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Remasters we need
Posted by Paul Cunningham on 7 September 2009 - 11:54pm.
A lot of talk round these parts of remastering - can't think why. But now the Beatles and Stones have finally had their work spruced up and lovingly brought into the 21st century, are there any artists you particularly want to see have their work digitally repaired? Bruce Springsteen and Prince are two acts I can think of with deep catalogues sorely in need of a remastering, any others?
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Boss definitely
although that Born To Run box set is a good start
Weren't there some Joni Mitchell deluxe remasters due about 18 months ago that then disappeared. I remember seeing a couple of reviews for them too. Hejira was one and maybe Court and Spark too.
and of course there is theVan Morrison albums we wanted
rather than the remasters we got
thought the Joni albums were all reissued
the proper remasters I would like would be
- the full set of Burning Spear albums
and from a western rock perspective
- feats and dixie chicken from lowell era little feat
From a folk angle
the first 2 david bromberg albums - his version of delia is sublime
'Unknown Pleasures' - The Auto Tune Special Edition
Desperately needed. :-)
well said that man
The phrase "could not hold a tune in a paper bag" comes to mind. Mind you I never "got" Joy Division anyway, not at the time (yes I was there) and certainly not now. Dreary out-of-tune badly-produced amateurish cack, to my ears. There, I said it.
I like 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'...
it's such a good song that not even his gargling hog swill in a bucket vocals can ruin it. Nah, I'm not being entirely serious... one needn't be Pavarotti to sing in a band... but I just enjoy taking the michael out of Joy Division for the pure and simple reason that their overly-elevated critical standing makes me wince.
Is there another thread required
for albums of the 80s that need re-producing? Fine songs ruined by turning up the reverb on the snare/thumping the DX7? Oranges & Lemons by XTC springs to mind.
That'd be most of the 80s then....
somebody the other day was bemoaning the 80s production on early Prefab Sprout albums for similar reasons - it might even have been you.
I think Andy Partridge had a weakness for a long time for things that were "high impact" - like the aforementioned snare drum sound. That one particular aberration - in its worst form the snare drum triggering some godawful sample in exactly the same way and at exactly the same volume throughout the song (who needs dynamics, anyway?) - ruined an awful lot of 80s music for me.
The early Wedding Present albums
just so I can actually, you know, hear them. And one Teenage Fanclub album, the name of which currently escapes me. But it's the one that was recorded really badly / quietly.
Teenage Fanclub
A Catholic Education? That's the roughest sounding one I'd say, though that does have a certain charm.
I'll have a Prince remaster series please
of the 80s albums, maybe with a selection of all the tracks he did with/for other people at the time.
And give them some bloody bottom end if you do so: that tinny 80s production does nothing for the songs nor my ears. Perhaps even turn them up some please!
Each album 10 discs long
if Prince gets round to overseeing this and adding all the outakes, unreleased tracks and song written for other people.
There was a rumour that the Paisley Park vaults had enough unrelesed material for 300 albums!
XTC
The XTC remasters were on the way, where did they go to?
And how much longer must I wait for the fifth set of Elvis Costello reissues...
Elvis?
Is it only four so far? There seems to be a new reissue set annually.
Scott Walker
Could do with stop sodding about listening to the wind or whatever it is he does most of the time, and properly re-release his less loved albums "Scott Walker Sings Songs From His TV Series", "Till The Band Comes In", "The Moviegoer", "Any Day Now", and the "Stretch / We Had It All" double needed remastering, as it sounded awful. Not just some of the songs which were bad.
If nothing else, "Till the Band Comes In" stands up against his earlier, amazing records, and I'd like it in better quality than a vinyl rip that someone put online.
His soundtrack to Pola X might be worth a look as well. Think how much money he could make if he actually let people buy his albums. Madness.
the smiths
... i mean come on.
Be Here Now!
More for a 'Naked' style makeover and....
I'll get my coat
Ugly Rumours
must surely be due an expanded, remastered set.
Joe Walsh
Barnstorm
Neil Young
Time Fades Away and the Journey Through The Past soundtrack.
I'm sure the delay is all part of the Archives set, but since they have now issued the JTTP DVD in Vol.1, I would have expected the cd to follow.