Essential Barry Diament masterings (Part 2)

I was just able to confirm that this is Barry Diament's mastering. I have added it to the list. Thanks!

 

Update

AC/DC High Voltage
AC/DC Let There Be Rock? (Barry is unsure if he did this one)
AC/DC If You Want Blood You've Got It
AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
AC/DC Highway To Hell
AC/DC Back In Black*
AC/DC For Those About To Rock*
AC/DC Who Made Who

Bad Company Bad Company*
Bad Company Straight Shooter
Bad Company 10 From 6
Bad Company Run With the Pack
Bad Company Burnin' Sky (?)
Bad Company Desolation Angels (?)
Bad Company Rough Diamonds (?)

Baker, Anita Rapture
Beaudry, Paul and Pathways Americas* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats
Bellvue Cadillac Black and White*
Blues Brothers, The Briefcase Full of Blues
Bolin, Tommy The Ultimate
Brickell, Edie (& New Bohemians) Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars*
Browne, Jackson Lives In The Balance
Browne, Jackson Lawyers In Love

Bullock, Hiram From All Sides (?)

Cage, John (& The Arditti Quartet) The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1*
Call, The Reconciled
Chic C'est Chic (?)
Coasters, The The Ultimate Coasters* Warner Special Products 9 27604-2

Collins, Phil Face Value*
Collins, Phil Hello I Must Be Going*
Collins, Phil No Jacket Required

Cowboy Mouth Word of Mouth*
Croce, Jim Photographs And Memories*

Crosby Stills & Nash S/T "Couch" Atlantic 19117-2
Crosby Stills Nash & Young Déjà vu Atlantic 19118-2
Crosby Stills Nash & Young So Far Atlantic 19119-2

C.S. Angels Chasing Shadows Atlantic
Cult, The Electric (?)
Cure, The The Head On The Door

Danzig S/T
Darin, Bobby The Ultimate Bobby Darin* Warner Special Products 9 27606-2

Dokken Under Lock And Key
Dokken Breaking The Chains

Dream Command Fire On The Moon
Dr. John I did *something* Dr. John. (Great guy too!) - BD

Eagles S/T
Eagles Desperado
Eagles The Long Run
Eagles Their Greatest Hits*
Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2

Emerson Lake & Palmer S/T
Emerson Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery

Enya Watermark* (original and reissue with added tracks)
Eubanks, Kevin Sundance

Firm, The S/T
Firm, The Mean Business

Flack, Roberta Killing Me Softly

Foreigner Double Vision
Foreigner Head Games
Foreigner 4
Foreigner Agent Provocateur

Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasure Dome
Franklin, Aretha best of (?)

Genesis A Trick Of The Tail 32VD-1023 (see bottom of page)
Genesis Duke
Genesis Abacab
Genesis Three Sides Live (US version with "Paperlate")
Genesis S/T

Georgia Satellites, The S/T

Guns’N’Roses Appetite For Destruction*
Guns’N’Roses G 'N' R Lies*

Hanoi Rocks Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks Geffen/Uzi Suicide
Hanoi Rocks Back To Mystery City Geffen/Uzi Suicide
Hanoi Rocks Self Destruction Blues Geffen/Uzi Suicide
Hanoi Rocks Oriental Beat Geffen/Uzi Suicide
Helldorado Sinful Soul*
Hex Hex*

INXS Listen Like Thieves

J. Geils Band, The Best Of The J. Geils Band
Jones, Grace Island Life Island 90491-2

Jones, Howard One To One
Jones, Howard Dream Into Action

Keeler Autofocus
Keene, Tommy Based On Happy Times*
Kershaw, Rusty Now and Then*
Kitaro The Light Of The Spirit*
KMFDM Glory

Led Zeppelin I Atlantic 240031
Led Zeppelin II Atlantic 240037
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same
Led Zeppelin Presence
Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door
Led Zeppelin Coda

