[posting from my iPhone]
The legendary 2xCD of the legendary shoegaze masterpiece Loveless came out today and has also been available elsewhere for a few days.
One disc is remastered from the original DAT digital master - that used for the 1991 original release - and the other disc is mastered from the original half-inch analog tape master. Arcane, yes, but to me the differences are significant and wonderful (the new analog version is definitive).
I will post the proof when I get to my machine, but Sony took 4 years to fuck this up. The new release has the discs swapped: disc one is supposed to be the digital remaster, and disc two from analog.
They are labeled as so too.
Except, a blatant manufacturing error - on all copies I've been made aware of - has the wrong labels on the discs. The new release has #1 labeled digital but with the analog master. #2 is labeled analog but has the digital master.
How could they fuck this up??
Details, and more proof than anyone will need, later when I get home.
update: New post with details, and pictures too!
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That sucks. Wonder if they'll recall it like those heavily flawed New Order remasters.
ReplyDeleteI sent this article to Pitchfork and they linked to it in their review of the album today. They think you're trying too hard.
ReplyDeleteI sent this article to Pitchfork and they linked to it in their review of the album today. They think you're trying too hard.
ReplyDeleteI sent this article to Pitchfork and they linked to it in their review of the album today. They think you're trying too hard.
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