![]() Ever since the Abbey Road team did such a superb job on The Beatles remasters back in 2009 it seems that mastering engineers have the freedoom to really care about the sonics of the original record and are no longer expected to simply whack up the loudness and squash the dynamic range for the iPod generation. Ken Scott the original producer, recruited Ray Staff, the original recording engineer from Trident Studios, to go back to the original tapes and remaster the record. ![]() The good news is that this new remaster has been approached with care and intelligence. Details of LP/DVD package (click to enlarge) There was a general feeling of ‘unfinished business’ with this album and even David Bowie himself, in the past, has described his disappointment at this classic record sounding somewhat ‘thin’ on CD. Given this multitude of reissues, do we really need another version of this album? You might think not, but fans and audiophiles generally find something to grumble about with all the versions above, whether it’s the lack of bottom end on the overly bright Ryko/EMI issue from 1990, or the bad edits and switching of the stereo channels on the 30th Anniversary issue in 2002. Clockwise (from left) New 40th Anniversary CD, rare Japanese 'Disk Union' Ziggy box with 2007 Japanese mini-LP CD, 2012 DVD, 1990 Rykodisc reissue (front).
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