Hi!
Can someone kindly bring me up to date on the state of
the Smiths' studio albums on CD?
I've been desiring remastered versions (with bonus cuts) for
many, many years.
Honestly, I haven't been paying attention too much recently
but then just looked up that Marr had done some remastering
for Rhino. I also see that Warner re-released the CDs around 2006.
Music that came out in the mid-80's suffered greatly from
being the first generation of muisc to be rendered digitally.
Engineers were not yet familiar with the delicate process of
transferring analog tapes into the digital world and onto CDs.
We've come a long way in our knowledge about mastering
for digital CDs.
As a result, our 1st generation Smiths CDs sound flat and dated.
(The other great catalog that suffers from this is Prince's! He needs
a major re-mastering project--bad!)
So...what's the current state of Smiths masters?
Has there been a comprehensive re-mastering project?
And what are peoples thoughts/feelings about the Smiths
music that has been re-released and re-mastered?
Thanks for your input!
-todd
http://toddamodeo.com
Click here for free music, words and love!
Can someone kindly bring me up to date on the state of
the Smiths' studio albums on CD?
I've been desiring remastered versions (with bonus cuts) for
many, many years.
Honestly, I haven't been paying attention too much recently
but then just looked up that Marr had done some remastering
for Rhino. I also see that Warner re-released the CDs around 2006.
Music that came out in the mid-80's suffered greatly from
being the first generation of muisc to be rendered digitally.
Engineers were not yet familiar with the delicate process of
transferring analog tapes into the digital world and onto CDs.
We've come a long way in our knowledge about mastering
for digital CDs.
As a result, our 1st generation Smiths CDs sound flat and dated.
(The other great catalog that suffers from this is Prince's! He needs
a major re-mastering project--bad!)
So...what's the current state of Smiths masters?
Has there been a comprehensive re-mastering project?
And what are peoples thoughts/feelings about the Smiths
music that has been re-released and re-mastered?
Thanks for your input!
-todd
http://toddamodeo.com
Click here for free music, words and love!