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Now that I'm home and at my PC I can elaborate on my last posting. To summarize, briefly. About 10 years ago it was rumored that Kevin Shields was working on remasters/reissues of the legendary My Bloody Valentine Creation-issued EPs and LPs ('You Made Me Realise' / 'Feed Me With Your Kiss' / Glider EP / Tremolo EP / Isn't Anything / Loveless). Hopes would rise and fall, announcements made with release details, then suddenly yanked, etc.
and it's only the past couple years! In 2008 review copies were sent out, and some made it 'into the wild' so to speak. These leaked copies were long questioned as to their veracity, until Kevin helpfully cleared it up in a wide-ranging interview with Pitchfork a week ago. They were indeed legit. Which was good, because it gave us a nice baseline (along with the original 1991 Creation CD which I have) to use in comparing today's release (finally!) on Sony. The Loveless reissue consists of two CDs, the inlay details it quite nicely: 'Original tape' is the '91 DAT master. 'Original 1/2 inch analogue tapes' is exactly what it says.
The '91 release - and all pressings since, until now - were sourced from the digital 'original tape' master. Kevin helpfully detailed what he did in the remastering in the: So, of the two Loveless CDs that are coming out, one of them is exactly the same as the original, but everything's brought up to zero without crushing it with digital limiting, which essentially takes all the information and chops off the spiky bits- transients- that you don't hear as much as you perceive subconsciously.
Those are the things that make you feel connected to the music. So something can be 10 dBs louder, but it somehow sounds slightly less involving. Each of those chopped-off peaks puts a little piece of distortion there instead, so the overall sound gets this hard, unpleasant kind of sheen, and you can't hear it as well. There is a tiny bit of digital limiting on one song on the Loveless reissue, but I'm not gonna say which one because it was a sacrificial lamb to get the rest of the album up a bit. And since the sound is brought back to zero, it means your CD player will be able to process it a bit better, so that it kind of sounds.
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'better' isn't the right word, it just feels different. The original Loveless was from a digital master because it was much closer to the picture I wanted, and, at the time, the analog one was slightly twisted- the process of putting it onto tape widened the stereo image and made the top and bottom ends too loud, so the guitar placement wasn't correct. I wasn't happy with that and I didn't use the original half-inch analog tapes.
But, this time around, I had the time to take the original analog tapes and fix all the things I didn't like, so all I left was essentially the benefits of the analog with none of the disadvantages. When people hear the two new remasters, some can't hear the difference. But, for anyone who's slightly into it, I can promise that if you listen to the record from beginning to end, you're gonna have a completely different feeling with one version compared to the other. They're both good for different reasons; the digital one is slightly more like an inner head trip and the analog one is more physical, like you're conscious that some people did this. All of which greatly helps us sort out which CD in the package is which, because, the package has been horribly mispressed. There are a lot of little details to the '91 master that carry over exactly to the digital (original) remaster - a bit of hiss before 'Only Shallow' kicks in, an abrupt ending to the long 'Soon' fadeout, and especially this: there is no EQ difference.at all. between the '91 Creation CD, and the 'original tape' remaster.
Except for a volume boost (as Kevin himself says), the versions are essentially identical. The interesting - and to my ears, special - differences are with the 1/2 inch analogue tape version.
There are a lot of differences here: the stereo field is wider; the digital 'shrillness' is tamed, there's a bit more presence at the bottom end, and the EQ is noticeably different. The image below shows what one has to do to the 'original tape' (meaning the '91 release, and the 'original tape' remaster) to match the EQ to the new version of 'Only Shallow'. There is a distinct difference in feel, presence and just general 'analog-ness' for want of a better term.
It's just plain nicer to listen to, and much more revealing to me. Sansa clip zip background checks. Granted, this isn't a.huge. difference in EQ, but it is enough. The leaked version in 2008 matched the packaging: CD1 was the 'original tape' remaster, and CD2 was the '1/2 inch analogue tape' remaster. The 2012 release has the CDs backwards, though the cover art still indicates above. Another critical error is in the '1/2 inch analogue tape' remaster: there is an ugly digital transfer glitch approximately 2:46 into 'What You Want', during the 'I do, I do.'
