Least compressed

Shadorne: "Frozen Wasteland" very nice; lyrics are spot on. I do have Black Ice and just recieved the Aerosmith box. Agree, some of the better remasters of rock.

Check out other masters by Doug Sax here

The Aerosmith version is this one - it was originally done for SACD.

I agree with Midnight Oil's Earth Sun and Moon. I use that as my reference disc, especially Song 7, which has some of the best slam ever. I also like Neil Young's "Eldorado" and "Complex Sessions" (two "to the trade" CDs that can be found on eBay), Booker T's Potato Hole (amazing production), Willie Nelson's Teatro, Santana's first album (in original vinyl--can turn that one to "10"), Paul Kelly's May 1992 and his recent downloadable "A - Z",

'While I like Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith very much,both bands put out some of the worst recordings ever,especially when transferred to cd.'

I must be listening to a different Led Zep........

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I have seen the quality of their vinyl vary sharply. Hard to hear master quality sound on the middle period stuff like Houses of the Holy. I think the DVD was a major milestone in sound, and I am awaiting the remixed albums on vinyl. Like AC/DC and the Beatles, Led Zep controls their vault and the tapes are said to be kept in good working order under the direction of Jimmy Page, so we could see something equal to the Beatles Remasters. As for now, they are not great shakes in recording quality. I especially dislike the reissues, with the exception on the II album which had better sense of range than the original albums I have heard.