I was just able to confirm that this is Barry Diament's mastering. I have added it to the list. Thanks!
Update AC/DC High Voltage AC/DC Let There Be Rock? (Barry is unsure if he did this one) AC/DC If You Want Blood You've Got It AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap AC/DC Highway To Hell AC/DC Back In Black* AC/DC For Those About To Rock* AC/DC Who Made Who Bad Company Bad Company* Bad Company Straight Shooter Bad Company 10 From 6 Bad Company Run With the Pack Bad Company Burnin' Sky (?) Bad Company Desolation Angels (?) Bad Company Rough Diamonds (?) Baker, Anita Rapture Beaudry, Paul and Pathways Americas* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats Bellvue Cadillac Black and White* Blues Brothers, The Briefcase Full of Blues Bolin, Tommy The Ultimate Brickell, Edie (& New Bohemians) Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars* Browne, Jackson Lives In The Balance Browne, Jackson Lawyers In Love Bullock, Hiram From All Sides (?) Cage, John (& The Arditti Quartet) The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1* Call, The Reconciled Chic C'est Chic (?) Coasters, The The Ultimate Coasters* Warner Special Products 9 27604-2 Collins, Phil Face Value* Collins, Phil Hello I Must Be Going* Collins, Phil No Jacket Required Cowboy Mouth Word of Mouth* Croce, Jim Photographs And Memories* Crosby Stills & Nash S/T "Couch" Atlantic 19117-2 Crosby Stills Nash & Young Déjà vu Atlantic 19118-2 Crosby Stills Nash & Young So Far Atlantic 19119-2 C.S. Angels Chasing Shadows Atlantic Cult, The Electric (?) Cure, The The Head On The Door Danzig S/T Darin, Bobby The Ultimate Bobby Darin* Warner Special Products 9 27606-2 Dokken Under Lock And Key Dokken Breaking The Chains Dream Command Fire On The Moon Dr. John I did *something* Dr. John. (Great guy too!) - BD Eagles S/T Eagles Desperado Eagles The Long Run Eagles Their Greatest Hits* Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 Emerson Lake & Palmer S/T Emerson Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery Enya Watermark* (original and reissue with added tracks) Eubanks, Kevin Sundance Firm, The S/T Firm, The Mean Business Flack, Roberta Killing Me Softly Foreigner Double Vision Foreigner Head Games Foreigner 4 Foreigner Agent Provocateur Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasure Dome Franklin, Aretha best of (?) Genesis A Trick Of The Tail 32VD-1023 (see bottom of page) Genesis Duke Genesis Abacab Genesis Three Sides Live (US version with "Paperlate") Genesis S/T Georgia Satellites, The S/T Guns’N’Roses Appetite For Destruction* Guns’N’Roses G 'N' R Lies* Hanoi Rocks Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks Geffen/Uzi Suicide Hanoi Rocks Back To Mystery City Geffen/Uzi Suicide Hanoi Rocks Self Destruction Blues Geffen/Uzi Suicide Hanoi Rocks Oriental Beat Geffen/Uzi Suicide Helldorado Sinful Soul* Hex Hex* INXS Listen Like Thieves J. Geils Band, The Best Of The J. Geils Band Jones, Grace Island Life Island 90491-2 Jones, Howard One To One Jones, Howard Dream Into Action Keeler Autofocus Keene, Tommy Based On Happy Times* Kershaw, Rusty Now and Then* Kitaro The Light Of The Spirit* KMFDM Glory Led Zeppelin I Atlantic 240031 Led Zeppelin II Atlantic 240037 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same Led Zeppelin Presence Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door Led Zeppelin Coda Marley, Bob Catch A Fire Tuff Gong 422-846 201-2 Marley, Bob Burnin'* Tuff Gong 422-846 200-2 Marley, Bob Natty Dread* Tuff Gong 422-846 204-2 Marley, Bob Live!* Tuff Gong 422-846 203-2 Marley, Bob Rastaman Vibration* Tuff Gong 422-846 205-2 Marley, Bob Exodus * Tuff Gong 422-846 208-2 Marley, Bob Bob Marley - Kaya* Tuff Gong 422-846 209-2 Marley, Bob Babylon By Bus* Tuff Gong 422-846 197-2 Marley, Bob Survival* Tuff Gong 422-846 202-2 Marley, Bob Uprising* Tuff Gong 422-846 211-2 Marley, Bob Confrontation* Tuff Gong 422-846 207-2 Marley, Bob Legend* Tuff Gong 846 210-2 Marley, Bob Rebel Music* Meatloaf Blind Before I Stop* Mike + the Mechanics S/T Mike + the Mechanics Living Years Mötley Crüe Too Fast For Love Nash, Graham Innocent Days Atlantic 8122 79925 6 6 Manufactured in E.U. (?) Neville, Ivan Thanks* Nicholson, Gary The Sky's Not The Limit* Nicks, Stevie Bella Donna Nicks, Stevie The Wild Heart Nicks, Stevie Rock a Little Modern 7 90479-2 Nico The Marbel Index* Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine* Nu Shooz Poolside