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BTW, how does the To Be Continued... box set sound? I'm not big on Elton's albums outside of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Honky Chateau, but the compilations look nice.

11/17/70 is a live album, correct? I feel like live albums are often more vulnerable to revisionist history. Expanded reissues or extra tracks to present a more 'complete' concert on CD is one thing, but I'm talking about the sound - everything from remixing to reverb. I dunno, it's like a producer...

Sweeeeeet. I was gonna buy the previous reissue, but I'll be getting THIS one instead.

Ah, I think I get it now. I think we're hearing the same differences, but I think we both have different ideas on why they're different. The mastering is definitely different, but I feel like the mix has a bigger role in why these sound different. That electric guitar part comes in pretty clear on t...

I won't be able to listen to that clip until tomorrow night, but listening to the track off the box set and Portrait on my computer (which, BTW, may have the speakers backwards....I realized an hour later, but whatever, just flip left with right, etc.) I recall the voice sounding more isolated in sp...

I've been comparing a few tracks ripped from the RCA box set (produced by Paul Williams and his people) and the redbook layer of the Portrait of a Legend SACD (mastered/transferred/restored by the usual conglomerate of ABKCO people, with Bob Ludwig doing the final mastering). A few more notes... &qu...

He's not Michael Medved: Another common theme of Medved's political and cultural commentary is the labeling of certain social or political forces, political candidates, and movies with insulting nicknames. Examples of these nicknames include: * Wesley Clark as "Weaselly" Clark * John Edwar...

"This is NOT a documentary........ but it was Clinton's fault. " New ABC Docudrama Blames Clinton For 9/11, Praises Bush Path to 9/11 graphic On September 10 and 11, ABC will air a “docudrama” called “The Path to 9/11.” It was written by Cyrus Nowrasteh, who describes himself as “more of a...

Ok, I didn't mean people like YOU...

All right, "Beyond the Horizon" sucks. That said, half of this is pretty damn good, and the rest makes for pleasant listening. The album seems to have a start-stop pacing that really robs it of any momentum - it prevents the uptempo stuff from building momentum and the slow stuff seem even...

That's one of their commandments, a flat transfer is always preferable unless Steve mastered the album, then a flat transfer becomes unlistenable crap...unless Steve's mastering IS a flat transfer, in which case he did the right thing!

I don't have an SACD player, so I can't compare the DSD layer, but if you're thinking of replacing the old CD with the new redbook remaster, you may be better off with the old CD. The original CD was issued in late 1989, so it's not like the first-geneation masters were unavailable, or that the indu...

If you're gonna be a nutjob, at least have the balls (or the female equivalent thereof) to stand by your nutjob rants.

Maybe they should spend more time FIXING the problem instead of dodging responsibility for fucking things up.

I think someone posted some waveforms of the Graceland remaster over at SH Forums. This was a few years ago so I'm not sure if they're still there. My memory's really hazy on this, but I recall them LOOKING compressed, and that came as a surprise because the remaster for Still Crazy After All These ...