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Talking Heads Remastered

Anyone out there splurg on the newly remastered Talking Heads Catalog "Brick"? Released on dualdisc with remastered stereo mixes on CD layer and extra tracks from the recording sessions and video and 5.1 mixes on the DVD layer. Every Talking Heads studio album is in the collection.

These albums were in desperate need of remastering as they came out in the late seventies and 80s. The original CD attempts sound pretty bad.

I've only been istening for a week and don't do 5.1, but the new mixes really add alot. They are tastfully done (Jerry Harrison had a lot to do with it) and sound great. I encourage any Talking heads fan to update their collection with this set.

Anyone else hear these things?

-Karl
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Tom,

Those two are the best but it would be hard not to have 77 and More songs about Buildings and Food.
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Ben,

Huh?

I think the point of the collection is finally getting these excellent albums remastered into a form that audiophiles can appreciate. I don't care about the 5.1 mixes or the videos. But I'm not complaining that they are there. I find the extra tracks meaningful in the context of the time they were recorded.

If you are reffereing to the inserted artwork cards for each album as "horrible" perhaps you don't really get what Talking Heads were all about. Anyway thanks for qualifing your statement as IMHO. It is just that. IMHO.

-Karl
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Heh.

I believe I was typing, and believe it or not, I did read what you wrote. If you were referring to the 4 disc boxed set "Once in a lifetime" then I appologize as I don't recall the packaging. But if you were referring to the Brick as Paradales was, and still think the art is horrible, I disagree. I think the artwork complements the spirit of the music nicely.

Sorry to disappoint but if you listen to the Brick (and read the production credits) you will see that these are not the the same remasters released 2 years ago on the "Once in a Lifetime" collection. The brick benefits from Mr. Harrisons personal touch.

Cheers.
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Yes it is clear. Sorry for the confusion.

I have enjoyed a lot of releases done by Bob Ludwig recently. The new Air album comes to mind. I think if you can avoid the trend of mastering with incredibly hot levels you can avoid the inherent loss of dynamics and still please the band.

On the new remasters I can find no mention of Mr Ludwig. The only reason they may be better is that they include the complete album. I think both the stereo and the DVD-A mixes were done by Jerry Harrison and another engineer who's name escapes me at the moment.

I also prefer the whole album approach as opposed to the compilation. Single albums are now available on the dreaded dual disk format which happily work just fine in my CD player.
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