Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters?
Pink Floyd´s Japanese "Meddle" ( 2nd edition at least) smokes UK original in dynamics on eBay:http://www.ebay.com/itm/PINK-FLOYD-Meddle-NM-NM-JAPAN-70s-LP-EMS-80322-G-F-w-OBI-BOOKLET-INSERT-/302... |
Not much to add as I concur with most of what has preceded. My comments are strictly related to vinyl because in my world CDs are for the car. Has anyone noticed that the sound of the re-issues everyone is complaining about are exactly what you would get if you tried to make the LP sound like a CD? IE. bass levels that could never exist in reality, highs going octaves beyond what the instruments and gear in use could produce etc. Could it be that the people in charge are trying to nullify the differences between the two mediums to wean us away from that oh so problematic vinyl format or perhaps it is so long since they heard anything not digitally sourced they forgot what live sound is? Another possibility is the engineers are unconsciously compensating for their hearing loss and nobody has the guts to tell a studio god his creation sucks. Of course these are just general comments and quite a few re-masters are great it's just that too many aren't. One topic I have been trying to get going for nearly a decade now is physical quality of the records. There is some comment about warps (I see you ehtoo) but nobody seems to want to talk about haw quickly these high priced heavy weight pressings develop noise. The 180 gr are bad and interestingly the 200 gr seem even worse. Analogue Productions are giving a lot of press to their new Clarity vinyl but don't seem to putting much on it. Does anyone care to comment on their impressions of durability, good or bad, of new pressings? |
I think it´s all just for the money. To sell those Pink Floyd masterpieces over and over and over again. Quality true analog reprints ? Who cares, buyer gets new pristine vinyl and cover, inserts etc. anyway, that makes him/her happy. To be honest, I do have one very high quality (audio) reprint, Yes´ "Fragile" by AcousTech, US 2006. Some Classic Records reissues (US) are great too. I highly recommend original Japanese vinyl albums for those who truly are interested in quality, both audio and album covers. |
