For rock fans just curious what remasters, recent or otherwise, were a quantum leap over the original vinyl or compact disc release. On the flip side, any original CD releases that are still competitive? Not interested in imports, SACD, etc. Thanks rockers!
I have been moving from remasters back to originals. I'm referring mostly to the Genesis catalogue. Their "Definitive Edition Remasters" are no where near as good as the originals in my opinion. The questions is, how does one know which release is best? You have Japanese, Canadian, etc., along with different years. Anyone have any thoughts?
True, there are some remaster recordings where compression has been overly abused...but the tradeoffs in improved clarity, transparency, and overall fidelity is hard to ignore when done right...I have very few CDs from the 80s for this reason...that being said...it largely rests on the quality of the recording to begin with...
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