Excellent, your room could now fill with the wonderful sound of a Philharmonic Orchestra. A Qwest edition of Technique arrived today (phew) so looking forward to having a listen later when / if time permits.
I'm not expecting any differences. But for collection reasons it'll be nice to have. Glad your Qwest arrived safely
Later US manufactures of Discovery (CMU/Later IFPI's) added the EQ Secret Messages, the only manufacture I've come across that has the added EQ is the 1990 Japan CSCS
The US 80's CD I have sounds a bit fast and has bloated mids as well. I compared the speed on 'Tightrope' to a 90's Japan 'A New World Record' I have and also 'Tightrope' on the Flashback box and the US one runs to fast and that's just from listening. I remember Steve Hoffman commented on that 80' CD and he also said the midrange was bloated.
I’d suggest avoiding vague terms like “the added EQ” because it’s really unclear whether it refers to pre-emphasis or de-emphasis.
Updated with confirmed table of contents or SUBQ channel detection- Al DiMeola - Electric Rendezvous - 35DP 30 Al Di Meola - Tour De Force - Live {CBS/Sony 35DP-41 Gold-Face}, matrix: 35DP-41-3 1A1 “MANUFACTURED BY CBS/SONY RECORDS INC.” SUB Akiko Yano "Gohan Ga Dekitayo" Japan Record 35JC-1 (SUB Q) A. Nicolet, H.Holliger, C. Jaccottet, et.al.- J.S. Bach / C.P.E. Bach: Trio Sonatas (COCO-70789) [1984; 2005 reissue] Amii Ozaki - Miracle (PCCA-00236, this is reissue from 1991, so first issue D35A-0029 from 1983 probably has PE too) Andrei Gavrilov-Scriabin 24 Preludes, Sonata No. 4, Etude Op. 42/5 EMI CDC 7 47346 2, Made in Switzerland Anthony Braxton - Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984 - Black Saint Anthony Braxton - Quartet (London) 1985 - 2CD, Leo CD LR 200/201 Art Garfunkel - Scissors Cut {CBS/Sony 38DP-22 Gold-Face}, matrix: 38DP-22-14 1A1 “MANUFACTURED BY CBS/SONY RECORDS INC.”, crude font on opposite sides of matrix band SUB Art Pepper - Darn That Dream - Realtime RT 3009 306134 Manufactured by Sanyo Japan Asia - S/T - 35DP 25 Apsaras - Apsaras (1984, MK 39559) matrix DIDC 20138 11A1, stamped in hub: Made in USA - Digital Audio Disc Corp. Flagged in TOC. Bachman, Turner Overdrive Japan 2fer of Not Fragile and Four Wheel Drive, catalog #33PD 424 Barbirolli/Czech PO-Franck Symphony in D Minor Supraphon 11 0613-2 011 Barbra Streisand - Guilty - 35DP 7 Barbra Streisand - Guilty, CDCBS 86122 Japan For EU Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2 - 35DP 161 & CDCBS 86079, matrix DIDP 10025 41A2 Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were - CK 32801/DIDP-20056 Barenboim - Schubert Symphonies 2 & 8 - CBS Masterworks MK 39676 DIDC 20191 Beethoven: Sym. No. 5; Schubert: Sym. No. 8 [CD 36711; 38DC-1; DIDC 1; CBS/Sony Japan for Europe; crude font matrix] 38DC-1-1 158 SUB Beatles - Abbey Road - EMI CP35-3016 (Black Triangle) SUBQ Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Heinz Rögner , "Schubert Symphony No. 9", 38C37-7035, A-25 | 7035 matrix Bernard Herrmann - North by Northwest: Original Motion Picture Score - Varese Sarabande VCD 47205 - Made in Japan pressing only The Blue Nile - Hats (1989 US; Linn/A&M CD 5284) [PROMOTIONAL stamp on label], (1989 European; Linn/Virgin LXHCD2) Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite CDCBS 26714 Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite - Columbia CK 40220 - Early US DADC pressing - DIDP 20460 11A2 Billy Joel – note some releases with the same matrix can differ as far as whether PE is present or not Billy Joel - 52nd St. - 35DP 1 - Japan for Japan / Japan for US Billy Joel - The Stranger - 35DP 2 (crude font matrix) Billy Joel - Glass Houses - 35DP 18 (Japan for Japan / Japan for US) Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic - 35DP 19 Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain - 35DP 34 (crude font matrix) Billy Joel - Piano Man - CDCBS 80719 Japan for Europe with 35DP 109 in the matrix Billy Joel - Piano Man - CK 32544 Columbia USA "The Nice Price" Billy Joel - Piano Man - CK 32544 Columbia, Made In Austria Billy Joel - Turnstiles - 35DP 111 (Japan for Japan), black face with CSR x3 hub (SUB Q) BIX - Doozgle (ZNCD033, 1993) Black Sabbath (All) CLACD and NELCDs have it Bob Dylan - Real Live - Columbia CK 39944 - Made in Japan - matrix 32DP-196 11 +++++ CSRx3 Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits - CBS - CK 9463 / DIDP 50099 - Matrix: 35DP-99 41A1 Bob James and Earl Klugh - One on One - CBS/Sony 35DP-10 and CBS/Tappan Zee CK 36241 made in Japan with 35DP-10 matrix Boston - Don't Look Back - Epic/Sony 35.8P-7 - Matrix: 35 8P-7-6 1A1 “Gold-Face” pressing / (not Epic EK 35050) Boz Scaggs - Middle Man - 35DP 3 Boz Scaggs - Hits! - 35DP 11 Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees - 35DP 20 Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees - 35DP Japan For Europe (SUB Q) Bruce Cockburn - Stealing Fire - A&M/Gold Mountain CD 80012 - Made in Japan Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run - Columbia CK 33795 / 35DP 21 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town - CBS/Sony 32DP 351 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Japan CBS For Europe DIDP matrix) Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town - Japan for USA - Columbia CK35318, DIDP 20027, matrix DIDP-20027 21A3 +++++, CSR x3 hub Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No.4 - CBS/Sony 35DC 117 Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No.9 - CBS/Sony 35DC 114 Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Brahms: Symphony No.2 - Columbia MK 42021 / 35DC 86 Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Brahms: Symphony No.3 - Columbia MK 42022 / 35DC 87 Bruno Walter/New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No.2 - 2CD, CBS/Sony 56DC131~132 Bruno Walter w/ Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Symphonies 35, 39; MK 42026 / DIDC 50073 Bruno Walter w/ Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Symphonies 40, 41; MK 42028 / DIDC 50075 Bruno Walter Wagner "Symphony No. 8, Parsifal: Prelude & Good Friday Spell/Prelude & Karfeitagszauber" US DADC Carpenters - Voice Of The Heart {A&M Records 38XB-4}, matrix: 38XB-4 11A3 “MANUFACTURED BY CBS/SONY RECORDS INC.”, partial black face SUB CBS Masterworks MK 35888 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (composed by Richard Strauss, conducted by Zubin Mehta)Japan "Manufactured By CBS/Sony Records Inc." on plastic hub, matrix: 38DC-10 101 Chess - RCA PCD2-5340 - RCA/Victor Made in Japan 1988 (SUB Q) Chess - RCA PCD2-5340 - RCA/Victor Made in USA 1994 (TOC) Chi - Pacific Rim 1988 CDJ 677 (matrix MADE BY DISCOVERY SYSTEMS - AN AMERICAN COMPANY 3LX0300a) TOC China Crisis - Working With Fire And Steel CDV2286 TOC Chiemi Hori - Lonely Universe (1985 Canyon Records, D32A0091, matrix D32A-0091 11A2 +++++, 3x CSR COMPACT DISC stamped in matrix) SUBQ Chiemi Hori - Best/ ~Umareta toki kara~ (1985, Canyon D50A0059)Both CSRx3 matrixes D50A-0059-1 11 +++++ and D50A-0059-2 11 +++++ TOC Clannad - Legend - RCA PD70188 - Made in W. Germany Coil - Horse Rotorvator (ROTA CD1) Count Basie- Basie in Europe - Japan for Japan, LRC C38-7481, Denon press, PE in Subcode not TOC. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras, "Janáček Glagolitic Mass", 33C37-7448, C37-7448 | 1A8 5Z matrix (SUB Q) The Cramps - A Date With Elvis Dan Fogelberg - Souvenirs - Full Moon/Epic EK 33137 - Made in Japan - matrix DIDP-20045 21A1 +++++ Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix - Full Moon/Epic EK 35634 - Made in Japan - Manufactured by CBS/Sony Records, Inc. in clear hub - matrix DIDP 20037 21A2 Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix - Full Moon/Epic EK 35634 / DIDP 020037 - Manufactured In U.S.A. / Matrix DIDP 20037 12 Deep Purple - Machine Head EMI UK CDP 7 46242 2 Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again W.German Mute INT. 846.807, Dark Stripe Silver Hub-Matrix INT 846807 2893 285 02 (SUB Q) The Digital Domain: A Demonstration - Elektra 9 60303-2 - some tracks Dire Straits - Alchemy - 818 244-2 and 818 245-2 Dire Straits - Alchemy Part One; 25102-2 (from 2-disc set 9 25085-2);Part Two (the second disc) from the same set does not have pre-emphasis. Dire Straits - Alchemy (both parts) Made in W.Germany / red swirl - matrix 