To overkill;
The Fox CD certainly wasn't done 'right'! The only thing the record doesn't do is skip! I disagree that it's acceptable to use vinyl rips on CDs, especially with no mention of it on the packaging, but admit I have heard many better attempts than the Fox CD, which has received many bad reviews slamming it's quality. Cherry Red have put out many excellent quality CDs, but the fact they aren't averse to using vinyl rips worries me should this become common place and something the consumer only discovers when he or she purchases the album...
As Mattclarkie pointed out, it's highly unlikely to be a vinyl rip.
There are plenty of recordings out there that sound dire, full of pops and clicks, and fading in and out. These are NOT 'vinyl rips'.
I never said using vinyl rips for commercial releases
was acceptable. Nor do I think recording off digital media (which I do know has been done) rather than a master tape is acceptable.
What I said was the vinyl rips I (and others) use are excellent quality, and I would recommend them to anyone, and that I use them in preference to CD rips.
The most likely reason for the problem here is, is that someone has just recorded discs straight from the master with no mixing or editing done at all.
Something that, in itself is shameful, as it takes very little time using modern software.
One question? Why go to the bother of ripping an LP, which takes time (it can only be done in 'real time') and you need to be able to record it to a mixing suite anyway, and not bother to edit it? Again, as I say , it doesn't take long. Nor would you know, if it's done properly, that it is a vinyl rip.
All quality vinyl rips are done to 24/96 (or higher) standard or Redbook for CD burning.
As I say, you wouldn't know.