

desertcart Exclusive coke bottle clear vinyl Review: Heroes Are Hard To Find - desertcart Exclusive Vinyl Edition LP - I have long liked this album, having purchased it when it was originally released in 1974. This new desertcart Exclusive Vinyl LP sounds better than both my original LP as well as the subsequently released CD. Chris Bellman's remastering brings out the music and all its details far better than any previous release (in any format) that I am familiar with! The vinyl is dead flat and surface noise free. On top of that, the extremely reasonable price makes it an absolute bargain. There's no disappointment on any front with this release. Enjoy! Review: It's Fleetwood Mac! On colored vinyl. - It's Fleetwood Mac. It's a vinyl record. It's Fleetwood Mac. The record is colored vinyl. And it's FLEETWOOD MAC. It plays fine and sounds great. But then again, it's a vinyl record and it's Fleetwood Mac.
| ASIN | B0DDT49ZHZ |
| Best Sellers Rank | #7,972 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #4,071 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (108) |
| Date First Available | August 21, 2024 |
| Label | Rhino/Warner Records |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Rhino/Warner Records |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 0.16 x 12.36 x 12.32 inches; 8.5 ounces |
J**O
Heroes Are Hard To Find - Amazon Exclusive Vinyl Edition LP
I have long liked this album, having purchased it when it was originally released in 1974. This new Amazon Exclusive Vinyl LP sounds better than both my original LP as well as the subsequently released CD. Chris Bellman's remastering brings out the music and all its details far better than any previous release (in any format) that I am familiar with! The vinyl is dead flat and surface noise free. On top of that, the extremely reasonable price makes it an absolute bargain. There's no disappointment on any front with this release. Enjoy!
R**L
It's Fleetwood Mac! On colored vinyl.
It's Fleetwood Mac. It's a vinyl record. It's Fleetwood Mac. The record is colored vinyl. And it's FLEETWOOD MAC. It plays fine and sounds great. But then again, it's a vinyl record and it's Fleetwood Mac.
G**Y
The Vinyl Deal of the 2025 Summer
I am not the world's greatest Fleetwood Mac fan but I am a Fleetwood Mac completist. My collection was missing two of the studio albums, this one and Kiln House. Thanks to the ridiculously good deal I got this at (around 9 dollars) I am now only one album away from owning the complete Fleetwood Mac discography. Fleetwood Mac is an interesting band to collect as they have three distinct phases including the Peter Green era which is very British blues based, the radio rock middle era featuring Bob Welch, Jeremy Spencer, Christie McVie and Danny Kirwan and of course the pure pop rock of the Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham era. For me each era has its lows and highs and I enjoy something from every era. The two missing records from my collection were mysterious to me. I didn't know much about them and I really hadn't listened to either of them. I consider them to be mid section Fleetwood Mac. My initial reaction upon listening to Heroes Are Hard to Find was surprisingly positive. I wasn't expecting such wonderful songs. Although the album is solid it is not immediately memorable. I suspect with repeat listens it will grow stronger considering how much I enjoyed the album right away. It has the potential to be on the better end of the mid-era. The Amazon exclusive vinyl sounds fantastic. I was impressed at how dynamic and deep the sound is on the pressing. It lit up my room and had my attention for the duration. For this price point this has got to be the vinyl deal of the summer. I'd highly recommend.
M**O
One of the BEST!
One of the best pre-Buckingham/Nicks albums! Along with Bare Trees, this album is superb. Neat colored vinyl version. Sounds great.
L**O
Good for collectors
If you know you know
Z**N
Not the band’s best effort…
Not the band’s best effort. Quite the fall off when Danny Kirwin left. You’d be much better off listening to Bare Trees or Future Games for FM of this era, in my informed opinion. The pressing is terrific on this 180g release. The material is lacking.
K**R
Fantastic Sounding Record with Awesome Music
Beautiful. Awesome. A truly excellent sounding vinyl record. Punch -Soundstage-Clarity and QUIET vinyl. Just as it should be. Also the music is so good.
