Have you seen the new R.E.M. reissues? WOW

Sorry Paradales I mean Automatic For The People-listen to the difference on recording quality merely due to time...I suspect if Green was cleaned up it would sound miles better on CD.

You may be right. I called Warner today and they are going to get back to me with a definitive answer. Though the person I spoke to did not think the regular CD had been remastered. IF I hear back from them, I will let you know.

If they didn't remaster the older discs, I take back the enthusiasm I expressed at the beginning of this post; what a lost opportunity.

Paradales take it from me they haven't with Green.
If they haven't done it with Green which is the oldest release then they won't have with the rest.

Indeed why re-release an album only months old?
These discs are basically DVD-A releases and nothing else except for the odd bonus video or whatever.

From the horses mouth at Rhino Records: "They have not been remastered."

I did a comparison at home before I received the email from Rhino and could hear that my earlier version and the new one sound virtually identical.

Strike another blow for the anti-quality music industry.

A very strange strategy from REM it has to be said.

Thanks Paradales for taking the trouble to follow this through.