818 245-2 05 and 818 244-2 06+ TOC Dire Straits - Alchemy Silver Red Target West German #02 #01 818-244-2 Both Discs SUB Earth, Wind & Fire - Powerlight - CBS/Sony 35DP 44 Earth, Wind & Fire - Raise! - 35DP 15 Earth, Wind & Fire, Raise!, CBS CDCBS 85272, Made in Japan for Europe, 35DP-15 in matrix Earth, Wind & Fire. Powerlight, CBS CDCBS 25120, Made in Japan for Europe, 35DP-44 in matrix Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery - 35DP 24 / Austria, epic 450083 2/ JET-500 11 / Jet ZK 35769 Japan Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery- Austria "Two Originals" Fatboy box - JET200 in the matrix TOC Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery Japan For US 35DP ZK35769 SUB Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages - 35DP 72 / ZK38490 Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages - DADC Austria Blue Stripe Epic 462487 2 JET-527 Matrix (TOC) For Secret Messages, all Pre-Remaster pressings carry it except fot the Japan CSCS Frida - Shine POLCD 390 Eikichi Yazawa - Yazawa (first released 1981 on LP, this is first CD issue - Warner-Pioneer 32XL-97, from 1985, matrix 32XL-97 11A6 +++++) SUBQ A Flock Of Seagulls - S/T - Jive/RCA US 1007-2-J Gazebo - Gazebo (Self Titled) 35DP 135 Genesis - Genesis(S/T) WG Target and Vertigo 800 series CD's Genesis, "Genesis", Virgin/Charisma, GEN CD1, 814 287-2 01 matrix (SUB Q) Genesis - "Land of Confusion" single - Virgin SNEG 3 12 Gershwin Live! [MK 37277; 35DP-57; CSR Japan for US] -- Michael Tilson Thomas; Sarah Vaughan; Los Angeles Philharmonic 35DP-57 11A5 SUB Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours II - ZYX 20714-2 Go-Go's - Talk Show - 35DP 146 Go-Go's - Talk Show Japan CSCS 6047 Holst: The Planets London Symphony / Geoffrey Simon LaserLight Tracks 1-7 TOC Huguette Dreyfus - Bach: Works For Harpsicord (38C37-7233) [1984] The Human League - Dare - Virgin CDV 2192 - UK The Jacksons - Destiny - EK35552 The Jacksons - Triumph - CDEPC 86112 (CSR Japan-for-Europe) / EK36424 ("Now Made In The USA") Japan – Tin Drum - 32VD-1016 & VJCP-23056 (1991 Japanese reissue) John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia - Friday Night In San Francisco - 35DP-9 / matrix: 35DP-9-2 1A2 “Gold-Face” pressing Harry James - The King James Version - Sheffield Labs CD 3, disc made in Japan by JVC. Harry Nilsson - Harry Nilsson's Greatest Hits - RCA PD 89081 - Made in Japan for Europe Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) A&M Records 38XB-6, 1st Japanese pressing with partial black design CSR. SUBQ Howard Jones - Human's Lib - Elektra 9 60346-2/WEA 2 40335-2 - Japan for US (TOC) Howard Jones - Human's Lib -W.German Target #01 (SUB Q) Huguette Dreyfus - Scarlatti: 14 Sonatas (Denon 38C37-7095, Japan) [1984] I Solisti Italiani - Vivaldi: 12 Concerti, Op. 7 (COCO-70777/8) [1992; 2005 reissue] - PE flag in disc TOC / track subcode I Solisti Italiani - Vivaldi: 12 Concerti, Op. 9 'La Cetra' (COCO-70834/5) [1993; 2006 reissue] - PE flag in disc TOC / track subcode I Solisti Italiani - Vivaldi: 6 Concerti, Op. 12 (COCO-70897) [1994; 2007 reissue] - PE flag in disc TOC / track subcode Ivan Moravec-Schumann Concerto, Franck Symphonic Variations Supraphon 11 0650-2 011 Ivan Moravec-Chopin Preludes Op. 28, Ballade in F Minor Supraphon 11 0630-2 011 Jean-Michel Jarre – Zoolook - Polydor 823 763-2 Jeff Beck - There And Back - 35·8P-5 Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery - CDP 32 1082-2 Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast - CCD 1380 Jethro Tull - This Was - CDP 32 1041 2 / Chrysalis CCD-1041 - Matrix "CCD-1041 MASTERED BY NIMBUS" Jethro Tull - Under Wraps - Chrysalis 610 203 made in West-Germany (1984) Joan Baez - Live Europe 83: Children of the Eighties - Ariola 610 186_880 - Made in Japan Journey - Escape - 35DP 6 / CBS CK37408, matrix DIDP 050006 Journey - Frontiers - CBS CK38504 DIDP50045 Journey - Frontiers -US DADC Stamp (TOC) Journey - Frontiers (JP edition 35DP 45) matrix: 35DP-45 71A5 +++++, 3x CSR COMPACT DISC stamped in hub) SUBQ Journey - Frontiers Japan Sony (SRCS 6270), 1993 "Nice Price" Line John McLaughlin - Devotion CD made in