Half-Speed Master Edition)

I received this wonderful Picture Disc by Belinda Carlisle and they sent me a different edition on black vinyl, I contacted customer service and they immediately reacted for me and sent me a new copy this time of the correct item and very quickly. The materials are very good quality and even though it is a Picture Disc the sound is really incredible, very happy.

One star is only for the product - the album itself gets five starsSadly I experienced the same as most other reviewers of this product. This is a very bad pressing of a classic album. I have had to send two copies back to Amazon as both stuck and jumped from the first track to the last. Not fit for purpose, sadly. (My original 1989 copy still plays fine!!)

This album is an absolute classic and sounding better than ever in this half speed edition. The depth of sound is epic. Her best album sounding awesome.

I got this at a great price, and the record comes in a poly lined sleeve. There is some noise on the vinyl and I was worried about skipping based on previous reviews but didn’t experience this. I think the half speed mastering might be somewhat of a gimmick but to me this sounded great and powerful, though I haven’t done a/b testing to a recent remastered CD. I love the fact these have come out and will look to get the other Belinda albums when funds allow and the price is right

My copy plays perfectly, no surface noise, a nice dynamic remaster and a quality job to match the half-speed remaster of Heaven on Earth. If you got a bad copy, exchange it as it was most likely just a bad batch.

Don’t know if this is exclusively an Amazon issue, but like the other two reviewers so far my record jumped in a number of places. Got it replaced and the replacement jumped in the same places. Both now returned for a refund

Contrary to the negative reviews here, no faults or flaws.I have never heard any version of this album sound so alive! Intoxicatingly good.(Admittedly I’ve not heard them all but I’d be very surprised if there was indeed a better one out there, based on this experience)Immediacy is the first thing I look for and it is present in spades.Then we get to the detail resolution, cavernous soundstage and dynamics.I just sat back and luxuriated.If this is an argument for the case of half-speed mastering then I am sold!I do have a few Windham Hill half-speed masters already but this is very special.A triumph for the mastering engineers.

1st copy I got jumped on side 1 and had noise on track 4. So exchanged. The same problem on the next copy. Obviously a problem at the pressing. Which is a shame as I love this album. May have to wait a while for a new batch to materialise.

I guess some of the copies were messed up. I got a good one!The only reason I’m giving 4 stars is because my original vinyl sounds so much better.It’s a keeper

Alles positiv, von der Qualität der Schallplatte bis zur Verpackung, sehr sicher. Der Klang ist sehr gut und man hört viele Details der Instrumente, die man auf der CD nicht hört. Der einzige Nachteil ist, dass das Album schmutzig war. Ich musste es 10 Minuten lang reinigen, bevor ich es anhören konnte.

The media could not be loaded.  What a bummer! Plays in loop and skips even after washing.Had to return it for a refund.Maybe I am just one of the few unlucky ones.