Re-record which album?

What a coincidence! I just though today that what would it sound if some Genesis albums would be re-recorded. Supergreat!? Well I don't know :D Foxtrot firstly.

Madkinski wrote: As far as Metallica goes, ...And Justice For All needs re-doing more than anything they've ever done. Not only is it the closest they ever came to progressive songs or arrangements, but the album LITERALLY has no bass guitar.   I also agree about Aqualung. It surprises me that other Tull albums have such warm sounds and pristine, lovely re-master packaging - whilst Aqualung, the album most heralded as the Tull album to own (Of course, that SHOULD be Heavy Horses), hasn't a decent sound or special crazy anniversary edition or anything. Maybe it does and I'm just not aware.   I also think the SONG Going For the One could be much better sounding.

A friend of mine bought some years ago a remastered version of Aqualung with a nice packaging and some extra stuff including an interview with Ian Anderson. I had the original Aqualung, and now I also have a copy of that remastered version that actually sounds much better.

SirPsycho388 wrote: I'd say Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite... the production there sucks

EASY

^dude- are you tripping?

I'm tripping off my signature lol.

As Madkinski said, Metallica's ...And Justice for All really needs some re-doing. It sounds like the whole album is recorded in a phone booth leaving Jason outside. Yet, it is a great album.

Aqualung is also and album which's sound quality is pretty poor compared with some other Tull albums. Foxtrot has also got that problem.

I've always thought that Genesis Trespass contained their most sincere music --- this was a time when their compositions were not contaminated by the whims of producers (or demanding fans for that matter...they didn't really have any fans then). Trespass was them just playing what they wrote. But the music on this album was not done much justice by the primitive recording of it.

I like to imagine what Trespass would have sounded like, if the band would have re-recorded it  at later time, say during the Selling England [..] period when their technical capabilites were better advanced. But we'll never know...

FragileDT wrote: Empathy wrote: Blacksword wrote: I would like to see the following albums re-recorded, with whatever technique... A farewell to Kings - Rush Really? What's your issue with this one? Yeah I've always found the production on Rush albums from 2112 and on sound great.

There are number of issues with this album, and not all relate to its production. I did think the production was inferior to both 2112 and Hemispheres, it seemed to dry, and the top end can disort badly when played a volume. The vinyl was especially bad for this.

Apart from that, although the songs are gerat - in some cases some of Rush's best ever - some of Alex's guitar playing seems rough and hurried. I think he was trying to perfect a less typical rock guitar sound at the time - almost a punk rhythim guitar sound - but his playing just doesn't seem as sharp and accurate as it was on 2112 and Hemispheres. Geddy's keyboards are also badly out of tune, especially on Cygnus X-1.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: There are some albums that I'd love to see re-recorded: Shadow Gallery - Shadow Gallery Ayreon - Actual Fantasy (has already been done - sounds AWESOME!) Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34 Symphony X - Symphony X (The re-recorded version of Masquerade shows the potential!) Dream Theater - WDADU

I completely agree

SaintVitus wrote: ELP's re-recording of Pictures at an Exhibition (i think it's from 1993) shows how much you can improve an old record by using state of the art technology....IMO the new recording is so much better.

 

Ouch, I would love to listen to that but I never listen to ELP's Pictures, so I can listen to the original without hearing, born in lifes fire in the back of my head. It took me years to get there.  I used to listen to it religiously, everyday after school.