I purchased four of the titles (Let It Bleed; Beggar's Banquet; Satanic Majesties; Aftermath) and I have enjoyed them all in both SACD and Redbook CD modes. Let It Bleed, in particular, has a depth, clarity, and enjoyability to it ... just about the way that I remember first hearing the album in 1973 ... the sound just seems to emerge out of the darkness. The SACD hybrid version sounds much better to me than the original CD version, which always sounded one dimensional to me. ... "Honky Tonk Woman," was a singles release, never on a US album, if I remember correctly. "Country Honk" ... a fiddle version of the song was on the LP, Let It Bleed. There may be a song version situation here. Regards, Rich
Impressions of the Stones SACDs
I bought the Hot Rocks compilation just to dip my big toe in the remastered waters. I don't have an SACD player, so the purchase was based on good reviews of the Red Book sound.
So far, I'm far from sold on it. The recordings do sound open and detailed and crisp in ways that I haven't heard before, but overall they sound too bright and very, very hard. Songs like Honky Tonk woman have a thin and glaring vocal quality that makes me run for cover. The guitars are edgy too.
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm trying to tell if this is just weekness of my system right now (It can sound bright and hard with bad recordings, but is usually pretty good sounding with good recordings).
Paul
So far, I'm far from sold on it. The recordings do sound open and detailed and crisp in ways that I haven't heard before, but overall they sound too bright and very, very hard. Songs like Honky Tonk woman have a thin and glaring vocal quality that makes me run for cover. The guitars are edgy too.
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm trying to tell if this is just weekness of my system right now (It can sound bright and hard with bad recordings, but is usually pretty good sounding with good recordings).
Paul
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