Led Zeppelin-newly remastered


The new Led Zeppelin compilation sees the first remastering of their material for 17 years or so.

Oh and it sounds great,clarity and thump to the fore as Zep sound better than they ever did on CD.
Mothership was mastered by John Davis.

I guess the biggest bone of contention on this double CD is the choice of tracks, every serious Zep fan is going to find several favourites missing.

Lets hope this will lead to each studio album getting state of the art Redbook remastering.
ben_campbell
I am guessing for Zeppelin`s 40th anniversary Atlantic will reissue Zeppelin`s catalouge remastered with studio outtakes as bonus tracks.Page has said in interviews he wants to release the outtake material.There has been wide speculation the 1970 Bath festival and 5 nights multitracked from Japan 1971 will see the light of day sooner than later.All of these have leaked as bootlegs and fueled greater demand for the real thing.
It appears, from the MODERNGUITAR link above, that the Page's early '90s digital transfers of the analog masters will be used for the various Mothership digital and vinyl offerings. I'm wondering which source was used for the Classic records reissues. The Classic Zep. 1, 2, 3 releases were OK, while Houses of the Holy was truly dreadful. It would be simply incredible and truly exciting to get Zeppelin's catalog remastered from the original analog masters by, say, Steve Hoffman and pressed with a high level of QC by RTI.
The 180g 4 lp limited edition box set, remastered half speed at RTI by Stan Ricker is now due for release on 31 March 2008.
The 180g 4 lp limited edition box set, remastered half speed at RTI by Stan Ricker is now due for release on 31 March 2008

Is this the same as what was mentioned in the modernguitars web article, or yet another (different) vinyl release?

It appears, from the MODERNGUITAR link above, that the Page's early '90s digital transfers of the analog masters will be used for the various Mothership digital and vinyl offerings

Anyone maybe know what the quality of Page's original digital transfer was at the time? I'm guessing 16/44.1, so I'm wondering if the remastering will be more of making it sound different rather than better.