Marley, Bob Catch A Fire Tuff Gong 422-846 201-2
Marley, Bob Burnin'* Tuff Gong 422-846 200-2
Marley, Bob Natty Dread* Tuff Gong 422-846 204-2
Marley, Bob Live!* Tuff Gong 422-846 203-2
Marley, Bob Rastaman Vibration* Tuff Gong 422-846 205-2
Marley, Bob Exodus * Tuff Gong 422-846 208-2
Marley, Bob Bob Marley - Kaya* Tuff Gong 422-846 209-2
Marley, Bob Babylon By Bus* Tuff Gong 422-846 197-2
Marley, Bob Survival* Tuff Gong 422-846 202-2
Marley, Bob Uprising* Tuff Gong 422-846 211-2
Marley, Bob Confrontation* Tuff Gong 422-846 207-2
Marley, Bob Legend* Tuff Gong 846 210-2
Marley, Bob Rebel Music*

Meatloaf Blind Before I Stop*

Mike + the Mechanics S/T
Mike + the Mechanics Living Years

Mötley Crüe Too Fast For Love

Nash, Graham Innocent Days Atlantic 8122 79925 6 6 Manufactured in E.U. (?)
Neville, Ivan Thanks*
Nicholson, Gary The Sky's Not The Limit*

Nicks, Stevie Bella Donna
Nicks, Stevie The Wild Heart
Nicks, Stevie Rock a Little Modern 7 90479-2

Nico The Marbel Index*
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine*
Nu Shooz Poolside
Nugent, Ted Little Miss Dangerous*

Of Cabbages And Kings Hunter's Moon*
Of Cabbages And Kings Never Too Late*

Onyan Art Reagge Rock*
Orr, Benjamin The Lace

Palmer, Robert Pressure Drop
Palmer, Robert Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
Palmer, Robert Pride
Palmer, Robert Riptide

Peacock, David Thomas Grim Determination Meets the Fields of Sorrow*

Plant, Robert Pictures At Eleven Swan Song SS 8512-2
Plant, Robert The Principle Of Moments

Rascals, The Ultimate Rascals* Warner Special Products 9 27605-2 this one
Ratt Dancing Undercover
Redding, Otis Ultimate Otis Redding* Warner Special Products 9 27608-2
Rock City Angels Young Man's Blues

Ronstadt, Linda Simple Dreams
Ronstadt, Linda What's New
Ronstadt, Linda Lush Life
Ronstadt, Linda For Sentimental Reasons

Salty Dog Every Dog Has It's Day

Schwartz, Markus (& Lakou Brooklyn) Equinox* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats

Simply Red Picture Book
Simply Red Men And Women
Simply Red A New Flame
Simply Red Stars
Simply Red "You've Got It" CD single* (four songs total including a live "Holding Back the Years" and "I Wish")

Slayer South Of Heaven*
Slayer Reign in Blood*

Stacey Q Better Than Heaven
Subdudes Lucky*
Sun And The Moon, The Sun And The Moon*

Terenzi, Dr. Fiorella Music From The Galaxies*
Tesla The Great Radio Controversy

Townshend, Pete Psychoderelict* (several versions for Atlantic including original censored dialog and cassette!)
Townshend, Pete White City*
Townshend, Pete Deep End Live
Townshend, Pete Scoop*
Townshend, Pete Another Scoop*

Twisted Sister Come Out and Play (?)

