BOC: possible Bonus Track lineup for Spectres

[Paul Mather]

On 22 Jan 2007, at 7:04 PM, Stephen Swann wrote:

> Soooooooo glad that Spectres is finally getting the remaster
> treatment.  It's one of my favorite/most listened to albums,
> but the CD sounded like it was mastered under several feet of
> sand, using two tin cans connected with a string!

I read an article recently that complained about the dire quality of  
contemporary mastered CDs.  Mastering engineers put the blame on  
record companies (and even artists) pressuring them into mastering  
CDs to sound "loud."  Basically, this meant destroying the dynamics  
of the original recording and compressing it severely to raise the  
levels.  Not only did this ruin the sound quality, but it also ruined  
the listening experience by making the recording very tiring on the  
ears.

Hopefully, Spectres won't get such treatment.

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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