What Are you Listening to Right Now?

[gkbill]

Louis Jordan who was good as hell.

Hello,

Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive was my introduction to Louis Jordan. Great stuff.

[Kory]

I'm still going back and forth with these Buzzcocks remasters. Marky, as our resident remaster guru, do you have any insight on which of the CD releases have been the closest to the sound of the original release, particularly for the first album?

[coffeepotman]

[Marky Dread]

I'm still going back and forth with these Buzzcocks remasters. Marky, as our resident remaster guru, do you have any insight on which of the CD releases have been the closest to the sound of the original release, particularly for the first album?

My preference for all 3 Buzzcocks albums is the "Product" box set.

[Dr. Medulla]

Another of those "great albums nobody [it seems] has heard." Another pastiche record, built from samples, it's sort jazzy, sorta funky, always playful, even celebratory. It sounds like music ripped from oddball comedy movies from the 1960s.

[Kory]

I'm still going back and forth with these Buzzcocks remasters. Marky, as our resident remaster guru, do you have any insight on which of the CD releases have been the closest to the sound of the original release, particularly for the first album?

My preference for all 3 Buzzcocks albums is the "Product" box set.

I've been trying to find if that's the same mastering as the 2001 EMI release, but I can't find any info in that area.

[Kory]

Another of those "great albums nobody [it seems] has heard." Another pastiche record, built from samples, it's sort jazzy, sorta funky, always playful, even celebratory. It sounds like music ripped from oddball comedy movies from the 1960s.

I listen to Solex a couple times a year, good stuff.

[Marky Dread]

I'm still going back and forth with these Buzzcocks remasters. Marky, as our resident remaster guru, do you have any insight on which of the CD releases have been the closest to the sound of the original release, particularly for the first album?

My preference for all 3 Buzzcocks albums is the "Product" box set.

I've been trying to find if that's the same mastering as the 2001 EMI release, but I can't find any info in that area.

Not the same mastering mate. The "Product" box is exactly the same as the 1989 I.R.S. versions done by Mike Reese.

[Kory]

I'm still going back and forth with these Buzzcocks remasters. Marky, as our resident remaster guru, do you have any insight on which of the CD releases have been the closest to the sound of the original release, particularly for the first album?

My preference for all 3 Buzzcocks albums is the "Product" box set.

I've been trying to find if that's the same mastering as the 2001 EMI release, but I can't find any info in that area.

Not the same mastering mate. The "Product" box is exactly the same as the 1989 I.R.S. versions done by Mike Reese.

I'll have to jump on that. Then I can A/B/C/D test.

[Marky Dread]

I'm still going back and forth with these Buzzcocks remasters. Marky, as our resident remaster guru, do you have any insight on which of the CD releases have been the closest to the sound of the original release, particularly for the first album?

My preference for all 3 Buzzcocks albums is the "Product" box set.

I've been trying to find if that's the same mastering as the 2001 EMI release, but I can't find any info in that area.

Not the same mastering mate. The "Product" box is exactly the same as the 1989 I.R.S. versions done by Mike Reese.

I'll have to jump on that. Then I can A/B/C/D test.

I think the complaints tend to be that the later editions sound more brittle than the early cd versions. But I had all the vinyl singles and albums and some of the early singles did sound a bit thin.

They have recently (this year) released the vinyl albums again. Which are from the 1/4" masters for the first time since original release.

[Kory]

My preference for all 3 Buzzcocks albums is the "Product" box set.

I've been trying to find if that's the same mastering as the 2001 EMI release, but I can't find any info in that area.

Not the same mastering mate. The "Product" box is exactly the same as the 1989 I.R.S. versions done by Mike Reese.

I'll have to jump on that. Then I can A/B/C/D test.

I think the complaints tend to be that the later editions sound more brittle than the early cd versions. But I had all the vinyl singles and albums and some of the early singles did sound a bit thin.

They have recently released the vinyl albums again. Which I think I'm right in saying are from the masters for the first time since original release.

Yes, they've used those same masters for a CD release as well, and I'm finding Another Music to be fairly brickwalled and and a little muffled, but A Different Kind sounds the best it ever has. Why can't they have consistency with remastering a series like this?

[Marky Dread]

I've been trying to find if that's the same mastering as the 2001 EMI release, but I can't find any info in that area.

Not the same mastering mate. The "Product" box is exactly the same as the 1989 I.R.S. versions done by Mike Reese.

I'll have to jump on that. Then I can A/B/C/D test.

I think the complaints tend to be that the later editions sound more brittle than the early cd versions. But I had all the vinyl singles and albums and some of the early singles did sound a bit thin.

They have recently released the vinyl albums again. Which I think I'm right in saying are from the masters for the first time since original release.

Yes, they've used those same masters for a CD release as well, and I'm finding Another Music to be fairly brickwalled and and a little muffled, but A Different Kind sounds the best it ever has. Why can't they have consistency with remastering a series like this?

I've never considered remastering the Buzzcocks albums. But I think I will now so I'll let you know how I get on.

[Kory]

Not the same mastering mate. The "Product" box is exactly the same as the 1989 I.R.S. versions done by Mike Reese.

I'll have to jump on that. Then I can A/B/C/D test.

I think the complaints tend to be that the later editions sound more brittle than the early cd versions. But I had all the vinyl singles and albums and some of the early singles did sound a bit thin.

They have recently released the vinyl albums again. Which I think I'm right in saying are from the masters for the first time since original release.

Yes, they've used those same masters for a CD release as well, and I'm finding Another Music to be fairly brickwalled and and a little muffled, but A Different Kind sounds the best it ever has. Why can't they have consistency with remastering a series like this?

I've never considered remastering the Buzzcocks albums. But I think I will now so I'll let you know how I get on.

Finally, a definitive version.

[Marky Dread]

I'll have to jump on that. Then I can A/B/C/D test.

I think the complaints tend to be that the later editions sound more brittle than the early cd versions. But I had all the vinyl singles and albums and some of the early singles did sound a bit thin.

They have recently released the vinyl albums again. Which I think I'm right in saying are from the masters for the first time since original release.

Yes, they've used those same masters for a CD release as well, and I'm finding Another Music to be fairly brickwalled and and a little muffled, but A Different Kind sounds the best it ever has. Why can't they have consistency with remastering a series like this?

I've never considered remastering the Buzzcocks albums. But I think I will now so I'll let you know how I get on.

Finally, a definitive version.

[Kory]

I think the complaints tend to be that the later editions sound more brittle than the early cd versions. But I had all the vinyl singles and albums and some of the early singles did sound a bit thin.

They have recently released the vinyl albums again. Which I think I'm right in saying are from the masters for the first time since original release.

Yes, they've used those same masters for a CD release as well, and I'm finding Another Music to be fairly brickwalled and and a little muffled, but A Different Kind sounds the best it ever has. Why can't they have consistency with remastering a series like this?

I've never considered remastering the Buzzcocks albums. But I think I will now so I'll let you know how I get on.

Finally, a definitive version.

Looks like there's a 1995 remaster of the Product box, but you're saying the 1989 one is best, right?