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Originally Posted by Driving Wheel
Some of those older CDs still sound better than the 'Remastered' versions - a good example would be Exile On Main St :
the original 80's CD put out by CBS sounded like dogshit.
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Direct transfer
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Originally Posted by Driving Wheel
the first remaster by Virgin in 1994 sounded GREAT.
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Finally remastered for digital.
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The one they put out recently, that had the bonus disc of outtakes...sounded worse than the one from the 80's. The bass is boomy and it's just LOUD - it's stripped of all dynamics.
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Money grab. Seriously.
Labels don't make much money from bands anymore due to piracy. So, the turn to the next best thing and continually remaster their legacy catalogs for income.
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So glad that a lot of the records coming out have backed off from the 'hot mastering/loudness wars' trend. It's all fine with nû-metal or raps musics (music that generally lacks dynamic subtlety), but when they start doing all that with old analog music from the 60's and 70's, it changes the way the music actually sounds.
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It's getting better but it's not over yet. And you can't blame the mastering engineers: They're just doing what they're being told to do by A&R people and band managers.
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Hell, the original Crowes CDs sounds way better than the Remasters that came out in that Box Set, and those were recorded within the past 25 years.
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Yep
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That being said, the original Van Halen and Black Sabbath CDs sounded like DOGSHIT, and the remasters that Rhino put out are amazing. I'm pretty impressed with the care Rhino takes.
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One of the guys responsible for archiving and mastering there is a friend. The guy is meticulous when it comes to re-mastering legacy, especially music as beloved as Van Halen.
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And I definitely do like my Beatles Mono Remasters box set...
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Yeah, the mono set is the only way to go. I understand why Capital request EMI do stereo versions but to my ears, it just sounds
wrong.