Best Bat out of Hell recording

HiFi News did a review (2 years ago I think?} of the Bat Out Of Hell recording and a review of currently available versions (LP and CD, maybe even SACD as well?} and concluded they are all poorly recorded and mastered. Having said that, I am sure there is one version better than the others. I have not heard the HD Tracks version, maybe worth a listen.

Unfortunately at the end of the day Meatloaf is Meatloaf.

I think, there is none. Tried to find one some time ago, too. I found the information, that the mastering was done so bad, that plans for a reissue were buried.
Great Music, inferior recorded. A real pity...

SACD version is the best of all! I own one

It's a mess. My understanding is that "BOOH" was a really low budget recording session that Todd Rundgren (a top three all-time rock/pop musician, in my book) financed out of his own pocket after every record label in town passed on it. I'm not certain, but I think that it may have been recorded at Rundgren's Bearsville Studio, the birthplace of many of the worst sounding records in my collection. Rundgren's a hero of mine, but when he screws up the sound of a record, he usually does so royally. Unfortunately, "BOOH" is a good example of that.

BTW, the history of the record is interesting: Although it may be an apocryphal tale, Clive Davis reportedly called it the single worst record he'd ever heard.