Iron Maiden Remasters

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by old school, Mar 11, 2012.

  1. SammyJoe

    SammyJoe Up The Irons!

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    Cant recall if there was any significant but atleast one:
    The original start of Powerslave is on the previous song's (Back In The Village) end.
     
  2. Masza

    Masza Forum Resident

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    'Iron Maiden' remaster: If I remember right, Paul Di'Anno's speak in the end of the Phantom of the Opera is missing from the remaster. And the intro of the Strange World was moved to the end of the Transylvania
     
  3. kwf

    kwf Forum Resident

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    SIT, SSOASS, and TNOTB are different from the original vinyl...but, these appear to have OBIs...
     
  4. SammyJoe

    SammyJoe Up The Irons!

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    Yep, those too. :righton:
     
  5. aynrandgirl

    aynrandgirl Member

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    Hopefully that's what we're seeing. Otherwise they're just cutting off the left edge of the art, which on a dense visual like Somewhere in Time is a travesty. There's a whole bunch of hidden gems on that one.
     
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  6. Holy Diver

    Holy Diver Senior Member

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    The S/T was completely changed on the CD remaster, not just cropped.
     
  7. Deuce66

    Deuce66 Senior Member

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    picture discs!!! mastered from the original tapes - brilliant guys just #$%##* brilliant
     
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  8. Robobrewer

    Robobrewer Forum Resident

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    Is that insane or what???:crazy:
    Just like Spirit Crusher said, it's a wasted opportunity.:realmad:
     
  9. Masza

    Masza Forum Resident

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    I don't think that there are OBIs, maybe they just cut the cover arts for those strips.. :magoo:
     
  10. Deuce66

    Deuce66 Senior Member

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    it's really frustrating to be a fan of some bands and watch them constantly butcher their music product either thru lousy recordings/masterings or in this case the actual format, another possible word of warning, I'm willing to bet that it's Kevin Shirley doing the mastering, these might end being the worst sounding Maiden releases yet
     
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  11. Spirit Crusher

    Spirit Crusher Forum Resident

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    I hope Shirley doesn't do any mastering. I would consider getting some if mastered well and the pressing quality is good, but what are the chances of that?
    Especially the first three records, as passable quality pressings are hard to come by these days.
    The Final Frontier has much more dynamics on LP and is relatively better in pressing quality than Dance of Death, but @#$!, anything is better than that piece of worthless crap.
     
  12. marcelbr

    marcelbr Forum Resident

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    Have you compared with the UK vinyl? The record sounds waaay fuller and with that oomph you'd expect from a metal record. The first pressing is indeed a little thin in comparsion. But it's also good when you crank it up.
     
  13. Blueshirt

    Blueshirt Forum Resident

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    All of my Iron Maiden records sound good when the volume is cranked up... It's the only way to play 'em! :agree:
     
  14. marcelbr

    marcelbr Forum Resident

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    Yeah, but not the remasters. Those sound fatiguing if you turn it up, as it happens to many modern remasters.
     
  15. aynrandgirl

    aynrandgirl Member

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    Are you talking about the Raw Power remasters? The 1995 remasters (the two-disc ones) are lovely.
     
  16. marcelbr

    marcelbr Forum Resident

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    Yes, the current ones. But I still prefer the 1st cd masterings. Except for Piece Of Mind, the 95 is superior.
     
  17. Anthrax

    Anthrax Forum Resident

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    Those are not remasters.
     
  18. marcelbr

    marcelbr Forum Resident

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    Yes, the 95 are remasters. the original cd masters are from the eighties.
     
  19. Anthrax

    Anthrax Forum Resident

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    You may be confusing a reissue with a remaster.
     
  20. marcelbr

    marcelbr Forum Resident

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    It could be. I know there are 3 main releases: the first cd pressings from the 80s, the 1995 two-fers (remastered with b-sides included) and the 1998 sanctuary remasters.
    I'm not counting weird japanese pressings or things like that, only the worldwide releases...
    But you're right, maybe I'm a little fuzzy about so many reissues on so many cds of so many bands!
     
  21. The Rush Fan

    The Rush Fan Well-Known Member

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    The 1995 versions were re-releases (not remasters). Here's a post where I tried to briefly describe the various releases through 2002:

    http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?p=4421403#post4421403
    (note that I erroneously called the 1995 versions remasters - they are not)

    I would suggest reading oldschool's "The big comparison of Iron Maiden CD masterings" thread. It's very informative.
     
  22. motorcitydave

    motorcitydave Enlightened Rogue In Memoriam

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    The UK vinyl has a different and unique mastering altogether than the US vinyl and other countries. It was cut @ Abbey Road by Nick Webb. It is in fact the original (and probably best mastering.)
     
  23. It might be worthy to note that for the first two albums, the mastering os different between the UK (EMI) and the US (Capitol) first batch CD releases. I find the US release superior for the first album and the UK release better for "Killers".
     
  24. heepsterandrey

    heepsterandrey Forum Resident

    I don't think Kevin Shirley masters anything. If for some sick reason Steve Harris decides these albums need to be remixes then we should be scared about Caveman's remixing! If we get remasters with bonus tracks I'd imagine they would be something like the recent Black Sabbath remasters that were mastered by Andy Pearce. Hopefully he'd get to master these. But sadly this is only fantasy :(
     
  25. marcelbr

    marcelbr Forum Resident

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    Right, thanks for the link! Great info there! So, from what I'm getting, the 1995 catalog had the same mastering from the early releases (including the First Ten Years b-sides), but with a volume boost? They didn't change anything apart from that?
     

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