Worst mastered CD ever!

"Worst CD Mastering Ever..."

 

Piper at the Gates of Dawn and 1967: The First 3 Singles (mono editions), Pink Floyd

 

The Moody Blues: Time Traveller box set
Abba: the first box set

 

Melissa Manchester - Melissa (Buddah CD)

Mudville.

 

Every time this comes up I say the same thing - Iggy's re-master of Raw Power.

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Playing while I type: Beatles - Rubber Soul (UK, mono)

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power - Columbia/Legacy CD.

See also: The Worst Sounding CD ever!

"Search And Destroy" EAC extraction:

 

Yikes!!!!

 

Is that for real?!

I remember getting a headache every time I listened to 'Raw Power' (and that was before I knew anything about compression, digital clipping, etc) when I bought it, but seeing that picture is almost as bad as listening to the CD. Sort of a jpeg-version of my headache.

 

I agree with this wholeheartedly...

 

Now what about Iron Maiden - Dance of Death? Could be renamed Compression of Death for sure! Makes that Rush CD sound like a friggin' DCC!

 

Yes, it is for real, unfortunately. You can read more here: IGGY POP on CD.

 

Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (Deluxe Edition). I wanted to cry, even after my ears recovered.

 

Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is (original Rykodisc version; it's since been secretly corrected)

 

That's what you get for having the artist involved. Looks like a terrible, terrible mistake!

 

The Blanton Webster band - Duke Ellington

For a looong time this was the only cd version available.

 

I agree. One of the most horrible mastering jobs out there. It sounds like somebody took an old beat up cassette tape and turned the Dolby B Noise Reduction button on. Too bad, because I think the album is excellent.

 

The Mastersound version of Boston's debut. Very bright.

 

Ricochet Days by Modern English
Beautiful on LP, flat and dull on CD. Plus, the CD includes bonus tracks that simply don't fit the flow of the original album.

 

The disc that made Peter Mew famous his fabulous version of Jethro Tull Aqualung

 

I concur.

 

Bob Ludwig's remaster of Quadrophenia, with its eviscerated bass, pumped-up drums, and just plain errors . I got rid of mine soon after I bought it (and got a MFSL), but I remember at least two instances where an additional measure of instrumentation was used. I've never heard a worse remaster.

 

CSNY - looking forward

a garbled mess and its HDCD too!

 

I own a copy of The Hooters "Nervous Night" that was mastered in Austria. It's not a remaster, in fact I think it's a first issue, but it sounds horrible. Probably the only truly "unlistenable" CD I own.

 

It's not a remaster. It's a remix. The whole point of it was to make it different. I prefer it to the original mix..

 

The worst I've heard is a toss-up between the Kink Kontroversy remaster - very tinny sounding - and Roxy Music's Avalon- the original CD pressing. It may have been a target - I don't remember. I first heard the album on CD and wondered that all the fuss was about. Some time later I heard a domestic LP pressing and was knocked out by the atmosphere of the recording that didn't translate on to the CD. It's now my favourite Roxy Music album (on vinyl, of course).