VH II, WACF, FW, DD Remasters Now Available For Pre-Order

[chefcraig]

Whoa! Hold on there Mr. Smarty Pants. While there is a good argument these 1/4 remasters are a disappointment in terms of their own histories by having a lack of liner notes, photos of the sessions, session documentation what-the-fuck-ever, you seem to overlook many bands who have such remasters done are powerless when it comes to their record label re-re-releasing them. In other terms, it becomes a financial issue, not a personal one of what the fans want. Besides, hiring musical historians to do the paperwork of finding such artifacts of the sessions cost money in paying those people, money to print them, and money to redesign the packaging. Few acts such as Schleppy have the money and clout to do this. Warner Brothers do not give a shit about a few releases that are over 30 years old nor will they ever. Eddie, Dave and even sister Alexia have zero say in this. They already singed the contracts years ago.

Now, as far as I understand, Eddie did have a hand in the sound of these remasters opting to weed out (huh huh, I said "weed") a lot of the studio gimmicky reverb and engineer flubs. There is a difference to them but to only the audiophile snob ear (such as my own because, you know, I don't listen to homoerotic white metal). The archaic studio technology of what, '78 - '84 can be better "processed" these days and times resulting in a crisp, not such a sterile reproduction. The VH 1 remaster contains no tape hiss, no mirror copy drop offs. Drums are more pronounced, vocals are bland but raw, and Eddie's guitar soars to where you can imagine him going all George Harrison and blistering his god damn fingers.

No doubt they are doodads and a marketing ploy but there also seems to be a demand for the original 6-pack in the manner they were meant to be heard by Eddie and, dare I say it, Ted Templeton intended for them to be. It's easy to blow them off and rightly so because so many remasters are shit, just fucking awful but I have a feeling more will be on the market seeing how the CD is a dinosaur and the 'biz' needs to do whatever it can to survive. The technology has finally caught up with the digital age so get fucking used to it.

Since when did you become a musical/historical revisionist? Those of us (aka: true fans) are not talking "marketing ploys," we are merely seeking lost or forlorn treasure.

THAT would imply info beyond what is pooped out on a regular basis. Why do you think bootleg networks exist?

Fans are obsessive. Yes, it can lead to odd obsessions, with dire results in certain cases. Some folks simply go off the rails in pursuit of their idols, not to make light of it.

Yet...if you display your talent for a bit, then deny folks to witness any more of it, who's fault is that?

And by the way, it is not up to YOU to imply I need adjust to the "digital age".

I will live my life upon my own terms, as should you.

[Kristy]

Since when did you become a musical/historical revisionist? Those of us (aka: true fans) are not talking "marketing ploys," we are merely seeking lost or forlorn treasure.

THAT would imply info beyond what is pooped out on a regular basis. Why do you think bootleg networks exist?

Fans are obsessive. Yes, it can lead to odd obsessions, with dire results in certain cases. Some folks simply go off the rails in pursuit of their idols, not to make light of it.

Yet...if you display your talent for a bit, then deny folks to witness any more of it, who's fault is that?

And by the way, it is not up to YOU to imply I need adjust to the "digital age".

I will live my life upon my own terms, as should you.

I can see you are perturbed. It's a real buzzkill.

[chefcraig]

I can see you are perturbed. It's a real buzzkill.

You would not believe it...we had "Welcome To Summer Reading" for the preteens this week. Yup, about 75-85 screaming kids running through the library with aggravated parents for three days. No amount of Aleve or vodka is gonna make that shit fade away.

[Kristy]

Not sure I follow.

Anyway, speaking of digital age catch up this will look good next to the VH box:



$34.95 (on-line). Cheaper than a 1/8 of weed. Beat that! What a phenomenal album. I'm so glad I embraced the digital age while Chef chooses to run his computer on hamster wheel technology.

[chefcraig]

Not sure I follow.

Anyway, speaking of digital age catch up this will look good next to the VH box:
$34.95 (on-line). Cheaper than a 1/8 of weed. Beat that! What a phenomenal album. I'm so glad I embraced the digital age while Chef chooses to run his computer on hamster wheel technology.

Soo...you finally get a copy of a crummy Stones album I bought 30 years ago? Wow, victory to you. Great job.

[Kristy]

Wow. What crawled up your sphincter and made an impromptu Vacation Bible School camp?

[chefcraig]

Wow. What crawled up your sphincter and made an impromptu Vacation Bible School camp?

I had an afternoon full of viewing the Lifetime channel on and off for about four hours, uncontested in our break room. Hopefully, Sports Center or the Food Channel will come on soon and restore some testosterone and sanity now that I'm safely at home.

[FORD]

..... Eddie's guitar soars to where you can imagine him going all George Harrison and blistering his god damn fingers.

Uh, you know that was actually Ringo who said that, right?

I actually thought it was John for years, and just thought he was tripping balls on some liquid sunshine and screamed out whatever came to mind. But it was Ringo, because he hit the drums on that song much harder than he was used to doing, and literally got blisters in the process. Of course he might have been tripping balls too.... it was 1968 after all.

[Jetstream]

I got a novel idea. So what if Edward states they do not have the full Oakland '81 show recorded... why don't you guys simply include some of those live tracks as bonus tracks on the remastered LPs!

[twonabomber]

Who the fuck is Ted Templeton?

[Von Halen]

I'm so glad I embraced the digital age while Chef chooses to run his computer on hamster wheel technology.

I prefer xhamster.

[philouze]

I prefer xhamster.

I spent hours raping my hand watching Rene Bond movies..

[WARF]

I spent hours raping my pillow watching Rene Bond movies..

Fixed.

[chefcraig]

Fixed.

And when I woke up, I was no longer hungry, but my pillow was gone.

[WARF]

Yay!

The same old boring remasters they issue every ten years with no extras.

Why is this even news.

Another big YAWN from a yawn worthy band.

Michael Anthony can't even save this mess.