Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85-92 has been remastered and re-released!
 

Those of you who keep track of my life (and hey, who doesn't) will know that I've been after this album for quite some time now. I was wondering what the sound quality of it is compared to the original pressing? I've heard the sound quality on the original is pretty poor. Anyway, whoever can help me out here would be greatly appreciated.

ive got that on cd and the sound is poor only because its analoguely (is that a word) recorded. all the glitches and tape stops and clicks better not be reduxed out of it cuz that would ruin the whole "aspect" of the album... which isnt that great to begin with, seriously dated now but still worth getting. surely you can still get that cd at a stupidly low price. i paid about 5 pounds for mine about 15 years ago!

Yes, the "remastered" part is what worries me..

the original version isnt hard to find by any means.

i love this record though, one of my favorite aphex ablums.

It's not on any of the catalogues of any record stores here, it's by far the hardest Aphex album to find. I had to download it but I want the CD.

wow, i did a search and im sorry but yeah, the original is completely rare, the only one i found was for 90 dollars second hand on amazon. im amazed!!!! im only guessing its been deleted. but the remastered one has no extra tracks or nothing!

oh well, i own it.

Picked it up today, it's in Super Jewel Box form and sounds a little better, though this may be because I rip at 192kbps whereas the version I download was 128.

Dude I bought it, read above lol.

i agree with pauly, it sounds pretty dated

Yeah I know, I thought that the first time I heard it. But that doesn't make it bad by any means. Green Calx kicks so much ass.

i got it today an to be perfectly honest im bringing it back to the shop (i know the guys so its ok)... its the very fucking same as the original cd release except for a jewel case with rounded edges!!!! WORST REMASTERING EVER! what was the fucking point in this release????????????????

It sounded better than the MP3's I had pryor to buying it. Maybe they were vinyl rips? Then again, he mastered it from casettes, so there's only so much remastering you can do with that. Also a jewel case with rounded edges = super jewel box

a super jewel box means diddly squat to me. this remaster is identical to the cd i bought about 15 years ago.... mr james.... no excuses on this one!

Did you read what I said about the condition of the original masters?

yeah i did and im not arguing with you at all zero, its my opinion that this shouldnt have ever been released as a remastered, just reissue the original album... its taking the tag remastering a tad too far and dare i say it... taking the buying music public a bit for granted..... sorry but my opinion on this one is fairly strong.....

anyway...... its still a great document for a certain period in a guys recording life. even if it hasnt all lasted the test of time....

Maybe it is just a re-issue then? Wiki said it was remastered.....

no..... its a remaster! thats what gets me!

Hey Pauly, Classics was re-released in CD form too. I already have it on Vinyl so you'll have to let me know what the CD version is like if you get it.