CBS Stones CDs

JMatt · Postby **JMatt** » Sat May 13, 2006 11:36 am

Has anyone ever compared the post-London Stones CDs issued by CBS to the Virgin remasters? We certainly don't need a comparison of Emotional Rescue or Dirty Work, but Sticky Fingers and Exile are arguably their two best albums.

Beatlesfan03 · Postby **Beatlesfan03** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:42 pm

I recall glancing over at similar thread over at sh.tv and the general consensus was that the Virgins were far better than the CBS discs with the exception of one title though its name escapes me right now.

jbohdan · Postby **jbohdan** » Sat May 13, 2006 5:44 pm

Years ago, I traded in Sticky Fingers on CBS for the remaster. The CBS had lots of detail in the highs but little bass as far as I can remember. The Virgin sounded (and sounds) way better.
I've heard about some prefer the CBS Exile but the remaster is heard to beat. I traded in that one too (the CBS) and wasn't disappointed by the Virgin.

Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:12 pm

The Virgins are pretty excellent, although "Some Girls" is just as crappy as ever. I don't own any non-comp CBS discs, though, so I can't do any sort of meaningful comparison.

Postby **lukpac** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:25 pm

Yeah, the only CBS discs I have are Made In The Shade, Sucking in the 70s, and Rewind.

And Steel Wheels, I guess.

Rspaight · Postby **Rspaight** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:56 pm

I dumped all mine too, except for Rewind. I remember liking the Virgins a lot more, but that was twelve years ago so who knows.

Ryan

Andreas · Postby **Andreas** » Sun May 14, 2006 12:22 am

Not exactly helpful, but I prefer the tracks "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" on Hot Rocks 2 over the Sticky Fingers remaster. Especially "Brown Sugar" is mastered very loud and harsh on the remaster.

JWB · Postby **JWB** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:52 am

Andreas wrote:Not exactly helpful, but I prefer the tracks "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" on Hot Rocks 2 over the Sticky Fingers remaster. Especially "Brown Sugar" is mastered very loud and harsh on the remaster.

I agree 100%.

John Buchanan · Postby **John Buchanan** » Sun May 14, 2006 5:54 pm

There's a big volume drop out - it's too long for a tape fault - in "Sweet Virginia" on the CBS Exile - unforgivable!

tkl7 · Postby **tkl7** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:01 am

Hi, this is my first posting on this board, although I have been lurking here for a while.

I can really only compare the old CBS and new Virgin remaster of Some Girls, because I just upgraded that one a month or two ago. The CBS was really crappy, with muddy bass and distorted high end. The remaster is much better imho, and really creates a better sense of separation between the instruments, which allows a better appreciation of the guitar weaving between keith and ronnie.

Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:42 pm

Thanks for the info, and welcome aboard!

(...I still think that the sound quality of "Some Girls" sucks in general, though)

JWB · Postby **JWB** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:58 am

The remasters are much better transfers/tapes than the CBS discs, although still not perfect mastering-wise. They're a little too aggressive for my tastes.

As for "Some Girls", I just heard the unedited "Miss You" and the edits on the LP are totally obvious now....bad edits too. You hear a stereo "swish" sound and a "hiccup" at every one.

Phil Elliott · Postby **Phil Elliott** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:10 am

I'm going from memory right now - aren't there a few edits on "When The Whip Comes Down" aswell? I seem to recall a few stereo hiccups on that one on the remaster.

Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:37 am

JWB wrote:
As for "Some Girls", I just heard the unedited "Miss You" and the edits on the LP are totally obvious now....bad edits too. You hear a stereo "swish" sound and a "hiccup" at every one.

Haha...funny you mention that. Yeah, they're fucking obvious after you hear the extended mix (which also manages to sound a lot better...less processed).

BTW, how does the slightly-shorter one on Rarities differ from the old extended one?