HW: Remasters

[Jon Browne]

In message <199603221852.NAA28134 at dogberry>, Stephen Lindsey
<stephen at SPATIAL.UNISYS.COM> writes
>
>Hope you don't mind answering some questions ????
>
>> The previously unreleased version of EJECTION was surprisingly enough
>> one I haven't heard before. I'll bet plenty of you have though. The
>> vocals are double tracked. Sound familiar?
>
>Hmm well not to me. This is allegedly from the Capn Lockheed sessions ?

It doesn't say but it's produced by Roy Baker as was Cap Lockheed, so
it's looks probable.
>So lets be sure what you're comparing with here, you're saying that
>Mountain Grill and DoReMI are both significantly better (sound quality wise)
>than the previous CD (and vinyl ?) versions.  This does almost
>seem to much to hope for, but pray god its true ???  Care to comment
>how much (eg crystal clear ? somewhat less murky ? didn't sound like
>it was recorded at the bottom of a swamp ???)
>
>Cheers,
>Steve L.

Don't know about the previous CD release of DoReMi, haven't ever found
one but Mountain Grill is certainly more than somewhat less murky and
getting on for crystal clear *_IMO_ *
I've always been disappointed with the production on Mountain Grill,
when there's clearly some terrific songs on the album. This has to be
seen as a major improvement.

Anything would be an improvement on my vinyl copies. Hard to be
conclusive here.

Ultimately, I don't think I'd have made a sound engineer. I'm more often
than not, happy with things that other people have pointed out as
improvable in one way or the other. But these certainly sound great to
me. The Calvert stuff like The Awakening sounds all breath-y to me. I'm
sure I didn't notice that before.

I don't think this Space Ritual could be described as "space sludge"
either.

All the albums sound brighter, clearer and more dynamic to me, but if
you're in any doubt I'm sure the list will be full of comment before too
long.

BTW I've seen prices as low as UKP8.99 for the four and UKP20 for Space
Rit. so it doesn't look too pricey after all. I was expecting UKP14.99
and anything up to UKP29.99 for SR


Only one minor gripe. The two trays on SR are connected by a piece of
card which tore slightly while I knocked it on the floor, when flailing
my head about wildly. I think i'm going to get a few empty jewel cases
and put the discs in there, whilst keeping the lovely packs at home
safely. ;)
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Jon Browne