Original mixes of classic albums. Which streaming service is best ?

[Dropbear67]

I've been trying to find some original mixes of classic albums from the 80s and 90s I am into - before the advent of the dark times - before the loudness wars and "20nn Remasters". 

Looking at Tidal and Qobuz for some classic Phil Collins - pretty much all of the albums seem to be Remasters. 

 

What's the go with this ? Are record companies not releasing original mixes to streaming services? Surely there's a market for those of us who want exactly what was on our CDs back in the 80s?

I guess it means there's still a reason to be trawling the second hand CD sales but it's damn annoying when your systems are built around streaming.

 

Anyone found some "original master" gold on any of the more fringe streaming services out there?

[agisthos]

Whenever there is an original master I need (cos I hate the remaster) I almost always have to buy the actual CD on ebay and then rip it to WAV to put on a NAS. Almost all streaming sites will just have the latest edition.

But I second your hope for a streaming site with multiple editions of an album.

[Synodontis]

From my understanding, it is the artist who has done the re-master, not the record company. With all the changes made to the music on a re-mastered album, it becomes a "new" album in the market place which record companys do not get a royalty for as released direct to streaming service by the artist. The artist get the full royalty, not a percentage.

 

I could be wrong, but Like you, I don't like many of the  remaster's but can understand why it was done.