your opinion of Remastered CDs ?

Agree.  With the exception of Perpetual Change (with its rather half-hearted drun solo), I prefer the Yessongs version to the album version of every track. 

In general, the CD's. As an example, I have a lot of affection for my first vinyl copy of Close to the Edge, but the second one (the forst simply wore out) was poor quality; the first CD was a pretty poor transcript, but the subsequent re master was much better (and the rhino sleeve notes and art did a decent job of recapturing some of the spirit of the original) 

Slartibartfast wrote: ten years after wrote: Improving technical quality does not necesarily improve artistic quality.  Indeed, it can introduce an element of sterility. Also, enjoyment of music involves many inputs that are nothing to do with musical perfection.  As a teenager some of my albums acquired a few audible scratches from being played to death. I've long since lost all of those albums but listening now to the CD i often find i miss a familiar click or hiss . This is, of course, nostalgia rather than musical appreciation but so what.    . Have you tried making scratch noises with you mouth when listen to them?  Scrrc Scrrc Scrrc.  And who can forget this classic vinyl sound: Voooiiipe.  And maybe your cat can chip in with some hissing if you have one.