Nugent, Ted Little Miss Dangerous* Of Cabbages And Kings Hunter's Moon* Of Cabbages And Kings Never Too Late* Onyan Art Reagge Rock* Orr, Benjamin The Lace Palmer, Robert Pressure Drop Palmer, Robert Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley Palmer, Robert Pride Palmer, Robert Riptide Peacock, David Thomas Grim Determination Meets the Fields of Sorrow* Plant, Robert Pictures At Eleven Swan Song SS 8512-2 Plant, Robert The Principle Of Moments Rascals, The Ultimate Rascals* Warner Special Products 9 27605-2 this one Ratt Dancing Undercover Redding, Otis Ultimate Otis Redding* Warner Special Products 9 27608-2 Rock City Angels Young Man's Blues Ronstadt, Linda Simple Dreams Ronstadt, Linda What's New Ronstadt, Linda Lush Life Ronstadt, Linda For Sentimental Reasons Salty Dog Every Dog Has It's Day Schwartz, Markus (& Lakou Brooklyn) Equinox* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats Simply Red Picture Book Simply Red Men And Women Simply Red A New Flame Simply Red Stars Simply Red "You've Got It" CD single* (four songs total including a live "Holding Back the Years" and "I Wish") Slayer South Of Heaven* Slayer Reign in Blood* Stacey Q Better Than Heaven Subdudes Lucky* Sun And The Moon, The Sun And The Moon* Terenzi, Dr. Fiorella Music From The Galaxies* Tesla The Great Radio Controversy Townshend, Pete Psychoderelict* (several versions for Atlantic including original censored dialog and cassette!) Townshend, Pete White City* Townshend, Pete Deep End Live Townshend, Pete Scoop* Townshend, Pete Another Scoop* Twisted Sister Come Out and Play (?) U2 Boy U2 October U2 War U2 Under A Blood Red Sky Underworld Born Slippy* Vitelli, Jason No Photographs* Vitelli, Jason Confluence* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats Work Of Art Lift* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats Work Of Art Simplicity* Sword in the Stone Records - All Formats Work Of Art Waves* Sword in the Stone Records - All Formats Yes The Yes Album Atlantic 19131-2 Yes Fragile Yes Close To The Edge Atlantic 19133-2 Yes Drama Atlantic 16019-2 Yes Tormato Yes Classic Yes Zebra 3.V Atlantic 7 81692-2 Zevon, Warren A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon* Various artists Atlantic Soul Classics Warner Special Products 9-27601-2 Various artists Superstars in Digital Warner Special Products 9 27600-2 - "possibly" Various artists Stand By Me (soundtrack) Various artists Woodstock - Music From The Original Soundtrack And More ---------------------------------------------------- CDs NOT mastered by Barry Diament Foreigner - Foreigner Yes - Yessongs ---------------------------------------------------- *From the original master tapes -- AC/DC Back In Black is "perhaps" and Eagles Greatest Hits is "I *think*... but analog 'best of's were usually created by copying from the originals and assembling the copies into a new album so that would have been 1:1 from the originals..." - BD. Jim Croce: see above about "best of" compilations Genesis: "I did create CD masters for all --or almost all-- of the Genesis albums not long after I left Atlantic in the late '80s. Since I never received copies of pressings, I do not know if any of the masters I sent were ever used for CD production." - BD Led Zeppelin: "The difference is that most of the Zeps (with the exception of "In Through The Out Door" and "Coda" were from flat copies and not EQ'd Limited copies." - BD Genesis: "The Genesis (at least the ones I did when I was still at Atlantic, were mostly from EQ'd limited tapes but were to my ears, better done than the Nicks EQ'd limited tapes - and probably the mixes as well. (I hear the "cold edge" too - but would assign it a lower frequency than you did, perhaps around 5 - 8k.)" - BD AC/DC: "AC/DC's "Back In Black" and "For Those About To rock" were from untouched original mixes." - BD Bob Marley: "And all of the Marleys were from originals - no one's EQ or limiting for me to contend with." - BD
Can someone confirm that these are the peaks for BD's October: Track 1: 88.0 % Track 2: 82.4 % Track 3: 76.5 % Track 4: 88.1 % Track 5: 84.8 % Track 6: 87.0 % Track 7: 59.5 % Track 8: 83.1 % Track 9: 80.3 % Track 10: 69.8 % Track 11: 88.0 %
I have an October Island (BMG) 90092-2, D 114632; Matrix 9 114632-2 SRC=01 M2S1; SRC G4 (Sep 1990-Apr 1993) also with EAC: 88.0 / 82.4 / 76.5 / 88.1 / 84.8 / 87.0 / 59.5 / 83.1 / 80.3 / 69.8 / 88.0 with the Barry Diament mastering credit in the booklet.
