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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 14, 2010 20:06:38 GMT
I love a challenge Tootull. Vinyl reigns, well in pristine condition of course. Going all prissy err pristine on me. Pristine condition of course. = I can only wish for pristine. ;D Maddog, as you are coming from a vinyl point of view, I'd like to know the CD's that you are most impressed with? There's a compact disc thread around here, somewhere. Nice to see the 8-track. My Sunday best tea cheers OK - the Jethro Tull remasters (and bearing in mind I haven't got them all) which impressed me are 1. mono release of This Was as we've previously discussed on the This Was thread 2. Benefit remaster 3. Broadsword remaster 4. Crest of a Knave remaster. They seem to have a "quality" to them that my original CDs don't have. I appreciate that people hear music differently and that others may disagree but that's fine by me - I'm happy Of non Tull CDs, the remasters I'm most impressed with are the ones by Warner Music/Rhino of the first four Love albums, especially Forever Changes. They "tweaked" the volume which on the original CD issue was quite low and originated from the initial recording sessions. They didn't have the original multi track tapes so had to use a mix down 4 track tape so I'm lead to believe. Whatever they used they did a good job imo.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2010 14:35:08 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 15, 2010 16:02:48 GMT
Thanks for the recommendations Tootull. With the remastering of the early Tull albums it must come down to what the group and the engineers could do with the primitive equipment they used and what they had in mind in the first place. I wonder what state the original multitracks are/were in when the remastering programme was started. I'd still love to hear the pre Tull recordings (see the Holy Grail thread jethrotull.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=317 ) but they seem to have vanished. All Derek Lawrence kept were acetates and I don't suppose they've survived in too good a condition?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2010 17:01:52 GMT
maddog I own all of the remasters. Bursting Out is OK - I'm not super thrilled, but the remasters that should be tagged with "What was Peter Mew and Ian Anderson thinking/hearing?" are: Stand Up - Unnecessary brightness + hiss/good ambience removed compared to the very close to each other in sound MFSL gold and original USA CD. Benefit - too bright, just not right. Aqualung - Steve Hoffman ran from the room when he heard this. Songs From the Wood - more bright plight - Literally blown away by the MFSL gold and the more neutral sounding original USA CD. ...and they needed the already bright original A Little Light Music CD to sound brighter? Wow! I say avoid the A Little Light Music remaster and keep or seek out the original release. Roots to Branches is too bright, too, although the boosted sound of Rare and Precious Chain is an interesting sound. With CD sound it is interesting to note that the original flat CD's are closer to the very expensive Steve Hoffman mastered discs than the remasters.
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