The Reissue Thread!
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More info from Mark S
The stereo mastering is a little inconsistent:
The new 2024 stereo vocal and instrumental mixes of The Age Of Consent (TAOC) have no limiting applied and this is also the case for the original mix of Hundreds & Thousands (H&T) and the Bonus H&T tracks. The 2024 vocal mix of TAOC is exceptionally close to the original so here you have a complete set of unlimited stereo vocal mixes that sound fantastic.
The 2024 stereo vocal and instrumental mixes of H&T, bonus H&T tracks and bonus TAOC tracks have limiting applied but it’s not aggressive and seems just about ok.
The original mix of TAOC appears to be the Matt Colton remaster (not the original master) and the limiting is aggressive in places.
Would have been nice to get the original master of the original mix in 24/96.
When extracting the vocal stereo streams off the Blu Ray it’s not clear which of the dual 24/96 stereo streams is the 2024 mix vs original mix but it looks like the 2024 mixes are the first of the two 24/96 stereo streams in each vocal case. This is backed up for all but one of the 26 tracks by comparing the 2024 instrumental stereo (easy to identify as no original stereo instrumental mixes so only one stereo 24/96 stream) to the 2024 vocal stereo as the two waveforms are very very similar on all but one track. The one exception is Cadillac Car but I suspect the 2024 and original vocal streams were accidentally switched at the authoring stage.
Thanks! I played some of the "original" stereo mix and while it didn't sound too in-your-face, it wasn't what I would have hoped for. Maybe this is why.
Now Yearbook 1977 hasn't even hit the shops yet, but Now are already repeating tracks from it!Coming November 22nd
Wham - Last Christmas 40th anniversary edition. Out dec 12
last year:
there’s still hope for the Jerry Wexler Careless whisper remix.
| 1) Last Christmas Single Version - Wham! (4:20) |
| 2) Last Christmas Pudding Mix - Wham! (6:47) |
| 3) Last Christmas Live at Wembley Arena, December 2006 - Wham! (5:52) |
| 4) Last Christmas Instrumental - Wham! (4:25) |
last year:
| 1 | Last Christmas (Single Version) 00:04:20 |
| 2 | Everything She Wants 00:05:30 |
| 3 | Last Christmas (Pudding Mix) 00:06:47 |
| 4 | Everything She Wants (Remix) 0:06:34 |
there’s still hope for the Jerry Wexler Careless whisper remix.
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Going back to the Bronski blu ray, I still think the "original mix" should have been just that and not "original mix remastered". I wonder if I should contact London records about it.
Worth a go, sometimes the obvious isn't obvious to others.
Got a reply from the project co-ordinator. Of course I disagree but there you go.
Stereo master tapes of the original album are not lost. The sound of the 2018 stereo remaster aligned better with the completely new mixes from the original 1984 multi-track masters that were necessary to make to create the new spatial mixes.
Stereo master tapes of the original album are not lost. The sound of the 2018 stereo remaster aligned better with the completely new mixes from the original 1984 multi-track masters that were necessary to make to create the new spatial mixes.
Translation needed, why can't any one write sensibly anymore. Sloblocks!
Hmm, if you claim the Blu-ray has the 1984 original mix it's a bit naughty to actually use a later version of that mix because you think its sound (ie loudness) fits with whatever else is on the disc.
Age of Contempt
Ooh, good line!
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What deluxe reissues does everyone want for next year?
My Wishlist:
The Creatures - Feast, Boomerang
Grace Jones - Living My Life, Inside Story
Sinead O’Connor - Lion & The Cobra, Universal Mother
Madonna - the lot
Bjork - the lot
Kylie - Deconstruction years
Annie Lennox - Bare, Diva
Cyndi Lauper - Shine, Sisters Of Avalon
Curve - Gift, Come Clean
Shara Nelson - What Silence Knows, Friendly Fire
Jhelisa - Language Electric
My Wishlist:
The Creatures - Feast, Boomerang
Grace Jones - Living My Life, Inside Story
Sinead O’Connor - Lion & The Cobra, Universal Mother
Madonna - the lot
Bjork - the lot
Kylie - Deconstruction years
Annie Lennox - Bare, Diva
Cyndi Lauper - Shine, Sisters Of Avalon
Curve - Gift, Come Clean
Shara Nelson - What Silence Knows, Friendly Fire
Jhelisa - Language Electric