2023 Bataclan Remaster by Easy Action
2023 Bataclan Remaster by Easy Action
I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, and I couldn't find references to it, but has anyone listened to Easy Action's 2023 speed-corrected and remastered Bataclan 2LP release? I picked it up yesterday, and by God, it's the best version I've ever heard. No download card, though.
I was hesitant to buy it, but with gift card burning a hole in my pocket, I figured it was free money. I carried it around the record store as I wavered - after all, the bootleg versions I have on CD (in my attic, of course) haven't gotten much play over the past 20 years. In the end, though, I couldn't resist - and am SO happy that I grabbed it. Highly recommended.
Easy Action does it again on the Lou/VU front.
I was hesitant to buy it, but with gift card burning a hole in my pocket, I figured it was free money. I carried it around the record store as I wavered - after all, the bootleg versions I have on CD (in my attic, of course) haven't gotten much play over the past 20 years. In the end, though, I couldn't resist - and am SO happy that I grabbed it. Highly recommended.
Easy Action does it again on the Lou/VU front.
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Re: 2023 Bataclan Remaster by Easy Action
Great to hear that EA is producing this recording at the correct speed, bootleggers take note!
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Last week I came across the "Lou Reed" on Soundcloud.
There the remastered Bataclan recordings are freely available for streaming
https://soundcloud.com/lou-reed/sets/le-bataclan-live
There the remastered Bataclan recordings are freely available for streaming
https://soundcloud.com/lou-reed/sets/le-bataclan-live
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Re: 2023 Bataclan Remaster by Easy Action
Anyone have the CD? I grabbed a track listed as the 2023 from a sharing app and although it was flac, it has lossy lineage. Could just be someone ripped it improperly or re-encoded an MP3 as flac, but I'd like to confirm the CD is not actually like this.
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Re: 2023 Bataclan Remaster by Easy Action
Does anyone know how it compares to the 2018 Spyglass version ?
https://www.discogs.com/release/1234657 ... -Jan-29-72
https://www.discogs.com/release/1234657 ... -Jan-29-72
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Can't make a direct comparison but the 2018 Spyglass version is definitely speed-corrected, and sounds very good on vinyl. Can't imagine the EA version is conspicuously better. The track times on the Spyglass CD are the same as on the Easy Action CD - could be from the same master...
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Re: 2023 Bataclan Remaster by Easy Action
Thank you, that's what I suspected, but wanted to confirm before wasting $ - I have the original 1980 bootleg, the Spyglass double lp, and a CD which is all I should need at this point.
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I don’t have any earlier version. I was thwarted in my attempt to buy the spyglass version on eBay, so this might be for me. Thanks for the news.
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No prob. The only negative I have is that the records were REALLY dirty and needed a wash before playing them. That's a minor quibble, though.iaredatsun wrote: ↑03 Feb 2024 17:24I don’t have any earlier version. I was thwarted in my attempt to buy the spyglass version on eBay, so this might be for me. Thanks for the news.
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