Have you seen the new R.E.M. reissues? WOW

Am I the only one who likes R.E.M. or has no one seen these reissues yet?

My pleasure. You are right that the ultimate blame should fall squarely on REM's shoulders. A missed opportunity.

I am going to try and look into this a bit to see if the redbook CD has indeed been remastered or not. My understanding is that it was remastered. I'll get back to the thread when I have more info.

What is the AFTP version? I am still looking into it. Thanks for the continued dialogue.

You may be right. I called Warner today and they are going to get back to me with a definitive answer. Though the person I spoke to did not think the regular CD had been remastered. IF I hear back from them, I will let you know.

If they didn't remaster the older discs, I take back the enthusiasm I expressed at the beginning of this post; what a lost opportunity.

From the horses mouth at Rhino Records: "They have not been remastered."

I did a comparison at home before I received the email from Rhino and could hear that my earlier version and the new one sound virtually identical.

Strike another blow for the anti-quality music industry.