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Title: This remastered version is actually a step backwards in sound quality!
Review: What a big dissapointment this Rhino remaster was! As soon as I played it I noticed that it sounded worst than my original copy of the Warner Bors. CD release.This remaster is about 5-6 dbs louder than the original release but it is compressed, muffled and clipped. There is a lot less clarity and separation between the voices and instruments (the drums are a mess). It seems the engineers jut compressed the hell out of the original master tape. I did an AB comparasion with my two players (one of them a HDCD machine) and the results were not what I expected.This applies to the original Europe 72 material. The extra tracks are better, but apart from an excellent "Looks Like Rain", it is all Pigpen howling, and that is my least favorite GD music.I bought the "Live Dead" remaster at the same time and it has the same problem.Stick with your Warner versions if you still have them!
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