Powerage is probably my favourite AC/DC, and I would say objectively the best (most diverse, best lyrics, killer production, great performance all around) but there are days that Flick Of The Switch tops it for me just because Malcolm was at the top of his game for riff-writing in that period. Not to mention Brian's voice still at its peak and the production being crisper than the previous two. Why are the Albert CDs considered the best? A lot of it has to do with using the first four Australian albums – I think they *might* have been reissued in 1995, but I can't remember for sure, and even so the remastering wasn't considered the best. The Alberts had those albums in their original running order with dynamic range and natural EQ. Why are the other ones considered so good? That's something I've often wondered. The original US Atlantic CDs Highway To Hell, Back In Black, and For Those About To Rock were mastered by the great Barry Diament. I have all three and they sound very good. I don't know how the Alberts stack up against them, though. One thing to bear in mind is that there are two runs of Australian CDs, mostly with different mastering. There was a thread linked earlier and somewhere in there is a breakdown, but if I recall correctly, the 1989 version of High Voltage is preferred (465250 2), but the made-in-Japan ones with catalog numbers starting with CDP are preferred up through Highway To Hell (though some are digital clones). I don't know the exact differences but those are the ones I have saved in my Discogs list so therefore they must have been the ones recommended. By the way, @gavynnnnn, nice profile picture. "Rain" has one of the best vocal performances I've ever heard. So powerful.
Thank you!! It really is. I have everything significant they’ve ever put out, including their 2001 EP. My Breaking Benjamin Collection is my most prized
Also, I’ve heard up to Back in Black is preferred, everyone I’ve ever seen swears the Albert Back in Black is better than the Diament Back in Black.
Definitely the crime of the century lol as for Highway To Hell, I’m super nervous as to how it’s gonna sound but I’m ready to hear a good disc.
Well I can say this version sounds phenomenal. Like someone said it has one issue: The left channel is noticeably, sometimes distractingly louder. However I've corrected this and it sounds definitely the best of all the versions.
Okay so, the left channel was louder than the right by a lot. I corrected it using panning and now that it’s correct it sounds amazing. This disc is definitely from the master tapes. Would you like to listen?
I don’t think that’s entirely true, about some CBS’s being digital clones of the CDP’s. Out of the ones I own from both sets (I’m currently missing 5 from the CDP’s, but now currently own all the CBS’s), only Back In Black has its total running times exactly the same (41:46), but the CBS is louder and a little crunchy compared to the CDP, which has a more intimate sound that actually does this album good, which in my opinion is gonna sound weird. Prior to last Saturday, I was told that the CBS Let There Be Rock was an apparent digital clone of the CDP, but both have different total running times (39:58 for CDP vs 40:03 for CBS), and the CDP’s side 1 tracks are a little louder than side 2’s, whereas the CBS’s sound more even (to me). I’m not an expert on this subject (far from it, lol), I’m just giving my own personal opinion from experience.
Just thought I’d show what’s in my collection of CDP & CBS CD’s, which is a significant increase since I last posted a picture of my collection of them here. It’s grown enough to require 2 photos. Here’s my CDP’s: And my CBS’s:
Yeah, I don’t know myself. From what I’ve seen, it was used as part of the catalogue numbers on many early CD’s.
I think CDP was for EMI CD's. CDP was a single CD, CDS was a double CD set, CDM was for classical music.
Well, I assume that’s correct, as I noticed some of the Beatles 1987 CD’s also had CDP catalogue numbers too.
None of Albert CD's past Let There Be Rock are preferable IMO. Very splashy and grating high frequencies. The three I like... High Voltage [Albert Productions CDP 746667 2] T.N.T. [Albert Productions CDP 746272 2] Let There Be Rock [Albert Productions 465256 2]
I don’t know, I think the non-Japan Alberts Powerage and and Highway sound better than the original Atlantic.
