StormTrooper wrote to boraxman <=-
REally, it declined that early? I wasn't around during that time, but I've heard a remaster here and there, compared to the 90s version, and
it was different.
There's always exceptions... The further into the 80s and early 90s I'd say they became less cohesive in general, and loaded with more duds.
I've not had much to do with anything remastered... only one I ever got
my hands on was Led Zeppelin Remasters, can't say I noticed any
difference between it and any other versions I'd heard.
The very first album I bought was in 1996, so I can't compare with earlier stuff. It was a 1993 album, "God Shuffled his Feet". But I do hear the difference in newer albums.
Devin Townsend once talked about complaints that his albums were "quiet" (despite having heavy moments) and he explained it as a necessity of mixing to ensure all the many elements of sound he's mixed in are audible at the intended level. In other words, he won't engage in the "Loudness war" and muddy the sound to bring it to the same loudness as others.
... BoraxMan
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