cazzesman Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Has anyone heard the Remaster and if so, do you have any thoughts on the SQ? Is it worth the purchase? Regards Cazzesman
aussievintage Posted February 22 Posted February 22 IIRC (haven't played it in a while) the original was pretty good to start with. Didn't know they were remastering it.
gat474 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Greg Macainsh was on 3AW yesterday morning with Wilbur Wilde talking about writing some of the songs and what they got up to back in the day. Great listening. Living in the 70’s was the first album I ever bought, it was in ‘74 and I was about 9 or so. I didn’t know what the songs were about at the time, listening to it now I can’t imagine what my mum thought of it all. Great album which I still listen to now - on digital as my original record got a bit scratched up on our old Toshiba two in one. 1
Craigandkim Posted February 22 Posted February 22 (edited) 59 minutes ago, cazzesman said: Has anyone heard the Remaster and if so, do you have any thoughts on the SQ? I have the original 1984 CD pressed in Japan & the 2004 remaster. The original CD transfer is great. The 2004 remaster is loud and somewhat compressed - https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list/1/year/asc?artist=skyhooks&album=living Unless done properly with respect to the original recording, I doubt the 2025 remaster would offer much of an improvement given the trend for loudness over dynamics Edited February 22 by Craigandkim EDIT 1
stevoz Posted February 23 Posted February 23 (edited) @cazzesman I bought the latest remastered LP you speak of a few weeks ago and it sounds really good. I had been trying to get a copy of this album for awhile but availability was limited and prices were crazy.....then along came this reissue. It was remastered by former LRB guitarist David Griggs, who owns and operates his own studio, The Production Workshop in North Melbourne. The reissue's lacquer was cut by Martin Krafft at Optimal Media in Germany who also pressed it.....and it's a great pressing as would be expected from Optimal. While it's been years since I've heard an original pressing (my brother has one) so I can't compare the two, I reckon David has done a fine job with this reissue, the SQ is excellent and have no hesitation recommending it. I am very happy with it. Edited February 23 by stevoz 1
mylene Posted March 7 Posted March 7 They've used the yellow/brown 2nd Mushroom label on this reissue while the original was on the early black label. The Don't You Believe What You've Seen or You've Heard box set got the label design right!
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