# You can have any album you like remastered. Which do you pick? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227 "2009-03-29T23:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rikc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c57346/32.png) [@rikc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rikc)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/1 "2009-03-29T23:18:17Z")
So you’re hanging out with a bunch of brilliant sound engineers, right? And they’re _super bored._ All they can do is sit around and bitch about how there’s nothing to do right now. “Okay, chumps,” you say, “if you’re so bored, why don’t you remaster…” For me, the choice would be Prince’s “Dirty Mind.” This is unfortunate, because that will most likely never happen. The mix really isn’t the greatest, and of all of Prince’s albums, this one would probably benefit the most from a little cleaning. So, what say you? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/2 "2009-03-29T23:29:14Z")
Joni Mitchell’s first album. Great songs, but it sounds like they threw a down comforter over her before they recorded it. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/3 "2009-03-30T01:14:21Z")
Helen Humes, “Let the Good Times Roll”. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/4 "2009-03-30T01:18:08Z")
Could one of them PLEASE sync the audio in _Blazing Saddles_? Pretty please? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/5 "2009-03-30T01:53:18Z")
The soundtrack album of _Jesus Christ Superstar_ never sounded as exciting as the movie soundtrack itself. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Keen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Commander\_Keen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Keen)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/6 "2009-03-30T04:43:12Z")
Flip Your Wig by Husker Du, mostly for the song “Green Eyes”. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/7 "2009-03-30T05:00:03Z")
Metallica’s _…And Justice for All_, followed closely by _Death Magnetic_. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/8 "2009-03-30T05:25:47Z")
Genesis - Trespass. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/9 "2009-03-30T06:51:08Z")
Kate Bush - The Dreaming. She pushed the limits of the available technology, and it shows. But not just “remastered”, but go back to the multitrack tapes and duplicate the original mix but with modern technology. And could they do a 5.1 mix while they’re at it? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/10 "2009-03-30T06:57:40Z")
I don’t really know much about the recording process. Is this question essentially identical to saying, “Name an album that was produced horribly the first time around that you’d like another shot at”? I think I always imagined remastering as kind of a limited thing – a little buff and polish, but nothing major. ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/11 "2009-03-30T07:37:03Z")
All of the Sisters of Mercy’s early singles, along with “First, Last and Always.” I recently described them as “recorded in a water tank and mixed by tone-deaf hobos.” ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/12 "2009-03-30T11:36:28Z")
Wu-Tang Clan - _36 Chambers_. I’m not the biggest fan, but whenever I heard this it just bugged me that the mix is so muffled. It’s not even that old. It’s hip hop, where is the bass? Jussi Björling - His collected works. I just want to be put in, like, a sound chamber with awesome strobic equipment and listen to his interpretation of “Che gelida manina” from _La Bohème_, remastered to perfection, overpower the neuronic capacity of my brain. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/13 "2009-03-30T11:46:54Z")
Some of the early Who and Kinks stuff produced by Shel Talmy. One that got remastered, but still isn’t right: Generation X’s first album. ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/14 "2009-03-30T13:48:42Z")
\*Exile on Main Street \*by the Rolling Stones. Excellent album, but not the best production. Supposedly, Mick and Keef both hated the final product. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/15 "2009-03-30T14:10:44Z")
> [@katie1341](#): > > Helen Humes, “Let the Good Times Roll”. Dance with me. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/16 "2009-03-30T14:37:12Z")
> [@Art\_Rock](#): > > Genesis - Trespass. They just did this one, in this box set! [Genesis Box Set 1970-1975](http://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Box-Set-1970-1975-Disc/dp/B001EO2UJK) I have it and it’s much improved. Nursery Cryme is also much better, too. ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/17 "2009-03-30T15:07:03Z")
I was thinking more about albums that were crammed onto too-small vinyl so they told you to play them loud… Todd Rundgren’s “A Wizard, A True Star”, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-any-album-you-like-remastered-which-do-you-pick/491227/18 "2009-03-30T15:32:55Z")
I usually don’t care, but work definitely needs to be done on Flanders and Swann’s **At a Drop of a Hat**. It was live, but the speakers were badly placed, so the audience overwhelms the music (especially one guy who laughs loudly throughout). I’m surprised they didn’t just record it again, but George Martin (yes, that George Martin) probably didn’t have the money.