Hi-Rez Highway

Posted by Russell (A) on July 03, 2007 at 22:55:29

In Reply to: RE: Have you listen to the RCA living Stereo SACD of this? posted by BarneyT on July 03, 2007 at 20:40:18

and easily bests the XRCD, which I thought sounded better than the Living Stereo RBCD. I've also owned this recording in several other guises, including the original RBCD, the original LP (non-'Shaded Dog' pressing), and the ".5" half-speed mastered LP reissue. (I guess you could say that I really like this performance!) The SACD beats 'em all, IMO. If I remember the liner notes correctly (I don't have the disc immediately at hand) the SACD was mastered from the original 3-track tapes, which were newly discovered. (All previous issues were made from second (or more) generation mixdowns, evidently.) This would account for the wonderfully fresh and alive sound on the SACD.

Russell