Listening to the LP i am blown away by the increased dynamics. The CD is a very nice release but the LP is audiophile quality. The best part is the re-recorded return of the jedi stuff. Makes the CD special edition of the official set muddy in comparison. This LP is a digital recording so its even better than the RSO LP.

Although i do prefer Williams over all. The other orchestras timings are different sometimes. Notes are accentuated differently for a concert hall performance rather than something scored for film.

I can only hope that someday Lucas sees fit to release a restored and uncut Return of the Jedi release from the original source tapes.

I mean i have a CD conducted by Williams in the 1980's by the Boston Pops for the star wars trilogy and the dynamics on that CD are stunning in comparison to the official Lucas releases. I might even track down the LP for reference purposes.

Then again i was listening to the anthology set CD box the other day and the music sounded much more alive than the special edition releases. That and the LP's i have tell me that the Special editions are a frickin joke and only star wars was done right. Empire reversed sound channels and missing cues. Jedi so badly ruined by being a 3rd generation copy put through too much noise reduction.