Essential Barry Diament masterings

You can make a copy of the disc and reverse the channels yourself. It's not hard to swap channels in an audio editor, and it shouldn't change the sound at all because you aren't changing the volume or eq.

 

Thanks! So as long as mine doesn't say 1992 or Gastwirt or HDCD on it anywhere, I'm OK, right?

 

Can this be done on audacity or some other freeware for MAC?

 

Yes, and look for the old school silver disc with a red ring around the perimeter. And red writing on a white spine. All good signs.

 

Mine has this stuff, but it was made in Germany, so I was curious if it was different, especially because it doesn't sound in the same league as Barry's Deja Vu.

 

Yes, you should be able to.

 

I'll check it out when I get home. Thanks!

 

Barry, what about Foreigner's S/T CD, did you master this one? I just got a copy of this CD.

 

George, the Gastwirt has 82651-2 on the spine and says "Digitally remasted from the original master tapes by Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital" in the back.

The Diament has 19117-2 but the European pressing might have a different number.

 

Hi George,

I must once again invoke the raggedy-old-memory-cells defense.
(I'm reminded of almost any politician at a Congressional investigation:
"Um. I don't remember."
The difference being that I'm not trying to obscure the proceedings.)

I'm thinking I did do this CD, from a digital, EQ'd limited copy made during vinyl mastering. (There were a few Foreigner CDs I did, all from sources like I just described.)

Best regards,
Barry
www.soundkeeperrecordings.com
www.barrydiamentaudio.com

 

Thanks Barry! Like I said, it sounds great and it's Atlantic, so I figured it's gotta be you. Nice full sound.

 

ADDING: Foreigner s/t (other titles??).

Removing "Selling England By The Pound" as there are no confirmed pressing that use Barry's (re)master. Unreleased? Barry, did you mention in another thread your master of Genesis "Genesis" was released?


A work in progress.


AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
AC/DC - Back In Black
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
AC/DC - Who Made Who

Bad Company – Bad Company
Bad Company – Straight Shooter
Bad Company – 10 out of 6
Bad Company - Run With The Pack/Burnin' Sky/Desolation Angels/Rough Diamonds (??)
Anita Baker - Rapture
Bellvue Cadillac - Black and White
The Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full Of Blues
Tommy Bolin - The Ultimate
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars

Jackson Browne - Lawyers In Love or Lives In The Balance (he did one of these)

John Cage & The Arditti Quartet - The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
The Call - Reconciled
Chic - C'est Chic (?)
The Coasters - The Ultimate Coasters
Phil Collins - Face Value (Has Barry's version been determined yet?)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going (Has Barry's version been determined yet?)
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
Cowboy Mouth - Word of Mouth
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - So Far

Danzig - Danzig
Dr. Fiorella Terenzi - Music From The Galaxies
Dokken - Under Lock And Key
Dokken - Breaking The Chains
Dokken - Under Lock & Key

The Eagles – The Eagles
The Eagles – Desperado
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Eagles – The Long Run
The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits
The Eagles - Greatest Hits Volume 2
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Enya - Watermark (original and reissue with added tracks)

The Firm - The Firm
The Firm - Mean Business
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
Foreigner - Foreigner (others?)
Aretha Franklin - best of (?)

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"I did create CD masters for all --or almost all-- of the Genesis albums not long after I left Atlantic in the late '80s. Since I never received copies of pressings, I do not know if any of the masters I sent were ever used for CD production." - BD.

See posts #222 - 228 in this thread.

Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
Genesis - Duke
Genesis - Abacab
Genesis - Three Sides Live

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The Georgia Satellites - The Gerogia Satellites
Guns’N’Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Guns’N’Roses - G N' R Lies

Hex - Hex

INXS - Listen Like Thieves

Grace Jones - Island Life

Keeler - Autofocus
Tommy Keene - Based On Happy Times
Rusty Kershaw - Now and Then
Kitaro - The Light Of The Spirit
KMFDM - Glory

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (supplied with the "reverse channel" tape. This tape has been used for other vinyl masterings).
Led Zeppelin - II
Led Zeppelin - III
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (2xCD)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (2xCD)
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
Led Zeppelin - Coda

Bob Marley - Catch A Fire
Bob Marley - Burnin'
Bob Marley - Natty Dread
Bob Marley - Live!
Bob Marley - Rastaman Vibration
Bob Marley - Exodus
Bob Marley - Kaya
Bob Marley - Babylon By Bus
Bob Marley - Survival
Bob Marley - Uprising
Bob Marley - Confrontation
Bob Marley - Legend
Bob Marley - Rebel Music

Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics
Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love

Ivan Neville - Thanks (?? not 100% sure)
Gary Nicholson - The Sky's Not The Limit
Stevie Nicks - Belladonna
Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart
Nico - The Marbel Index
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Nu Shooz - Poolside

