From: DonHessong@Rockford.com   
      
   Hello Everyone   
      
   Is there a website (or book) that explains the recording process and   
   music industry? The following should give you an idea of the kind of   
   things I'd like to learn. I'm not asking these questions now, just   
   looking for a source of info about this sort of thing...   
      
   Thanks   
   Don   
      
   I have bought "remastered" CD's and compared them to my original   
   purchase of that CD. In some cases there was a noticeable improvement.   
   In other cases there was an improvement in some ways and it wasn't as   
   good in other ways. In one case I felt the "remaster" was actually worse   
   than the original. I do know that a lot of it has to do with the quality   
   of the original tapes. In some cases there isn't much room for   
   improvement, such as with the Beatles recordings. BTW I listen to   
   pop/rock, not classical. It seems that the quality of the   
   recordings/releases is really a mixed bag in the world of pop/rock.   
      
   Is there really something to this idea of "remastering"? Aren't all CD's   
   by their nature remastered?   
      
   What about "imports"? Better sound quality?   
      
   Is there a difference between Columbia "club" releases and the originals   
   - in other words, are Columbia releases of lesser sound quality?   
      
   Can I know which re-mastered releases to avoid and which ones to buy   
   simply by knowing the label releasing it?   
      
   etc, etc, etc.   
      
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   To e-mail me, send to... DonHesso(at)Rockford(dot)com   
      
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