Rock Candy Records re-issues

Well I guess I'll "Keep" my original CDs then.Take a look at this ... used

Badlands - S/T RARE ROCK CANDY REMASTER + Bonus Track (Jake E Lee, Ozzy, Kiss) 827565056293 | eBay

 

read that link I posted. It was a link not a question honestly.

They are very compressed and sound poor on a stereo but as I said in the thread they are very good if you are using them with headphones and are much louder than the originals if you ripped them from the discs. So they are nice in that respect.

They are tough to take on an actual stereo. My ears hurt within a few minutes.

 

I'd take that miles before the other 3 you mentioned!

 

Can anyone comment on the Damn Yankees CD? Also hope they do Night Ranger albums.

 

Have not heard the Damn Yakees reissue. I honestly don’t know how they could improve on the original....was recorded fully digitally in 1990 and sounds great. Night Ranger!!! Yess. Dawn Patrol and Midnight Madness PLEASE!!!

 

I have the original release of the S/T on cd sounds fantastic

 

Sounds okay to my gig-blasted ears, and the bonus track is tasty too, not heard t since I lost the single ages back.........

 

Agree! Just curious about these RMs.Originally, I had the S/T & VH on cassette when first released(Saw Badlands for the VH Tour and it was an incredible show! Encore song-War Pigs! Jeff Martin is a great drummer he used to sing for Racer X .Who knew he could drum like that?)By the mid '90s saw the old Atlantic CDs of both for real cheap and got them.Not knowing those would be OOP soon(if not already) and hard to find!At the time (pre-Internet days that is).

 

Does anyone know if they are actually remixing from the 24 track studio tapes or are they just compressing and eq the left/right mixdown masters?

 

I don't think they are doing any remixing, just remastering from the 2 track mixdown.

 

I just ordered the I - Ten Taking a Cold Look CD that Rock Candy did. Thought it was the Sony reissue that I ordered though. Hoping it doest sound terrible.

 

It sounds fine, to my ears. Good songs too.

 

I have the White Sister s/t and Icon - Night of the Crime. Both great albums. Sound good, but I don't have originals to compare.

 

I have been on the fence with getting Icon for a few years. I should just pull the trigger as I originally had it on cassette and love it.

 

It's disappointing to read that the King Kobra reissues from Rock Candy aren't good. I've read elsewhere that the Axe Killer version of Ready to Strike is the best option for that album as far as a CD version goes. Can anyone shed any light on this?

 

Haven't found anything wrong with my copy of Thrill Of a Lifetime.

Sounds entirely roadworthy to me.

 

The RC versions of King Kobra are not good. I don't have the Axe Killer but I can tell you everything I do have from that label is a disaster.

 

Thanks for the heads up regarding the Axe Killer stuff Curveboy.

 

Has anyone picked up RC’s recent reissue of TKO’s In Your Face? I don’t think I’ve seen any comments on that one yet.

 

I picked up the first Coney Hatch and the Sea Hags disc as well. Coney Hatch was done by Astley.

 

I didn’t find Ready To Strike too bad. That being said I don’t have an OG Pressing to compare it to. Worst sounding RC version that I own is Armored Saint-March Of The Saint. I didn’t know what ear fatigue meant until I heard that.

 

I think the RC version of Coney Hatch’s debut is really good, but it’s the first version of that album I’ve ever owned, so I don’t have anything to compare it with. On the other hand, I was kind of disappointed with the quality of the RC issue of Helix’s Long Way to Heaven. I love that album, but I feel like my original cassette of that record sounded better. It definitely seems to be hit or miss with RC’s releases, even though their packaging is pretty top notch and they release things that are hard to find otherwise.

 

I only have:

Fiona - "Beyond The Pale"

and

Mr. Mister - "Welcome To The Real World"

I like them. The Rock Candy version of Fiona's cd, I think, sounds better than the Wounded Bird label version.

 

I would definitely recommend the RC version of Icon - Night of the Crime. It sounds great to me.

 

Actually you are right!!!! Long Way To Heaven is TERRIBLE!!!! Brickwalled to the max and very distorted. I am happy with both Coney Hatch. I have approx 75 RC titles and there are definitely some that I am disappointed with or some that I feel provide no improvement to the original pressings. The titles remastered by Andy Pearce seem to be the ones I favour. I really do love the liner notes though.