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Title: Best Sounding CD Version...
Review: I bought the EMI remaster of this album the day it came out. The only thing it did was upset me. The remaster is drowning in digital tape hiss removal (not to mention heavy handed digital EQ). This noise reduction (NR) caused the sound to gurgle and chirp in much the same way as low bit rate MP3s. It also makes the softer moments become very muffled sounding and the whole album sounds sterile, as if the atmosphere has been removed.I went back and listened to this CD release and found it to be quite an accurate representation of my UK vinyl. The tonality is nice and open (with respect to the original mixes anyway) and it didn't suffer from the heavy handed Abbey Road mastering process.Unless you have a Harry T. Moss mastered UK vinyl pressing this CD on One Way Records is the only way to hear this brilliant album.
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