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Just wanted to give a heads up to my fellow Head-Fiers. It says October 2010 (which is now! ) for Texas Flood, the others don't have release dates so they may be staggering it. Pre-order also available from Acoustic Sounds.

Yes, I'm a little excited... 

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Originally Posted by LFF 

Cool news.

 

I just hope they didn't screw it up.

Amen to that. If anything I'd be most upset on missing out on what could've been not the money I would be out.
 

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Originally Posted by LFF 

I agree. With audiophile issues, the let down is the "what could have been..." rather than losing some money. FWIW, I think the original CD issue sounds rather good dynamics wise. It's a little bright and thin but not bad by any means.

Yeah I have no issue with the common CD masters. Actually I just got the Legacy edition of Couldn't Stand The Weather which sounds phenomenal. I probably would've tried to find copies of the original SACD releases now that I have a SACD player though, so this is saving me an untold amount of cash.

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Originally Posted by LFF 

 

I save a ton of money by simply avoiding these audiophile remasters and just getting the 1st pressings. I only buy them if I am 100% sure that they will be a huge improvement over the current releases.

 

If I were you, I would just EQ the regular CD's. To fix Texas Flood, just leave the bass range alone then, raise 1,000 cps by a few db to get that real Strat sound and lower 2,500 cps and 3,200 cps by a few db and you're good to go! Of course, this just a general map but in general, it's a good starting point - you'll open up the soundstage, you'll get a warmer sound and the guitar will sound amazing.
 

That's very useful information, thank you. Unfortunately/fortunately? I don't own the all of the albums right now, just a greatest hits and Weather so this works out perfectly for me.
 

Well after a few mishaps by UPS and Fed-ex I finally got my ears on this new master of Texas Flood.

I tried to find a flaw with the recording (which I'm not sure I did or not, see below*) but it's just all too perfect, instrument separation, tonal character, etc.

So you may imagine I am quite pleased. :D

*One thing I noticed was that once or twice on the album at the end of a guitar "groove" I could faintly hear a "ghost lick" (lol). I've noticed this on other well-recorded music as well (Hurt) and most likely it's just something from the original tapes but with my setup its quite noticeable and a little detracting from the aural bliss.

Thanks MoFi!

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Originally Posted by soundboy 

By "ghost lick", do you mean a "print through" on the master tape?

 

 

I wasn't aware of the term but I googled it and yes that's exactly what it is, thanks.