Talking Heads Remastered

Ben,

Huh?

I think the point of the collection is finally getting these excellent albums remastered into a form that audiophiles can appreciate. I don't care about the 5.1 mixes or the videos. But I'm not complaining that they are there. I find the extra tracks meaningful in the context of the time they were recorded.

If you are reffereing to the inserted artwork cards for each album as "horrible" perhaps you don't really get what Talking Heads were all about. Anyway thanks for qualifing your statement as IMHO. It is just that. IMHO.

-Karl

Karl maybe if you read what I wrote before you started shooting your mouth off you wouldn't have made the mistake you have.

I'm answering a comment on the box set on which Paradales and I agree on....... not the single albums.

And maybe if you paid attention to what music is released you'd have heard the remastered versions two years before you did.......imho.
:-)

Heh.

I believe I was typing, and believe it or not, I did read what you wrote. If you were referring to the 4 disc boxed set "Once in a lifetime" then I appologize as I don't recall the packaging. But if you were referring to the Brick as Paradales was, and still think the art is horrible, I disagree. I think the artwork complements the spirit of the music nicely.

Sorry to disappoint but if you listen to the Brick (and read the production credits) you will see that these are not the the same remasters released 2 years ago on the "Once in a Lifetime" collection. The brick benefits from Mr. Harrisons personal touch.

Cheers.

Karl seems we are talking at cross purposes I thought Paradales reference to the Brick (which I now think he thought I was talking about but was mistaken)was a nickname for the very long Once In A Lifetime box set shape.

So the three of us have picked it up wrong somewhere.
I apologise for my part in that.

The artwork for OIAL is horrendous imho and totally at odds (probably the reason why)with the usual TH artwork.The packaging is awkward and hopeless to be frank.

As for the remastering, the bottom line is OIAL was the first major remastering of the TH back catalogue and done by Bob Ludwig who is widely considered the best in the business.
The British versions of the single albums have nothing on the outside to distinguish that they've been done again

Your implying that the new ones are better maybe they are but unless I've misread your note you haven't compared both either.

Personally to be honest I'd rather have the single albums in their original form and I'll probably pick them up when they come down in price and are released without the 5.1/DVD disc.
That's what usually happens with these type of releases.

Yes it is clear. Sorry for the confusion.

I have enjoyed a lot of releases done by Bob Ludwig recently. The new Air album comes to mind. I think if you can avoid the trend of mastering with incredibly hot levels you can avoid the inherent loss of dynamics and still please the band.

On the new remasters I can find no mention of Mr Ludwig. The only reason they may be better is that they include the complete album. I think both the stereo and the DVD-A mixes were done by Jerry Harrison and another engineer who's name escapes me at the moment.

I also prefer the whole album approach as opposed to the compilation. Single albums are now available on the dreaded dual disk format which happily work just fine in my CD player.