Switzerland by I.C.M. Julio Iglesias - America - CBS CDCBS 82846 - Made in Japan Karla Bonoff - Wild Heart Of The Young (1982) CBS/Sony 35DP-26 1st Japanese Gold-Face pressing (SUB Q) Kaoru Sudo - Tear-Drops Calendar (1985, CBS/Sony, 32DH 193, matrix 32DH-193 11A2 +++++, 3x CSR COMPACT DISC stamped in hub)SUBQ Kazumi Watanabe "Lonesome Cat" 1978 - CD reissue from November 1982 - 38C38-7017.C-38-7017 2A2-52 3 (SUB Q) Kenny Loggins - High Adventure - CBS CK 38127 - Made in Japan - Matrix 35DP-40 21B3 MANUFACTURED BY CBS/SONY RECORDS Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity - CP35-3018 & CP21-6067 Kikuchi Momoko - Ocean Side (VAP 80003-35, 1984, matrix VAP-80003 1A4-53, so pressed in 1985) SUB Kitaro - Silver Cloud - Geffen 24086-2 - Mfg. by the Victor Company of Japan Kitaro - Silk Road - Canyon P-3001 Kitaro - Silk Road II - Canyon P-3003 Kitaro - Ki - Canyon P-3006 Kitaro - In Person - Canyon P-3004 Kitaro - Oasis - Canyon P-3002 Kitaro - Tunhuang - Canyon P-3005 Kitaro - Best Selection - Canyon D33R0013 - Made in Japan Klaus Schulze: Irrlicht (AVI CD) Kubelik / Bruckner - Bruckner Symphony 4 - CBS/Sony FDCA-325 81 +++++ CSR on inner hub) Kubelik - Mozart - Symphonies 38 and 39 - 38DC 4 Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story OST CDCBS 70006 (matrix 35DP-59 41A7 +++++) SUB Leo Kottke - A Shout Towards Noon - Private/RCA 2007-2-P (32XB-86 2A3 TO in matrix) - Made in Japan Lionel Richie - S/T - Mowtown MCD06007MD - Made in Japan Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie (S/T) Mowtown MCD06007MD - Made in Germany (SUB Q) Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (US Motown) Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (Motown MCD 06059MD Japan for U.S. CD) Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (Motown MCD06059MD - matrix MCD06059MD S8A18D - Made in U.S.A. on CD) TOC Loverboy - Keep It Up 35.8P -27 SUB Maazel - Cleveland Orchestra - Tchaikosvky No. 5 - CBS - 38DC-7 and Europan/American versions with 38DC-7 in hub ring area Maazel - Wagner - Overtures mk 38699 Maazel - Gaite Parisienne - 35DC 52 Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire - American Gramophone AGCD-355 - Made in Japan Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire II - American Gramaphone AGCD-359 - Made in Japan Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire III - American Gramaphone AGCD-365 - Made in Japan Marillion - Real To Reel - early WG CD Marsalis - Marsalis CK 37574 & CDCBS 85404 J for E 35P-33 151A3 +++++ Marsalis - Think of One 35DP-75 & Japan for US - CBS CK 38641 Mark Knopfler - Cal - Vertigo 822 769-2 Masters of Classical Music, Vol. 2: Johann Sebastian Bach (Laserlight 15 802) tracks 5,6,10,14 Masaki Ueda - Songs (35DH 67, CBS/Sony, 1983, matrix 35DH-67 21A4 +++++, CSR stamped in hub) Masaki Ueda - After Midnight (1990 CBS/Sony CSCL 1229) [first issued on CD in 1983 - cat/no 35DH-42) flagged in TOC Matthew Wilder I DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE Japan for USA (has 35DP-136 matrix code) ZK 39112 Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson - Pancho & Lefty - Epic EK 37958 - DIDP 20085 Men At Work - Business As Usual - 35·8P-15 Men At Work - Cargo - CK 38660 (U.S), 35 8P-16 & CBS 461023 2 Austria (all have PE) Mercyful Fate - Melissa RRD9898 TOC Michael Jackson - Off the Wall - Epic/Sony Records ESCA 5407 & 32.8P-233 made in Japan (SUB Q) Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1982 Epic/CBS CDEPC 85930 (DI8P-11); matrix: 35 8P-11 111A2 +++++ Miles Davis - Agharta - 50DP 237~8 Miles Davis - Pangaea - 50DP 239~40 Miles Davis - the later 50DP 7xx series Miles Davis do not have PE Miles Davis - The Man With The Horn - 35DP 16 Miles Davis - Star People - 35DP 55 Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess - CBS/Sony 35DP 61 Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Columbia CK 08163 / 35DP 62 does not have PE Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain - Columbia CK 08271 / 35DP 63 Miles Davis - Someday My Prince WIll Come - 35DP 64 Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine - CBS/Sony 35DP 65 Miles Davis - Four and More - 35DP 