Procol Harum on CD

Chris M · Postby **Chris M** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:27 am

I assume the MFSL silvers are the way to go for the titles they released. What is the best Shine On Brightly? How does the Live in Concert reissue compare to the MFSL?

Dob · Postby **Dob** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:32 am

The MFSL "Live" CD is very dull, IMO. This is one that MFSL shouldn't have done as a flat transfer (if that's indeed what it is). I haven't heard the reissue, but I'm guessing that it has been boosted in the treble. Which is what the album needs, but you might be better off getting the MFSL and doing it yourself via tone controls/EQ.

Chris M · Postby **Chris M** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:35 am

Dob wrote:The MFSL "Live" CD is very dull, IMO. This is one that MFSL shouldn't have done as a flat transfer (if that's indeed what it is). I haven't heard the reissue, but I'm guessing that it has been boosted in the treble. Which is what the album needs, but you might be better off getting the MFSL and doing it yourself via tone controls/EQ.

Thanks. What do you think of the MFSL Salty Dog and Home?

Dob · Postby **Dob** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:03 pm

Those are both good. I compared the Salty Dog to the original US CD and Home to the remaster (on the repertoire label, I think), and I liked the MFSL versions better. Broken Barricades sounds good to me as well, but I haven't compared to any other versions, except one or two tracks with a hits CD.

This isn't to say that none of these couldn't be improved...but they're acceptable as MFSL chose to present them (flat transfers). The sound isn't dazzling, and at low volumes they do sound quite flat, but when you crank it up they sound more spacious and less harsh IMO. The only one that really disappointed me was the live CD.

Chris M · Postby **Chris M** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:07 pm

Thanks again. I just snagged the MFSL Home for $17 on Ebay. Broken Barricades seems like it can be obtained fairly cheap but I've never heard the album and I can't find ANY mp3's of it online.

Anyone have any recommendations for Shine On Brightly?

Andreas · Postby **Andreas** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:09 am

The Westside CDs have received some favorable reviews on SH.tv, while others prefer the Japanese K2 CDs. (I don't own any of them). What I heard were the Repertoire remasters (in digipacks), and these were unlistenable for me.

Alexander Keith · Postby **Alexander Keith** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:25 pm

Broken Barricades on MFSL silver is incredible. Snap that one up if you can.

Patrick M · Postby **Patrick M** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:26 pm

Alexander Keith wrote:Broken Barricades on MFSL silver is incredible. Snap that one up if you can.

Or have someone burn you a copy.

Dob · Postby **Dob** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:51 pm

Dob wrote:I compared Home to the remaster (on the repertoire label, I think)...

Correction -- I have the Westside remaster, not the Repertoire.

krabapple · Postby **krabapple** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:58 am

I have (and am right now playing) 'Shine on Brightly' CD on a label called 'Rebound' (the A&M logo's also on the packaging). Picked it up in a used bin for a few bucks, years ago. Sounds OK. Doesn't strike me as a sonic masterpiece -- a bit thin sounding -- but I wonder how much of that's just the vintage of the recording (1967 or so, innit? -- it has that cardboardy snare sound that, to me, unites Cream and Hendrix albums).

OK, 'In Held Twas In I' just started ...the intro sounds pretty good, actually. The bass doesn't exactly rock the house, though, when the band kicks in.

There's audible hiss in the quiet parts, even over speaker listening, so by SHtv standards, it must be a flat transfer of the OMT.

OK, here's the circus-y bit -- much fuller sounding...yeah.

My, Mr. Mixer Man certainly went wiggy with the stereo panning fx, didn't he? God bless the 60's.

Anyway, it's nice to have a reason to hear this again. It's certainly quaffable.

Chris M · Postby **Chris M** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:16 am

krabapple wrote:I have (and am right now playing) 'Shine on Brightly' CD on a label called 'Rebound' (the A&M logo's also on the packaging). Picked it up in a used bin for a few bucks, years ago. Sounds OK. Doesn't strike me as a sonic masterpiece -- a bit thin sounding -- but I wonder how much of that's just the vintage of the recording (1967 or so, innit? -- it has that cardboardy snare sound that, to me, unites Cream and Hendrix albums).

OK, 'In Held Twas In I' just started ...the intro sounds pretty good, actually. The bass doesn't exactly rock the house, though, when the band kicks in.

There's audible hiss in the quiet parts, even over speaker listening, so by SHtv standards, it must be a flat transfer of the OMT.

OK, here's the circus-y bit -- much fuller sounding...yeah.

My, Mr. Mixer Man certainly went wiggy with the stereo panning fx, didn't he? God bless the 60's.

Anyway, it's nice to have a reason to hear this again. It's certainly quaffable.

I used to have that Rebound Shine On Brightly several apartments ago. No idea what happened to it. IIRC there is a small basketball on the back of the jewel box or something similar. In Held Twas I never did much for me but I LOVE the title track, Quite Rightly So and My Regal Zonophone (I think that's what's it's called)