tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752729045376089739.post3294417975111566283..comments2024-03-17T05:16:32.834-04:00Comments on A JEFF LYNNE AND RELATED BLOG: VINYL VS. CDJerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06237664318377684667noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752729045376089739.post-6335413406844560632006-01-23T02:24:00.000-05:002006-01-23T02:24:00.000-05:00Hi flat33,Fascinating post. I had not previously ...Hi flat33,<br><br>Fascinating post. I had not previously seen anything about further ELO remasters being imminent - the Face the Music site has not mentioned this - and I am absolutely thrilled if this is the case - I say "if" purely because of your comment "(maybe or maybe not)".<br><br>I cannot believe that any ELO fan would not welcome these remasters. A NEW WORLD RECORD in particular would benefit enormously from remastering. I always put my existing CD of this on to maximum treble because a lot of the detail (especially percussion) is buried in the mix at present. I remember Kenny Everett playing what he claimed were original masters of both this and OUT OF THE BLUE on Capital Radio back in the 1970s, and can confirm that these indeed sounded vastly superior to the current CD versions, let alone the vinyl album versions.<br><br>And as you say, it's great to get bonus tracks. Some of these are, in my humble opinion, superior to some of the original album tracks. For instance, "Hello My Old Friend" is in my opinion a vastly better song than "Letter From Spain", and believe that SECRET MESSAGES would have been a much more successful album, both creatively and commercially, had the former been released as a single (and included on the album) instead of the rather naff "Rock and Roll is King".<br><br>Anyway, I greatly look forward to hearing for these remasters, although I'm not getting my hopes up too much that they will indeed be released - we've been let down by Sony too many times in the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com