I'd like to add another CD to the list, George Duke -- George Duke to Diament's work. Details below: George Duke 1986 - George Duke [CD][1986 Elektra {Barry Diament}][SRC G1] Catalog No.: 9 60480-2 Pressing: SRC G1 (Sep 1986-Jul 1987) Mastered By: Barry Diament, Atlantic Studios EAC: 98.4 / 66.9 / 89.3 / 54.1 / 100.0 / 82.7 / 83.3 / 88.3 / 85.4 / 73.5 Matrix / Runout: 60480-2 SRC-01 Hub logo: none Label Country: MADE IN U.S.A. BY WEA MANUFACTURING INC. (radial at 6 o'clock) Label Series: SRC G1; Warner by WEA; Warner rings Thank you.
Update AC/DC High Voltage AC/DC Let There Be Rock? (Barry is unsure if he did this one) AC/DC If You Want Blood You've Got It AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap AC/DC Highway To Hell AC/DC Back In Black* AC/DC For Those About To Rock* AC/DC Who Made Who Bad Company Bad Company* Bad Company Straight Shooter Bad Company 10 From 6 Bad Company Run With the Pack Bad Company Burnin' Sky (?) Bad Company Desolation Angels (?) Bad Company Rough Diamonds (?) Baker, Anita Rapture Beaudry, Paul and Pathways Americas* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats Bellvue Cadillac Black and White* Blues Brothers, The Briefcase Full of Blues Bolin, Tommy The Ultimate Brickell, Edie (& New Bohemians) Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars* Browne, Jackson Lives In The Balance Browne, Jackson Lawyers In Love Bullock, Hiram From All Sides (?) Cage, John (& The Arditti Quartet) The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1* Call, The Reconciled Chic C'est Chic (?) Coasters, The The Ultimate Coasters* Warner Special Products 9 27604-2 Collins, Phil Face Value* Collins, Phil Hello I Must Be Going* Collins, Phil No Jacket Required Cowboy Mouth Word of Mouth* Croce, Jim Photographs And Memories* Crosby Stills & Nash S/T "Couch" Atlantic 19117-2 Crosby Stills Nash & Young Déjà vu Atlantic 19118-2 Crosby Stills Nash & Young So Far Atlantic 19119-2 C.S. Angels Chasing Shadows Atlantic Cult, The Electric (?) Cure, The The Head On The Door Danzig S/T Darin, Bobby The Ultimate Bobby Darin* Warner Special Products 9 27606-2 Dokken Under Lock And Key Dokken Breaking The Chains Dream Command Fire On The Moon Dr. John I did *something* Dr. John. (Great guy too!) - BD Duke, George George Duke Atlantic 9 60480-2 Eagles S/T Eagles Desperado Eagles The Long Run Eagles Their Greatest Hits* Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 Emerson Lake & Palmer S/T Emerson Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery Enya Watermark* (original and reissue with added tracks) Eubanks, Kevin Sundance Firm, The S/T Firm, The Mean Business Flack, Roberta Killing Me Softly Foreigner Double Vision Foreigner Head Games Foreigner 4 Foreigner Agent Provocateur Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasure Dome Franklin, Aretha best of (?) Genesis A Trick Of The Tail 32VD-1023 (see bottom of page) Genesis Duke Genesis Abacab Genesis Three Sides Live (US version with "Paperlate") Genesis S/T Georgia Satellites, The S/T Guns’N’Roses Appetite For Destruction* Guns’N’Roses G 'N' R Lies* Hanoi Rocks Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks Geffen/Uzi Suicide Hanoi Rocks Back To Mystery City Geffen/Uzi Suicide Hanoi Rocks Self Destruction Blues Geffen/Uzi Suicide Hanoi Rocks Oriental Beat Geffen/Uzi Suicide Helldorado Sinful Soul* Hex Hex* INXS Listen Like Thieves J. Geils Band, The Best Of The J. Geils Band Jones, Grace Island Life Island 90491-2 Jones, Howard One To One Jones, Howard Dream Into Action Keeler Autofocus Keene, Tommy Based On Happy Times* Kershaw, Rusty Now and Then* Kitaro The Light Of The Spirit* KMFDM Glory Led Zeppelin I Atlantic 240031 Led Zeppelin II Atlantic 240037 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same Led Zeppelin Presence Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door Led Zeppelin Coda Marley, Bob Catch A Fire Tuff Gong 422-846 201-2 Marley, Bob Burnin'* Tuff Gong 422-846 200-2 Marley, Bob Natty Dread* Tuff Gong 422-846 204-2 Marley, Bob Live!