U2 Boy
U2 October
U2 War
U2 Under A Blood Red Sky

Underworld Born Slippy*

Vitelli, Jason No Photographs*
Vitelli, Jason Confluence* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats

Work Of Art Lift* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats
Work Of Art Simplicity* Sword in the Stone Records - All Formats
Work Of Art Waves* Sword in the Stone Records - All Formats

Yes The Yes Album Atlantic 19131-2
Yes Fragile
Yes Close To The Edge Atlantic 19133-2
Yes Drama Atlantic 16019-2
Yes Tormato
Yes Classic Yes

Zebra 3.V Atlantic 7 81692-2
Zevon, Warren A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon*

Various artists Atlantic Soul Classics Warner Special Products 9-27601-2
Various artists Superstars in Digital Warner Special Products 9 27600-2 - "possibly"
Various artists Stand By Me (soundtrack)
Various artists Woodstock - Music From The Original Soundtrack And More


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CDs NOT mastered by Barry Diament

Foreigner - Foreigner
Yes - Yessongs

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*From the original master tapes -- AC/DC Back In Black is "perhaps" and Eagles Greatest Hits is "I *think*... but analog 'best of's were usually created by copying from the originals and assembling the copies into a new album so that would have been 1:1 from the originals..." - BD.

Jim Croce: see above about "best of" compilations

Genesis: "I did create CD masters for all --or almost all-- of the Genesis albums not long after I left Atlantic in the late '80s. Since I never received copies of pressings, I do not know if any of the masters I sent were ever used for CD production." - BD

Led Zeppelin: "The difference is that most of the Zeps (with the exception of "In Through The Out Door" and "Coda" were from flat copies and not EQ'd Limited copies." - BD

Genesis: "The Genesis (at least the ones I did when I was still at Atlantic, were mostly from EQ'd limited tapes but were to my ears, better done than the Nicks EQ'd limited tapes - and probably the mixes as well. (I hear the "cold edge" too - but would assign it a lower frequency than you did, perhaps around 5 - 8k.)" - BD

AC/DC: "AC/DC's "Back In Black" and "For Those About To rock" were from untouched original mixes." - BD

Bob Marley: "And all of the Marleys were from originals - no one's EQ or limiting for me to contend with." - BD

 

Can someone confirm that these are the peaks for BD's October:

Track 1: 88.0 %
Track 2: 82.4 %
Track 3: 76.5 %
Track 4: 88.1 %
Track 5: 84.8 %
Track 6: 87.0 %
Track 7: 59.5 %
Track 8: 83.1 %
Track 9: 80.3 %
Track 10: 69.8 %
Track 11: 88.0 %

 

I have an October Island (BMG) 90092-2, D 114632; Matrix 9 114632-2 SRC=01 M2S1; SRC G4 (Sep 1990-Apr 1993) also with EAC: 88.0 / 82.4 / 76.5 / 88.1 / 84.8 / 87.0 / 59.5 / 83.1 / 80.3 / 69.8 / 88.0 with the Barry Diament mastering credit in the booklet.

 

I'd like to add another CD to the list, George Duke -- George Duke to Diament's work. Details below:


George Duke
1986 - George Duke [CD][1986 Elektra {Barry Diament}][SRC G1]
Catalog No.: 9 60480-2
Pressing: SRC G1 (Sep 1986-Jul 1987)
Mastered By: Barry Diament, Atlantic Studios
EAC: 98.4 / 66.9 / 89.3 / 54.1 / 100.0 / 82.7 / 83.3 / 88.3 / 85.4 / 73.5
Matrix / Runout: 60480-2 SRC-01
Hub logo: none
Label Country: MADE IN U.S.A. BY WEA MANUFACTURING INC. (radial at 6 o'clock)
Label Series: SRC G1; Warner by WEA; Warner rings

Thank you.

 

Update

AC/DC High Voltage
AC/DC Let There Be Rock? (Barry is unsure if he did this one)
AC/DC If You Want Blood You've Got It
AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
AC/DC Highway To Hell
AC/DC Back In Black*
AC/DC For Those About To Rock*
AC/DC Who Made Who

Bad Company Bad Company*
Bad Company Straight Shooter
Bad Company 10 From 6
Bad Company Run With the Pack
Bad Company Burnin' Sky (?)
Bad Company Desolation Angels (?)
Bad Company Rough Diamonds (?)

