HW: Re: New Remasters better sound?

[Sen. Volstead]

Stephen Swann wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 03:13:19PM +0100, M Holmes wrote:
>   Paul sez:
> > > Wait a minute, I'm confused.  Mike was talking about "the *six* new
> > > remastered Hawkwind albums," and since he undoubtedly has the *five* EMI
> > > remasters, surely he is talking about something else?
> > >
> > > So, Mike, what are the titles of the six new remasters?  (And who is
> > > doing them?)
> >
> > It's EMI I believe. TistheBis, Xenon Codex, Live '79, Levitation and
> > errrr....
>
> Wow, a whole bunch of albums that are absolutely not in need of
> remastering.  I dunno about _TheBiz_, but the others are some *fine*
> sounding CDs.  I suppose if this is just an effort to get their
> back-catalog under control, then it's ok, and not just a waste of
> studio time and money.  I think they deserve to own their own music,
> after all these years.  :-)
>
> BTW, did we ever settle the issue of whether there was a difference in
> sound between the single-album issue of Levitation, and the Castle
> two-for-one _Levitation/Live '79_?  I've got the "twofer" and frankly,
> both of them have a crystalline perfection of sound that sometimes
> makes me doubt that they're Hawkwind albums.  ;-)
>
> Steve

Levitation must be one of the cleanest sounding albums they have!
Last year I would blast World of Tiers and Space Chase in my dorm, and more than
once someone thought it was some sort of weird, brand-new house music!