On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:37:17 +0000, Glenn Richards
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

It actually looks like the original CD was mastered with more level
compression than the vinyl - which is here. Very odd - may be just
the way the different DAW programmes present the horizontal scale
that causes this, though.

Looks like it's just displayed differently. The spikes at the beginning
of the track hit almost full scale, just like on the CD.

That's because I set them at that level. What does seem to be
different is the level of the "solid" chunk - it seems to be lower on
the vinyl, indicating that maybe the dynamic range is greater.

Always thought the toms on the intro to that track didn't have quite the
same impact as I'd remembered from 1986 (although I was only 8 when it
came out!) - now I can see why!

I'm actually a little disappointed in those drum beats - they lack the
"whack" I would like to hear from them, and maybe they are victims of
vinyl mastering in the bass department. I'd like to compare to the CD
- do you think you could post those opening bars somewhere I could get
at them so I can see how they sound? All I own is the vinyl.

Right, going to take the non-remastered CD and play it on my Arcam kit
now. :-)

Just listening to the whole thing again myself right now - what a
musician (and poet). Talk about value for money in lyrics - only
rappers pile more words into a song.

d

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