CD quality differences

Experienced this recently while listening to "East West" by the Paul Butterfield Blues band. "Never Say No" is a markedly superior recording to the other tracks on this generally well-recorded album.

There is a thread on here about better remasters of some Stones CD's.  I think it is the 2002 abkco one.  I am replacing my 1980s Stones CDs with those.

But note that these are all based on alterations in the studio of the sound from the original masters, not on whether the CD spec. is deficient in some way.  There is a lot of smoke and noise from those claiming the latter is not adequate, but no double blind listening tests show higher bit rates, 1-bit etc. etc. sound better.

So true. Disappointing,along with the fact that even the absolute phase was not consistent from song to song (due to processing). It seems many with a great ear for music are so into the music that don't hear,or perhaps listen for, sound quality.