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Best Remaster CD of Holy Diver?

I see there seem to be two or three versions: 2005 with bonus interview, 2012 Deluxe 2 Disc, and what appears to be a 2103 Japanese import of the 2012 Deluxe version.  Great album, but the original 1983 mix by Dio himself suffered from his compressed and upper midrange-only sound.

Are there substantial improvements in the remasters?  Which is best?

Thanks,  OGOgre
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ogogre-

I have not found one. I was fortunate enough to be a teenager in the 80's and really racked/stacked all of those great CDs in the Metal genre'.

These were never really meant to be 'audiophile' grade, not even on vinyl.
Still, I love those early pressing CDs. It is a great album as is, IMO.
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for CD or SACD you might want to look into the SHM series. I have a fellow audiophile that collects these discs and remarks that they are better than the 80's pressings.
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Ogogre-

as luck would have it, on July 26, 2016 there will be a 6-cd Decade of Dio
1983-1993 that is slated for release. Newly remastered titles (vinyl as well).

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an update- this newest set is based on a previous remastering.
It will not be a newer remastering for 2016.
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