* Tuff Gong 422-846 203-2 Marley, Bob Rastaman Vibration* Tuff Gong 422-846 205-2 Marley, Bob Exodus * Tuff Gong 422-846 208-2 Marley, Bob Bob Marley - Kaya* Tuff Gong 422-846 209-2 Marley, Bob Babylon By Bus* Tuff Gong 422-846 197-2 Marley, Bob Survival* Tuff Gong 422-846 202-2 Marley, Bob Uprising* Tuff Gong 422-846 211-2 Marley, Bob Confrontation* Tuff Gong 422-846 207-2 Marley, Bob Legend* Tuff Gong 846 210-2 Marley, Bob Rebel Music* Meatloaf Blind Before I Stop* Mike + the Mechanics S/T Mike + the Mechanics Living Years Mötley Crüe Too Fast For Love Nash, Graham Innocent Days Atlantic 8122 79925 6 6 Manufactured in E.U. (?) Neville, Ivan Thanks* Nicholson, Gary The Sky's Not The Limit* Nicks, Stevie Bella Donna Nicks, Stevie The Wild Heart Nicks, Stevie Rock a Little Modern 7 90479-2 Nico The Marbel Index* Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine* Nu Shooz Poolside Nugent, Ted Little Miss Dangerous* Of Cabbages And Kings Hunter's Moon* Of Cabbages And Kings Never Too Late* Onyan Art Reagge Rock* Orr, Benjamin The Lace Palmer, Robert Pressure Drop Palmer, Robert Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley Palmer, Robert Pride Palmer, Robert Riptide Peacock, David Thomas Grim Determination Meets the Fields of Sorrow* Plant, Robert Pictures At Eleven Swan Song SS 8512-2 Plant, Robert The Principle Of Moments Rascals, The Ultimate Rascals* Warner Special Products 9 27605-2 this one Ratt Dancing Undercover Redding, Otis Ultimate Otis Redding* Warner Special Products 9 27608-2 Rock City Angels Young Man's Blues Ronstadt, Linda Simple Dreams Ronstadt, Linda What's New Ronstadt, Linda Lush Life Ronstadt, Linda For Sentimental Reasons Salty Dog Every Dog Has It's Day Schwartz, Markus (& Lakou Brooklyn) Equinox* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats Simply Red Picture Book Simply Red Men And Women Simply Red A New Flame Simply Red Stars Simply Red "You've Got It" CD single* (four songs total including a live "Holding Back the Years" and "I Wish") Slayer South Of Heaven* Slayer Reign in Blood* Stacey Q Better Than Heaven Subdudes Lucky* Sun And The Moon, The Sun And The Moon* Terenzi, Dr. Fiorella Music From The Galaxies* Tesla The Great Radio Controversy Townshend, Pete Psychoderelict* (several versions for Atlantic including original censored dialog and cassette!) Townshend, Pete White City* Townshend, Pete Deep End Live Townshend, Pete Scoop* Townshend, Pete Another Scoop* Twisted Sister Come Out and Play (?) U2 Boy U2 October U2 War U2 Under A Blood Red Sky Underworld Born Slippy* Vitelli, Jason No Photographs* Vitelli, Jason Confluence* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats Work Of Art Lift* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats Work Of Art Simplicity* Sword in the Stone Records - All Formats Work Of Art Waves* Sword in the Stone Records - All Formats Yes The Yes Album Atlantic 19131-2 Yes Fragile Yes Close To The Edge Atlantic 19133-2 Yes Drama Atlantic 16019-2 Yes Tormato Yes Classic Yes Zebra 3.V Atlantic 7 81692-2 Zevon, Warren A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon* Various artists Atlantic Soul Classics Warner Special Products 9-27601-2 Various artists Superstars in Digital Warner Special Products 9 27600-2 - "possibly" Various artists Stand By Me (soundtrack) Various artists Woodstock - Music From The Original Soundtrack And More ---------------------------------------------------- CDs NOT mastered by