The original Kerplunk mix on LP WOW

[fatherotti]

After many years of the CDs being the way I always listened to this.... I was kind of stunned to discover not only did the 1991 LP mix sound better (Obviously it's in hifi), but it used a slightly different mix compared to the CDs and pretty sure all the LPs that came later. 

Christie Road for example sounds insane. It sounds like Mike's bass was a bit naturally louder than the guitar and for some reason, every subsequent release has since changed that.  Not even the 1992 Lookout CD kept the same mix. Like they wanted more emphasis on Billie and lowered Mike to the point where that beautiful bass slapping is almost non existent.  

 

[Lenny]

This has to do with the fact that the LP is true analog and cds are analog-digital

[kripack]

16 hours ago, Lenny said:

This has to do with the fact that the LP is true analog and cds are analog-digital

CD's are pure digital and I doubt it has anything to do with this at all, it's just a different mix

[cav9mm]

46 minutes ago, kripack said:

CD's are pure digital and I doubt it has anything to do with this at all, it's just a different mix

Surely CD’s are not pure digital in the sense that an MP3 or any file format is pure digital ?

[nopride84]

It's not a different mix . It is because it's on vinyl like Lenny said.Yea they had two diff mixes done with only $2000 to record with and 4 sessions lol. It's the same mix just eq or noise reduction added to the cd. Also depends on if it the reprise vinyl and the reprise CDs cuz those are remastered. Different mix hahahaha

 Also I hope you're not posting this based solely on listening to that YouTube rip of the vinyl 

[Lenny]

7 hours ago, kripack said:

CD's are pure digital and I doubt it has anything to do with this at all, it's just a different mix

It’s not a different mix. When the reprise re-release came around in 2005 it wasn’t even remastered or remixed.

25 minutes ago, nopride84 said:

It's not a different mix . It is because it's on vinyl like Lenny said.Yea they had two diff mixes done with only $2000 to record with and 4 sessions lol. It's the same mix just eq or noise reduction added to the cd. Also depends on if it the reprise vinyl and the reprise CDs cuz those are remastered. Different mix hahahaha

 Also I hope you're not posting this based solely on listening to that YouTube rip of the vinyl 

Are we sure those are remastered? I was under the impression they were not. 
 

From my memory it was just a re-release with the EPs added to the cd. Usually in the mid 2000s if something was remastered it would say remastered in the spine of the cd case. Also on Spotify I don’t see the remastered and non remastered versions.

7 hours ago, kripack said:

CD's are pure digital and I doubt it has anything to do with this at all, it's just a different mix

Cds are not pure digital if they recorded in analog. That would make it analog-digital.

[PleasedToMeetMe]

Slappy Hours was definitely remastered for the rerelease, pretty sure Kerplunk was too. Nothing major though.

[kripack]

On 12/20/2023 at 4:33 PM, Lenny said:

Cds are not pure digital if they recorded in analog. That would make it analog-digital.

Audio CD is a digital format. It contains nothing but 1s and 0s. If you want to call it analog-digital for the reason that the original master tapes or whatever they used to record that album are analog format, then you should call MP3s, Spotify or almost any other contemporary medium of that album "analog-digital". 

[Lenny]

5 hours ago, kripack said:

Audio CD is a digital format. It contains nothing but 1s and 0s. If you want to call it analog-digital for the reason that the original master tapes or whatever they used to record that album are analog format, then you should call MP3s, Spotify or almost any other contemporary medium of that album "analog-digital". 

It’s not a matter of opinion, it’s exactly as it is stated. 

[Doggins]

Yeah it's not a different mix, just a different experience on vinyl

 

Hence why vinyl is so popular now