The Official "Apple Digital Masters / Mastered for iTunes" Thread*

I did not see any posts about this but could anyone tell me how they feel about the Eric Clapton stuff? (Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominos, EC). I realize that the best versions are often considered to be the old MFSL and DCC CDs (and I know some like the old Polydors). How do the MFiT/ADM versions compare if anyone here has heard both? Are these the same as whatever came out in 1996 or 1997?

 

Well, I was surprise to see that Fleetwood Mac - Rumors has got the MFiT/ADM treatment.. But it is the 2001 master and without the song Silver Spring.. I remember when the DVD Audio version of Rumors came out and was quite happy about it (I actually like all the extra content - I just wish I could have iTunes LP version of it though).. I am now wondering if that is the same master as the DVD Audio version or what is the story? (Haven't bought it yet)

 

Kind of an odd release. There's no equivalent high-resolution download that I can find anywhere. And all the previously available Rumours editions (from 2004 and 2013) are still there in the iTunes Store.

 

I can't speak for any of the music he made afterwards, but I've purchased the MFiT versions of Disraeli Gears, Live Cream Vol.1 and Live Cream Vol.2.

Disraeli Gears doesn't sound much if any different to the last CD version I have (Those Were The Days), but the 2 live volumes are incredible. Easily the best sounding I've heard.

 

Fully concur. The two live Cream volumes are absolutely essential.

 

Here's my starter list of artists with Mastered for iTunes/Apple Digital Master titles if not entire catalogs.

APPLE DIGITAL MASTERS

ABBA
AC-DC
AEROSMITH
ARCADE FIRE
BAD COMPANY
BAND, THE
BEATLES, THE
BECK
BILLY IDOL
BILLY JOEL
BLACK KEYS, THE
BLACK SABBATH
BOB DYLAN
BOB MARLEY
BÖC
BON JOVI
BOSTON
BRUCE SPRINGTEEN
BRYAN ADAMS
CCR
CHEAP TRICK
CREAM
DAVID BOWIE
DEEP PURPLE
DEF LEPPARD
DIO
DONALD FAGEN
ELVIS COSTELLO
FLEETWOOD MAC
FOGHAT
FOO FIGHTERS
FREE
GREEN DAY
GRIMES
GUNS N ROSES
HEART
HU, THE
IGGY POP
INXS
IRON MAIDEN
J GEILS BAND
JANES ADDICTION
JEFF BECK
JETHRO TULL
JOHN COLTRANE
JOURNEY
JOY DIVISION
KING CRIMSON
KINKS, THE
KISS
LANA DEL RAY
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
LED ZEPPELIN
LEONARD COHEN
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
MASTODON
MAX WEBSTER
MC5
MEGADETH
METALLICA
MILES DAVIS
MONTROSE
MUSE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
NEIL YOUNG
NIN
NIRVANA
OZZY OSBOURNE
PAT BENATAR
PAT METHENY
PEARL JAM
PETER FRAMPTON
PETER GABRIEL
PINK FLOYD
POLICE, THE
QUEEN
QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
RAMMSTEIN
RAMONES
RASPBERRIES, THE
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
REM
ROGER WATERS
ROLLING STONES
RUSH
SANTANA
SEPULTURA
SLAYER
SONIC YOUTH
SOUNDGARDEN
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
STING
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
SUPERTRAMP
TAME IMPALA
THOM YORKE
TOM PETTY
TOM WAITS
TOOL
U2
VAN HALEN (ROTH)
VOLBEAT
WEEZER
WHO, THE
YES
ZZ TOP

 

Thank you for this list!

 

Add: FRANK SINATRA

Not his entire catalog, but several recent album remasters listed at Sinatra Family Forum:
Frank Sinatra albums in high-resolution audio? - Page 6

 

ELO should also be on that list, just bought "Time" an actually listening to Twilight (from my childhood) stunning how great it sounds compared to my cd (greatest hits)..

 

A few more added.

Smashing Pumpkins
Bob Mould (late albums)
Steven Wilson (To the Bone)
John Mellencamp (Sad Clowns)

 

Add

B-52's complete studio albums
THE SMITHS studio albums

 

A few more

Simple Minds
Ihsahn (recent only)
Tears for Fears (Songs....)
Nile (last album)
Obituary (last two)

 

Now you got me wondering if the Flac from the Beatles USB Apple is as good???

 

Derek And The Dominos “In Concert” sounds very, very good

 

Also add Taylor Swift’s discography

 

Random comments about some artists in this list:

ABBA: There used to be a MfiT compilation called The ABBA Collection that contained every officially released ABBA track. It's gone now (the comp with that title in the iTunes Store now is just eleven tracks long). The individual studio albums and Live at Wembley Arena are ADM, but several tracks from the deluxe editions and various comps are non-ADM, and some other tracks are simply no longer available.

Black Sabbath: Only the Ozzy-era studio albums and 13 (regular and deluxe versions) are ADM. The Rules of Hell is available as a high-resolution download, but there's no ADM equivalent for the box or its component albums.

Creedeence Clearwater Revival: Only the bare-bones studio albums and Live at Woodstock are ADM; the deluxe editions, compilations and other live albums are not.

Fleetwood Mac: Future Games, Live and Say You Will are available as high-resolution downloads, but these albums on iTunes are not ADM. Also, rather bizarrely, the ADM Rumours is bare-bones (no "Silver Springs") and labeled "2001 Remaster" — there is no equivalent high-res download anywhere that I can find.

Guns n' Roses: Only Appetite for Destruction (regular, deluxe and super-deluxe editions) is ADM.

Jethro Tull: Only the Steven Wilson–remixed albums (and only some of them) are ADM.

The Police: The ADM Flexible Strategies can be streamed on Apple Music but is not available in the iTunes Store.

Santana: Shape Shifter is available as a high-res download, but the iTunes Store download is not ADM.

Supertramp: Only Crime of the Century (regular and deluxe versions) is available as ADM.

The Who: Not all the bonus tracks on the deluxe edition CDs are available on the ADM downloads.

ZZ Top: Live: Greatest Hits from Around the World is available as a high-res download, but the iTunes Store download is not ADM. Conversely, La Futura (regular and deluxe versions) is ADM but not available as a high-res download.

 

Pink Floyd: There used to be MfiT "Deluxe Experience Editions" of The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall in the iTunes Store (part of the "Why Pink Floyd?" reissue series that started in 2011). They disappeared in 2016, and only the bare-bones albums remain. The MfiT Discovery box disappeared at the same time.

 

Disappeared from the store but I can still download those deluxe editions to this day even though I purchased them way back when.

 

Enjoy it while you can. I could download another copy of The Complete Stevie Wonder from my account for a while after it vanished from the store, but now it's gone from there too.

 

Adding the Dixie Chicks to the list.

 

I wonder how Layla sounds?

 

New Toto remasters are now on iTunes. I know they are out today in hi res also. Not sure where I will buy them from. I do have the remaster cds so I might buy an album or song and compare.

 

Would appreciate more information over this master vs the regular remaster.

 

Bat Out of Hell is ADM, but I is it bad as all the cd's?

 

I don't have the remaster, so I can't compare..