This remaster is incredible IMO. Thrilled to have these recordings preserved to this level. Piano decay, going deeper into Joni vocals and hearing things I have never heard before. Way to go Bernie.
Joni Mitchell remasters on the way
FYI, some remastered Joni albums from an amazing period are on the way. I’m especially excited about how "Miles of Aisles" turns out, because that album really needs a remaster.
"Rhino explores the beginning of the prolific Asylum era with THE ASYLUM ALBUMS (1972-1975), the next installment in the Joni Mitchell Archives series. The collection features newly remastered versions of For The Roses (1972), Court And Spark (1974), the double live album Miles Of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975). All four were recently remastered by Bernie Grundman."
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@georgeab Agree! Good to keep an open mind on these things. |
The original analog recordings of those albums, at least on vinyl, including 1971’s Blue, sound their very best over all the remasters. I have all of her albums ever produced and nothing approaches her original releases. Now you may have to buy a few of the same since the sound does vary by pressing. But it’s fun and you will get rewarded to some of the very best midrange out there. |
I found this article to be scatterbrained, poorly thought out etc, but it does do an effective job of exposing the “Remastering Industrial Complex”. As I have said many times: take care of your original or initial pressings from 20-70 years ago: the reissued “remasters” may sound different, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but they are unlikely to sound better, and my experience is that 9 times out of 10, they sound worse. A notable exception is Jimmy Page’s remastering of the Zep LPs. That might have something to do with the fact that Jimmy is an artist as well as a producer.
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