Barry Diament Foreigner - Foreigner Yes - Yessongs ---------------------------------------------------- *From the original master tapes -- AC/DC Back In Black is "perhaps" and Eagles Greatest Hits is "I *think*... but analog 'best of's were usually created by copying from the originals and assembling the copies into a new album so that would have been 1:1 from the originals..." - BD. Jim Croce: see above about "best of" compilations Genesis: "I did create CD masters for all --or almost all-- of the Genesis albums not long after I left Atlantic in the late '80s. Since I never received copies of pressings, I do not know if any of the masters I sent were ever used for CD production." - BD Led Zeppelin: "The difference is that most of the Zeps (with the exception of "In Through The Out Door" and "Coda" were from flat copies and not EQ'd Limited copies." - BD Genesis: "The Genesis (at least the ones I did when I was still at Atlantic, were mostly from EQ'd limited tapes but were to my ears, better done than the Nicks EQ'd limited tapes - and probably the mixes as well. (I hear the "cold edge" too - but would assign it a lower frequency than you did, perhaps around 5 - 8k.)" - BD AC/DC: "AC/DC's "Back In Black" and "For Those About To rock" were from untouched original mixes." - BD Bob Marley: "And all of the Marleys were from originals - no one's EQ or limiting for me to contend with." - BD
Is there an easy way to identify a Diament The Yes Album? Looking at scans, the back artwork and booklet don't list him.
Me too. It has taken a while, but I think I have at least half of these discs now. Still, this many years after he did the work, with all the changes in technology, high res, etc., the Diament is the preferred mastering for a vast majority of these albums.
Isn't Bread Anthology of Bread (the older version of course) a Diament mastering as well? I don't see it listed.
1986 cd release of Ahmad Jamal "Rossiter Road" straight up old red book disc that is demonstration quality. Barry sure knows how to master jazz records!!
Unfortunately, there has been no confirmation from Barry Diament and based on what I found (below), he didn't do any Bread titles.
Ricks never got back to me on that one. I'm not sure which would be his... The US SRC would make sense, but then again those Japan for US U2's were his
Just picked this up a couple of days ago and am really enjoying everything about it. A terrific disk for the drive home.
Pretty sure I have a green label Wish You Were pressing cut by Mr. Diament which sounds awesome. Correct?
more Barrys mastering Steve Slagle Rio Highlife, Ahmad Jamal Rossiter Road, Gloria Loring self titled
I have a question regarding Simply Red titles listed. Mine say mastered by Bernie Grundman in the inserts of A New Flame and Stars. Are there in fact Simply Red titles mastered by BD? Maybe reissues? Any information regarding those would be much appreciated Thanks very much.
I own the following: Simply Red Men and Women Elektra 9 60727-2 MADE IN U.S.A. BY WEA MANUFACTURING INC. Barry Diament Atlantic Studios Matrix 60727-2 SRC-01 Barcode: 075596072724 EAC: 86.4 / 100.0 / 88.2 / 92.3 / 33.2 / 86.0 / 86.6 / 100.0 / 84.9 / 93.3 Simply Red Picture Book Elektra 9 60452-2 MADE IN WEST GERMANY BY POLYGRAM Barry Diament uncredited Atlantic Studios (uncredited) Matrix: 7559 960452-2 2895 879 01 * Barcode: 075596045223 EAC: 100.0 / 100.0 / 88.7 / 74.5 / 83.8 / 86.9 / 62.7 / 76.0 / 86.8 / 86.7
anyone knows if that Barry mastering was used on the final complete album CD (US/Japan 1st Press), any comparison with that EP?
Is there a CD out there that has Diament's mastering of Phil Collins's Hello I Must Be Going that does not have the drop out right at the start of I Don't Care Anymore?