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Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 11:19 pm
by Christophe
Dr_Jones wrote:
Christophe wrote:
Dr_Jones wrote:Looks like Sony Music fixed the EquiNOXE sleeve:
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Where you found that? :wink:

Looks like the first misprint will be a collectorsitem! :wink:
It's in the Dutch shops here.
Still nothing here in Belgium (Mediamarkt, Fnac in Antwerpen).

Greetings,


Christophe

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 1:51 pm
by rinogurr

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:35 pm
by rinogurr
Sony Music corrected the EquiNOXE word and the picture of Granger.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:53 pm
by Christophe
Elf wrote:Shops? What do you mean? Buying records in shops? Where can you do that?
shop=store (I think) :wink:

Greetings,


Christophe

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:33 pm
by Dr_Jones
rinogurr wrote:Sony Music corrected the EquiNOXE word and the picture of Granger.
yeah I posted that a few posts ago...

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:34 pm
by Dr_Jones
Elf wrote:Shops? What do you mean? Buying records in shops? Where can you do that?
This post reminds me I lost a few cherised recordstores in the past few years ;-(

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:23 pm
by Finaero
Nice, they actually fixed something!

I've been listening to some of the remasters on Spotify and... well, it's a shame. The #1 thing that comes to my mind from almost any of those remastered tracks is "did they re-record this stuff inside a tincan?).

However, the new remaster of Orient Express is actually a guilty pleasure of mine these days. :oops: Even if its percussions are all over the place. And I'm glad to notice that (at least on Spotify) the Lyon version is present on the Cities in Concert recording (also a guilty pleasure of mine, that 2014 remaster ;) ).

... and speaking of which, despite the annoying extra audience sounds, I still consider Rendez-Vous 2 from the 1997 Cities in Concert remaster to be the best version of that track. At least to my ears, it sounds like the perfect combination of electronic music with classical instruments. Mileage may vary.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 7:32 pm
by shadow
Dr_Jones wrote:
Elf wrote:Shops? What do you mean? Buying records in shops? Where can you do that?
This post reminds me I lost a few cherised recordstores in the past few years ;-(
The only store that used to sell CD's here was the Free Record Shop, while overpriced most of the time, they sometimes had excellent deals. Now the only store that I actually know that still carries more than just one rack, is in Almaar :|

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 8:31 pm
by Christophe
Finaero wrote:Nice, they actually fixed something!

I've been listening to some of the remasters on Spotify and... well, it's a shame. The #1 thing that comes to my mind from almost any of those remastered tracks is "did they re-record this stuff inside a tincan?).

However, the new remaster of Orient Express is actually a guilty pleasure of mine these days. :oops: Even if its percussions are all over the place. And I'm glad to notice that (at least on Spotify) the Lyon version is present on the Cities in Concert recording (also a guilty pleasure of mine, that 2014 remaster ;) ).

... and speaking of which, despite the annoying extra audience sounds, I still consider Rendez-Vous 2 from the 1997 Cities in Concert remaster to be the best version of that track. At least to my ears, it sounds like the perfect combination of electronic music with classical instruments. Mileage may vary.
The remastered albums sound pretty good to me! I listen it on my iPhone. :wink: :)

Greetings,


Christophe

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:55 pm
by Kanta
My copies of the Sony remasters 2014 album covers signed by Jean Michel - Cities in Concert Houston/Lyon 1986 and Equinoxe!

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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:13 am
by Kanta
Elf wrote:
Kanta wrote:My copies of the Sony remasters 2014 album covers signed by Jean Michel - Cities in Concert Houston/Lyon 1986 and Equinoxe!

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Where did you get it signed?
Made in IRCAM 1 - Futur en Seine 2014 - 12 June 2014:
http://www.zoolook.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6167
http://www.zoolook.nl/forum/viewtopic.p ... 958#189958

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:20 am
by Icarus
I'm a bit disapointed, I thought JMJ took care about the sound quality but when I see how these new remasters are made:

Original release from 1987, Rendez-vous IV, Dynamic Range: 13 db
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Remaster from 1997, Dynamic Range: 8.6 db
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Remaster from 2014, Dynamic Range: 6 db
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Everything is compressed, it's almost the same volume level during all the track.

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:00 am
by Dr_Jones
Icarus wrote:I'm a bit disapointed, I thought JMJ took care about the sound quality
Seeing how he oversaw the quality of E&R, this is in the line of expectation.

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:02 pm
by Dr_Jones
Elf wrote:
Dr_Jones wrote:
Icarus wrote:I'm a bit disapointed, I thought JMJ took care about the sound quality
Seeing how he oversaw the quality of E&R, this is in the line of expectation.
E&R?
Essentials & Rarities.

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:17 pm
by Finaero
Elf wrote:This is exactly why I no longer buy remasters, but play my good old vinyls, as well as only buying LPs.
Eh, I thought the latest (2011?) anniversary CD editions of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall were pretty good.

Anyway, the moment I heard the guy responsible for E&R's "remastering" was gonna do the rest, well, I knew that was it. I guess it was a nice gesture for them to flat-out admit that they're not gonna release any extra stuff or old concerts on BluRay (while the wording was oddly specific, I don't we can expect any concert DVDs ever either). Ah well.

/me puts on the MFSL vinyl of Equinoxe for (IMO) the best Jarre release ever