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Old 22-06-2015, 23:23   #1
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It's only rock and roll

Much as I like CDs, I am becoming increasingly irritated about the remastering of albums originally released on vinyl. When I first started collecting records in the 60s, you knew that an album was the final definitive version. You knew that if you bought Beggars Banquet on vinyl in 1968 and then bought another vinyl copy in 1978 it would be exactly the same.

Nowadays, CDs are remastered numerous times so that no version is final and definitive. For instance, in the 1990s Jimmy Page remastered the entire Led Zeppelin collection and you thought that would be that, at least I did. Now, over the last year or so, our Jimmy has decided he could do a better job and remastered them again. Now ordinarily I wouldn't be mug enough to buy these new versions, but in order to entice sales, extra tracks previously unavailable are included. So I'm tempted.

I can't help remembering Johnny Rotten's words during the Sex Pistols' final concert of their U.S. tour: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"

OK, rant over! I've had one too many tonight!
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Old 24-06-2015, 20:10   #2
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Re: It's only rock and roll

Some albums are really good remastered. A lot are not. Most remasters are not remixed and a lot of them are just made louder.

I like to listen to Remixed & Remastered albums. The best remaster/remix I have heard for a while is Nirvanas alternate mixes. Especially In Utero's Steve Albini mix that was always superior to that of the release
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Old 06-07-2015, 10:14   #3
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Much as I like CDs, I am becoming increasingly irritated about the remastering of albums originally released on vinyl. When I first started collecting records in the 60s, you knew that an album was the final definitive version. You knew that if you bought Beggars Banquet on vinyl in 1968 and then bought another vinyl copy in 1978 it would be exactly the same.

Nowadays, CDs are remastered numerous times so that no version is final and definitive. For instance, in the 1990s Jimmy Page remastered the entire Led Zeppelin collection and you thought that would be that, at least I did. Now, over the last year or so, our Jimmy has decided he could do a better job and remastered them again. Now ordinarily I wouldn't be mug enough to buy these new versions, but in order to entice sales, extra tracks previously unavailable are included. So I'm tempted.

I can't help remembering Johnny Rotten's words during the Sex Pistols' final concert of their U.S. tour: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"

OK, rant over! I've had one too many tonight!
Lets hope they don't try and remaster "Never mind the bollocks - "

That really would be flogging a dead horse!


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Old 11-07-2015, 07:16   #4
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TBH I never liked them
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Old 18-07-2015, 12:22   #5
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What the pistols?

Noel Gallagher (Oasis) claims their (pistols) only LP is best rock record ever and his records don't match it - for a pure piece of rock n roll music.
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What the pistols?
Yeah never thought much of them... Some of the punk bands that I like tend to be American hardcore punk bands. But I rarely listen to that stuff these days
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Noel Gallagher (Oasis) claims their (pistols) only LP is best rock record ever and his records don't match it - for a pure piece of rock n roll music.
though oasis first album was great, I don't rate his opinions to be worth a damn
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Yeah never thought much of them... Some of the punk bands that I like tend to be American hardcore punk bands. But I rarely listen to that stuff these days


though oasis first album was great, I don't rate his opinions to be worth a damn
Well a lot of other peope of "influence" hold that opinion about the Pistols as well - some other guy of importance said "it's rock with all the fat cut off no flab!" (like lean pork chops) Sex pistols were more rock if you listen to the guitar.
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