Jethro Tull - Aqualung 40th Anniversary Special Edition

Did anyone that ordered the 2 CD set from CDwow actually GET it? I preordered this back in like August, and they show the status as "backordered". I was thinking of just cancelling my order there but can't even figure out how to do it (their website has no way to do that)....

 

Probably wishful thinking on my part...

did someone say there is a way to get Amazon to match their price to competitors offering it for less?

 

No. Amazon doesn't do that. ONE forum member says he's the sole exception.

 

That's what I said as I sold a customer my last Who Live At Leeds deluxe box last year...was unfortunately not the case

 

Thanks, Myke, for the info you provided.

If many feel that the 40th Anniversary CD is better than the Hoffman-mastered CD, does it follow that the new vinyl is better than the DCC LP?

Does anyone own both the new LP and the DCC LP...and how do they compare?

 

The rule is simple - if you are worried it will sell out, and you can afford it, you should buy it now.

If you can't afford it (like me!), it doesn't matter whether it sells out or not...

 

It makes a difference when there's a $75.00 difference in price.

 

The remix blows the DCC out of the water (and I paid over $200 for the DCC grumble grumble... I just had to hear it). Everything is clearer, cleaner, and there is FINALLY some low end to this album.

It's funny, before I found this forum I thought "remastering" was exactly what Steven Wilson is doing - taking the multitracks and creating a new master tape, not taking an old master tape and "playing it back" on a decent deck and sending it through various processing circuitry. I never understood the taboo against remixing, especially when it's being done like the Wilson remixes, being very faithful to the original mastering.

Aqualung is probably one of the best examples of an album where going back to the original multitracks in order to mix it "properly" is completely warranted and highly desired. I can't imagine anyone arguing that the new remix is an abomination or "rewriting history" or whatever else people might have against the remix approach. And what better way for the "majors" to get us to buy YET ANOTHER version of an old workhorse?

Keep 'em coming, I say!

 

Received mine yesterday, just finished listening to the high rez blu ray 5.1 mix-absolutely stunning work by Stephen Wilson. I never dreamed Aqualung could sound this good.

 

The version on MU is the quad version. Ians voice sounds better and the guitar riffs stand out more and alternate between speakers. Cooler version imo. The quad version of Wind up is taken from the early version on disc 2 of the 40 year Aqualung. This early version is the best version and a lot better than album version imo. I always skipped the song once it got to the 2 minute mark because I didn't like how Martin riffed and Ian sang from that point. But the early version doesn't have all that guitar and Ians voice sounds different.

 

well... when i see the results of what SW did on king crimson AND aqualung, i am pretty sure that :
1. remixing is great when done with taste and god knows SW has some.
2. musicians like SW have in all evidence the ear to make awesome remixes like that, even if they are not high end professionals using high end stuffs with tubes and so forth.
it looks like there will be soon a remix of "thick as a brick"
no use telling you that i'll do my best to get it ... hehe

 

keep cool ... that annoying music is the last opus of SW :
Bass Communion Cenotaph



i can perfectly understand tht u dont like ... but "annoying" is a personal statement

 

Yeah, you got me, buddy. Congrats.

 

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