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The Worst.
I'm definetely buying this one, having missed out on the 1971-2005 12 LP Box set from 2010.
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kowalski
Apparently the masters used for this box are not the Marcussen digital remasters : [forums.stevehoffman.tv]
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The Worst.
I'm definetely buying this one, having missed out on the 1971-2005 12 LP Box set from 2010.
And the 2018 Box set is much cheaper
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kowalski
Given the hint by sound engineer Miles Showell posted at Steve Hoffman forums, Exile on main St won't be the same master as the previous EOMS half speed release.
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Whale
Will mean disposition be on the Voodoo Lounge vinyl?
Can't believe I didn't buy the bridges and no security vinyl at the time.
Did get the voodoo and stripped vinyls. But went CD in 1997.
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Whale
Will mean disposition be on the Voodoo Lounge vinyl?
Can't believe I didn't buy the bridges and no security vinyl at the time.
Did get the voodoo and stripped vinyls. But went CD in 1997.
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kowalski
Given the hint by sound engineer Miles Showell posted at Steve Hoffman forums, Exile on main St won't be the same master as the previous EOMS half speed release.
Thank You for the info,kowalski. I was just wondering nobody was asking this on 7 pages here. So we 'll get two different EOMS half-speed masters from AbbeyRoad within two years? Strange... but interesting to compare.
Tom
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mick64
It seems apart from Vinyl Box van has released an LP / CD compilation to promote the box is true
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mick64
It seems apart from Vinyl Box van has released an LP / CD compilation to promote the box is true
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Irix
At [www.Grooves.land] it's €365.28 / £321.45 / $444.91 (worldwide free delivery according to their website).
At the very 1st day, just after announcement, it was listed at amazon.com @ $179. some lucky guys managed to get it at this price.Quote
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Irix
At [www.Grooves.land] it's €365.28 / £321.45 / $444.91 (worldwide free delivery according to their website).
Did anyone see it cheaper than this? Saw on grooves.land that the price is now 361,89 Euro (including shipment).
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Irix
Indeed:
"Miles's response:
You are correct, for the first half speed cut I did for “Exile On Main Street” I was tied to the most recent remastered audio. This was a decision taken by the band’s management as it was the officially approved audio at that time. In an Ideal world I would have preferred to have had access to a flat transfer from the masters, but that was not available at that time.
The good news for this box however is that there was a very different approach. While I was not granted access to the original master tapes (some of which are getting pretty worn and should be used as little as possible to prevent further damage) I was loaned an archive hard disk by the management. On this disk were two separate sets of high resolution flat transfers from the master tapes for each album where the source was analogue tape (two or three of the later albums are digital recordings and these were digitally dubbed at their original sample rate to the hard disk). The two archive transfers were DSD and also 24 bit 192 kHz PCM (a few were 24 bit 176.4 kHz). I was told to listen to both and choose whichever one I felt was the best to use. In most cases the DSD transfer won, but not always. Once I had chosen, I was given free range to just ‘do my thing’ which was remarkable freedom. I had no instructions from the band’s management or from Universal other than to do it as well as I could. At no point was any digital peak limiting applied to these albums as this is never good for audiophile releases and is completely useless as a source for vinyl records (full scale digital audio is too loud to cut from, so it is pointless to smash it against the brick wall only to drop the level still further for the cut. Adding limiting would have been the worst of all worlds, increased distortion and “mush” with no level increase). On some songs I did apply some gentle tube compression (I have an analogue tube AT-101, which is a very faithful Fairchild 670 recreation, it sounds wonderful, almost certainly because of the 22 tubes in it). This compression was for artistic effect and feel and not to over hype the music and make it too pumped. I am no fan of extreme compression but like salt and pepper in cooking, a little bit carefully applied at the right time in the right quantity can really improve things.
I was also loaned a set of original pressings for every album which was an excellent reference point as I could play these on the calibrated system on the lathe while also listening to the files. My goal was to make these new cuts at least as good as the originals and hopefully better. This is not as easy as it sounds due to the wear on some of the tapes. Essentially, for the original cuts, the tapes were obviously in mint condition which is a huge advantage for the original pressings, but I have a far cleaner signal path than was available to the original cutting engineers which helped me. I am happy that I achieved my goal. Management and Universal did not listen to anything until the test pressing stage when the decision was taken to proceed, thankfully the feedback was good (had they not liked it, the box would almost certainly not be happening).
I hope all of the above answers your question and if you get a box that you are pleased with it. Just so you know, the latest album in the set was not remastered but all of the others have been worked on by me.
Best Wishes, Miles"
Miles Showell - [www.AbbeyRoad.com] - [www.uDiscoverMusic.com]