OFF: Tangerine Dream

[John Majka]

I bought all the Tangerine Dream CDs when they first came out, and I've
noticed that SOME have been reissued in the past few years with
super-bit-mapped mastering.  Does anyone have these and can you tell me, do
they in fact sound noticeably better?  The only ones I've seen are basically
the 80's Virgin albums.  What about all the 70's Virgin stuff--are there
remasters available or what?  I know these albums would sound great if
remastered correctly (as evidenced by some of the remastered stuff in the
Tangents box set), but I don't know if they have been or not.  And then
there are the albums remastered by Castle...how do these sound, compared to
previous issues?  Any improvement?  I know that remastering can work
wonders.  The Hawkwind remasters are incredible (particularly Hall of the
Mountain Grill, which sounds like fifty pounds of mud and filth was cleaned
from the master tape!).  The Rush remasters too are a joy to hear
(especially A Farewell to Kings).  I have some of the original CD issues of
the Led Zeppelin albums and they are dreadful compared to the reissues.  Can
anyone give me a comparative opinion on these TD discs and their availability?
Thanks!
John Majka
flossbac at wcic.org