Bruce Springsteen remastered from the tapes

allvinyl · Oct 29, 2014

Myles B. Astor said:
Certainly not the Classic Records reissue BTR.

Nope, not the Classic. Just your run-of-the-mill standard issue. I'll check the leadouts tonight.

John

socfan12 · Oct 29, 2014

sharkmouth said:
Ah sh*t.... was so looking forward to this, from the clip above, which is very, very misleading, I assumed it was from the master tapes....... bugger!!!!
Then again just watched it again & it does say at 1:52 that "Newly transferred from the analogue masters". The plot thickens.

I read it the same way you did, Kev. Have to say, it is misleading.

Rob, what did you read/hear that confirmed the vinyl is cut from digital?

mep · Oct 29, 2014

socfan12 said:
I read it the same way you did, Kev. Have to say, it is misleading.

Rob, what did you read/hear that confirmed the vinyl is cut from digital?

Read the interview portion with Bob Ludwig who did the mastering. It's digital.

socfan12 · Oct 29, 2014

Ah...

mep · Oct 29, 2014

With the exception of the specialty labels that we can trust (and Myles listed who those are in another thread), you have to assume that most LP reissues are being cut from a digital file. Many of the reissues mention that it was "sourced" from the master tapes, they just neglect to tell you that it was via a digital conversion from the master tapes. Caveat Emptor is the rule of the day.

Mike · Oct 29, 2014

mep said:
With the exception of the specialty labels that we can trust (and Myles listed who those are in another thread), you have to assume that most LP reissues are being cut from a digital file. Many of the reissues mention that it was "sourced" from the master tapes, they just neglect to tell you that it was via a digital conversion from the master tapes. Caveat Emptor is the rule of the day.

True! And I can't believe how bad some sound. Meanwhile, others sound quite good. It's sadly a crap shoot.

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Jack · Oct 29, 2014

And even when done correctly as Born to Run was by Jimmy Iovine and Greg Calbi, Bruce's musical style does not lend itself to production masterpieces. My wife who grew up and went to college in Pa. heard him and his rival Southside Johnny many dozens of times live and to this day he is her favorite artist. She says that the sound projected on the albums is what he wants and is a reflection of how he sounds live. He is not about pristine production. Born to Run was Columbia's "make it or break" effort with him so they gave him the "big guns" for one final try. Luckily for them all he hit it out of the park sales wise.

allvinyl · Oct 30, 2014