Title: The album is excellent, the remaster is crap
Product review: Please note that this is a comment of the REMASTERING job of this CD. The original always had a very dry, cold sound that fit the music very very well. I know that Guthrie is not a fan of his earlier albums, and on all 3 early records (this one, Head Over Heels, and Treasure) he seems to have run with the technology available to re-create instead of just simply remaster. The CD suffers because of this. Whereas the original Garlands was appropriately flat - this one sounds like the album was recorded in a tin can. I'm very glad I held onto my original import edition of this - which also is sadly out of print due to this monstrosity. (Two of the bonus tracks, first issued on a flexidisc, on the original import have been axed, and do not appear on anything else) ... Keep your old Capitol or (old) 4AD editions ... or get the vinyl. Just upsetting.
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