Rush - new 2015 vinyl and hi-res reissues thread.

The hi-rez download of Fly By Night is a new master. Full dynamics and sounds great. My vinyl copy is coming today.

 

These new masters are supposedly done by Andy Van Dette, too, right? I wonder why the obviously different approach. Not that I don't appreciate it.

 

Listening to Fly by Night right now.
I've got 2 GK copies and this will be my go to copy. By-Tor was amazing. Has made me a Rush fan all over again.
I've been waiting a long time for these to be reissued and they have been done right. No quality issues at all. Top notch pressing.

 

Has anyone purchased the new HD version and compared it to the older one?

 

I will be later today.

 

My copy of the Blu-ray arrived this morning, few pics here for anyone interested:

http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/for...h-Fly-By-Night&p=235145&viewfull=1#post235145

 

Great. Does the blu-ray mention who did the mastering?

 

I have a GK 2112, but sounds awful...you can see stuff within the vinyl. Bad copy.

My 3 LP set of Archives sounds god to my ears, though.

 

What resolution is the download voucher for on the Blu Ray?

 

First album was reissued last year anyway.

 

The first album was released vinyl only, I believe, No new hi-res audio transfer for that one.

 

Oh ok, I was thinking of the vinyl. But I wouldn't be surprised if it just shows up at sometime.

 

mp3s, 320 likely

 

5.1 & Stereo Mastered By
Andy VanDette @Masterdisk, NY

 

would like to know for sure from someone who has it. Also if it's a Hi Rez download, is it the new mastering or the mastering from Sectors sets

 

Well, bought FBN 24/192 from HDtracks and has just finished the whole thing. It's so much better than the 24/96 sector version. Natural dynamics and the "right" tonal darkness that I remember from my vinyl days. Warm, expressive and (maybe just a tiny bit too) bassy. Love it! Definitely my new goto version.

 

Assuming they do a decent job, I will likley get a few just to take the load off of my originals. I seriously doubt they could top the RLs out there if this is the usual digital/RUSH to cash in.

 

Thanks for that info. Same as the Sector set, then?
Not sure why he'd do a brand new re-master only a year after the first one.

 

I just tried it with my code, which didn't work for some reason.

I can tell you that the download page said mp3s and other "PureAudio" downloads have been 320kbps. The Blu-ray itself replicates the 5.1 mix from the Sector box and I will bet that 99.9% likely that the stereo mix on the BD and the mp3 downloads are the stereo Sector mix as well.

When I get the mp3 mix downloaded eventually, I'll let you know.

Edit: and as someone upthread points out, the BD credits do say it's mastered by Andy DeVanDette at Masterdisk, NY

 

When/why would Andy VanDette have done a fresh master, considering the last one was just done in 2013?

 

It was reported that the 320kbps download that is included with the vinyl is vinyl sourced, so it will be interesting to know if it's the same download for the Blu Ray. If it is, guess I have to get my credit card out and purchase via HDTRACKS. Seems kind of crappy that they would issue a new hi rez download master, but include the old one on the Blu, especially the stereo mix and the download part.

 

You're welcome

More than likely the same as the Sector set I should imagine but I'm afraid I don't know the details on those boxes, as I uncharacteristically held off getting the Sector sets day & date and by the time I went shopping for them there'd been all this hoopla about glitches on CDs, underwhelming 5.1's, packaging issues, etc so I threw in the towel and didn't get them at all..!

anyway, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the quality of this Rush campaign in the months to come and no doubt picking a few things up, including the remaining two Blu-ray's on the horizon.

 

where has been the cheapest place to get this ?

 

Just checked the price on that and $25 seems rather pricy for a digital download even if it is HD, is that normal for HDtracks pricing? That's a couple of dollars more than the vinyl, where at least you're getting a vinyl record and awesome packaging. Still might try HDtracks for Caress of Steel next month, since I already have a vinyl copy of it even if it kind of sucks, at least it's cool to look at.

 

Agree. My guess it's the same person(s) that did the vinyl mastering work. Very different approach when it comes to compression. And EQ too. Just listened to In The End from the VanDette remaster (24/96) and it sounds pretty bad in comparison. The higher frequencies aren't as clean and suffers from those typical digital compression artefacts. And the whole thing sounds more flat. And LOUD.

HDtracks has a 15 % discount for a few days. Use HDJAN27. Prostudiomasters probably has something similar.