Oldfan said:
I also have a very nice rip of the LP in 320kbps mp3, which was cleaned up by somebody very nicely. I don't know if it would be better to get the officially released tracks from the LP or from Itunes. I realize that the Itunes release is compressed, but if the LP doesn't sound so great, which is worse?

Hi there,

Interesting project. I remembered a couple of the musical cues from a book & record a friend had as a kid, and when I found a copy of the LP sealed (for a buck iirc) I picked it up.

That's a shame about the original recordings (4 bit, etc). Almost as bad is the Itunes source being the analog masters, and then releasing as 128k, which is ridiculous.

As for your question above, can you buy a single track from the Itunes release? If so, you could then compare to the LP rip you have.

My guess is that a recording from the LP would sound better than the Itunes, but highly dependent on the equipment used for the transfer. You'd think that the Mask company should have decent gear if they do regular releases, but what extent a bootleg company would go to for quality, I have no clue.