Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) - Best sound on CD

The World is on my list of their worst remastered PFM. The second part of The Mountain after the choir intro has this badly swinging bass level that makes it not too cool... Up for sale now.

Over-remastered, sounds like amateur job.

IIRC, Ghosts, Chocolate Kings and Jet Lag were better.

Prefer to listen to the Japanese versions anyway.

 

I made the mistake of buying another Esoteric reissue recently (John Cale's collaboration with Terry Riley, Church Of Anthrax) and it was another disappointing ear bleeder. I love a lot of the bands that they handle, but they've demonstrated time and time again that they don't care about good sound. I'm sure that I'm better off sticking with the original release in this case.

 

There's a new box set coming:
The Manticore Studio Albums 1973-1977
The Manticore Studio Albums 1973-1977



It would be good to know more about the mastering they have used...

 

I'm honestly not familiar with their Manticore output, so I'd be curious to check this set out if the sound is decent. I wonder if it includes any bonus material.

 

Neither am I. But it seems this is only a new boxed version of the four studio albums. That’s all, no extras.

 

Right no extras except poster (who cares).

Esoteric records.

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/pfm-the-manticore-studio-albums-1973-1977-4cd-clamshell-boxset/

 

I like the 2 Italian language albums more than Photos of Ghosts, but I think The World Became The World bests it’s Italian counterpart.

 

Anyone heard the K2HD PFM discs? Curious about their sound. I got burned on the ELP K2HD's, which were brickwalled like crazy. Don't want to make that mistake again...

 

I cancelled my order for this unsure of the remastering, does anyone have opinions on the sound? Thanks.