...also as a whole on the Japanese "Resurrection" mini-LP CD(?)...
It's on CD for sure.
It's on CD for sure.
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It's on CD for sure.
Ewwwwwwww!!!!!!! i hate digitally remastered C.D. They are called originals for a reason.
That's a really peculiar approach to say the least.
How do you cope with the fact that the US don't even have non-remastered versions for most of their earlier albums ?
How do you cope with the fact that the US don't even have non-remastered versions for most of their earlier albums ?
Naw man, I still listen to wax cylindrical recordings from the 1800s.
Inu Yasha:
FIS and SF remasters are from 1996.
And STAR FLEET was released on CD, but not properly remastered.
FIS and SF remasters are from 1996.
And STAR FLEET was released on CD, but not properly remastered.
In an 1984 interview about the making of The Works Freddie said TW woz the first Queen album that was digitally mastered.
Indeed, TW was the first digitally MASTERED album. But "The Miracle" was the first digitally recorded and mastered album made by Queen.
Perhaps I should share the e-mail I got from Justin Shirley-Smith with you guys - what do you think?
Perhaps I should share the e-mail I got from Justin Shirley-Smith with you guys - what do you think?
Wasn't AKOM digitally recorded?
That's a good question, P_G. I keep hearing that Miracle was the first one to be digitally recorded and according to David Richards they sometimes still used analogue machines at that time (TMLWKY is an analogue recording). Still, the AKOM CD is labelled as a "DDD"-one, indicating that it was recorded digitally. Does anyone know more ?
Here's my e-mail from Justin: (I'll have to apologize to him later for not getting permission in time to post this, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind me sharing this!):
"Hi Richard
In answer to your questions.
The earliest digital tape in the Queen audio archive is dated 20th September 1983. This is an F1 format cassette-tape of rough mixes from The Works sessions which is stereo only.
The earliest digital multi-track tape in the Queen audio archive is dated 18th September 1987. This is a DASH format tape which has 24 tracks. This tape contains transfers of various Brian songs from analog tapes done at the time Brian first bought the machines - just prior to
The Miracle sessions.
Obviously, any type of tape damage (water, fire, heat, breakage etc) could result in loss of information if serious enough, but the most important thing to avoid is proximity to anything magnetic, such as a loud speaker. A magnetic field will erase information from analog or digital tapes because they are both magnetic media. This is the first thing you learn in a recording studio for obvious reasons. Since computer hard disks (+ floppy discs, jazz and zip etc) are also magnetic media, they too are best kept away from magnetic fields.
In the beginning of automated mixing, the fader move data was recorded on one track per pass alternately, using up two tracks of the multi-track tape. In the Queen Audio archive this only happened on Musicland tapes. Starting from The Works (recorded at The Record Plant LA), one track of the multi-track tape was used to record time-code. This technology comes from the movie industry and is used for synchronising things together, such as music to picture and, in the
audio world, facilitated the first 48 track playback by synch'ing one 24 track tape to another 24 track tape. From memory, I think the first 48 track Queen songs are Hard Life and Hammer To Fall. The time code was also used to allow a mix computer to recognise which part of the tape was playing, and therefore which fader moves to perform. The fader mix data was stored separately on computer disks of various kinds.
Automated mixing still works in the same way, by chasing time-code."
Hope this clears a lot of things up for you guys once and for all.
"Hi Richard
In answer to your questions.
The earliest digital tape in the Queen audio archive is dated 20th September 1983. This is an F1 format cassette-tape of rough mixes from The Works sessions which is stereo only.
The earliest digital multi-track tape in the Queen audio archive is dated 18th September 1987. This is a DASH format tape which has 24 tracks. This tape contains transfers of various Brian songs from analog tapes done at the time Brian first bought the machines - just prior to
The Miracle sessions.
Obviously, any type of tape damage (water, fire, heat, breakage etc) could result in loss of information if serious enough, but the most important thing to avoid is proximity to anything magnetic, such as a loud speaker. A magnetic field will erase information from analog or digital tapes because they are both magnetic media. This is the first thing you learn in a recording studio for obvious reasons. Since computer hard disks (+ floppy discs, jazz and zip etc) are also magnetic media, they too are best kept away from magnetic fields.
In the beginning of automated mixing, the fader move data was recorded on one track per pass alternately, using up two tracks of the multi-track tape. In the Queen Audio archive this only happened on Musicland tapes. Starting from The Works (recorded at The Record Plant LA), one track of the multi-track tape was used to record time-code. This technology comes from the movie industry and is used for synchronising things together, such as music to picture and, in the
audio world, facilitated the first 48 track playback by synch'ing one 24 track tape to another 24 track tape. From memory, I think the first 48 track Queen songs are Hard Life and Hammer To Fall. The time code was also used to allow a mix computer to recognise which part of the tape was playing, and therefore which fader moves to perform. The fader mix data was stored separately on computer disks of various kinds.
Automated mixing still works in the same way, by chasing time-code."
Hope this clears a lot of things up for you guys once and for all.
Good one, Dark !
Gracias, amigo!
I think Sebastian could take a leaf out of my post and post some of this stuff on his website.
(Though whether the permission is with me or Justin, I'm not sure. But what's done is done)
I think Sebastian could take a leaf out of my post and post some of this stuff on his website.
(Though whether the permission is with me or Justin, I'm not sure. But what's done is done)