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CD issues of some legendary albums
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:11 am
by Vice
Can anyone explain to me why some legendary reggae albums never got issued in CD format. And no, I am not talking about some obscure dub albums but about something like Prince Lincoln's "Ride With The Rasses"
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1524.
It is year 2009, CD media is dying slowly, hell, artists and fans are dying slowly too, and those publishers and copyright owners are waiting for... what?
Re: CD issues of some legendary albums
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:07 pm
by kevin
it all comes down to one thing (mostly). Money. It also is very tricky finding out who actually owns the rights to the recordings
Re: CD issues of some legendary albums
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:44 pm
by Funky Punk
There's also the issue of locating the master tapes, which may not even exist any more - or failing that, a vinyl copy that's in good enough condition to use as a source and then the cost of mastering it so that it doesn't sound like a cheaply-done vinyl rip.
Yep, buying a CD only to discover that it's blatantly mastered from vinyl *really* alienates some listeners. It only really bothers me if there's a skip in it (only ever happened to me once - not on a reggae album), or if I've heard better quality versions of the same tracks elsewhere and it's obvious that they just haven't taken any care with the mastering in this instance...