Korgscrew
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Posted: April 21 2004, 17:25 |
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I don't think there's an awful lot of difference between the editions - they all contain the same material and all come with the same booklet (I'm including the LPs in that statement, though the CD squashes the contents of the fourth 'collaborations' LP onto the ends of the other three albums). Thankfully, it was left alone during Virgin's remastering exercise, so Dave Laing didn't get the chance to 'improve' the sleeve notes.
The only thing to watch out for is that some earlier pressings of the CD have the original mix of Tubular Bells Part One instead of the remix. Later editions are fine, though.
The HDCD remaster of Hergest Ridge is from the same master, by the way, if you should want an HDCD version of that album - the SQ quad encoding is still intact! I haven't directly compared the two to work out which sounds better, but the Boxed CD doesn't sound offensive to me. The remaster might be slightly crisper with a bit more warmth as well, but I could be imagining that!
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