Can Rock-N-Roll have great sound quality?

Try the Gov't Mule CD titled "Dose". It's a combination of southern rock with some jazz hints. Not only is the group very talented and better than 90% of the rock stuff out there, the sonics are excellent including the kick drum and guitars.

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Tvad mentioned the word smoking and it reminded me of...
Pick up Humble Pie "Smokin" it has pretty good sound quality for the era , especialy the bass.

Dear oh dear there seems no end to these types of posts.

To the original poster the newer Van Halen remasters sound great,they are HDCD and to my ears they are very clear and well balanced.
There are thousands of rock releases that sound good agreed few may be to Audiophile standards but to me there is a contradiction in here-any appreciation of music surely should focus on the music and there are countless great recordings of music that aren't technically great.
That is one aspect which is subjective but the other main point isn't............................

Further than that why don't folks check the date on the back of any CD that is giving them grief then walk into a record store or check online to see if that disc has been updated/remastered since then.
It can't be that difficult,surely?

So often on this forum people refer to discs way way out of date surely if the sound bothers you that much you can take the time to check?
It happens time and time again.
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