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Post by whoireland on Jan 28, 2015 8:39:28 GMT
So there's a rerelease on 180gm vinyl happening 23 March.
Studio albums plus the who hits 50- ( only 21 tracks on this!!)
And a 7 disk box of Brunswick singles
Any word on what the mastering is for this collection..?
The studio albums box set doesn't seem that long ago
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Post by whoireland on Jan 28, 2015 22:07:27 GMT
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Post by Ineedanewname on Jan 28, 2015 23:59:56 GMT
I wonder if these will be analogue or digitally sourced? I always think the latter defeats the object with vinyl releases. Either way, I'll be surprised if they better the scratched old originals I used to pick up for 25p a time at the local used record shop!  |
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Post by whoireland on Jan 31, 2015 7:34:49 GMT
Classic rock mag reporting that these are new remasters
Surely if that's the case we'll see cd remasters for Christmas too
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Post by Ineedanewname on Jan 31, 2015 10:44:05 GMT
Hmmmmmmm. The recent HD releases were remasters. Maybe the vinyl releases are taken from those sources?
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Post by lazybiff on Jan 31, 2015 11:33:43 GMT
Surely if you want to collect the vinyl, the originals are the best, most are easily available, and you get loads of fun out of hunting them down!
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Post by whoireland on Jan 31, 2015 18:21:27 GMT
Surely if you want to collect the vinyl, the originals are the best, most are easily available, and you get loads of fun out of hunting them down! Yes I would agree although vinyl re releases of stones and Beatles in recent yrs were superb |
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Post by guitarandyourpen on Jun 26, 2015 6:58:34 GMT
It has been nearly 20 years since the dreaded 1996 remixes came out on CD that forever altered the band's history.
It is time for the band to take all of these great albums, hire some ace engineers like the guys who remastered The Beatles back catalog, and really do a properly remastering of The Who's back catalog for CD using the original mixes. No bonus tracks or anything. "Live At Leeds" should be the classic 6 song live album. There shouldn't be any stupid cross-fade between They Are All In Love and Blue, Red and Grey on "The Who By Numbers." Etc. The CD's should be housed in plastic jewel cases instead of the crappy cardboard junk that scratches CD's every time you pull them out. All original art work should be included, with maybe some liner notes from Pete and additional photos. And the booklet for "It's Hard" should be as big as the booklet for "Who's Next." All albums should be treated the same.
The engineers hired should follow the example of The Beatles engineers, as well as James Guthrie and what he did with the Pink Floyd remastering project. No loud and compressed CD's. High quality sound. This is their last chance. CD's are not going to be around that much longer. They need to get on this pronto. The fans deserve it.
If they want to release a mini-box set with newly remastered songs that were included on the 1996 remixed CD's as bonus tracks, that would be great as well. Throw in songs like Let's See Action and Join Together into the box as well. But keep the bonus cuts, the non-LP singles, etc., separate from the original CD's. |
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Post by whoireland on Jun 26, 2015 7:52:14 GMT
Check out the stuff on hdtracks
I think this is the future. 24bit 96khz audio
It's where remastering budgets are going and the who stuff is actually getting praise from various quarters
CDs are 16 bit 44hz which accounts for less range than vinyl or sacd or high res audio
Definitely old tech at this stage
Streamers and dacs are taking up more space in hifi floors than CD players. In fact some manufacturers have stopped making CD players
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Post by guitarandyourpen on Jun 26, 2015 17:42:08 GMT
It is to my understanding that the Who's catalog at HD Tracks are the 1996 remixes. They're high resolution, but they aren't the original mixes. I could be wrong, but it sure seems that way.
I realize HD tracks and streaming is the future, but as much as I love sound quality, 50% of the joy I get from listening to music is having physical product in my hands. Being able to hold the CD booklet or album cover, reading the credits and lyrics, etc. I have a lot of mixed feelings. I also don't like the fact that I have about 3,000 CD's that will apparently go to waste! It's not like when I got rid of my LP's for CD's. My LP's were eventually going to lose their fidelity anyway.
I don't like how HD Tracks, for the most part, doesn't allow you to buy individual songs. One of the things I like about the "digital music revolution" is the ability to cherry pick the tunes I want from particular albums. Obviously, with The Who, I would download whole albums, but not every artist is like that for me. Also, HD Tracks might have about 50% of my CD collection. They are still missing a lot of artists and a lot of albums. Obviously, this will improve in the future, but it could take years. I am not going to invest thousands of bucks on new equipment until I know that basically every CD I own can be downloaded as a 24-96 audio file.
I guess 630 albums take up 1TB of space when it comes to 24-96 HD audio files. That's not a lot of albums. I might need a 5TB digital music player (or server) or something. Does one even exist??
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Post by whoireland on Jun 27, 2015 7:55:12 GMT
I share your feelings on digital product. Nothing beats holding product.!!
I don't think they're the 96 remasters but I've only recently acquired and not given a proper listen to them
Leeds in particular is supposed to be superb
But in terms of record company budgets, I could see this being their focus
Whether or not Neil youngs pono player succeeds remains to be seen, but I would guess that once capacity grows significantly, apple will get in on the whole HD audio thing in a big way as a method of making us buy everything all over again , and a way to distinguish their phone from Samsung etc
HD tracks are overpriced but I did download from somewhere else...
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