Midnight Oil: any remasters other than Diesel and Dust?

I'm a huge fan of these guys. Have all their stuff. I'm wondering if any of their albums other than Diesel and Dust have ever been remastered. I love that remaster - sounds a lot better than the original cd to me.

I've started tracking down vinyl copies of some of the other albums because I never loved the sound of the cd's. I'm listening to the vinyl Red Sail right now. Blows away the cd.

Anyway, are there other remastered cd's out there? On Amazon, some of the cd's show release dates of 2008, which is right around when Diesel and Dust was remastered. That makes me think that maybe those are remasters, but there's nothing in the descriptions to indicate that they are.

 

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

 

Just did a quick look on discogs, apparently not, And I agree about the vinyl, I if you want remaster try the latest 2 disc comp, I think some of those have been remastered according to this
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Oil...binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1360683568&sr=1-2

 

I think a good portion of their catalog was (or was supposed to be at one time) remastered but only available via iTunes. I'm thinking the Essential Oils compilation is the first time some of those tracks, at least disc 1, are being physically released.

 

Don't hold your breath waiting for these!

 

Thanks. I think I'll just keep looking for vinyl. I've found sealed copies of Red Sails, Blue Sky, and 10,9,8 so far. All very cheap. Those along with Diesel and Dust are the essentials for me. I may get one or two more, and then I'm done. The cd's are fine for the rest.

 

According to people in the know on the Midnight Oil message board (Powderworks) a box set is in the works (even Moginie has mentioned it on his website).
It is possible that it will include all of their released CDs, which I assume would be remastered, plus a plethora of other stuff including video.

 

That would be great.

 

That's right! I remember of this message on the band's site.
I'm a huge fan of Midnight Oil, too...Since "Diesel and Dust", "Blue Sky Mining", all the albums until the last "Capricornia".
I never heard the old albums...
It would be very great, if all their albums were be remastered...
But... Well... We still wait...

 

I'm going through their discography right now. I only knew 2 songs but dove in. I have no idea what chronology the albums are but I started with 10 9 8... and moved to Diesel and Dust to Head Injuries.

I'm really digging Head Injuries right now....it's a lot more upbeat than the other two. (I liked the other 2 as well)

 

Love the bass and lyrics on "Who Can Stand In The Way" Red Sails

 

You started with the best, in my opinion

 

I actually like the self titled and Head Injuries more than the other two at this point. Still exploring....

 

Uhm yeah, unfortunately I have no faith in these upcoming titles being done, Will buy out of curiosity only-
http://www.amazon.com/Diesel-Dust-S...=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387162671&sr=1-2

 

Any more word on this? I'd love more Oils material.

 

Zip.Zero.Zilch

 

Just got the "remastered" Blue Sky Mining in the mail. Packaging claims it was strictly limited to 3000 copies. Anyone else one of the 3000? No bonus tracks here, but it does purport to be an "audiophile recording" and "remastered in high definition. 96khz/24-bit." Not sure when I'll have time (if ever) to compare it to the prior release...

 

I'll have Diesel and Dust here in a minute, mailman is out delivering, this company has a reputation of brickwalling the reissues to death, I bought this out of curiosity only, It should say remastered "From" not "In" 24/96

 

Well, as suspected, you buy Culture Factory issues for the nice artwork and packaging or for your personal devices
Dreamworld-

 

http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=54030

IMHO the original CD versions of "Diesel And Dust" and "Blue Sky Mining" already have great sound and great dynamics ...

 

They do, plus the lp's of both albums seriously sound great also For me this was a collector decision to buy the CF remasters, definitely not to do with sound quality,lol

 

All of which begs the question- what's wrong with companies like this? They get the license to reissue the product, they make a nice looking package and they advertise the product as an "audiophile recording" that they allegedly go to the trouble to remaster using high definition sources (although presumably not the master tapes). Why do they then instruct their apparently nameless remastering engineer to just push all the levels up to 10? Is their criticism of the prior version that it was too dynamic, that you actually had to turn up the volume to make it loud? I just don't get it...

 

You're not the only one, my friend, you're not the only one ...

 

Apparently Qobuz is stating a 2008 remaster used on all it's Oil releases , I'll probably grab 10,9,8, my old US cd is not that great