-All Prince catalog on Warner Bros
-Led Zeppelin (I, II, III, 4, Phisycal Graffiti, Houses of the Holy)...
-Rolling Stones VIRGIN catalog
-Radiohead (Pablo Honey, Bends, OK Computer)
-Pixies Catalog
-Emmyolou Harris... Warner/Reprise catalog
-Madonna...'Like A Prayer'
-Stone Roses
-Smiths...entire Warner catalog
-Parlament catalog
-BOB DYLAN!!! (Get to it Sony!)
-Joni Mitchell catalog on Reprise/Warner

I'll second this list for the most part.

Especially the Prince, Pixies, Smiths, Stone Roses and Madonna.

I'd like to hear crisp, fresh versions of old New Order and Cure albums as well.

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

All of Zep's catalog has been remastered.


Why those? They're not old, and OK Computer doesn't sound like it needs remastering anyway. Don't know about the other two.


Joni's material has been remastered lately. Maybe not all of it, I don't know. But Blue and Court & Spark have been remastered for a while now. Others that I can't remember right now too.

I'd add the Parliament/Funkadelic catalog. About 4 Funkadelic albums have been remastered.

Cure
New Order...(thanx for the remind!)

JOY DIVISION
DEPECHE MODE
LIVING COLOR
MORRISSEY
and some PAISLEY PARK/'JAIMEE STAR'produced records...most notably..
-SHEILA E
-THE TIME
-VANITY 6
-APOLLONIA 6
-THE FAMILY
(though not for the mass public...these would be so great for us!)

Supernova said:

ZEP was remastered quite a while ago...they need to RE-remaster em! The Stones ABCKO catalog was remasterd some time ago and they were all just re-released again with state-of-the-art remastering...ZEP needs the same treatment

Believe me...the first 3 Radiohead records need some sonic upgrading...I listen to them all the time and they do not sound like (sound-quality-wise) KID A and AMNESIAC

Joni needs some remastering action as well...BIG TIME!

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

Less than 5 years ago is quite a while?

Supernova said:

I work in the music industry...believe me...5 years is an entire 'era' ago when it comes to technology!

I was just listening to "Controversy" on CD this morning and thought: "Damn, that records could use some remastering"

all those norman whitfield produced albums
with undisputed truth & rose royce.
whitfields visions of sounds really take U 2
another place.
wishing on a star!!!
peace/manki

All of Madonna's 80ies albums have been remastered if u rmmbr correctly.

SpcMs said:

The first three Madonna albums have been re-mastered,but I think it's about time for 'Like A Prayer' to receive the re-mastered treatment.

manki said:

The first Rose Royce album 'In Full Bloom' was re-mastered several years ago,as was the 'Car Wash' soundtrack.

Nightcrawler said:

Oh yes!! This CD is just BEGGING to be re-mastered.The sound quality is so flat and lifeless!

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

yeah, this is the one that i can't figure out... bob dylan single handedly revolutionized songwriting, he was the first to do the "creepy rock star who never gives you straight answers and you never know that much about his personal life" thing that prince copped, he re-wrote the rules about what a rock singer had to sound like, etc, etc... and not a single one of his albums have been digitally remastered, save for "blonde on blonde" on the gold master disc...

i can't understand this... get up on that thing sony, damn...

but on a good note, they are issuing volume 5 of the bootleg series... it's gonna be a 2 disc set of the rolling thunder revue tour... cannot wait... "hard rain" is a good album, but at 9 songs, it doesn't really give you the feel of the rolling thunder tour... should be out sometime next month...

I was under the impression that Lovesexy was to be remastered in Dolby 5.1 at some point in the near future


Much love Pochacco

Pochacco said:

Where did you hear that??

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

And Also a Career.yep I Agree on that one.5 Years Ago doesn't mean the same.

DavidEye said:

I didn't think 5.1 tech was used on audio CD. I heard that eventually audio CD format will adopt the Dolby digital format. I can't see that becoming a standard format.

Joy Division's entire back catelogue has already been remastered on their "Heart and Soul" box set.

I find the Stones Virgin remasters adequate. They're certainly not as good as the brand new ABKCO remasters, but shit...I'd rather wait a few more years to get an even bigger upgrade in technology than to re-buy everything I won every five years! I mean, it doesn't make any sense for the record companies to remaster an album every four weeks or some shit...

These artists need some remastering...deluxe editions of albums...bonus tracks (if possible!)...etc:

Dylan
Beatles
Prince
old ATCQ

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

So?


I said less than 5. And it's not common for cd's to be remastered AGAIN after that span of time, if at all.

Definitely the parliament catalog needs to be remastered as well as restoring if not all some of the packaging. I know the artwork wouldn't really compare to the vinyl versions, but some kind of upgrade is better than the two page booklet.

- Talking heads
- Husker Du

Actually, practically everything! Considering that the replacement for the DVD is ALREADY a physical reality, isn't it about time we moved on to the high quality 192 megahertz (or kilohertz, I forget which) digital standard and issue albums on DVD? Neil Young was going to do this with his planned retrospective, but I don't know what came of it. Many CDs still sound cold and lifeless with practically no imaging, compared even to cassettes. Oh well, back to vinyl I guess...