Back on Black: LED ZEP 1-3

Fromunda,

I find nothing on Analog Planet about these upcoming reissues. Are you relating something you've actually seen or making a prediction?

Son, scroll down a few articles on the home page and you'll see M. Fremer's piece re the Zep reissues.

Somofjim... Go to Analogue Planet Home page and scroll down 3 articles/blogs. It is right there.

I was never that impressed production wise with early Zep Lps...IMHO they didn't hit their stride till Physical G. which sounds amazing on my original LP copy...and the 90s CD sounds pretty darn good as well...Mothership was well done...and a quantum leap over the early period material...I was under the assumption that zep 1-4 were to soon follow...but I am intrigued by the upcoming releases to say the least.

There is so much speculation going on even on the Analog Planet website.
In creating a new master from analogue tapes, the end result is still a HiRez digital file. Then that file is sent to the record cutter. Just because it's a digital file doesn't mean it will be compressed for CD, as long as the RIAA specs were followed, then I see no problem in cutting a record.

If the anonymous source is correct and the vinyl reissues were cut from digital sources, then we're talking about a less than stellar product.