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I was never able to get any volume of "Xena". A big selling point would be if this re=packaging has been remastered, otherwise I can pick up the exact same content seperately for real cheap prices.
They haven't said they weren't remastered. The silly nitpicking is just too over the top.
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It sounds like the limit will be determined after the customers weigh in with pre-orders, and I think that's fantastic. Much better than a limit set too low.
As for remastering, if the original releases sounded right the first time, which is entirely possible with mid-90s technology, then there'd be no need to alter them. This is what happened with the two-CD edition of Star Trek VI. Cliff Eidelman wanted Disc 2 to be a straight re-issue of the MCA master, and it was. That was the sound he wanted.
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Has anyone else noticed the odd transition on CD 1 between tracks 18 and 19. Track 18 stops prematurely and after a little pause the music continues on track 19.
Yes! That's not the only instance, either; there's three or four more on later discs in the set. Tracks that flowed into each other seamlessly on the original CDs now have a brief, jarring pause between them. I e-mailed Varese about this issue back in April - they responded with their return/refund policy, but I decided to keep the set for the new liner notes and packaging.
According to my notes:
Disc 1 tracks 18 is supposed to segue into track 19 but there is a 2-second silence between the tracks.
Disc 5 tracks 9 is supposed to segue into track 10 but there is a 2-second silence between the tracks.
Disc 5 tracks 11 is supposed to segue into track 12 but there is a 2-second silence between the tracks.
Disc 5 tracks 13 is supposed to segue into track 14 but there is a 2-second silence between the tracks.
This doesn't seem to be just one or two faulty discs, but rather that all sets have this anomaly in them. I'm surprised others haven't noticed this, or haven't raised a fuss over it. I'm even more surprised that Varèse dares to suggests return & refund, as they are the ones at fault here. I remember way back when a certain label was pressured into re-pressing a release of theirs due to missing mixing bowls percussions on one track. In my sincere opinion this mistake by Varèse...
[a pause of 2 seconds]
... calls for a re-pressing of the discs with unnecessary pauses.
We all like Christopher Walken's style of delivering movie dialogue, but I don't think it's a good idea to bring that formula into music production where one track is supposed to flow into the next.
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