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2.0 out of 5 stars There's one reason you can't buy this..., May 30, 2009

By	Brandon Carson "Shemp65" (San Carlos, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Goats Head Soup (Audio CD)

I guess the big question I have is "why"? (Other than revenue). I used my new Cambridge Audio Azur 640C CD player, and my Grado Reference Series R2 headphones to compare this remaster with the 94 Virgin remaster.

This remaster is brighter and louder. The brightness is a tad annoying though because it's turned up so much that the highs are too "thin" -- the high-hats on Charlie's drums are tinny and have no pop at all. Upping the volume doesn't make the sound richer (my Grados don't lie folks). Mick's voice has a more resonant "separation" than the Virgin remaster -- it sounds less "muddled".

The packaging is a disappointment too. The Virgin "Collector's Edition" gives you the ACTUAL original album packaging (cardboard Goats Head Soup photo, and gatefold with "album" sleeve -- I have yet to see a better CD package for the Stones). This remaster groups all that together in a booklet, which makes you wonder again... why?

I bought all these remasters just to test out the sound, but I'm hoping Mick and the boys will take more control over their legacy before they let the record companies turn their catalog into the chaos that RCA has done to Elvis'.

And folks... whatever they've done to Star Star means the whole thing is corrupted. You cannot buy this as your only copy of GHS, because they've done some kind of censoring to Star Star. Why has this occurred? That alone means you need to skip this. I wonder... did the Stones OK this?

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1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware - censored version, May 5, 2009

By	J. Kelleher "J." - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Goats Head Soup (Audio CD)

This new 2009 remastered edition has the censored version of 'Star Star.' If you want the uncensored version, seek out the 1994 Virgin edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Remaster fix a flat holds for a few more miles, August 11, 2009

By	DJ Remasterworkx "DJ Remasterworkx" (Somerset Ky.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goats Head Soup (Audio CD)

Let's be clear about one thing: even at this day and age no one has figured out how to help poor old GHS's pitiful sound quality all that much and for good reason; it has to do with the original recording studio. Gus Dudgeon, Elton's John classic era producer tried to record Elton's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" there once, only to give up and go home. He claimed the the studio sounded like '10,000 japaense radios' and he went on to say that he didn't know how the Stones ever got GHS out of there. Even on this attempted remaster the sound is muddy and lacks any sort of 'pop' in the snare or 'kick' in the bass drums because of this.
One good thing though - the hiss is all gone, and that really helps tracks like "Angie" and "Can You Hear The music"; the uncovered percussive acoustic guitar now drives "Heartbreaker" to nice effect. What saves this album is the great songs, no matter how cluddery things get at times. This is probably as good as it can ever sound.