(and can also rip for ILXors)
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 19:16 (one year ago) link
ok ripped, anyone interested webmail me 4 link
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
or just post here and I'll web you, that's probably easier tbh
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
That is AWESOME. I’m glad a few made it out after all.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
thanks zappi!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 20:18 (one year ago) link
Would love it, thanks Zappi!
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
Would greatly appreciate said link; thank you, Zappi!
― SemStark, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
I only have the LP to compare, on first listen this does sound a bit fuller/more detail/remastered, not really louder/compressed which is nice
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 20:39 (one year ago) link
I’d love to hear a lossless of HNB if such a thing were available …
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 20:52 (one year ago) link
yes thanks zappi for sending FLAC files, much appreciated
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
FLAC files? Wouldn't mind giving an ear, with thanks in advance. Lucky enough to have the original CD issues of both but it would be nice to get a sense of what's changed.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 21:19 (one year ago) link
(And much thanks again!)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 21:27 (one year ago) link
thank you!!
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 21:54 (one year ago) link
Thanks again, Zappi!
Did a bit of comparing the original HNB CD and FLAC of the new one in Audition. If I were to guess, the new one is the same as the old one, with ~ +5dB gain applied. Once I matched volumes, there was no difference when A/B-ing. There's also no difference in frequency spectrum — if the new one was digitized anew from original tapes, there most likely would've been. On the plus sized, at least it's not crushed into oblivion, it's just been amped up without any limiting or compressing. So, if you have the old CD, you're not missing anything revelatory that you couldn't get with a volume dial.
Someone mentioned that they heard the remastered Early Recordings, and that *that* one sounded different. Anyone?
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
Sounds significantly better to me, much fuller than the Rough Trade CD, at least.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 22:22 (one year ago) link
and I agree that HNB is likely just a level boost of the same master
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link
Would love to hear this Zappi
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 06:46 (one year ago) link
hi zappi, have just sent you a mail :)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 07:15 (one year ago) link
thank u zappi, my hero!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 07:20 (one year ago) link
Thanks Zappi!
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 10:05 (one year ago) link
Are you on FB or Discord? Reddit? I want a copy (HNB was one of my favorites as a teen; it was burnt up in the fire) but I'm not sure if I have access to my ILXmail. (Chris Irregardless on FB, GreenLeafy11 on Discord and Reddit.)
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 11:22 (one year ago) link
sent via reddit! I think I've caught up with everyone else, let me know if you can't find it etc.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
Lost opportunity with the lack of a remaster on Happy Nightmare Baby, it sounds like ass.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 23:03 (one year ago) link
I got it, thank you.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 23:32 (one year ago) link
like a fool I bought a set, I think I have bought Early Recordings four times now (and always for stupid prices). I'm glad to have both the Salley Gardens releases tho.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 20 October 2022 01:09 (one year ago) link
My copies from this eBay overstock place arrived, I wanted the Happy Nightmare Baby reissue to go along with the Early Recordings one I was lucky enough to get from Amazon before sales were halted. So I've got a spare copy of Early Recordings... anyone want it (for what I paid for it, an admittedly steep $36)?
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
I'm a little late in asking, but can anyone share FLAC files for the Opal 'Early Recordings' remaster on Salley Gardens? Seems to be out of reach now.
― makvirag, Sunday, 1 January 2023 15:38 (one year ago) link
yeah I got u
does your ilxmail work?
― sleeve, Sunday, 1 January 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
Thanks, sleeve! I am new to this forum and don't have an ilxmail account. Is there another way?
― makvirag, Sunday, 1 January 2023 16:37 (one year ago) link
if the email you used to sign up is valid, I can send it to you!
― sleeve, Sunday, 1 January 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link
basically ilxmail send a blind message (no return email) to the account you used to register
― sleeve, Sunday, 1 January 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
otherwise, you can click on my username link and send your email to me via ilxmail
― sleeve, Sunday, 1 January 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
Dynamite, got it! Am listening to it now and what a treasure this set is. I still have the vinyl from '89. Could never let it go somehow, even when I really needed the money. I would just look at the cover and go, "no, not this one." The extra tracks are stellar and the sound is vivid...the songs really have a sound and a feel out of time; could have been released 47 years ago or yesterday. Thanks and Happy New Year to you!
― makvirag, Sunday, 1 January 2023 18:50 (one year ago) link
<3
― sleeve, Sunday, 1 January 2023 20:13 (one year ago) link