How does one determine if the cd is Sonopress or Parlophone? I don't see anything indicating either on mine. My ADATR says "sonopress" in the matrix. My Queen I reads "B-5884 / CDP 7462042 A".
Can you check your matrix again, Roland? I have a Japan for Europe (reddish faced, silver lettering) with CDP 7 46016 2 in the matrix, but also CP38-3117-6 1A1. If you are certain yours is CP35, I'll post an EAC log and we can see if these are different masterings.
I posted a great discography on my Queen thread in the Music Room. http://www.pcpki.com/queen/discography/queenalbums.html
Thanks, George. I guess mine is either UK or Netherlands. I don't see from the info listed how to distinguish, but I guess it doesn't matter much. Your site doesn't specify any of the Queen I cd's as sonopress, though.
Just one addition to this, which I did mention to Roland. My preferred version of 'The Game' is the 32XD Japan pressing, which is a different mastering to the target. It's mastered lower and sounds a lot more relaxed to my ears.
It never ends. Just when you think you have every version........ .....unless one comes up on EBay tonight then I will change my mind.
Your B-5884 / CDP 7462042 A is most certainly a sonopress CD. Sonopress is the pressing plant while Parlophone is the label. http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showpost.php?p=3191452&postcount=35
Which is again, very significant as it shows that a Parlophone CAN be the unremastered version. Ignore this fact at your peril when searching for these guys! Adam, I think this has been covered before and was credited as a mistake at the pressing plant. The Works was a black Triangle CP35 and seems to share the mastering, but it's thought that there was never a CP38. I don't even think there were any CP38 in the EMI catalogue!
Thanks, Darren. Maybe I should stick a post-it note inside my cd, so when this topic inevitably comes up again in over the years, I don't get confused again and wonder what the hell this CP38 I have is!
I say none but there's alway one or two... CP38-3009 Hause, Alfred Jalousie CP38-3010 Wilson, Nancy What's New
The Sonopress is in the matrix code usually, otherwise you can find EMI Swindon or EMI Uden in the matrix.
I am listening to the MFSL as I type. Great clarity, BIG sound, but a bit bass light IMO. Does the CP32 offer this? If so, how does the WG compare to the CP32? I have that one on order.
I think the EMI of ADATR sounds a little fuller in the bottom end, and a little warmer, but it has a little less detail. I think four louder listening, the EMI is probably better, and for lower volume listening, the MFSL might be better. Not a significant difference between WG EMI and CP32 EMI in my opinion, but there could be a small difference depending on your system and your ears. I wouldn't worry too much about CP32 vs. EMI WG, don't loose any sleep over it.
Too late. (Just kidding.) I felt that the EMI's that I have heard so far have a nice bottom end and I would've guessed the generalizations you made above, but since I am still a newbie to original pressings, I'd check with you.
Nice overview Roland! In the early nineties the first album and Queen II were released as part of the SuperMasters series. Have you heard about those? I don't know what master was used. The labelnumber for Queen is TOCP 6551. The labelnumber for Queen II is TOCP 6675. I have attached a picture of Queen II.
Thanks Roland! What about the Fame Reissues? Have you heard those? Are they the same mastering as the CDP ones? I ask because I got a CD today, Queen II, that appears identical to the CDP UK version, yet the case has a sticker on it that says: CD FA 3099. However, the catalog number on the spine, back of the case and the CD all have the CDP number and the packaging does not mention the FA 3099 anywhere. I am confused here.
Have anyone compared 2001 Queen remasters of "Innuendo" & "Miracle" with standart, non remastered UK CD's? I'm not sure that this albums were really remastered because they are much quieter than earlier Mew earbleeders..
I don't believe those albums were actually remastered were they? I thought the Remaster Series stopped at Magic?
Today i bought the standart UK 'Innuendo' CD & compared it with 2001 Japan remaster. The old UK edition is easily better: it's more dynamic, & it's quieter than 2001 Japan (really remastered) CD. The most unpleasant thing to me with 2001 edition is it's maximizing.