T**N
Great album, ok pressing
Album is great, the pressing is certainly good enough for me, but it's not the best I have ever heard. The packaging was great.
J**K
It’s a great pressing of a lovely old friend!
M**I
Arrived in perfect condition. One of my favourite fleetwood mac albums, but wasn’t able to find a physical copy until this version released, pressing sounds great!
C**N
"Heroes Are Hard to Find" è l'ultimo disco dei Fleetwood Mac prima dello statosferico successo che seguirà con l'ingresso in formazione della coppia Buckingham/Nicks e che farà della band un prototipo di million seller permanente. Se pensiamo che dischi come "Rumours" ed il "White Album" continuano a primeggiare nelle classifiche di mezzo mondo a quasi 50 anni dall'uscita, possiamo cercare di comprendere la portata del fenomeno Fleetwood Mac. In questo senso è sicuramente interessante riascoltare anche questo bistrattato disco del 1974 che a me personalmente piace moltissimo. Perchè i prodromi di quello che sarà per i Mac sono già tra i solchi di "Heroes Are Hard to Find". Ed è in particolare dalle canzoni di Christine Mc Vie che si avverte per la prima volta quel mood fortemente orientato al pop e vagamente easy listening, così sfacciatamente californiano, da venire a costituire, negli anni, un vero marchio di fabbrica. In "Heroes Are Hard to Find" le ballate di Chris sono già delle grandi canzoni "americane" e ammiccano con discrezione alle classifiche. Manca probabilmente solo il tocco magico di Lindsey per farle diventare dei classici. In "Heroes Are Hard to Find" la controversa figura di Bob Welch resta sul sottofondo e compositivamente fatica a primeggiare. Eppure le sue canzoni sono particolarmente ispirate, probabilmente le migliori che Bob abbia mai scritto. Ma nonostante la sua penna risulti brillante come ai tempi della magnifica "Hypotised", per sfortuna o per suoi limiti creativi, Bob non azzecca la "canzone" che trascini il gruppo verso il successo delle classifiche americane, obiettivo velatamente dichiarato della band. Peccato, o forse meglio così. In qualsiasi caso Bob avrebbe meritato almeno una hit con la band, anche se probabilmente la vicenda dei Mac sarebbe cambiata per sempre. Seppur ancora formalmente il leader della band, nel 1974 Welch non sembra avere la capacità nè la forza per traghettare i Mac "a stelle e strisce" verso un suono più maturo che riesca ad affermarsi su larga scala. Per questo il disco non convince come dovrebbe e resta nel limbo delle opere incompiute. Lo stesso Bob se ne renderà conto e abbandonerà il progetto Mac per dedicarsi ad una altalenante carriera solista. Come dicevo prima, è la timida Christine che qui spariglia le carte ed indica la via del successo ai Fleetwood Mac che verranno. Ed è con le sue canzoni che si compie quella straordinaria trasformazione che tramuterà una band che un tempo viveva per il blues, nella massima espressione del west coast rock americano. E' buffo che ci siano voluti degli inglesi per affermare definitivamente un sound che ai tempi gli Eagles avevano solo abbozzato e che altri artisti come Jackson Browne e Linda Rondstadt stavano iniziando a divulgare. La storia ci racconta che di lì a poco Mick Fleetwood si imbatterà in una coppia di ispiratissimi hippie, alle prese con un acerbo disco di esordio, e vedrà in loro il futuro della band. E la sua lungimiranza sarà la sua fortuna.
M**A
Sadly both copies that I ordered arrived with a 5 cm split in the top seam of the cover. It is hard to understand why this happens. Probably a manufacturing issue. I hope they are all not like this.
R**N
Had this lp before but needed an upgrade, saw this release at a fair price and despite my aversion to coloured vinyl bought it. Vinyl is fine and sound is good but and it's a big but the sleeve is crushed. It came in a rather large box with loose brown paper thrown on top, my recent records have been similar but with the record housed in a record mailer within the box which appears to protects the record sleeve much better. The music is worth more and the packaging less hence only 3 stares