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Megadeth back catalogue to be re-released!
Domestic release date has been set for July 27th, 2004. 7 albums from Megadeth's back catalogue are being re-released, as well as the 1 MD45 album re-sung by Dave Mustaine. All albums are re-mixed and re-mastered, with added bonus tracks, artwork and detailed liner notes.
International release date yet to be confirmed.
Albums to be re-released:
Peace Sells ...But Who's Buying
So Far, So Good, So What
Rust In Peace
Countdown To Extinction
Youthanasia
Cryptic Writings
Risk
MD45 - The Craving
Great choice, I grew up w/this album!!!
..Though, chrisj, if you don't already have the album, I strongly advise you not to get the 2002 re-release/re-mixed edit album. ..It's not the album that people rave about!! ..Besides the bass & drums being re-recorded with new musicans, the small things that made the album so special are gone &/or lost in the new mix. ..The new mix compresses Randy's tone so the most of the sparkle and swells are gone. ..Pick-scrapes don't even sound like scrapes. ..More like a muffled rub. ..The palm-muting on the high strings are too faint in mixed & get lost, the low string muting just sounds like regular picking. ..Some of the synths are gone or replaced with new ones. ..On Crazy Train, the vibra-slap in the intro is a new dorky'er sounding one(I didn't think that could be possible) & isn't even in the same key/pitch. ..The new mix doesn't do Goodbye To Romance or Dee any justice. ..That's pretty sad & hard to screw-up songs that are mostly acoustic, but they did it, hats off to them. ..Suicide Solution lost all of it's aggression & power. ..Mr. Crowley & Revelation(Mother Earth) don't have the swelling build-up that the originals had, making them tame & album almost pointless to own. ..If you want to get the true remastered album, get the 1995 one (It has a small picture of original cover & OZZY written down the right-hand side) or even the earlier JET Records CD will be better than the 2002 CD!
..I'll list some other "must have" albums later.
..You know the re-mix/remaster comes out at the end of July?...chrisj said:
Megadeth back catalogue to be re-released!
Domestic release date has been set for July 27th, 2004. 7 albums from Megadeth's back catalogue are being re-released, as well as the 1 MD45 album re-sung by Dave Mustaine. All albums are re-mixed and re-mastered, with added bonus tracks, artwork and detailed liner notes.
International release date yet to be confirmed.
Albums to be re-released:
Peace Sells ...But Who's Buying
So Far, So Good, So What
Rust In Peace
Countdown To Extinction
Youthanasia
Cryptic Writings
Risk
MD45 - The Craving
JammerMatt said:
Great choice, I grew up w/this album!!!
..Though, chrisj, if you don't already have the album, I strongly advise you not to get the 2002 re-release/re-mixed edit album. ..It's not the album that people rave about!! ..Besides the bass & drums being re-recorded with new musicans, the small things that made the album so special are gone &/or lost in the new mix. ..The new mix compresses Randy's tone so the most of the sparkle and swells are gone. ..Pick-scrapes don't even sound like scrapes. ..More like a muffled rub. ..The palm-muting on the high strings are too faint in mixed & get lost, the low string muting just sounds like regular picking. ..Some of the synths are gone or replaced with new ones. ..On Crazy Train, the vibra-slap in the intro is a new dorky'er sounding one(I didn't think that could be possible) & isn't even in the same key/pitch. ..The new mix doesn't do Goodbye To Romance or Dee any justice. ..That's pretty sad & hard to screw-up songs that are mostly acoustic, but they did it, hats off to them. ..Suicide Solution lost all of it's aggression & power. ..Mr. Crowley & Revelation(Mother Earth) don't have the swelling build-up that the originals had, making them tame & album almost pointless to own. ..If you want to get the true remastered album, get the 1995 one (It has a small picture of original cover & OZZY written down the right-hand side) or even the earlier JET Records CD will be better than the 2002 CD!
..I'll list some other "must have" albums later.
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