Definitive Audiophile pressings

HayesWeighsIn said:
Haha. No Oasis could ever receive audiophile treatment. There is ZERO headroom on those mixes!!
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I’ll let you in on a secret I heard the first effort at recording definitely maybe done a different studio with the instruments recorded separately to tape and with zero compression. It was on a documentary they did for one of its anniversaries It sounded fucking awful. Their first drummer, sacked soon afterwards, couldn’t keep time to a click track and they sounded neutered, nothing at all like the searing live act that had got them to that point. Recording the band live with only a few overdubs and compressing the fuck out of it actually sounds much truer to them as a live act and actually much better better too lol.
 
MikeH said:
The Wilco records all sound really solid to me! They seem to be very well recorded.
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The Grundman remasters of Wilco (the album) and before are all really, really excellent. Ghost Is Born is the best, IMO. It is nothing short of jaw droppingly stunning.

Bellman’s re-remasters (😂) of AM, Being There, and Summerteeth I think all slightly exceed Grundman’s, but you can’t go wrong with either. Unfortunately the press on my Being There box is not impressive. It’s my favorite Wilco album, so I’ll probably try to grab another copy one day.
 
mdmost said:
I'm hoping we'll get a definitive 20th anniversary edition for Turn On The Bright Lights next year. I don't remember people being too enthused about the 10th anniversary edition.
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It’s not much of a sonic improvement over the OG, but it’s a wonderful package. The second disc of early EP cuts is a treat, and the remaster of those tracks are a big upgrade from their originals.
 
Joe Mac said:
I’ll let you in on a secret I heard the first effort at recording definitely maybe done a different studio with the instruments recorded separately to tape and with zero compression. It was on a documentary they did for one of its anniversaries It sounded fucking awful. Their first drummer, sacked soon afterwards, couldn’t keep time to a click track and they sounded neutered, nothing at all like the searing live act that had got them to that point. Recording the band live with only a few overdubs and compressing the fuck out of it actually sounds much truer to them as a live act and actually much better better too lol.
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Absolutely - that is THE Oasis sound! It doesn’t work otherwise. Totally agree. My secret is that Be Here Now is my favorite record of theirs, because they fully embraced that over the top wall of guitar madness. My Big Mouth has to have like 12 guitar tracks on it!!
 
HayesWeighsIn said:
The Grundman remasters of Wilco (the album) and before are all really, really excellent. Ghost Is Born is the best, IMO. It is nothing short of jaw droppingly stunning.

Bellman’s re-remasters (😂) of AM, Being There, and Summerteeth I think all slightly exceed Grundman’s, but you can’t go wrong with either. Unfortunately the press on my Being There box is not impressive. It’s my favorite Wilco album, so I’ll probably try to grab another copy one day.
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Grundman or Kevin Gray?
 
HayesWeighsIn said:
Absolutely - that is THE Oasis sound! It doesn’t work otherwise. Totally agree. My secret is that Be Here Now is my favorite record of theirs, because they fully embraced that over the top wall of guitar madness. My Big Mouth has to have like 12 guitar tracks on it!!
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I think Noel said that he couldn’t remember recording it, beyond it being ridiculous levels of fun, and when he came to reevaluate it for its 20th anniversary he started remixing it to see what was there. D’You Know What I Mean had 50 guitar tracks, all of him playing the same lead part! When he stripped it back he found two orchestras and a choir in the mix that couldn’t actually be heard in the final product. After doing it he decided that although it sounded better the album was a document of its time and so left it but put the mix of that one track out on a CD in the box set and to stream. It’s really weird listening to what could have been, still massive and compressed to fuck but with a few less guitar tracks and the ability to actually hear those orchestras and that choir.

Cocaine is one hell of a drug!
 
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MikeH said:
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I like the "features" description:

Features:
180 Gram Vinyl
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Cut from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin "Dr. Groove" Gray and Robert "Mr. Record" Pincus
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I’ve got the Speakers Corner pressing for this one, which sounds great but I want to get this pressing because this will be the definitive pressing! 😁🎯🚨💎
 
Joe Mac said:
I think Noel said that he couldn’t remember recording it, beyond it being ridiculous levels of fun and when he came to reevaluate it for its 20th anniversary he started remixing it to see what was there. D’You Know What I Mean had 50 guitar tracks, all of him playing the same lead part! When he stripped it back he found two orchestras and a choir in the mix that couldn’t actually be heard in the final product. After doing it he decided that although it sounded better the album was a document of its time and so left it but put the mix of that one track out on a CD in the box set and to stream. It’s really weird listening to what could have been, still massive and compressed to fuck but with a few less guitar tracks and the ability to actually hear those orchestras and that choir.

Cocaine is one hell of a drug!
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Absolutely love how the plan was to remix the album, by the time he was done with D’You Know, he was like, fuck this! 🤣
 
HayesWeighsIn said:
Maybe I’m mistaken! Didn’t Bernie do all the 180 gram remasters, think they were released around 2010 or so?
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My guy Kevin "Dr. Groove" Gray did the OG pressing of A Ghost is Born which is the copy I have. Doesn't seem to have been reissued. The others are done by a bunch of different people:

BG did the 2009 Being There 2xLP (pressed at Pallas).

OG Sky Blue Sky is Stan Ricker half speed mastered and pressed at RTI. 2020 reissue used the same plates it seems.

2020 Summerteeth is CB pressed at RTI in the US.

Not sure about Yankee Hotel but the 2008 was pressed at Pallas I think. Says it was mastered at RTI on discogs too.

No wonder all their records sound awesome...
 
HayesWeighsIn said:
Absolutely - that is THE Oasis sound! It doesn’t work otherwise. Totally agree. My secret is that Be Here Now is my favorite record of theirs, because they fully embraced that over the top wall of guitar madness. My Big Mouth has to have like 12 guitar tracks on it!!
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I have the more recent reissue of Be Here Now and it sounds f'ing awful. I keep thinking about trying to grab an OG so I have the full set.
 
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