Baker, Anita Rapture
Beaudry, Paul and Pathways Americas* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats
Bellvue Cadillac Black and White*
Blues Brothers, The Briefcase Full of Blues
Bolin, Tommy The Ultimate
Brickell, Edie (& New Bohemians) Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars*
Browne, Jackson Lives In The Balance
Browne, Jackson Lawyers In Love

Bullock, Hiram From All Sides (?)

Cage, John (& The Arditti Quartet) The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1*
Call, The Reconciled
Chic C'est Chic (?)
Coasters, The The Ultimate Coasters* Warner Special Products 9 27604-2

Collins, Phil Face Value*
Collins, Phil Hello I Must Be Going*
Collins, Phil No Jacket Required

Cowboy Mouth Word of Mouth*
Croce, Jim Photographs And Memories*

Crosby Stills & Nash S/T "Couch" Atlantic 19117-2
Crosby Stills Nash & Young Déjà vu Atlantic 19118-2
Crosby Stills Nash & Young So Far Atlantic 19119-2

C.S. Angels Chasing Shadows Atlantic
Cult, The Electric (?)
Cure, The The Head On The Door

Danzig S/T
Darin, Bobby The Ultimate Bobby Darin* Warner Special Products 9 27606-2

Dokken Under Lock And Key
Dokken Breaking The Chains

Dream Command Fire On The Moon
Dr. John I did *something* Dr. John. (Great guy too!) - BD
Duke, George George Duke Atlantic 9 60480-2

Eagles S/T
Eagles Desperado
Eagles The Long Run
Eagles Their Greatest Hits*
Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2

Emerson Lake & Palmer S/T
Emerson Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery

Enya Watermark* (original and reissue with added tracks)
Eubanks, Kevin Sundance

Firm, The S/T
Firm, The Mean Business

Flack, Roberta Killing Me Softly

Foreigner Double Vision
Foreigner Head Games
Foreigner 4
Foreigner Agent Provocateur

Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasure Dome
Franklin, Aretha best of (?)

Genesis A Trick Of The Tail 32VD-1023 (see bottom of page)
Genesis Duke
Genesis Abacab
Genesis Three Sides Live (US version with "Paperlate")
Genesis S/T

Georgia Satellites, The S/T

Guns’N’Roses Appetite For Destruction*
Guns’N’Roses G 'N' R Lies*

Hanoi Rocks Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks Geffen/Uzi Suicide
Hanoi Rocks Back To Mystery City Geffen/Uzi Suicide
Hanoi Rocks Self Destruction Blues Geffen/Uzi Suicide
Hanoi Rocks Oriental Beat Geffen/Uzi Suicide
Helldorado Sinful Soul*
Hex Hex*

INXS Listen Like Thieves

J. Geils Band, The Best Of The J. Geils Band
Jones, Grace Island Life Island 90491-2

Jones, Howard One To One
Jones, Howard Dream Into Action

Keeler Autofocus
Keene, Tommy Based On Happy Times*
Kershaw, Rusty Now and Then*
Kitaro The Light Of The Spirit*
KMFDM Glory

Led Zeppelin I Atlantic 240031
Led Zeppelin II Atlantic 240037
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same
Led Zeppelin Presence
Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door
Led Zeppelin Coda

Marley, Bob Catch A Fire Tuff Gong 422-846 201-2
Marley, Bob Burnin'* Tuff Gong 422-846 200-2
Marley, Bob Natty Dread* Tuff Gong 422-846 204-2
Marley, Bob Live!* Tuff Gong 422-846 203-2
Marley, Bob Rastaman Vibration* Tuff Gong 422-846 205-2
Marley, Bob Exodus * Tuff Gong 422-846 208-2
Marley, Bob Bob Marley - Kaya* Tuff Gong 422-846 209-2
Marley, Bob Babylon By Bus* Tuff Gong 422-846 197-2
Marley, Bob Survival* Tuff Gong 422-846 202-2
Marley, Bob Uprising* Tuff Gong 422-846 211-2
Marley, Bob Confrontation* Tuff Gong 422-846 207-2
Marley, Bob Legend* Tuff Gong 846 210-2
Marley, Bob Rebel Music*

