HW: EMI Reissues

[Captain Bl@ck]

"What makes this a gem right now is that all the tracks on
the second disc are from the deleted "Warrior" and Charisma label albums,the
only current way to get them, and supposedly remastered versions too."


What exactly does 'remastered' mean, anyway? If you make a digital recording
from a vinyl copy, does that constitute 'remastering'?

To my mind, a 'remastered' recoding should be taken from the first
generation stereo tapes; that is, the actual ones that were used when the
stereo tracks were mixed down.  But I wonder in how many cases the tapes
actually used for 'remastering' are just an earlier generation of a multiple
copy used for pressing vinyl?

I mean, do the EMI re-issues actually sound like they were taken from the
original stereo masters?

Thoughtz?