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Wish List of LPs to be re-released
Geoffkait, I have not heard the 'Sticky Fingers' Mo Fi release. It could be that someone else could do a better job, possibly a Japanese remaster?The Mo Fi reference was a generality. What I can say about the current Rolling Stones catalogue howev... 
Wish List of LPs to be re-released
Given the overall quality of the Rolling Stones remasters, I'd like to see them re-done by someone like Mobile Fidelity. Included among these would be a copy of 'Between the Buttons' Decca UK, re-remastered from the original mono master tapes and ... 
Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD
K330, if you look at the release dates, one is from 1994 and the other is from 2010. Essentially this means that the earlier set is the original release and is currently out of print. The two should however sound the same as it doesn't appear as i... 
Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD
Hi Lloydelee,I find the Penguin Guide to be a bit conservative though it is consistent. Do you remember the Schwann Catalogue for classical recordings? I really liked that catalogue and I was nearly devastated when it stopped publication because I... 
Jazz for aficionados
I've been in the wings here but it seems to me that everyones experience, points of view and preferences are valid and of use to someone. I know of Mosaic, Analogue Productions and Mobile Fidelity and just recently Pure Pleasure with respect to re... 
Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD
Rok2id,I rarely take reviews on Amazon seriously though admittedly some are substantial. I often post on and read from the Gramophone website and as much as I respect that magazine and its staff, I need to put things from Gramophone in there prope... 
Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD
Brownsfan, certainly these engineers who are remastering in the SHM format have little time 'for wasting where with fools' as I would guess that there's an abundance of good material for them to choose from. They seemingly aren't dumb enough to re... 
Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD
That's a good question Rok2id. Brownsfan would you, or anyone else for that matter, happen to know the idiosyncrasies of the differing media formats concerning 'SHM', SACD, Redbook. etc...? It seems like these catalogue descriptions might confuse ... 
Mozart Fans Only
'Mozart led a pretty rough life, and only wrote one piece in a minor key.'Can you clarify about this minor key claim, Mozart wrote in a minor key much of the time, so this claim is puzzling to me. Whether he wrote in major or minor had little, if ... 
Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD
Brownsfan, I assume that it is believed by most but certainly not all that the SHM SACD hybrids offer the best remixing and remastering available. That appears to be the competition for these larger labels like DG. Why DG can't step up their game ... 
Mozart Fans Only
The Florestan Trio, Piano Trio recordings on Hyperion are delightful. There are two separate Mozart packages from the 'Andante' label that I would not want to have to live without. One of them is a set of live radio broadcasts from the Salzburg Fe... 
Jazz for aficionados
Just curious, are there any favorites from 'Analogue Productions'? I have Hank Mobley' 'No Room for Squares.' 
Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD
Brownsfan, I didn't realize that these DG remasters were SACD hybrids. Just to recapitulate our earlier discussion; if DG allocates all of this time and money towards remastering the Von Karajan, then wouldn't one expect that they'd rival their Ja... 
Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD
Brownsfan, what comes to mind are the Rudy Van Gelder recordings of the late 1950's and early 1960's. I bought a few Analogue Production remasters thinking that I would be front and center at a live event, no way. We've gotten spoiled over the yea... 
Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD
Thanks Brownsfan, I'm glad you shared. Yes, the Japanese like raising the bar. I even saw a Japanese remaster of a CD just originally released in 2007, Keith Jarrett's 'Inside Out' and it's on ECM. In actuality 1963 was a pretty long time ago and ...