U2 reissues

True...the more recent U2 recordings have been especially "hot" sounding....these are intentially tailored to the commercial mainstream crowd...however...as noted...JOshua Tree sounds very good (at least the remastered 07 edition)...way better than my orginal german LP which sounded muddy and veiled...and early Santana sounds amazing too...

Bongofury,

Thanks for all those suggestions- I missed them until today. I'll do some more buying this weekend ;-)

BTW I already have The English Beat and The Specials - Free Nelson Mandela is awesome sounding.

I'll suggest another - M People Bizarre Fruit - great live album.

Although Steve Lillywhite did do some mixing on the Joshua tree as well...mostly some of the singles such as "with or without you", "where the streets have no name",etc...love em or hate em...steve does have a knack for mixing a hit song...and some compression can be a good thing...if used in moderation...

Shadorne

Thanks for the tip on M People--never on my radar until your response. :)

I've only purchased the Joshua Tree and it is a vast improvement on CD.

M People?
I won't even go there.........