I just pulled the trigger on the vinyl, which came up as a BIN of $90.00 with free shipping. Saved myself a good $30.00-40.00.
I know that this did not come from the analog masters directly but given the processing that went into the restoration and mastering, that seems like a null point given that digital was used for all the work. Anyway, I guess I can compare for myself when I get all copies.
I do know that the vinyl of Hartford 83 sounds significantly better than the CD, They are not even close, with the cymbals having natural timbre qualities on the vinyl and hashy on the CD. I don't imagine there to be that much difference in these since, I assume, they were cut from the same master. Where as, Hartford was years apart from the CD and vinyl release.
I know that this did not come from the analog masters directly but given the processing that went into the restoration and mastering, that seems like a null point given that digital was used for all the work. Anyway, I guess I can compare for myself when I get all copies.
I do know that the vinyl of Hartford 83 sounds significantly better than the CD, They are not even close, with the cymbals having natural timbre qualities on the vinyl and hashy on the CD. I don't imagine there to be that much difference in these since, I assume, they were cut from the same master. Where as, Hartford was years apart from the CD and vinyl release.