Meatloaf Blind Before I Stop*

Mike + the Mechanics S/T
Mike + the Mechanics Living Years

Mötley Crüe Too Fast For Love

Nash, Graham Innocent Days Atlantic 8122 79925 6 6 Manufactured in E.U. (?)
Neville, Ivan Thanks*
Nicholson, Gary The Sky's Not The Limit*

Nicks, Stevie Bella Donna
Nicks, Stevie The Wild Heart
Nicks, Stevie Rock a Little Modern 7 90479-2

Nico The Marbel Index*
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine*
Nu Shooz Poolside
Nugent, Ted Little Miss Dangerous*

Of Cabbages And Kings Hunter's Moon*
Of Cabbages And Kings Never Too Late*

Onyan Art Reagge Rock*
Orr, Benjamin The Lace

Palmer, Robert Pressure Drop
Palmer, Robert Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
Palmer, Robert Pride
Palmer, Robert Riptide

Peacock, David Thomas Grim Determination Meets the Fields of Sorrow*

Plant, Robert Pictures At Eleven Swan Song SS 8512-2
Plant, Robert The Principle Of Moments

Rascals, The Ultimate Rascals* Warner Special Products 9 27605-2 this one
Ratt Dancing Undercover
Redding, Otis Ultimate Otis Redding* Warner Special Products 9 27608-2
Rock City Angels Young Man's Blues

Ronstadt, Linda Simple Dreams
Ronstadt, Linda What's New
Ronstadt, Linda Lush Life
Ronstadt, Linda For Sentimental Reasons

Salty Dog Every Dog Has It's Day

Schwartz, Markus (& Lakou Brooklyn) Equinox* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats

Simply Red Picture Book
Simply Red Men And Women
Simply Red A New Flame
Simply Red Stars
Simply Red "You've Got It" CD single* (four songs total including a live "Holding Back the Years" and "I Wish")

Slayer South Of Heaven*
Slayer Reign in Blood*

Stacey Q Better Than Heaven
Subdudes Lucky*
Sun And The Moon, The Sun And The Moon*

Terenzi, Dr. Fiorella Music From The Galaxies*
Tesla The Great Radio Controversy

Townshend, Pete Psychoderelict* (several versions for Atlantic including original censored dialog and cassette!)
Townshend, Pete White City*
Townshend, Pete Deep End Live
Townshend, Pete Scoop*
Townshend, Pete Another Scoop*

Twisted Sister Come Out and Play (?)

U2 Boy
U2 October
U2 War
U2 Under A Blood Red Sky

Underworld Born Slippy*

Vitelli, Jason No Photographs*
Vitelli, Jason Confluence* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats

Work Of Art Lift* Soundkeeper Recordings - All Formats
Work Of Art Simplicity* Sword in the Stone Records - All Formats
Work Of Art Waves* Sword in the Stone Records - All Formats

Yes The Yes Album Atlantic 19131-2
Yes Fragile
Yes Close To The Edge Atlantic 19133-2
Yes Drama Atlantic 16019-2
Yes Tormato
Yes Classic Yes

Zebra 3.V Atlantic 7 81692-2
Zevon, Warren A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon*

Various artists Atlantic Soul Classics Warner Special Products 9-27601-2
Various artists Superstars in Digital Warner Special Products 9 27600-2 - "possibly"
Various artists Stand By Me (soundtrack)
Various artists Woodstock - Music From The Original Soundtrack And More


----------------------------------------------------

CDs NOT mastered by Barry Diament

Foreigner - Foreigner
Yes - Yessongs

----------------------------------------------------


*From the original master tapes -- AC/DC Back In Black is "perhaps" and Eagles Greatest Hits is "I *think*... but analog 'best of's were usually created by copying from the originals and assembling the copies into a new album so that would have been 1:1 from the originals..." - BD.

