Vinyl Back in Black Review

The problem is in the mastering. If the masters have a lot of compression, you get compression. If the recordings are old, with masters that have problems, or the masters are 'who-knows-where' and the remastering is from some second generation tape (of course, no-one who knows would admit to this error)
All the above make any recording a guess as to the final quality of the product.Finally, the LP reissues have to deal with the fact that LP making is an art. And the art of LP making is lost with the generation of shiny silver discs that killed off making LPs. The dudes, and the factories and the machines and experience that made them are mostly gone.
So if you get a nice reissue LP, you are lucky.
Eventually, the dudes who are currently making LPs will sort out the stuff, and perhaps a genuine 'golden age' of LPs will begin again.
As for me.. I buy used LPs. I am lucky I have a decent supplier (retail used LP store) and frequent them regularly!

While I don't have the Supertramp LP you mention, I do have quite a few of the "Back in Black" series and find them excelllent in sound quality and production.

I agree that a reissue can only be as good as the master used to create it, so it is kinda a crap shoot from album to album. I guess I've just been lucky.

Elizabeth,

I agree it is a crap shoot on reissues. I think it is harder to find good reissues from the major labels. They either don't have the time or just don't feel it is worth thier time because of the format. Even if it could make them money, the volume is not worth high quality control. Most of the good quality reissues are coming from small labels like AP, MM, CR and a few others. Classic had issues with thier 200g in the past but I picked up some of thier newer Claity releases and they sound good. Also the cost of these releases from the magor labels are less than of the small company's but there are no reviews out there I can find. SO

The question I am asking is, people who have these Back to Black releases and other magor label releases is to give thier experiance with the recording which ones are worth getting or not getting and why.

Mofimadness,
What recordings did you get?

Hevac1,

I have the following Back to Black reissues:

Allman Brothers-Live at Fillmore East
Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Steely Dan-Gaucho
Van Morrison-Tupelo Honey
Cat Stevens-Mona Bone Jakon, Teaser and the Firecat, Tea for the Tillerman

All of these are very good but the (2) standouts are Tupelo Honey and Gaucho.

Sadly, I've been unimpressed with both the Disreli Gears and the Layla and Other Love Songs. Compressed, brittle, noisy. Great music,though.