(Let's hope so!) I guess maybe I had hoped for "too much" with all the anticipation and "hoopla" surrounding this album. As far as detail, I do hear similar stuff on the vinyl - but it's clearer on the CD. My biggest "concern" was the editing sounds/dropouts (or fadeouts or EQ-outs or whatever we want to call them today) - but these tapes are 30 yrs old! There's going to obviously be more anomalies today than 30 yrs ago. Thanks Steve for your insight! My camparison is primarily with the SR/2 vinyl. If this is the version that is now out there, don't be afraid to buy it is what I'm sayin'. That's a good thing!Įvery stereo system sounds different so with this tricky sounding record no one system will ever get it played back right too many weird sound anomalies in the mix/mastering. version the drums sound thin but on the new remaster they have a much fuller sound and you can clearly hear the "room" around them. Notice it's less nasty on the new version? When the drums come in on the "In the heat of the day many miles away." part on the JPN and Joe G. Let's take the fourth track, what's it called? "Over The Border" or whatever? Listen to the hi-hat intro at the beginning. Remember, it's not my style of mastering but then I didn't have to answer to Jeff Lynne when I mastered the DCC Gold CD of ELDORADO. But, it's not, so.Īlso sounds like the waveforms are clipped in spots. The JPN disc if it was still in print and easy to find/cheap to buy I would recommend. Is it how I would have done it? No, but it's definitely the BEST of them, tonality wise. It actually has some breath of life in the midrange. remastering, the LP Stan Ricker cut and the new CD version.įor tonality, the new version sounds the most like the original tapes. I've played the two disc JPN set, the single JPN set, the J. Palmaccio sounds the most like the master tape than any of the other CD versions out there.
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