HW: Hairy Warriors

[Joe Loehr]

In a message dated 5/30/01 3:09:32 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
jasret at MINDSPRING.COM writes:


> >My CD is the Griffin one from the Box Set, which says " . . . was
> >digitally transferred from the Atco master tapes . . .," which means
> >it's a copy of the US LP,
>
> No, it's a copy of the US master tape (actually a second-
> generation "safety" master, I've been told, which may mean it's one
> additional generation removed from the UK master tape).  It was NOT
> mastered from vinyl.
>
Ah, velly interesting!

> >whereas the Dojo is a copy of the UK, I guess?
>
> Yes, the Dojo is a copy of *a* UK VINYL LP - NOT the master tape, original
> or safety/backup copy.  The UK master tape is apparently missing (even
> though vinyl copies were being pressed through *at least* the mid-80s - my
> first copy was a later, post-shield, UK pressing), which would be one
> reason it wasn't part of EMI's remaster series.
>
> To reiterate, the US (Griffin) CD is mastered from an actual master tape,
> and the UK (Dojo) CD is mastered from vinyl.
>
>
> So then how clean is the Dojo sound? Does it have pops and whatnot, or was
> it cleaned for the CD?
>
>