Title: Music? Brilliant. Sound/Mix? Atrocious.
Product review: I'm amazed at one of the previous reviews' lauding of the remastering of "Mysterious Traveler." While I haven't heard either the original LP or Columbia's first cd release, the quality of sound is an atrocity. Unlistenable. The high-end sounds--especially the open hi-hat--sound as tinny as a low-grade mp3. Needles in my ears. The mix--and I'm assuming this problem originated with the LP's release--is insane. The drums are barely audible. Complex, layered rhythms are buried beneath sludgy, grubby mid and low-end registers. The entire disc is, without exception, utterly unlistenable.It's frustrating, too, because the music itself is brilliant. So, I guess I can't say whether this remaster is to blame or if the problems were inherent in the original release. I just can't imagine it sounding worse. A tragedy.
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