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MotorWerk · Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 603 Location: Østfold, Norway

I can confirm that the 2006 Cherry Red/Rev-Ola rerelease of the Telescopes "Taste" (CR REV 152) is inferior in quality compared to the same songs from the Bomp release "As Approved by the Committee" (EVIL-10).
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hockeycoat · Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 130 Location: Praha

Skull_X · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:13 am Post subject:

LHB · Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 282 Location: Dallas TX

I listened to both the original CD release of "Whirlpool" and the Cherry Red reissuie last night through a Linn Unidisk 2.1, Linn Kairn Preamplifier, Grado Reference Headphone Amplifier, and Grado RS-1 Headphones. Subjectively, the remaster is louder, grainier, with a boost in the upper bass and lower treble. A lot of remasters sound this way, which I gather is meant to make the recording sound better on car stereo's and other low-fi reproduction systems. The original has more sheen and air around the instruments, the vocals sound more heavenly, and the rhythm section seems to have more spring and a more infectuous sense of timing. In short, the remaster sounds very digitized, the original sounds much more analog-liike. I'm very glad I kept the original. Still--in my opinion--t's nothing like the butchering Iggy Pop did to his own "Raw Power" remix when compared to the original David Bowie/Mainman mix, but I doubt if very many people under 40 would agree with me Mad

Skull_X · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject:

Hey I contacted Stephen about this, both him and Andy have been busy.

The cd was in fact ripped improperly and Cherry Red is going to repress the cd and will exchange the lo-fi version for the new hi-fi version. I'm not sure when this will happen. I will post more when Stephen gets back to me with all the details. i will also post about this on my site www.comeheaven.com
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Skull_X · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject:

hockeycoat · Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 130 Location: Praha

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Heaven and Hell · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:53 am Post subject:

What a cock-up. They never have any luck, do they, Chapterhouse? I remember when they were doing Blood Music and guitarist Simon had loads of DATs stolen from his car containing ideas and hooks etc. And then the album was pulled over a legal row over the samples on Deli, which effectively killed the band stone dead. (I presume the Cherry Red reissue of that CD won;t include Deli??). Let's hope they sort Whirlpool out first.

definiteform · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 15 Location: Dallas, TX

Reminds me of the old Beatles upmix fiasco regarding the 2nd boxset. This is not good news as I was actually looking into purchasing Whirlpool remastered to see how it sounds.

Glad I checked the forums before. Sad

Skull_X · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:51 am Post subject:

it's not remastered, it's just a re-release
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nuNRG · Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 289 Location: California

Skull_X · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:07 am Post subject:

i realize that Rolling Eyes

i was the one who informed the band about it. but the big thanks should go to hockeycoat for discovering the problem
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nuNRG · Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 289 Location: California

Woops!

Vapour trail · Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 76 Location: Holland

cherry - rip off !!!