The vinyl version is wonderful, I have the 1989 remastered CD which sounds awful, I assume they did a much better job on the 30th anniversary edition but having paid twice, I am not paying again even if they would come and do it live in my living room!
--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Mike Dickson wrote:
From: Mike Dickson
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] King Crimson.. A treat!
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 10:14 AMYes. I'm 'sure' as well.
The 1969 Island vinyl sounds great still. The 30th anniversary CD is slightly better.
That'll do
kinchmusic@aol. com wrote:Released towards the end of the year. Is what I'm sure will be the definitive release of In the Court of the Crimson King.Includes a new 5.1 mix taken from the original session tapes! I think this set will be awesome, as going back to those original session tapes mean that the mix will effectively be sourced from more than the original 8 tracks would have allowed, with far fewer track bounces, and therefore less tape hiss and distortion.I just hope they don't compress the S**t out of the final mix as seems to be the norm nowadays, sadly.Loads of extra goodies too!Very excited.Andy K."Red" and "Lizard" 5.1 also on the way.
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