I started buying the Tears for Fears remasters that came out a while ago. But after comparing the new Songs from the Big Chair to the original CD release, it was louder, but lost a lot of dynamics. Just wish I could find an original The Hurting now.
The cd re-release of The Hurting sounds horrible compared to the vinyl (which sounds great
).
The 80's suffer the most with cd remastering. A lot of early digital gear was starting to creep into the recording chain
but it was still being tracked to analog tape... so 80's music originally released on vinyl always has a punchy warmth (especially synth based music) that the cd reissues lack.
Unfortunately, cds of remastered 80's music typically sound thin and brittle but did not sound that way originally.
