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- From: shetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Bad CD Remastering (was: Comments on analog music)
- Followup-To: rec.audio
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 01:10:05 GMT
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- References: <IfK8wlC00WBM437WMh@andrew.cmu.edu> <3340422@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> <1993Jan25.203551.7856@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- In article <1993Jan25.203551.7856@bmerh85.bnr.ca>, shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv
- Naimpally) wrote:
- > Agreed. There are lots of horror stories about the early days of
- > CD when companies would find a 'master' tape and rush it out on CD.
- > There were some complete disasters. Some of the tapes were backups
- > and several generations old and not the original masters. I heard
- > of some that were done using master tapes that had RIAA equalization !
- > Ouch !
-
- One of the favorite examples of bad mastering from the early days of CD was
- Jethro Tull's _Aqualung_. Does anyone know if this has been re-remastered?
- I know that even the original LP was murky, but I would hope that the
- original multitracks are still around. Someone like Mobile Fidelity should
- have a go at it. (Of course, maybe they feel it's hopeless and would mar
- their reputation.)
-
- -Kerry
-