HW: Scoop on the new remasters?

[Andy Gilham]

Carl asked:

>        Speaking of remasters, I've just got back on the list and have
missed
>any discussion of them that may have taken place in the last week.  Can
>someone summarize the reports on their worthwhile-ness?

In summary?  They rule!!

I was sceptical in advance - I thought, OK, so they'll be in pretty boxes,
and maybe they won't sound quite so muddy, but the easy way to make Hawkwind
sound better is just turn it up, yawn yawn...

BUT they give these albums a whole new lease of life, you'll hear stuff you
never noticed before, they sound TERRIFIC when you rack up the volume, and
the packaging is exactly as it should be, with lots of cool pictures and
text.  It's really good to be able to be totally, unreservedly enthusiastic
about Hawkwind for a change!

(Fans of Simon King (who isn't?) will particularly enjoy the clarity of the
drum sound, and the way he looks so cool in all the band photos...)

Don't believe me?  Buy _Doremi_...

- Andy