Alan Parsons: Original or Remastered CDs?

Lots to choose from...a few recommendations:

Tales of Mystery and Imagination - there's a nice package w/ both original and remaster - worth it!

iRobot - remaster or HDAD (2 channel; plays on DVD/DVD-A players) if you can find it

...these should get you off the ground. Good luck!

I agree with Soul. The early stuff has been released on HDAD and sounds great. There is also a best of that is remastered well. The newest album A Valid Path is very good and sounds great in DVDA as well as CD.

Would be interested in how the remasters are improved. What specifically is better? Has anyone done an A/B of the originals and remasters?

The originals are lackluster. I never bought many of them because the vinyl sounded so much better. The vinyl still sounds better but the remasters are closer with much improved bass and clarity. I think all of the early AP stuff sounds just a little bright and still does remastered, just not as bad.

Can any of you Alan Parsons fans identify this song for me (name and album)? It is a song about the death of a friend.