I beg to differ, the heading is "Essential Barry Diament masterings", how can they be essential if we don't know if they were released? But I am nit picking, you can ignore me.
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 Golden Earring The Hole 7 90514-2 on 21 Records Atco (Barry is unsure if he did this one) 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
Too late, princesskiki...I have already been committed to an asylum due to the mental anguish over this
Thanks for checking! I appreciate your work. Your pressing history of the Face Value CD is interesting and a valuable read for me. When reading the HF thread I referenced above, I did come across the 93.3 EAC value you referenced in your post early in the thread. It appears to be the Canadian Cinram version with a level shift down. The original clipping present on the Diament mastering is also present on the Cinram and present at EAC values of less than 100%, an oddity. It seems likely the the timeline for the Cinram version is later.
Why would this - level shifted down - be done...is this common for CD...I always thought it to be the opposite?! Are there any sonic advantages?
Not sure. I wish I knew more on the subject. Perhaps someone else can comment. Now if I were to speculate what those Canadians might have done, perhaps it is as simple as they performed a level shift down due the 100% values of two of the tracks. Again... pure speculation.
Thanks...I would be interested to know/understand why this would be done, too! Maybe it will remain to be another of life's mysteries!?
Anyone has an ASIN for Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly? It seems I can only find remasters on Amazon.
Simply because peaks reaching the 100% digital value have a risk of producing audible clipping on some systems.
Thanks, Plan9...so, it's possible a CD - in this case the Canadian pressing of 'Face Value' - could sound *better* simply because of the reduced peak levels?
It's *possible*. Although it depends on if there is clipping and if it is audible in the first place. My guess is not.
the whole catalogue mastered by Barry sounds wonderful and can be found fairly cheap if you are patient and resourceful. a worthy investment of time/money. i'm not an expert on all the available marley pressings... but if u have 1) all the diaments 2) the AF SACD for a good collection of the early "grey market-ish" stuff and 3) the deluxe "Catch a Fire" for the original Jamaican mix... i can't imagine you'll want for any Marley.
Well put. The vintage Diament masters of the Marley / Wailers CD catalog is essential and cheap listening.
I just bought a used copy of Hello, I Must Be Going! by Phil Collins and was hoping someone may be able help me identify if it's Diament mastering or not. Atlantic Records Catalog Number: 80035-2 Bar Code: 07567-80035-2 Matrix: 3 80035-2 SRC+15 The bottom of the disc says "MADE IN USA BY WEA MANUFACTURING INC" The back of the Jewel Case says "Printed in USA" Not a target CD. Silver with a red and black outer ring. The album cover says: INCLUDES I DON'T CARE ANY MORE AND YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE in the bottom right corner.
Working on getting all the Diament Bob Marley discs. So far I have: Legend Rebel Music Kaya Uprising Exodus Survival Live Catch A Fire Natty Dread
Just picked up Ivan Neville's "Thanks" CD... sounds great, and interestingly, it's not available on Tidal or Spotify. @George P Thanks for maintaining this list!
I will add two things: 1) I’ve never heard Uprising sound as good as it does on the 1982 vinyl Box set that was limited to 10,000 copies 2) If you have 5.1, the Clearmountain surround mix of Exodus alone is worth seeking out the Blu-ray audio release of Legend (30th Anniversary, not the rubbish High Fidelity Pure Audio version) I have all the Diament masterings of the Tuff Gong / Island Studio albums from ‘73 on and they certainly all sound magical.