66 Miles Davis - Miles in Tokyo - CBS/Sony 35DP 67 Miles Davis - Miles in Berlin - CBS/Sony 35DP 68 Miles Davis - E.S.P. - CBS/Sony 35DP 69 Miles Davis - In a Silent Way - CBS/Sony 35DP 70 does not have PE Miles Davis - Decoy - 35DP 170 does not have PE Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells - WG CDV 2001 and Japan VJD-23001 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 32VD-1010, Japanese “Black Triangle” Matrix:32VD-1010 11+++++ (Sony) Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells US BMG Club Murray Perahia - Mozart - Piano Concertos 17 & 18 - CBS made in Japan by CSR MK 36686 DIDC 50051 Murray Perahia - Mozart - Piano Concertos 15 & 16 - CBS digital made in USA on inner ring MK 37824 DIDC 20025 Murray Perahia - Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 26, K.537, 'Coronation' - CBS digital MK 39224 DIDC 20031 Naoko Kawai - Summer Delicacy (Denon 35C31-7187, 1984, matrix C-31-7187 2A1-47) SUB Nena - 99 Luftballoons - Epic EK39294 - Manufactured in Japan. Matrix 35 8P-42 11A1 Nena - 99 Luftballoons - Epic EK39294 DI8P 050042 Japan For US New Order - Low Life -FACD 100 - Nimbus UK / Japan for UK (SUB Q) New Order - Low Life Australia Disctronics (TOC) New York Philharmonic - Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 - Zubin Mehta -CBS Masterworks MK 35883 UPC: 07464358832 - DIDC 50002 51A1 Neil Diamond - 12 Greatest Hits, Volume II - CK 38068 Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks - Everybody's Rockin' - Geffen 4013-2 - W. Germany target SUB Nick Lowe - Pinker And Prouder Than Previous (1988 Demon Records, UK; FIEND CD 99) Norma Procter (contralto)/LSO/Jascha Horenstein -Mahler: Symphony 3 - 2CD, Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2006/7 Oceans - Ridin' The Tide 1989 CDJ 697 (matrix MADE BY DISCTRONICS (H) W.O. 12888-1 CDJ697 TOC Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark- Architecture & Morality, CDID12 (as well as part of the UK Virgin box of three OMD titles) Parachute - Colours (D35R0002, Agharta (Canyon Records), 1982.11, matrix D35R-0002 11A2 +++++ Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace - CDP 7 46018 2 (Made in Japan) Paul McCartney - Give my Regards to Broadstreet - CDP 7 46018 2 / Columbia CK39613 (Made in Japan, 18 tracks) Paul McCartney - Give My Regards to Broad Street - Parlophone CDP 7 46043 2 - Made in UK - 15 tracks. Paul McCartney - Tug of War - CP35-3001 Japanese black triangle (not black face or Japan->US) Paul McCartney - Tug of War -TOCP-7952, Made in Japan. (another number on the disc: PCTC-259-AB (TOC) Pet Shop Boys - Please - US CDP-546271 and CDP 7 46271 2 / CP32-5131 (All Pre-Remaster editions carry it except for the later Japan TOCP) Philip Bailey - Chinese Wall - Columbia CK39542 USA/US DADC (TOC) Philip Glass - Dancepieces - CBS Masterworks MK 39539 - US DADC pressing Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 35DP 4 - 2 tracks Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - CP35-3017 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - US Toshiba TO J SUB Q Pink Floyd - The Wall - 50DP 361~2 / CK2 and related masterings Pink Floyd - The Final Cut - 35DP 53 Police - Synchronicity - 38XB-2 (10 track) The 11-track 38XB-2 does not have PE Projazz label sampler from 1989 - "Cool Jazz, Hot Summer 2" (CDX 009) US Discovery Systems TOC Quarterflash - S/T - Japanese target pressing. Quarterflash - S/T (1981) CBS/Sony 35DP-27, 1st Japanese (1982) Gold-Face pressing SUBQ Quincy Jones - The Dude {A&M Records 38XB-1}, matrix: 38XB-1 11 “MANUFACTURED BY CBS/SONY RECORDS INC.”, partial black face SUB REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity - 35·8P-4 Reimy - Pansy (1985, Columbia, 33C31-7518, matrix C31-7518 1A4 55) SUBQ Reimy - Reimy (C31-7163 2A1 55 X) Cat/no 35C31-7163, label Denon SUB Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness (Hannibal HNCD 1313) Ricky Skaggs - Highways & Heartaches - Epic EK 37996 - Made in Japan Robert Fripp / The League of Gentlemen - God Save The King, Editions EG EEGCD 9 Discovery Systems Roger Waters - Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking - 35DP 149 Dutch EMI/Harvest (CDP 7 46029 2) / US Columbia/CBS (CK 39290) Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache - Columbia CK 36965 / Matrix: 1A CK36965 02 / Inner Ring: CMU P 49 TOC Including the US DADC Pressing The Romantics - In Heat - Nemperor ZK 38880 (35DP matrix) / also US DADC Sadao Watanabe - Maisha (1985, 32XD-4, Warner-Pioneer, matrix 32XD-4 11A8 +++++) target TOC Silvio Rodríguez - Al Final de Este Viaje Saga - Heads or Tales - Bon Aire 258 477 / Polydor 815 410-2 Saga - Heads or Tales - Portrait RK 38999 - Japan - tracks 5-9 only Santana - Shango - 35DP 23 Santana - Shango from the 2009 Original Album Classics Set Santana - Havana Moon - CBS/Sony 35DP 56 Santana - Abraxas - 35DP 58 Santana - Abraxas - 35DP 58 neat font matrix 35DP-58 21A1 +++++ TOC Santana - Beyond Appearances - CK39527 Santana - Beyond Appearances, (2007 BMG reissue) Pre Carried onto the later release Seiko Matsuda - TOWN (1984 compilation, this is HK edition CJD 3009) TOC Seiko Matsuda - North Wind (35DH 69) 35DH-69 11A5 +++++ SUB Seiko Matsuda - Utopia (CSCL 1271)c/n 38DH 39 Matrix DSA-522 8 + ++ ++++++++. TOC Seiko Matsuda - Index (1982) CBS/Sony 35DH 14 matrix 35DH-14-5 1A1 (neat font, not crude), "MANUFACTURED BY CBS/SONY RECORDS INC." SUB Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Japan Virgin 32VD-1011 ("black triangle") She's Having a Baby - OST Simon & Garfunkel - The Simon And Garfunkel Collection - 35DP 13 and CDCBS 24005 DADC Austria TOC Simon & Garfunkel - Collection 32DP 287 Matrix: 32DP-287 71A11 +++++ has pre-emphasis Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - CBS/Sony 35DP-14, Matrix: 35DP-14 1 1B4 “Gold-Face” pressing Smetana Quartet - W.A. Mozart: 2 String Quartets, KV 458 "Hunt" & KV 421 (COCO-70792) [1982; 2005 reissue] Streetheart-Streetheart Canada pressing catalog #S21 53010 The Jacksons - Triumph - CDEPC 86112 (CSR Japan-for-Europe) / EK36424 ("Now Made In The USA") 32.8P-181 TOC The Moody Blues - The Moody Blues Collection - Castle Communications CCSCD 105 - Made in England The Move - The Collection [Castle Communications CCSCD 135] SUB The Mystic Moods / Renée Hamaty: Stormy Memories - Bainbridge BCD-6284 The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow - 32JC-129 (Japan CSR) The Smiths - The Smiths 35JC-102 SUBQ The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (1985) Tokuma Japan 32JC-108 1st Japanese pressing S.Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe - Aqua City 1983 (VAP 80001-35, 1984 first CD edition) SUB Sugiyama Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe - Never Ending Summer (1984, Vap, 80006, matrix VAP-80006 2A2 92) SUBQ SUK Trio-Dvorak Trio #4 Denon Japan 1983 (SUB Q) Survivor - Eye of the Tiger - Japan Canyon D32Y0039 Survivor - Eye of the Tiger - Scotti Brothers ZK 38062 - Made in USA - early with no check digit on barcode Survivor - Vital Signs - Japan Canyon D32Y0014 Third World - You've Got The Power (1982) CBS/Sony 35DP-36 1st Japanese Gold-Face pressing.35DP-36-1 1A2 (SUB Q) T Bone Burnett - T Bone Burnett (1986 Dot/MCA Records MCAD-5809) Talich/Czech PO-Dvorak Slavonic Dances Supraphon 11 0647-2 011 Tangerine Dream - Exit - Virgin CDV 2212 DIDZ 10089 - Made in Japan by Sony ["3XCSR"] ["Blue Face"] TOC Tangerine Dream Exit: CDV 2212 : (2 dot) Nimbus England Tangerine Dream - Exit - Virgin CDV 2212 - Made in UK by Nimbus TOC Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents - MCAD-5486 (JVC Japan-for-USA) Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents -US DIDX IFPI SUB Toto - Turn Back - 35DP 5 (including “collection box” set) Toto - IV - 35DP 12 (including “collection box” set) Toto - IV 450088 2 (CDCBS-85529 41 D14 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA) PE flags in TOC Toto - IV CDCBS 85529 (matrix 35DP-12 131A11 +++++) SUBQ Toto - Hydra - 35DP 42 Toto - Isolation - Japan for Europe - CDCBS 86305 Toto - Isolation - Japan CBS/Sony 32DP 181 Toto - Turn Back (CK36813, matrix DIDP-050005 2 + ++ +++++) USA made, DADC logo stamped in hub TOC Tsukasa Itoh - Tsukasa 1983 Japan Record 35JC-5, matrix 35JC-5 41A9 +++++ SUB Ultravox - Vienna / CCD 1296 (UK Chrysalis) Vangelis - Opera Sauvage (European CD, possibly the same one still in print now) Vangelis - L'Apocalypse des Animaux - Polydor 831 503-2 Various Artists - More Adventures in Modern Sound - WEA 240 568-2 (just track 6, What is Love by Howard Jones) Various Artists - Annie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982) CBS/Sony 35DP-37 1st Japanese Gold-Face pressing (SUB Q) Various Artists - Burning Ambitions [A History Of Punk] Cherry Red : CD DRED 3 (TOC) Velvet Underground - VU Walter Bishop-Milestones Black Lion Records West Germany Weather Report - 8:30 - 50DP 133~4 Weather Report - Night Passage 35DP 8 35DP-8-2 1A7 crude font SUB Weather Report - S/T 35DP 29 Sony Japan 35DP-29 21C2 +++++ neat font SUB Whitney Houston - S/T ARC8212 2A1 5V Japan For US SUB Whitney Houston - S/T 32RD-1 [JVC Japan; 32RD - 31 - T2E05 thin font] Whitney Houston - S/T ARCD 8212 [Denon Japan for US; ARCD-8212 2A8 61 dot matrix] Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind - CBS CK 37951 - Early DADC pressing Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind - CBS/Sony 35DP 28 Japan for Japan Willie Nelson - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - CBS/Sony 35DP 121 Japan for Japan XTC - Big Express CDV2325 - PDO UK pressed 501298123528 19801011 06 Yellowman - Rambo - Moving Target MT 003 D - Made in Switzerland Yuji Toriyama - A Taste Of Paradise (1995 bounce-0007, originally issued in 1985 (cat/no D32Y0017), so most likely original issue had PE too) TOC
Btw: So far as I know, all of the early Sheffield Labs CD releases had preemphasis, not just Harry James. At least I can confirm for certain that the original 1984 version of James Newton Howard and Friends has it.
Has anyone actually confirmed this has PE? It’s hard to believe, since the first PolyGram-made CD doesn't have it (which I did just confirm).
I think I now have the same or variant of (Blue Faced 01% matrix) as the disc has ‘made in U.K.’ under ‘CDID 12 Stereo’, the de-emph values you posted now match this disc and EAC v1.3 flags also, which the EMI Swindon did not.
OMD-Architecture & Morality CDID12 WG Silver #01 No- 'Printed In West Germany By Neef' Tag located in the SUB-Q channel, slightly different peaks than the UK CDID12 Analyzed: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark / Architecture & Morality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR11 -2.17 dB -16.29 dB 3:20 01-The New Stone Age DR12 -2.64 dB -16.78 dB 3:29 02-She's Leaving DR13 -2.52 dB -18.99 dB 3:38 03-Souvenir DR13 -3.77 dB -22.61 dB 7:45 04-Sealand DR13 -2.12 dB -18.83 dB 3:50 05-Joan of Arc DR13 -2.13 dB -18.99 dB 4:13 06-Joan of Arc (Maid Of Orleans) DR16 -1.19 dB -23.71 dB 3:41 07-Architecture and Morality DR14 -1.23 dB -18.20 dB 3:22 08-Georgia DR12 -4.06 dB -20.81 dB 3:44 09-The Beginning and The End -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 9 Official DR value: DR13
Ah my mistake, here are the values for the Blue Face with ‘Made in U.K’ (though probably German) Matrix: CDID12 100311 01% DR11......-2.17 dB......-16.29 dB.....3:20 DR12......-2.64 dB......-16.78 dB.....3:29 DR13......-2.52 dB......-18.99 dB.....3:38 DR13......-3.77 dB......-22.61 dB.....7:45 DR13......-2.12 dB......-18.83 dB.....3:50 DR13......-2.13 dB......-18.99 dB.....4:13 DR16......-1.19 dB......-23.71 dB.....3:41 DR14......-1.23 dB......-18.20 dB.....3:22 DR12......-4.06 dB......-20.81 dB.....3:44 Edit - Image link; https://i.imgur.com/ocmGg5V.jpg These are the values for the EMI Swindon which does not have any flags for pre-emphasis (TOC or Sub) Matrix: 786484 3-3-1 EMI Swindon (3-1 etched) DR11......-2.29 dB......-16.39 dB.....3:20 DR12......-2.69 dB......-16.88 dB.....3:29 DR13......-2.63 dB......-19.08 dB.....3:38 DR13......-3.88 dB......-22.71 dB.....7:45 DR13......-2.18 dB......-18.93 dB.....3:50 DR13......-2.23 dB......-19.09 dB.....4:13 DR16......-1.30 dB......-23.81 dB.....3:41 DR14......-1.34 dB......-18.30 dB.....3:22 DR12......-4.13 dB......-20.90 dB.....3:45 Always wondered why A&M sounded a poor relation to Organisation now it is clear why, for me this could also have implications for ‘Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’ also.
