Verve By Request

I have about 10 of the limited yellow wax with the silkscreen covers. I like them. I haven’t had any issues with QC. I think they sound fine. The only thing I noticed was they are mastered at a lower volume but really not an issue when we have volume knobs. I really love that they hand silkscreen the covers. I hope we see more of this in the future.

I didn't think the Verve By Request series could get any worse. But it has. Although the albums are now centered, pretty clean, and in poly lined sleeves, many are being mastered by Kevin Reeves at levels that require you to turn the albums up to a level that would normally be mind melting just to achieve decent sound. If his name is in the credts or his initials are in the deadwax, you can be sure the album will be atrocious, and that you can avoid FOMO with your money safe in your pocket.

The Verve by Request series has almost made the Blue Note 75th look good. The albums are consistently off center (Third Man Pressing apparently doesn't care for QC), usually filthy, and in paper sleeves. You'd be better off setting your money on fire.

I'm getting a bunch of vinyl reissues including actual audiphile pressings and I must tell all of those who are curious about the quality of vinyl reissues via Third Man Pressing.
All titles I took in my hands are the worst quality ever in years... Really terrible with no control in fact.
Those are NEVER be audiophile at all even the compnay insists 'Audiophile Quality Vinyl' shamelessly.
I still keep some previous LP reissues via Rainbo Records and even those pressings are still better than these Verve By Request ones.