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by anton
Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:00 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: "Remastering" - what it is and what is should be
Replies: 15
Views: 16986

incidentally, i've seen quite a few accusations in those threads (and in amazon reviews) of proper, definitive, and even jsp copying mosaic sets. i've yet to find such a copy. Still, it leaves the question of where the reissue labels actually get there masters from. The alternatives I can figure ou...
by anton
Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:36 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: "Remastering" - what it is and what is should be
Replies: 15
Views: 16986

Great pointers to those forums, Haydn! After reading through all those posts, I realize that buying a Proper or Definitive box is not much better than downloading stuff from the Internet (well, worse, since those box sets cost money). Legal issues aside, those labels risk destroying the incentive fo...
by anton
Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:16 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: "Remastering" - what it is and what is should be
Replies: 15
Views: 16986

Thanks for the interview - interesting stuff. No doubt John R. T. Davies was a master in what he did. It seems though that he mainly worked with restoring old 78s. So, he falls into the same category as Cronogical Classics (although with much better final results). What I am really trying to get str...
by anton
Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:45 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: "Remastering" - what it is and what is should be
Replies: 15
Views: 16986

"Remastering" - what it is and what is should be

Does anyone know how reissue labels such as Proper (I'll flame them in another post) or Definitive (I like) get hold of their "masters"? Definitive for instance claims to have used "analog masters" for their remastering job. This would mean that every existing master disc (made o...