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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung
I think in this day and age if they do insist on remastering everything, they should do a 2 for 1 package. 2 discs, 1 the remastered version and 1 the original version as was when first released. My worry is that one day all the original releases will all be out of print, and all we will be left with are remasters that ruin may of the albums.
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Well that is what's happening with many releases unfortunately. As Freebase pointed out, if the original tapes have multitracks that couldn't be processed onto the final mix due to budget or time constraints then I am all for remasters but if the original source material was limited then a remaster will only compound the sound and make it sound even worse.
Case in point: Black Sabbath's Paranoid album that was recorded on 4 track yet the Deluxe version has a 5.1 mix. How the frig does that work if you only have 4 tracks to work with in the first place?