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CultOfByron 06:27 am UTC 08/18/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Have These Been Remastered? - EricMontreal22 01:43 am UTC 08/18/10 |
| Eric, I always liked the idea of the 2006 Bat II, but rumours of it's relative poor quality always put me off, might have to invest now! This whole issue came up for me just the other day as I'm into Iron Maiden and it turns out that the 1998 'Eddie's Head' remasters (the only ones I've ever heard!) were poor reproductions of the original cd pressings. I'm always partial to a little Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards too so thanks for the heads up re disco! Another thing - I wonder if one were to digitise the vinyl versions of Dead Ringer and Bad For Good on a good enough system these would be superior to the CDs...? I'll have a pop myself and see what the results are. > Hey thanks so much--speculation from a fellow fan is > always welcome. > > I have to say the Pandora's Box remaster is one of the > most "compressed" (I guess that's the term) remaster I > know of. Usually, when others complain about ramsters > that do that, I don't notice, but if I play Pandora's > Box's loudly or on headphones I almost feel like it gives > me a headache--luckily I have the old edition, which > sounds fine, anyway (and it's nice to have the remaster > for the DVD). Bat II's doesn't bother me--I remember when > I got it maybe three or four years ago, someone on here > told me there were two remasters, and to avoid the earlier > one from 2002 (called the Deluxe Edition) and get the 2006 > UK Collector's Edition (which has a live disc and a DVD of > the videos). I guess the earlier edition was so clumsily > remastered/mixed people on here said certain key > instruments were pushed to the back, etc--as well as > compression issues. Anyway the 2006 disc sounds really > good to my ears. > > And you're right that Japanese remasters tend to be done > with much more care--I'm a big disco fan and have some > limited edition ones they've done that sound spectacular. > I guess I'll have to decide if the Bonnie ones are worth > the money for me or not. > > I know Dead Ringer and Bad for Good were never iconic like > the Bats, but it does seem due time to remaster them... > I'll assume the budget reissues aren't at all then. > > Thanks again > E > > > No answers Eric, just speculation from me I'm afraid ;) > > > > I've not listened to either the remasters of Bat II or > > Pandora's Box yet, but from what I've heard they both > > 'suffer' from too much compression (which is slightly > > ludicrous considering the spatiousness of the Jim sound!) > > > > What I will say is that I believe that Japanese mixes of > > albums tend to be better if you prefer less compression. > > I guess that since the fad for compression is fairly > > recent, older versions of the cd albums might have a > > better sound to them... > > > > A quick search has yielded a couple of results for Dead > > Ringer as FLACs which might be worth a listen. > > > > Good quality remasters of both Dead Ringer and Bad for > > Good are loonngg overdue. > > > > > I know that remastering Jim's recordings has been > > > controversial (ie the first of the two remasters of Bat > > > out of Hell II apparently was poorly mixed, and I > > > personally find the remaster of Pandora's Box way too > > > "loud" so that sounds sound compressed). But I was > > > wondering if either Dead Ringer, Bad for Good or either of > > > the two Bonnie Tyler albums had been remastered? > > > > > > I ask because I see Dead Ringer and BFG were reissued by > > > what Amazon refers to as "Sbme Special Mkts." in 2008 at > > > cheap prices. The cheap price makes me think these are > > > the old CD pressing sound wise--anyone know for sure? > > > > > > I do know there's fairly expensive "paper sleeve" reissues > > > from Japan of both Bonnie's albums--could anyone comment > > > on the remastering quality! > > > > > > Thanks guys, > > > E | |
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