Yes I have the remastered CD, but I think that's it as
far as Genesis is concerned I'm not spending any more
money on them.
Mark
--- sdavmor <
sdavmor@systemstheory.net> wrote:
> Bruce Daily wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi all-
> >
> > Yeah, the title track does wear on you. Almost no
> use of volume
> > pedal for dynamic effect. And, wasn't the audio
> compression used in
> > the early 70's wonderful? It 'bout smashed the
> overall dynamics
> > down to nothing. I still like the mix of violins
> and brass, though
> > (I know, I just bought the mix). A very distant
> and sad sound, but
> > yearning for dynamic swells. I picked up "Genesis
> Live" recently.
> > The tron on "Watcher" opens with the violins more
> prominent that
> > the brass, which sounds strange.
> >
> > Prog? Gimme "Siberian Khatru", "Topographic
> Oceans", "Take a
> > Pebble", "Selling England By the Pound"(the
> track), "Black Light
> > Syndrome"(something more recent), and, the
> original "Quadrophenia".
> > So there.
> >
> > -Bruce D. #1221 (ducking)
>
> What CD version of "Foxtrot" do you have? I
> seriously wouldn't touch
> the recent high-tech remasters with a bargepole. I
> bought a couple of
> them and unloaded them ASAP. Glad I kept my old
> Genesis CDs. The newer
> super-duper reissues have all been given modern
> mastering and are far
> worse for it IMO. Go back to the vinyl or the first
> US CDS, or even
> the first remaster series from the early/mid 90s.
> You'll find there's
> a whole lot more dynamics there than you're hearing,
> if you have the
> version I suspect you have. YMMV.
> --
> Cheers,
> SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
> Systems Theory internet music project links:
> official site <www.systemstheory.net>
> MySpace MP3s <www.myspace.com/systemstheory>
> CDBaby <www.cdbaby.com/systemstheory>
> "Soundtracks For Imaginary Movies" CD released Dec
> 2004
> "Codetalkers" CD coming Xmas 2007
> NP: nothing
>
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