New Remastered CDs Question

[Memorex]

Also, these are reissues - not remasters. Misinformation out there.

According to Billboard:

Billboard Bits: Journey, Jason Mraz, Lynyrd Skynyrd
June 22, 2006, 3:40 PM ET

Five Journey albums have been remastered and expanded with memorabilia-rich album booklets for an Aug. 1 release via Columbia/Legacy. A handful of the titles have new bonus tracks, including 1988's "Greatest Hits," which will feature the 1996 single "When You Love a Woman."

1978's "Infinity," which marked the vocal debut of Steve Perry, and 1979's "Evolution" retain their original track lists, while 1980's "Departure" will include the bonus tracks "Little Girl" and "Natural Thing."

The mega-selling 1981 album "Escape" will include live versions of "Don't Stop Believin'," "Who's Crying Now" and "Open Arms" from the recent archival CD/DVD "Live in Houston," plus the studio track "La Raza Del Sol."


-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Did they get it wrong? I'm hoping they will be remastered as well. The Houston stuff sounds so great, I was hoping they'd make the same improvements with the reissues...


I'm really hoping that in the next round, if there is one, that they'll reissue Frontiers with Only the Young and Ask the Lonely. That would be something to be excited about, for me. And, I know, I could just make my own...
lol

They got it wrong.

[i]

They got it wrong.

Then what was the freakin' point, really?


(did you buy one, or something?)

[Memorex]

They got it wrong.

Then what was the freakin' point, really?


(did you buy one, or something?)

I think the repackaging is worth the price. I will buy all of them. I was just saying that they are not newly remastered.

[i]

They got it wrong.

Then what was the freakin' point, really?


(did you buy one, or something?)

I think the repackaging is worth the price. I will buy all of them. I was just saying that they are not newly remastered.

Well, thanks for the heads up. I can't imagine buying them all again if they're not remastered, but I will check out the extra photos, etc. Have all of the "extra" music...

oh well. Saves me some dough, lol.

thanks again

[Dano]

I’m sorry if this has already been covered, I know Journey is releasing remastered versions of Infinity, Evolution, Departure, Escape, and Greatest Hits but does any one know why Frontiers or even Raised On Radio are not on this list.

Also I would love to purchase remastered versions of Journey, Look Into The Future, and Next does any one know if there are any plans to re-release those?

The second set (including Steve Perry's Solo Stuff) will be released in the 2nd round. Also, these are reissues - not remasters. Misinformation out there. Captured is not included in the reissues, by the way.

John Kalodner put it this way:

Right now Steve Perry and I are repackaging (with original packaging and artwork) and bringing up the masters to the state of the art CD standards for the entire Journey catalog and Steve's solo records. They should be released in the Summer and Fall of 2006.

As you can see from Kalodner himself, these are indeed remastered. I believe this is just the first batch out of the whole catalog.

[Clasicrockldy]

I just put up a thread with the link to the scanned Evolution Booket.

[Dano]

....or maybe not.

Taking a look at the credits in the booklet that's been posted, the credits for the remaster still go back to Bob Ludwig in 1996, when they first were re-released. Could it be that the levels have been boosted? Seriously, you can even hear a sizeable volume difference in CD's from 10 years ago versus todays. It's even more pronounced with older CD's.

[WalrusOct9]

I would think that even increasing the volume level would require a new mastering job, since that's the very last part of the process. My guess is that they're bit-for-bit the same discs released ten years ago.