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Nov 16, 2024 - 5:35 AM
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Ostinato
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I've got both releases.
The former sounds exactly like the 6mm tapes themselves (this was the intention of King Records' 2014 LP release), unlike all other previous releases which all had alterations made to the recordings. This is more than welcomed. The contents are similar, but DB-1 M-2 on its own is missing unfortunately. The first track begins with a portion of DB-1 M-2 before switching to DB-1 M-1. However, the final track is the film version of the main title, mixing DB-1 M-2 with DB-1 M-1.
The latter, also hailing from its respective 2014 LP release, was sourced from the four channel cinetape. As with Toho Music's release, all four channels were utilized and mixed down to stereo. Its missing edits of DB-8 M-16 and DB-13 M-28 as well as DB-3 m-6A (a repeated edit of DB-3 M-6 made during the sessions). In addition, all stock music is not included. As with the "Godzilla" '54 release, it's designed to sound like the source itself with no alterations made. So, there is no awful artificial reverb and other modifications this time around, thankfully.
For the mono recording of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", it would be nice if King Records would reissue it in the same fashion as these two, perhaps along with the rest of Ifukube's Godzilla scores. Being able to hear the scores without modifications to the recordings would be a revelation.
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I have purchased six of these titles and have another three on the way. They sound thus far wonderful! Rich! Robust! Lots of presence and clarity.
Because I have so much Ifukube in my collection on already on vintage vinyl and CD compilations, I went for:
Son of Godzilla
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
All Monsters Attack
Godzilla vs Hedorah
Godzilla vs Megalon
Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla
These titles have never sounded as good as they do here!
I was so enthralled by these, I have since placed a second order for:
King Kong vs Godzilla
Terror of MechaGodzilla
Return of Godzilla
If you are on the fence, get off the fence. These are great!
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Nov 17, 2024 - 10:19 AM
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MalaStrana
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I've got both releases.
The former sounds exactly like the 6mm tapes themselves (this was the intention of King Records' 2014 LP release), unlike all other previous releases which all had alterations made to the recordings. This is more than welcomed. The contents are similar, but DB-1 M-2 on its own is missing unfortunately. The first track begins with a portion of DB-1 M-2 before switching to DB-1 M-1. However, the final track is the film version of the main title, mixing DB-1 M-2 with DB-1 M-1.
The latter, also hailing from its respective 2014 LP release, was sourced from the four channel cinetape. As with Toho Music's release, all four channels were utilized and mixed down to stereo. Its missing edits of DB-8 M-16 and DB-13 M-28 as well as DB-3 m-6A (a repeated edit of DB-3 M-6 made during the sessions). In addition, all stock music is not included. As with the "Godzilla" '54 release, it's designed to sound like the source itself with no alterations made. So, there is no awful artificial reverb and other modifications this time around, thankfully.
For the mono recording of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", it would be nice if King Records would reissue it in the same fashion as these two, perhaps along with the rest of Ifukube's Godzilla score. Being able to hear the scores without modifications to the recordings would be a revelation.
Many thanks for deep diving into these ! I highly appreciate. Then they are worth releases; I just ordered them after reading your post, along with other albums mentioned here and there (G-1 deluxe, the shorts, the reissues of other Ifukuke scores, etc.).
Been an excellent year for the King 
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Wait a second, haven't I gone through this time and time again on here?
These early scores have a complicated history and non-Japanese fans have limited access to the details. Your posts are always highly informative and most welcome!
Hear, hear. Ostinato is a treasured member of the FSM board. A fountain of knowledge he is.
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Nov 18, 2024 - 3:22 AM
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Ifukube
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I've got both releases.
The former sounds exactly like the 6mm tapes themselves (this was the intention of King Records' 2014 LP release), unlike all other previous releases which all had alterations made to the recordings. This is more than welcomed. The contents are similar, but DB-1 M-2 on its own is missing unfortunately. The first track begins with a portion of DB-1 M-2 before switching to DB-1 M-1. However, the final track is the film version of the main title, mixing DB-1 M-2 with DB-1 M-1.
The latter, also hailing from its respective 2014 LP release, was sourced from the four channel cinetape. As with Toho Music's release, all four channels were utilized and mixed down to stereo. Its missing edits of DB-8 M-16 and DB-13 M-28 as well as DB-3 m-6A (a repeated edit of DB-3 M-6 made during the sessions). In addition, all stock music is not included. As with the "Godzilla" '54 release, it's designed to sound like the source itself with no alterations made. So, there is no awful artificial reverb and other modifications this time around, thankfully.
For the mono recording of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", it would be nice if King Records would reissue it in the same fashion as these two, perhaps along with the rest of Ifukube's Godzilla scores. Being able to hear the scores without modifications to the recordings would be a revelation.
Thanks for posting this information, I don't have the 2014 King Records LPs, but it's nice to know that these special CD versions sound very similar. I also have both CDs as well, but I do have a slight issue with the overall sound quality of the new King Kong vs. Godzilla stereo CD.
I know that the "vocals" tend to get lost within the stereo version "Main Title" (they are much more noticeable in the mono Main Title), but on this King Records CD the vocals are truly buried extremely deep in the mix. Also, and I'm not exactly sure what the story is regarding the mastering, but overall, the audio quality is a little bit muddy in the midrange, and a little more high end would be welcome as well.
At least the 2024 King Kong vs. Godzilla mono CD from Universal Music Japan has a lot of clarity and high end on their CD, so strictly from a listening perspective, these two King Kong vs. Godzilla CDs sound completely night and day.
I haven't heard the 2004 King Kong vs. Godzilla Toho Music stereo CD in ages, but from memory, I think it sounded better, but I'll have to do an A/B comparison between both CDs soon to see if that's the case or not.
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