Post subject: [2018-09-28] REO Speedwagon "The Early Years 1971-1977" 8CD box set (HNE UK)
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 5:37 am
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CD7 & CD 8: “LIVE (YOU GET WHAT YOU PLAY FOR)” [1977] finishes off this collection, and restores the record to its original full length double album by including both ‘Gary’s Guitar Solo’ and ‘Little Queenie’, which were omitted from the original single CD release due to time constraints.
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If nothing else, this will be worth it just for the live disc being restored to what the record was.
Post subject: [2018-09-28] REO Speedwagon "The Early Years 1971-1977" 8CD box set (HNE UK)
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Mark MN wrote:
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CD7 & CD 8: “LIVE (YOU GET WHAT YOU PLAY FOR)” [1977] finishes off this collection, and restores the record to its original full length double album by including both ‘Gary’s Guitar Solo’ and ‘Little Queenie’, which were omitted from the original single CD release due to time constraints.
In. In.In!
If nothing else, this will be worth it just for the live disc being restored to what the record was.
Excellent "Heartland" rock & roll. I subscribe to Marks enthusiasm. I don't recall knowing anything about this label though.
Post subject: [2018-09-28] REO Speedwagon "The Early Years 1971-1977" 8CD box set (HNE UK)
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:39 am
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I believe it was BGO that remastered most, if not all, of the early albums listed in the OP.
I also know that the Japanese remastered the live disc and restored all of the songs. I almost bought it, but read the reviews that said there were fadeouts after each song.
I had been thinking of grabbing the BGO's and then I keep forgetting.
Post subject: [2018-09-28] REO Speedwagon "The Early Years 1971-1977" 8CD box set (HNE UK)
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 4:27 pm
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Mark MN wrote:
I believe it was BGO that remastered most, if not all, of the early albums listed in the OP.
I also know that the Japanese remastered the live disc and restored all of the songs. I almost bought it, but read the reviews that said there were fadeouts after each song.
I had been thinking of grabbing the BGO's and then I keep forgetting.
The original CDs for the early studio stuff sound decent but some are hard to find. This new set should do the trick for those that missed out.
Post subject: [2018-09-28] REO Speedwagon "The Early Years 1971-1977" 8CD box set (HNE UK)
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:37 pm
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It's a lot of titles that I just hadn't gotten around to. That's a pretty decent deal for this set.
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Post subject: [2018-09-28] REO Speedwagon "The Early Years 1971-1977" 8CD box set (HNE UK)
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Does anyone know who does the mastering for this label? There is nothing on The Cherry Red web page (the parent company). I am hoping it might be Andy Pearse.
Post subject: [2018-09-28] REO Speedwagon "The Early Years 1971-1977" 8CD box set (HNE UK)
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Does anyone know who does the mastering for this label? There is nothing on The Cherry Red web page (the parent company). I am hoping it might be Andy Pearse.
The booklet says Mastered by Tony Dixon at Masterpiece London
Never heard of the guy myself. I wonder if he did the BGO remasters.
Anyway, I listened to the live set earlier this week and it sounds dang good. I'm going to hit the studio discs this weekend. I've never heard their early albums. My intro to REO was the live album. So, this should be a treat. And yes, the studio discs have extra tracks, mostly mono mixes of particular songs. No extras for the live. Ridin' has two songs that were originally recorded with Cronin on vocals. Son of a Poor Man and Ridin' itself.
Post subject: [2018-09-28] REO Speedwagon "The Early Years 1971-1977" 8CD box set (HNE UK)
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:15 pm
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Mark MN wrote:
eelkiller wrote:
Does anyone know who does the mastering for this label? There is nothing on The Cherry Red web page (the parent company). I am hoping it might be Andy Pearse.
The booklet says Mastered by Tony Dixon at Masterpiece London
Never heard of the guy myself. I wonder if he did the BGO remasters.
Anyway, I listened to the live set earlier this week and it sounds dang good. I'm going to hit the studio discs this weekend. I've never heard their early albums. My intro to REO was the live album. So, this should be a treat. And yes, the studio discs have extra tracks, mostly mono mixes of particular songs. No extras for the live. Ridin' has two songs that were originally recorded with Cronin on vocals. Son of a Poor Man and Ridin' itself.
I believe Andrew Thompson is the BGO house engineer. I caved and tried out the set and it is excellent, thanks for the reply. I really like Mike Murphy's vocals and like this style of REO better than the later years where they made money.
My Columbia CDs will get the heave-ho, these sound better IMO.
Amazon.co.uk had a great price on the follow up set but that seems to have been corrected, probably a mistake and too good to be true?
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I don't recall knowing anything about this label though.
