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What album have you bought in the most different formats.

As I reflected on my musical journey, it occurred to me that I have owned one recording in the following formats over time:

Album original release
Cassette - prerecorded
Cassette - recorded from my vinyl
Reel to reel (recorded on my own R2R from vinyl)
Reel to Reel 4 channel - prerecorded purchase
CD
SACD

And NO, I never did 8 track

Also I now own the recording of the entire tour from which the original vinyl was created

The album - Live at the Fillmore East, by the Allman Brother Band

Does anyone have a similar attachment to a singular musical release?
128x128lhasaguy
cd318
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Abbey Road

Cassette - hissy sound but I loved it

Vinyl - late 70s UK pressing, pretty good

Picture Disc - couldn’t resist, couldn’t really listen to it either. Surface noise.

CD - 1987 UK - ok but not much more

CD - 2019 version - good but different

I’ve heard other versions too, including the famous Japanese Black Triangle CD.

There’s not much in it, but that’s my current favourite digital edition as it’s closest to the UK original vinyl.
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noromance
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Sophisticated Beggar - Roy Harper, in order of SQ.

Original 1967 vinyl - raw, detailed, and transparent.

CD 1994 reissue - Sounds good, like original record but with slightly decreased soundstage.

Remastered 2019 vinyl - cleaned up but transparency and soundstage removed in digital processing.

Tidal Hi- Fi 2019 - A zombie clone of the original. Lifeless.

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lhasaguy OP
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I would also mention the best sounding, to me at the time, was the dedicated 4 channel R2R.  
Having seen them in concert on that tour, it captured the moment.  I later abandoned that format due to lack of product.

In retrospect, too many pieces needed, Main amplifier, rear channel amplifier, four speakers and R2R for discrete input as opposed to "mixed" sound for effect.
stroud27612
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Probably Donald Fagen, "The Nightfly."  Original vinyl, later the cassette version which I donated to a bar in Kingston, NY.  Then regular CD, then DVD-Audio.
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