AwayWeGo
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Posted: Aug. 26 2015, 13:32 |
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I hate how the old masters and mixes get totally deleted when a new master comes along (unless they are included in the new edition). I suppose the whole thought process is "All we did was remaster the same mix. Why do you want the old version?" The problem with that is that sometimes when these discs are "remastered," they make them sound worse through various undesirable changes. Some of us want to hear the albums as they were originally released. Obviously, people loved them enough to buy them the way they were before, or else they wouldn't be popular to begin with!
Yes, sometimes remasters do make the music stand out in incredible new ways (like on Hergest Ridge and Tubular Bells for example), but for God's sake, they sure are making it hard on those of us who want the older versions. I have to scan online encyclopedias, click through Amazon page after Amazon page to find something that usually will end up costing me more than thirty dollars because of the new "remasters" pushing it into obscurity.
Even if they don't want to press them anymore, which is totally understandable, at least make them DIGITALLY available. There have been albums that were available digitally in the older formats until the new editions came out, making them disappear.
I shouldn't have to spend all this time and pay all these secondhand sellers all this money when I just want to BUY something from a record company. I mean, bought music is a dying market anyway, so why on EARTH would the industry NOT want my money? I hate to say it, but this has just about brought me to the point of simply thinking along the lines of "Hurry, buy the album while you still can, before Mike remasters it!"
All versions should be included digitally. If the remasters aren't different enough for the older versions to be included, then what the heck are they doing "remastering" it in the first place, if not just for a cash grab?
Rant over.
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