Jim Croce: see above about "best of" compilations

Genesis: "I did create CD masters for all --or almost all-- of the Genesis albums not long after I left Atlantic in the late '80s. Since I never received copies of pressings, I do not know if any of the masters I sent were ever used for CD production." - BD

Led Zeppelin: "The difference is that most of the Zeps (with the exception of "In Through The Out Door" and "Coda" were from flat copies and not EQ'd Limited copies." - BD

Genesis: "The Genesis (at least the ones I did when I was still at Atlantic, were mostly from EQ'd limited tapes but were to my ears, better done than the Nicks EQ'd limited tapes - and probably the mixes as well. (I hear the "cold edge" too - but would assign it a lower frequency than you did, perhaps around 5 - 8k.)" - BD

AC/DC: "AC/DC's "Back In Black" and "For Those About To rock" were from untouched original mixes." - BD

Bob Marley: "And all of the Marleys were from originals - no one's EQ or limiting for me to contend with." - BD

 

Is there an easy way to identify a Diament The Yes Album? Looking at scans, the back artwork and booklet don't list him.

 

I think you are safe getting an early Atlantic pressing. Bar code 0 7567-81530-2 0

 

There's so much great music here. Thank you Mr. Diamant.

 

This thread is an invaluable resource that I find myself returning to again and again.

 

Me too.

It has taken a while, but I think I have at least half of these discs now. Still, this many years after he did the work, with all the changes in technology, high res, etc., the Diament is the preferred mastering for a vast majority of these albums.

 

Isn't Bread Anthology of Bread (the older version of course) a Diament mastering as well? I don't see it listed.

 

1986 cd release of Ahmad Jamal
"Rossiter Road"

straight up old red book disc that is demonstration quality.
Barry sure knows how to master jazz records!!

 

Unfortunately, there has been no confirmation from Barry Diament and based on what I found (below), he didn't do any Bread titles.

 

We still haven't confirmed this one George

 

Ok.

 

Ricks never got back to me on that one. I'm not sure which would be his... The US SRC would make sense, but then again those Japan for US U2's were his

 

Just picked this up a couple of days ago and am really enjoying everything about it. A terrific disk for the drive home.

 

Pretty sure I have a green label Wish You Were pressing cut by Mr. Diament which sounds awesome. Correct?

 

more Barrys mastering Steve Slagle Rio Highlife, Ahmad Jamal Rossiter Road, Gloria Loring self titled

 

I have a question regarding Simply Red titles listed. Mine say mastered by Bernie Grundman in the inserts of A New Flame and Stars. Are there in fact Simply Red titles mastered by BD? Maybe reissues? Any information regarding those would be much appreciated Thanks very much.

 

I own the following:

Simply Red
Men and Women
Elektra 9 60727-2
MADE IN U.S.A. BY WEA MANUFACTURING INC.
Barry Diament Atlantic Studios
Matrix 60727-2 SRC-01
Barcode: 075596072724
EAC: 86.4 / 100.0 / 88.2 / 92.3 / 33.2 / 86.0 / 86.6 / 100.0 / 84.9 / 93.3

Simply Red
Picture Book
Elektra 9 60452-2
MADE IN WEST GERMANY BY POLYGRAM
Barry Diament uncredited Atlantic Studios (uncredited)
Matrix: 7559 960452-2 2895 879 01 *
Barcode: 075596045223
EAC: 100.0 / 100.0 / 88.7 / 74.5 / 83.8 / 86.9 / 62.7 / 76.0 / 86.8 / 86.7

 

anyone knows if that Barry mastering was used on the final complete album CD (US/Japan 1st Press), any comparison with that EP?

 

Here is another of his mastering

 

Is there a CD out there that has Diament's mastering of Phil Collins's Hello I Must Be Going that does not have the drop out right at the start of I Don't Care Anymore?