Best Bat out of Hell recording


Fellow audiogoners...I have orig domestic and import Lps and Cds of BOOHell and would welcome any input...I have been dissapointed by these...weak bass, flat soundstage,etc...any suggestions?
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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.
What Marty said.

Have not heard a really good BOOH ever, vinyl or CD. Maybe there is a miracle digital remastering out there I have not heard. Dunno. The sound quality on teh limited Rundgren material I am familiar with in general is some of the worst I can cite.
I was listening to my ripped from relatively recent remastered cd version a bit yesterday. Recording is about par for most rock pop recordings, not bad but lacking any soundstage depth and limited dynamics. Otherwise not bad for what it is.