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  1. The Best Remasters, track by track

    rhyeking wrote: It seems, based on your analysis, Joe, that different remasters and the different people who do them either aim for a certain result or, by their particular ear, try to achieve what they think is the o...

  2. The Best Remasters, track by track

    just a quick addition to my SHA remaster analysis... (from my previous post on the PM remastered tracks Killer Queen / Now I'm Here from SHA): "...the version that appears to be closest to the dynamic range of the ori...

  3. The Best Remasters, track by track

    rhyeking wrote: "The Show Must Go On," as it appears on Jewels (presumably the 2001 Japan Remaster), does a strange thing at the beginning. After the first few seconds, it sounds like someone quickly turns up the volu...

  4. The Best Remasters, track by track

    JP 2001 remaster of AKOAKOM has some limiting on, but it appears it's mostly effecting the drum peaks throughout. the meat of the waveform is fairly low in relation. FWBFWBF is also tastefully done - just a little com...

  5. The Best Remasters, track by track

    rhyeking wrote: AKOAKOM and FWBFWBF only appear on the original 1986 release of the album in the US and the UK. I have the US copy, but not the UK release, so I don't know if it differs. ------------------------------...

  6. The Best Remasters, track by track

    and now, here’s the last set of Peter Mew remaster comparisons – four tracks from The Game… PLAY THE GAME: more firsts here… the CJ version is the quietest, but actually has a slightly heavier compression on it than t...

  7. The Best Remasters, track by track

    Very interesting that "A Kind Of 'A Kind of Magic'" and "Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends" sound best on the OM, and that PISCTP, OV, and WWTLF sound best from the HR remaster. I know i said i wished Gimme The...

  8. The Best Remasters, track by track

    @ rhye... no mastering/remastering credits in Platinum Collection liner notes booklet... copyright years and lots of publishing info, though...

  9. The Best Remasters, track by track

    and as a quick addition: NOW I'M HERE (live) from the two versions I have (SC or JP remasters)... they are IDENTICAL too...

  10. The Best Remasters, track by track

    Rhye - your ears are good... I just ripped NOBY from my platinum collection (which is actually a 2002 re-do of GH 1-3, not that any masters or remasters were changed) and Queen Rocks...and your guess was right on. The...

  11. The Best Remasters, track by track

    @rhye: when you use a term like "well-balanced" to descibe why a remaster sounds best to you... i think we're very much in the same camp of sonic tastes. =) I want a song to be punchy, but it needs to have brilliant t...

  12. The Best Remasters, track by track

    also, just for the heck of it, i did a sonic test of FLASH'S THEME just now - between the HR, JP, and SC remasters. Clearly the JP and SC were louder, but to my ears - the winner was JP 2001. SC was good, but actually...

  13. The Best Remasters, track by track

    Agreed on those you've skipped over, and love that The Works has such diversity in best versions. Can you describe what it is about IWTBF's HR version that makes it your choice over other remasters? thanks for your co...

  14. The Best Remasters, track by track

    Rhye - Have there been any tracks so far that the 2001 JP remasters sound best to you? Again, this is your thread (and i haven't done any A/B/C/D-ing to make my own sonic conclusions)... just curious why it's seemingl...

  15. The Best Remasters, track by track

    Interesting! So Peter Mew definitely did some new work on that track for SC. And apparently, Bob Ludwig did as well for AG... I also noticed on Bohemian Rhapsody that in the intro section where the lines "Little high"...

  16. The Best Remasters, track by track

    where exactly is the click on the SSOR track? On the HR 91 remaster or later editions? Singles Collection reportedly used previous Peter Mew remasters (1998 Crown Jewels, 2001 Japan reissues) otherwise, new ones were...

  17. Silver Salmon Thread

    is it possible that it's running a bit fast, therefore pitched up? I've read the various contentions that place the recording in the NOTW sessions, and I can't argue with the logic... but Freddie sounds young - like Q...

  18. The Best Remasters, track by track

    also, the hum is a very low bass frequency and the hiss is an ultra high frequency... if you aren't listening to the song on quality speakers (not a table top stereo or iPod earbuds) it won't even be replicated anyway...

  19. The Best Remasters, track by track

    rhyeking wrote: So you're saying the 1998 Crown Jewels Remaster had the hiss and hum cleaned/filtered/removed/"fixed" for the 2004 GH:WWRY Ed. and THAT version was used by PM on the 2008 Singles Collection? ##########...

  20. The Best Remasters, track by track

    understood - and since IILWMC doesn't fit the qualification of the other thrice remastered tracks I've been looking at, we'll leave it in its own category. Thanks for the clarification... So then, let's have a look at...