It's prominent and ugly, audible (yuck! Through headphones) and visible in a spectral view. This error was also present in the 2008 leak of the analogue tape variant, so Kevin/Sony has had (at least) 4 years to fix this.
These are critical errors. The packaging/labeling error will confuse any and all buyers, and reviewers won't be reviewing the proper discs. The glitching in 'What You Want' needs to be corrected immediately. It mars an otherwise fantastic release; in my opinion the analogue tape mastering is the definitive mastering of this essential LP. Kevin and Sony, if you are reading this, do the right thing and recall/correct the problem.
You owe it to the fans who shelled out their hard-earned dosh for this, and if after all these years it can't be issued properly, there's no excuse for the error. No idea of any US release.
The 'sacrificial lamb' exists only on what-should-be-CD1 the 'Original Tape' digital version - 'Soon' is the track with a spot (and it truly is a 'spot' in that dry English sense) of digital limiting; it's the only track that peaks at 0dBFS. No other track peaks that high and waveform inspection proves 'Soon' was the limited track. No idea if there are errors on the other releases - I've not played Isn't Anything yet, and my few listens to the brilliant EPs collection have revealed nothing untoward except my continuing clear misguided failure to appreciate 'You Made Me Realise' (I still flat-out don't understand the love for that track, it's poorly recorded for starters, and isn't a patch at all on what they'd come up with later on). Loving the publicity this is getting - the story is.everywhere.! Keep it up - the more outlets publicize this, the less Sony can hide. For what it's worth, I'm going to link to this page from my blog.
I have the EP collection but based on what you're saying, it's worth just holding onto my original copy (well, a friend has that.). Or at least my original files. I'm glad this blog post breaks the pattern set by all the stupid critics who fell over themselves to tell us the songs are good - WE KNOW. I really hope this issue is rectified because I would love to hear a good treatment of the analogue tapes.
I suppose, if you know the eq curve, you can suture on a portion from the digital tape to cover over the glitch. Checking in from Japan, where I just picked up the Blu-Spec version.
Same situation: 1/2 analogue tape disc (mislabeled CD 1), Track 10 'What You Want' at 2:46.53. About a.13 seconds of straight up bad transfer. Save your money. Well, the packaging is nice. I'll also chime in that it's.not. an analogue tape issue.
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Most audio hits from old tape have a classic 'drop out' sound. I've worked with audio in TV, and beta hits are quite the pain to clean up when we're digitizing old stuff.
Usually, it involved cleaning heads and re-recording. I bet it's a little different with 1/2 tape, but probably in the same ball-park. All that said, this sounds.nothing. like that. Thanks for keeping us informed.
Love the blog! Amazon had a version of the Loveless remaster under the title 'Loveless - (2nd Life)'.
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Isn't Anything also had a product of such, but not the EP collection, strangely. I was curious, because no other release of the remaster had this (2nd Life) label attached to it. I initially thought (and hoped) that it was a repressing of the remasters, fixing the mislabels and the audio glitch. Turned out I was wrong. What's interesting to note though, is that the (2nd Life) pressings of Loveless and Isn't Anything have been 'temporarily out of stock' for quite a considerable amount of time, and the UK/European import has only two copies left (with no 'more on the way' indicated).
Hopefully this is a sign that there WILL be a repressing, fixing all of the issues. Just wanted to chime in. I purchased a new copy of the Loveless reissue over the summer on Ebay and finally really sat down and investigated the two discs. The discs on my copy are NOT mislabeled. Disc 2 is noticeably more dynamic than disc 1 is and an immediate tell-tale is that on both the Loveless disc 2 and the EPs Disc 1 (both labeled as remastered by Shields) versions of Soon, the loop at the end fades out cleanly whereas the Loveless disc 1 version of Soon has that abrupt stop towards the end. Reporting in that I have a copy that is NOT mislabeled.
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