Thanks. I don't think any S/T has PE, it was released on compact disc at a way later date. Interesting on that Swindon. Does it sound as if the EQ is corrected? I have a later US EMI JAX with the EQ added, but the DR is way lower.
Can any of you guys verify Billy Joel-The Stranger as having PE Going only by the DR database there are an awful lot of DR-15's and a 35DP 2 submitted here and at the database. The DR database entry for the Japan matches my US DIDP, which does not have PE. Here's my levels- Analyzed: Billy Joel / The Stranger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR13 -2.59 dB -18.01 dB 3:32 01-Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) DR13 -3.16 dB -19.68 dB 5:13 02-The Stranger DR14 -3.28 dB -20.17 dB 4:53 03-Just the Way You Are DR13 -2.43 dB -18.83 dB 7:39 04-Scenes from an Italian Restaurant DR13 -2.51 dB -19.60 dB 3:36 05-Vienna DR14 -1.24 dB -17.45 dB 3:57 06-Only the Good Die Young DR11 -5.58 dB -19.35 dB 3:23 07-She's Always a Woman DR13 -2.12 dB -16.51 dB 3:57 08-Get It Right the First Time DR13 -2.28 dB -20.12 dB 6:38 09-Everybody Has a Dream -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 9 Official DR value: DR13
For "The Stranger," two 35DP matrix masterings exist: 1. gold face with pre-emphasis 2. aluminum without pre-emphasis This extends to 35DP matrix CSR Japan for US pressings, varying on a stamper code basis. I have both masterings in CSR Japan for US. The second mastering also carries over to DADC. AJ
Thanks appreciated AJ , it look likes quite a few US manufactured discs ended up carrying pre-emphasis. Mine without pre that carries #2 is a pre ifpi 050002, obviously a re-issue, but I see a later 98 with pre listed as well BC 074646938423 My BC is 0-7464-34987-2, carries the carried over artwork 'manufactured in Japan'
For everyone's perusal, I just uploaded "The Stranger" 35DP mastering with pre-emphasis to the DR Database: Album details - Dynamic Range Database Any other pressings with pre-emphasis will share the same raw peak and RMS levels. If not, no pre-emphasis. And I do not believe that any US pressings do. A third digital mastering, the second without pre-emphasis, from the mid 1980s also exists. It appeared on some Denon Japan for US overflow pressings, CMU P pressings, probably others, too. AJ
No, it is legit -- it is the second of the two 35DP matrix masterings, the one without pre-emphasis. See again my original reply: That preexisting entry also matches my CSR Japan for US 35DP matrix mastering without pre-emphasis: Code: Analyzed: Billy Joel / The Stranger [CK 34987; 35DP-2 101A1 +++++; CSR Japan for US, 1982] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR13 -2.59 dB -18.01 dB 3:32 01-Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) DR13 -3.16 dB -19.67 dB 5:13 02-The Stranger DR14 -3.28 dB -20.17 dB 4:53 03-Just The Way You Are DR13 -2.43 dB -18.83 dB 7:39 04-Scenes From An Italian Restaurant DR13 -2.51 dB -19.60 dB 3:36 05-Vienna DR14 -1.24 dB -17.45 dB 3:57 06-Only The Good Die Young DR11 -5.58 dB -19.35 dB 3:23 07-She's Always A Woman DR13 -2.12 dB -16.51 dB 3:57 08-Get It Right The First Time DR13 -2.28 dB -20.12 dB 6:38 09-Everybody Has A Dream AJ