C_Matt's "A Night at the Opera (HD Revision)"

I've listened a few times now and I finally got to listen to it at a decent volume.

I'm pretty impressed man.

I was really shocked when a/b-ing it against the last official remaster - how murky and lifeless that mastering actually is. Shocked. To use a tired cliche; It sounds like you lifted a blanket off the speakers.

My favorite tracks are now '39 and Good Company! Two songs that passed me by on the album until now. The acoustics SHINE in '39. The acoustic bass is so defined and present. It's so buried on the official, it might as well not be there. The guitars in Good Company are unreal! That wah-wah part is smoking! There's a whole other part there. Never heard it before. The parts that sound like clarinet are fantastic. Such a great arrangement and it's so clearly defined now. It's so complex. Beautiful.

Even God Save the Queen sounds great now.

I think to echo Fickle's comment about the 'rocking' part in BH... I think the guitars are there and present enough there just is a hole in the center of the mix. Makes the vocals a touch too loud and does seem to lack a bit of the punch or whatever there. It's just different.

That's really my only quibble and it's a small one. I can live with it.

Thanks again for your work and your sharing.

Like beatmichael said, it's reeeeaaaaally good, and don't forget the red special like never been heard before, just awesome, huge fan of this guy. If you like queen music, this is IT.

Beatmichael and Daro, thank you very much for your words! I'm really happy by knowing you liked this work and it's always very nice to read things like this and feel that it was all worth it.

I suposse the problem with the pro's is that they work under strict orders or doesn't have the sources to work properly, but I really wanted that the 2011 remasters sounded a bit better than like they actually are. Everyone is allowed to share the links to everyone they want (unless they are copyrights infringement cops haha). I love to do that A/B comparisons too, since it's the strongest point to appreciate the changes.

About 'The Miracle', as I hear my past work with it now, I feel it could get so much better, and even I don't like how some songs sounded, so I'll try to do my best and work again with it with my actual knowledge. And I'm thinking about making a compilation in the future with some new mixes to patch the songs which didn't get as good as I expected (Bohemian Rhapsody, Dragon Attack, Tear it Up, and some others).

Thank you very much again!

Just downloaded this and cant wait to have a listen, just wanted to say thanks!!!

Thanks to you for downloading and enjoy it very much!!!

I think your hd mix and the 30th anniversary dvd are the only ones I will listen to now, thankyou for your hard work.

Thank you very much again, Kevukuk! The key is the passion and detail care. I invite you to download in few days the 'Hot Space' HD Revision too.

Cheers!

Will give it a listen mate, just one question, is there any artwork for this apart from the front cover that was included in the download?

Hi Kevukuk! There's no any other artwork. I could make it, and would love to, but it takes a lot of time I don't have right now, or it might delay the upload some weeks. The cover art is like a formality, a presentation card.

Thank you for listening it!

Ok thanks for replying, I wish I could create artwork but I wouldn't know where to start, can you recommend any software?

Hi, Kevukuk! Long time I didn't enter here. For artwork and all that stuff I use Adobe Photoshop. I prefer CS3, but there are newer versions. Other choise could be Illustrator too.