Of Cabbages And Kings - Hunter's Moon
Of Cabbages And Kings - Never Too Late
Onyan Art - Reagge Rock
Benjamin Orr - The Lace

Robert Palmer - Pressure Drop
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
Robert Palmer - Pride
Robert Palmer – Riptide
Robert Plant - Pictures At Eleven
Rubber Plant - The Principle Of Moments

The Rascals - Ultimate CD
Ratt - Dancing Undercover
Otis Redding - Ultimate Otis Redding
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams
Linda Ronstadt - What's New
Linda Ronstadt - Lush Life
Linda Ronstadt - For Sentimental Reasons

Simply Red - Men And Women
Slayer - South Of Heaven
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Stacey Q - Better Than Heaven
Subdudes - Lucky
The Sun And The Moon - Sun And The Moon

Pete Townshend - All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes (mastered by Zal or Barry or done twice?)
Pete Townshend - Psychoderelict
Pete Townshend - White City
Pete Townshend - Deep End Live
Pete Townshend - Scoop
Pete Townshend - Another Scoop

Underworld - Born Slippy

U2 - Boy
U2 - October
U2 - War
U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky

Various - Atlantic Soul Classics
Various - Stand By Me (soundtrack)
Various - Woodstock - Music From The Original Soundtrack And More (2xCD) Atlantic

Work Of Art - Waves (Sword in the Stone Records - SSR 56)
Work Of Art - Lift (Soundkeeper Recordings - SR4001)
Work Of Art - Simplicity (Sword in the Stone Records - SSR54)

Yes - The Yes Album
Yes - Fragile
Yes - Close To The Edge
Yes - Drama
Yes - 90125
Yes - Classics

Warren Zevon - A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon

 

Hi Darcy,

Others the memory cells are suggesting (all from EQd, limited tapes made during vinyl mastering):
"Double Vision"
"Head Games"
"4"
"Agent Provocateur"

I was the "CD Mastering Department" at Atlantic when these came out and I remember the albums. This makes me think I might have done the CDs as well.

I thought I did a version of this while I was at Atlantic. I'm pretty sure I also did this directly for Genesis after I left Atlantic.

Sorry, I just don't remember if the original release was my work.
And I don't know if any of the ones I did after Atlantic got released.

Best regards,
Barry
www.soundkeeperrecordings.com
www.barrydiamentaudio.com

 

Hi Barry,

I Have "Kitaro - Ten Years" 2 CD set on Geffen that says you mastered it. Do you know what sources you did that from?

Pat

 

Hello Darcy,

nice list.

Barry is listed as the CD mastering engineer in my copy of "Run With the Pack", and when I compare the sound quality on the "10 from 6" compilation with the other titles you listed, I am almost certain he did the other Bad Company CD's also. They have that same kind of signature sound we all like (well, many of us anyway).

 

Hi Pat,

That one was done after I left Atlantic and formed BDA.
At BDA, I got original mixes (i.e. the real masters) as sources for all my work.

Best regards,
Barry
www.soundkeeperrecordings.com
www.barrydiamentaudio.com

 

Interesting, I just pulled out Liverpool, the second album from Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1986 Japan-for-USA, Island/ZTT 90546-2) and there in the credits is "CD Mastered by Barry Diament, Atlantic Studios)".

 

I would like to know what Barry considers the mastering project that he is proudest of?

 

Hi Captain Reg,

Good question. And a tough one.
I have two answers:

Of all the older projects, I'd have to say the Marley re-masterings I did in 1990 are probably the ones I'm most proud of.

There was a personal change in direction for me around the time I did those and I feel that for me, those CDs marked one of those plateaus folks reach in any career, when their skills take a step upward.

Of the personal projects, Work of Art's "Lift" probably marked another one of those plateaus for me. I learned how to push the sonic parameters more, while getting more "out of the way" at the same time.

Best regards,
Barry
www.soundkeeperrecordings.com
www.barrydiamentaudio.com

 

Thank you for your response. I know it is quite the loaded question for any artist.

I appreciate your creative growth and series of plateaus that you have reached as you ascend.

Thanks for the sonic memories.

 

Hell's bells. I have the Euro version (ZCIDQ8 / 90546-2 / 257896; blue-swoosh Island logo on the CD; matrix 257 896 C) and can't find a mastering credit. If you're set up to do EAC peaks, do you mind PM'ing me a set?

 

Prince and the Revolution / Parade (1986) was also mastered by Barry. Discovered it this morning.

 

Hi Mike,

As ledsox pointed out, this is likely a carryover from the vinyl mastering credits.

I mastered the original CD releases for "October", "Boy", "War" and "Under a Blood Red Sky". (I'm not sure about "Joshua Tree" - the memory cells have long departed.)

Best regards,
Barry
www.soundkeeperrecordings.com
www.barrydiamentaudio.com