Okay, just wanna chime in with some preliminary feedback. Because of real life stuff, i've been stuck with CD 1 so far. What I really liked is that now, the lower registers have real prominence. There is a bass presence without distracting from the other registers, giving it a feeling of depth so sorely missed in the '97 SE recordings. Finally, every instrument has its own place in the stereo field. This starts even with the Main Title where I noticed tremolo strings for the first time.

A word about the ESB score in general, with which I want to underline the importance and necessity of this project... I never was too fond of the ANH score. It is a great adventure romp, but beyond this, it never touched a nerve. Therefore, I never bothered too much about any lack of the '97 SE recording quality. ESB, however, has some mature dramatic writing, especially in the finale. Regarding this quality, I'd rank ESB up on par with ROTJ, only second to ROTS. WHile I can live with the ROTJ recording, the ESB recording is seriously crippled in its dramatic impact...but not anymore. ROTJ and ROTS both have decent album representations; if anything, ROTJ doesn't have that flat liveless sound that botched ESB. A complete ESB presentation doing justice to the great writing of the composition was long overdue. Thank you, ABC!