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Title: Something went horribly wrong
Review: In general I have been enjoying the Shout! remasters a lot, but in this, arguably ELP's masterpiece, somebody really messed things up with the remastering.I have been comparing the sound of the songs with the versions from 1993's Return of the Manticore (from Victory Music) and things are strange indeed: to my ears, in the new Shout! versions the sound in general is slightly more clear, but (big, BIG BUT) in Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression the sound is a disaster - completely muddy (however, as soon as 2nd Impression begins, the sound quality is fine once again).And in Jerusalem, even though the sound quality is fine, there is a sudden 3 or 4 decibel increase at the 1:32 mark, as previous reviewers have pointed out.The album presentation and essay are excellent, but its a shame that the contents of the little shiny round thing inside somehow escaped quality control. I would recommend staying away from this one until a corrected version is released.
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