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Date Posted: 22:24:22 02/22/00 Tue
Author: bcpcfan
Author Host/IP: port5-42.hanover.desupernet.net / 208.157.110.249
Subject: Re: Guess Who CATALOG re-issues !!!
In reply to: Species Hawk 's message, "Guess Who CATALOG re-issues !!!" on 18:00:35 02/21/00 Mon

Glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks the BMG American Woman CD sounds like Burton is being muffled by the music.



> All,
> A few months ago, I managed to lose possession of my
> beloved Guess Who CDs (long story!). While I still
> have Artificial Paradise, The Way They Were, and
> Flavours on vinyl, I am NOT about to spring for the
> collection once again. And why not? Well, to be quite
> honest, I wasn't too bloody impressed with the sound
> quality of the CDs anyhow. I can't think of another
> "superband" collection in the whole of the record
> industry with a shoddier, cheaper, more bare-bones
> quality to it. I mean, have you listened to the
> AMERICAN WOMAN album in its entirety and then popped
> in a Queen CD reissue? The difference is like night
> and day. I was, however, very very happy to hear the
> great improvement in sound with the recent Guess Who
> greatest hits CD (released in the last 6 months or
> so). I was overjoyed, in fact. This, coupled with the
> Cummings reissues, which may I say are very well done
> sound-wise, has convinced me to wait. Why should I
> stuff more money into the pockets of these fat,
> bloated pigs at RCA, re-stock my rack with the Guess
> Who CDs, when they haven't shown the slightest concern
> for my listening pleasure by producing quality sound?
> Answer: I shouldn't and I WON'T!!! I might be insane
> but I am going to wait for Guess Who reissues (pray
> God they'll come before I get old and grey), something
> a little more 21st century. I mean, come on! Would it
> kill these RCA pigs to digitally remaster the catalog?
> I recently heard about the BEATLES catalog and how
> it's being digitally remastered (again!) by Sir George
> Martin and his merry band of sound wizards. While I
> realize the Guess Who are NOT the Beatles, I asked
> myself: "Why not? Why not just a simple remastering of
> the Guess Who's work? In a boxed set or something?"
> Something for the fans, for f*ck's sake!!! Imagine, if
> you will: "You may
> saaaaaay I'm a dreamer ... but I'm not the only one
> ... I hope somedaaaaay they'll reward us ... and the
> Guess Who catalog will be re-done.
> ................................. Species Hawk

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