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Post #371453

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Trooperman
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THE OT SOUNDTRACKS SALVAGE - SWESBROTJ -"remastered"(so far)+ LP's (Released)
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29-Jul-2009, 8:40 PM

I haven't downloaded everything yet, but I just wanted to say that this set is fantastic.  ROTJ in particular packs an incredible punch and is worlds better than the official, muffled SE release.  The only jarring thing is the Jabba disco track in the middle of the underscore.  I would move source cues to the end of the disc, so as to maintain the flow...

All in all from what I've heard so far a fantastic set.  On the LP transfer of Star Wars, there is some light crackling, but with that comes astonishing clarity and depth and dynamic range.  I'm hearing instruments in the mix that I never heard in the other versions, like some piano passages in "Imperial Attack."  Comparing "Rescuing the Princess" from the record with the improved CD and the Special Edition CD, the mix on the record beats both.  There's a little clarinet solo that the strings just overpower in the later release, but the clarinet is mixed louder in the record.  

I think the records most accurately capture the music the way it was originally mixed in the 70s/early 80s, before all the music was remixed for later releases.