Not sure if you have already found a 1-dot 'Mastered by Nimbus', this link should lead to images of one; KING CRIMSON -1969- In The Court Of The Crimson King - 1st. press UK - MASTERED BY NIMBUS - CD The rear cover indicates it is also a Definitive Re-mastered edition, which the French MPO 01 does not.
Could be the packaging for the 1 dot above is in error as I do not recognise the first EAC levels listed here (presumably a 1 dot); Getting To The Bottom of King Crimson On CD These are the levels for the ones I do have; Polydor 02 Matrix; 94.7 / 53.5 / 70.1 / 38.4 / 84.2 MPO 01 Matrix; 95.5 / 53.4 / 63.6 / 21.2 / 91.9 Mastered by Nimbus 2-dot (definitive re-master); 100 / 49.9 / 66.1 / 35.7 / 94.8 Variant (definitive re-master); 100 / 49.9 / 66.1 / 31.8 / 84.5
Sorry for digging the post but i need to get a first edition of Islands : i read a lot of posts and found out that nimbus 1 dot is a Hidden DE Mastering and got that confirmed by drdatabase Now i got a lot of sellers with nimbus 2 dots. Anyone could be kind and confirm me that nimbus 2 dots from Islands is the EG pre DE of the album ? I just can t find any answer on nimbus thread. That could be nice to re-arrange a list with confirmed EG first mastering before DE I also discovered that Islands is confirmed EG with MPO CD or JET ones, but i can t find them on discogs, all the sellers have different versions
Islands CDs with one dot Nimbus, two dot Nimbus and MPO are sharing the same mastering. They all plus JEM (Sweden made) are NOT remasters.
I found a mpo version, i m Happy But apparently The one dot version is a remaster , drdatabase says it so
Here is The link Album details - Dynamic Range Database It clearly seems that The one dot is a DE With same barcode than previous EG The dynamics are not The same than 1987 ones
There's absolutely no sense trying to compare different CDs with DR figures. Try EAC. It gives you peak levels for every song. Thus you can 100% see if it is the same mastering or not.
Totally agree With you !! I spent hours to figure what album is preDE and not Don t hit me , i just wanted to buy a First Edition of islands and i spent hours and it s clearly complicated Someone who knows should Make a list With every version, KC is a jungle !!
Well, in case of Islands it's not that complicated. Not remastered: JEM King Crimson - Islands MPO King Crimson - Islands Nimbus (one dot, two dots, doesn't matter) King Crimson - Islands VJD King Crimson - Islands
Superb ! It ll Help a lot ! THanks Japan version is pretty sure but expensive I Want to get in The wake of poseidon In flat EG too and i have some difficulties too to get a real First Edition Especially With nimbus dots Can you tell me The ones to get ?
32VD King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon VJD King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon JEM King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon JEM King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon Nimbus King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon
THanks, got a Japanese Edition for cheap, vjd one. On my research it looked like that nimbus 4 dots is a DE, read somewhere on another thread
Yes there is. If the DR #'s are different, it's a different mastering. If they are the same, it might be the same mastering. A lot of entries in the Dynamic Range Database include the full DR reports, and from those, you can most certainly tell if it's the same mastering or not.
Just found a pretty beat up Nimbus Piper At The Gates Of Dawn UK cd. Pretty beat up I will try it later.
The DR database values contain the EAC peak levels. The chance of having 2 cds with the same correct DR database values but different masterings is approaching zero. 2 cds with different DR values could be containing the same mastering with, for example, a levelshift applied. The problem is that the database is riddled with incorrect submissions, so if you want to be 100 percent sure, looking for additional evidence is a good idea.
