Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run" old CBS CD. Wow, it cannot be beat.

Great album, but the "Wall of Sound" mix is bad.... every CD sounds lousy. This one needs a remix like Aqualung.

 

For once I actually have the "right" one of something. This was one of the first CDs I bought at the BX when stationed in Crete Greece from 84 to 86.

My wife always laughs at the Incredible Mr Limpet howl at the end of Jungleland.

 

Can't be done Claus because the "wall of sound" is on the master tapes. This exactly why the vinyl pressings sound this way as well.

 

Three years ago, a friend brought the remastered BTR in to work for us to listen to and I did not want to insult him . . . but the sound was horrible even on mid-grade equipment (Marantz, JBL). I play the old original cd of this album all the time in my car and on my tube rig at home and I love the disc because that's the way it's supposed to sound.

 

"If you do, read on, if you don't, go to another thread because this won't concern you.."

 

BTR, is certainly BS most pivotal album. it made him a true rock star.

 

Hmm...mine is a Canadian copy...but it has the big CBS lettering on the left side of the disc...CBS on the spine...the little triangle on the right...CK33795 (DIDP 050021) and Made in the USA along the bottom perimeter. (and no "now made in the USA" on the back.

Thought I read somewhere that any disc with a reference to DIDP 050021 was an identical master to the Japan one...could be wrong tho.

I know for a fact that I got this in about mid 1987 as I was in radio at the time and remember how this mix was exactly as Steve described...plus given the "early" vintage of this - I don't think they were cranking out a bunch of different remasters of this - that early in the CD game.

Can anyone provide EAC values of the "japan" pressing?

VP

 

There's a very long thread from a few years ago that gives the EAC values for the various masterings of BTR.

 

Thanks! Will look that up.

Also - some folks are saying the copy that reads "Now Made in The USA" is not the right one...yet I am looking at CD album art for BTR on Discogs that has the "Now made in USA" tray insert but at the bottom it says Record Manufactured in Japan By CBS....

So what was exactly "Now Made in The USA"...the inserts? The CD? The jewel case? Or all of it?

VP

 

Same (35DP is also identical)

He stopped reading after word three, then posted.

 

Might as well save you the trouble, especially since others will probably have the same question. Here's the EAC/matrix info from the earlier thread:

1. EAC levels : 60.5, 75.3, 52.2, etc.
All have 35DP-21 in the matrix and should have pre-emphasis.
-Original Japanese issue with catalog number 35DP 21.
-Japan-for-U.S. pressing with catalog number CK 33795, Matrix 35DP-21 41A2
-Japan-for-Europe pressing with catalog number CDCBS 80959.

2. EAC levels: 73.4, 89.4, 69.8, etc.
Made in USA by Digital Audio Corp Matrix: DIDP 50021 21A3


3. EAC levels: 93.5, 99.9, 86.4, etc.
Japan 32DP
Japan 25DP
Made in Switzerland Matrix 33 795 1124 263 01
Made in USA Matrix 1A CK33795 15B
Made in USA Matrix DIDP 050021 4
Made in USA Matrix DIDP 050021 -05
Made in USA by Digital Audio Corp Matrix: DIDP 50021 21B1
Made in USA by Digital Audio Corp Matrix: DIDP 50021 21B10

4. EAC levels: 93.2, 97.2, 97.2, etc.
-Mastersound Gold CK 52859
-COL 511301 2 [Made in Austria, Red Columbia label on CD itself. Matrix: S0148041610-0101 25 or -0101 31]
-SRCS 7907 Mini LP CD -Made in Japan (1997)

5. EAC levels: 98.4, 98.8, 97.8, etc.
CK 94175 from the 30th Anniversary boxset remaster

6. EAC levels: 99.9, 99.9, 99.9, etc.
MHCP 723 Mini LP CD - Made in Japan (2005)




The first group has the mastering that Steve likes.

 

Yes...

Track 1
Peak level 60.5 %
Track 2
Peak level 75.3 %
Track 3
Peak level 52.2 %
Track 4
Peak level 56.7 %
Track 5
Peak level 75.3 %
Track 6
Peak level 52.2 %
Track 7
Peak level 43.2 %
Track 8
Peak level 59.0 %

 

Mine meets all the criteria except the actual disc says MADE IN AUSTRIA - artwork says Made In Japan. Is it the real thing?

Phil Spector always said if they wanted to do BTR properly they should have come to him!

Oh it's always the vocals that suffer...once you get the tinkerbells nasty earbleeding shrill, and you're celebrating the digital noiselessness of it all, you can be sure half the vocal's gone bye-bye. It makes me crazy.

 

Got it. Picked it up last summer for about 3 bucks.

Bruce is hanging in my room with me right now.

 

If the 35DP version is the one Steve has, I agree. One of my favorite CDs ever!

The second DADC pressed version is good also IMO.

 

Sorry... no.

 

Check your EAC results. That will tell you which mastering you have. Guessing, I'd say probably the 1st or 2nd.

 

So the one that has "Made In Japan" on the packaging but also "Now Made In The USA" was remastered? What year did that come out?

 

The story of my life. I own the wrong CD. Anybody want to start an "I own the wrong CD" club?

 

Smile.

Compared to our other personal foibles, these things are easy to fix though.

 

He's got a lot of threads to get to; can't be held up; on a mission.

 

Just happen to have a dead mint one right here, that I'm going to pop in as soon as Roxy Music is finished playing...

 

Thanks.

Then add this to this group of EAC levels

Made In Austria black label "Mastered In Austria" CDCBS 80959 (DIDP 21)