HW: XC & IitBotFtbD

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

Well......I think for those of us willing and have a good enough music
playback setup (sadly I'm only one out of those two and it's not the second
one, I can tell you!!!), this is where those remastered Castle digipak jobs
(and the latest jewel case job of 'Electric Teepee') come into their own -
from what I've heard the 'problems' are more than compensated by the
remastering, although sometimes the foundation can remain shaky - anyone
care to give an opinion on remaster versus original played back to back on
really good equipment? I bet there will be a significant improvement on most
of them altho' I'd like to bet that 'Levitation' will come put the least
improved of the lot.
Andy Garibaldi
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> These are the biggest problems for me with the overall sound of the album.
> I don't find it murky, muffled, indistinct, poorly-mixed, or anything else
> that other folks mentioned.  It sounds perfectly clear to me - I wish it
> didn't, because then I wouldn't have to hear the gawdawful 80s production
> cliches that it's encumbered with.  The digital processing on Huw's leads
> sound like crap!  Just like the gated digital reverb on the snare.  And
the
> digital (sampled?  DX7?) "piano" on "Lost Chronicles" sounds pathetic.  Of
> course, the late 80s were a very bad time for this sort of thing, so I'll
> still give the band credit for managing to get good synth sounds on the
> record (of course, a Hawkwind album *without* good synth sounds would be
> unthinkable!).  Danny Thompson's drumming has been commented on enough, so
> I'll just say that the tracks with drum machine on them ("Wastelands of
> Sleep", "EMC") come as a relief - never thought I'd say THAT.