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It's ok....but not great either. The single is still my favourite track, so I suspect it will be largely consigned to 'the shelf'.

QUOTE (Mr. IsNot @ Jun 19 2012, 02:29 PM) QUOTE (Django @ Jun 19 2012, 12:14 PM) QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Jun 19 2012, 03:03 PM) I'd go see them live if they were playing near me. I'd like to see Procol Harum as well if they are still going to tour this summer. Gary Brooker apparently fell and fractured his skull. They said he's recovering and will be able to tour but I'm wondering if he'll need more time off. And I still don't get why they fired Oliver Wakeman and replaced him with Geoff Downes. Downes was pretty bad live last year. The Oliver Wakeman gimmick didn't work, so Squire tried the "Get Trevor Horn to produce, and Geoff Downes on keyboards so we can finally record all 26 minutes of Fly From Here" gimmick. true ...and some of us liked it. Wakeman Jnr was just a pale copy of his old man...he had to go!

I'm staggered anyone would pick Magnification over Talk & FFH. To me that album summarises all that went badly wrong with Yes post-Talk. Although musically it has some great moments (In the Presence Of...for instance), most of Anderson's lyrics are utter stinkers.

Very sad news - he instructed the best. RIP Freddie.

QUOTE (tick @ Sep 14 2011, 07:14 AM) Dream Theater...its all been done before, Earl. Fixed that for you.

QUOTE (ak2112 @ Aug 24 2011, 10:28 PM) QUOTE (reani14 @ Aug 24 2011, 05:24 PM) who cares. Wow, what a helpful post....not! I dont know about different masterings at GuP forward for the most part, but you can almost never go wrong with the Japanese pressings (either 25.8P or 32.8P catelog numbers) or the original Anthem Canadian CD's. They both usually sound better than their US counterparts, though this is not always true. Many thanks - I'll bear that in mind.

QUOTE (reani14 @ Aug 24 2011, 05:24 PM) who cares. Well obviously I care, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered to ask! Anyway, thanks for your incisive reply.

Thanks for the reply. Of course reverting to vinyl is always an option, but the question was really around the varying CD releases.

Hello! After rediscovering Rush & attending the Time Machine tour, I have found that I am falling in love with the band's music again. I rebought several CDs to plug the gaps in my collection, which was mainly made up of the '97 remasters, along with the odd Mobile Fidelity edition. One of my favourite albums from my youth was/is Grace Under Pressure, so I have listened to it a lot recently. Now the '97 remaster is all well & good. Punchy & loud, but to my untrained ears something just doesn't feel right about it. It's years since I listened to my old vinyl copy, and I don't currently own a turntable. Having read several threads on this very forum concerning differing CD versions, I was wondering if the forumites had reached a consensus on the preferred CD version of Grace to own. A few days ago I picked up one of the original West German CD pressings off Ebay, and that's currently sounding very nice indeed. The 97' remaster may be LOUDER, but as we know loudness shouldn't necessarily be confused with quality. Thoughts?

Several weeks on & this album is still getting contstant rotation from me. I may even pick up a ticket to see them live in November. Even with some of the mixed reports about early gigs with Downes, I'm sure they will be on good form from them. It seems they also rehearsing other tracks from Fly From Here to play at upcoming gigs...

QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Dec 31 2010, 11:53 PM) The Who - New Album TBA (haven't heard any of the post Moon/Entwistle stuff so I'm not sure if I'll get this) Is that still happening then?

As promised, here is my signed copy of Moving Pictures received back from the Manchester UK gig: My signed copy of Moving Pictures

OK, as promised... My Audio Fidelity remaster of 90125 by Yes turned up, so I've had a chance to compare with the other versions I have (original Atco European CD & Rhino remaster). Let me say first of the bat that I'm not a musician or audio expert. I just know what I like! I tend to play most of my CDs on my fairly ancient Cambridge Audio separates system. My 'Go to' version of 90125 has until now been the original Atco CD, and I think that the Rhino remaster just doesn't sound anywhere near as good to me. On the occasions where I've bought newer CD equipment, I have always taken a copy of 90125 with me to use as a test CD. Mainly because it still sounds so fresh, 25 or so years on. The Audio Fidelity edition doesn't sound a million miles away from the Atco CD. However, I do think it is a definite improvement. It's difficult to put my finger on it exactly, but the detail and instruments just sound that bit sharper. Even the voice samples (e.g those on 'It Can Happen') are clearer than I remember them. Nice bottom end too...a very warm sound overall. Of course Horn's exquisite production means that it's really difficult to make this album sound bad, but Steve Hoffman's remaster takes me back to when I first listened to this album on vinyl shortly after it was released. It also makes me realise just how crap the Rhino edition is. Were it not for the inclusion of the bonus tracks & remixes I would throw it away right now! In short, the Audio fidelity wins over the original CD & Rhino for me. A quick word about the packaging. The gold CD comes in a standard jewel cae with the original LP artwork nicely replicated in the booklet, housed in a numbered slip case. All in all, a very nice package. I notice that Audio Fidelity have also released editions of other favourite albums of mine, namely Bad Company's Straight Shooter & Asia's self-titled debut. Based on the strength of this release I will also be picking those up along with the remaster of Roll The Bones. I'm not sure whether this will help anyone make up their mind about purchasing Audio Fidelity's Roll The Bones remaster, or simply muddy the waters even further.

I don't have the jap version but I do have the MFSL edition & the '97 remaster. MFSL beats the '97 remaster hands down, and until I hear the Jap it will remain my go to version. Oh, and with regard to the 'Missing' vocal line on The Weapon (MFSL), it's worth mentioning that the master delivered to MFSL was provided by the band/Anthem. There are other differences too (I'm pretty sure one or two tracks are slightly longer but I'll check). I'm tempted to think that the MFSL edition was wilfully different. Otherwise it would have been withdrawn from sale, right?

Clockwork Angels tour followed by the inevitable R40 tour as a last huzzah. That's my prediction, for what it's worth!