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Remasters don't affect the levels of the instruments or vocals of the original. You need a remix for that. Having said that, adjusting the EQ and compression levels, which is pretty much what a remaster is, can enhance some elements slightly which can have an affect on how they sit within the audio spectrum. Its very subtle though and very subjective and usually defined with very nebulous phrases i.e "a little more air around the cymbals" or "slightly more authority in the attack" or similar. Check out the Steve Hoffman audio forums for further examples- and there are thousands- of audiophile nonsense.

I'm with you on that one as 'Raw Power' is one of my favourite albums of all time. The accepted reason for its poor quality for a long time was that the rhythm section tracks had been bounced down and were therefore all Bowie had to work with when he did the original mix. Obviously Iggy's 1997 mix blew that fact out of the water but that remix is such an utter piece of garbage that its unlistenable. 'Raw Power' really deserves to be remixed by someone competent. So do the pre 'Raw Power' demos of all the great tracks that Main Man rejected ('I Got A Right' 'Scene Of The Crime' etc) although, as demos, the chances of those multitracks existing would be slight, I would suspect. Mind you, even in their current state they still sound better than anything on any version of 'Raw Power'.

Those masters still exist, as it recently had the Steven Wilson remix treatment- https://www.cherryred.co.uk/warrior-on-the-edge-of-time-three-disc-expanded-edition Same with 'Space Ritual' and 'Doremi...'. and I see 'Hall Of The Mountain Grill' is due in August.

I tried to commission a HW last year. Initial communications were fine, agreed most of the specs than when I tried to confirm and pay a deposit, he just blanked me. Won't answer any of my messages. Peculiar.

Congratulations. I know that feeling too. My daughter didn't pick up the bass until 19, so a bit of a late starter but she did her first gig only six months later.

Yep. That's a Chickenbacker. Bridge, pickup surround and the shape of the 'toaster' gives it away. That's just on first glance.

Maybe he wasn't a songwriter and earns no publishing royalties. Or he could have been a non-partner, just a waged employee.

Schaller now providing replacement RIC machineheads to buy direct. Good luck finding gold or black bridges or pickup surrounds to match though... https://schaller.info/en/bm-rickenbacker-style/1029

Its a new surround/bezel rather than a pickup. The bridge cover that Ricophobics are so critical of (despite the fact that its simple to remove) is now history.

Is that one of the Fab Gear specials on the right?

The electric bassist in the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Proms 'Sound Of Disco' night at the Albert Hall was playing a Squier Precision.

Thank you. Very kind.

Yep. Still looking too...no luck yet.

Something like that. Hence the shoes in the lighting rig. Some footwear to look up at instead of down. Which doesn't describe Swervedriver at all.

I once tied a pair of Converse trainers to the lighting rig at a Swervedriver gig in protest at that term. As far as I know only one person understood the action. The rest either didn't notice or didn't get the joke.

Unfortunately not. You trim that down to the control section and its only 230 pixels wide, which is way too small. Thank you though.

Yeah, apologies. I figured I'd explain when someone had one but maybe its putting folks off. I just need a good quality photo of the control section. I used a pic of one in an old graphics project which I now want to recreate. However my original pic (which I took on a state-of-the-art digital camera in 2004) is too small and low resolution to be of any use these days. I've tried loads of image searches but haven't found a pic of good enough quality. I don't have the pedal anymore so was wondering if someone could recreate the photo for me. Even a mobile phone pic would be fine, the cameras in those are considerably more advanced than a 2004 digi snapper.

Bump. Anyone?

Ah, OK. Ta.

BBOT?

I thought that was the whole idea of RSD?

I've only ever wanted three RSD releases (Killing Joke's Absolute Dissent remaster, Screaming Trees Live At Egg Studios and Helmet's Betty) and all of them were US only, despite been on the lists of RSD exclusives that were widely distributed by shops in the UK.