Something's Going On - different (re)masters?

Re: Something's Going On - different (re)masters?

DutchBloke - 30.07.2012, 17:53
Something's Going On - different (re)masters?
Do you know how many different (re)masters there are from the cd "Something's Going On"?

Officially there's the 1982 release and the 2005 remaster but I remember reading somewhere (one of the standard e-bay descriptions perhaps) about a 199x USA remaster on Polydor.

Using the Dynamic Range meter (see also http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/) I've made a list of the track "Tell Me It's Over" and here's the result:

DR Peak RMS
DR14 -2.23 dB -18.00 dB Sweden / Polar blue coated POLCD 355
DR14 -1.03 dB -17.10 dB Sweden / Polar 847 257-2
DR14 -2.23 dB -18.00 dB USA / Polydor 42280 0102-2
DR15 -2.31 dB -19.15 dB Japan / Polydor P28P 25077
DR7 -0.10 dB -8.14 dB Europe / 2005 remaster
DR14 0.00 dB -16.19 dB Japan / Discomate CDP-107
DR8 -0.04 dB -9.09 dB Sweden / 14 Hits

Seems like the remastered sound was already available in 1998 when the Frida compilation 14 Hits was released.

Dynamic Range data from other SGO tracks on the 14 Hits cd:

DR8 -0.04 dB -9.54 dB The Way You Do / 14 Hits
DR7 -0.10 dB -8.89 dB The Way You Do / 2005 remaster

DR8 -0.06 dB -10.28 dB I Know There's... / 14 Hits
DR7 -0.10 dB -8.74 dB I Know There's... / 2005 remaster

DR10 -0.07 dB -11.92 dB Threnody / 14 Hits
DR7 -0.10 dB -9.35 dB Threnody / 2005 remaster

DR8 -0.07 dB -9.10 dB Here We'll Stay / 14 Hits
DR7 -0.10 dB -8.84 dB Here We'll Stay / 2005 remaster (2nd pressing)

Not sure why they let us wait another 7 years for the full album to be re-released when most (if not all) tracks had already a similar dynamic mastering in 1998.

Or am I mistaken and does the above mentioned data reveal nothing about (re)masters?

Of course I'm also curious about different remasters for the other Frida recordings but as the topic may be a bit too nerdy for most I thought it was best just to start with just one :)

Walter