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

This is the way it should be done! Warner has remastered their R.E.M. catalog. Each issue comes with 2 discs. One disc is a remastered redbook version and the other disc has a 5.1 mix, video documentary, lyrics, and DVD-Audio surround and two-channel mix. I think this is the way all remasters should be done. They are amazing!!!
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ben_campbell
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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.
pardales OP
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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.
ben_campbell
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A very strange strategy from REM it has to be said.

Thanks Paradales for taking the trouble to follow this through.
pardales OP
652 posts
 
My pleasure. You are right that the ultimate blame should fall squarely on REM's shoulders. A missed opportunity.
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sbank
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Thanks, you just saved me a bunch of money! Cheers,
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