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Originally Posted by Cellotron  The other case where this might not help for future releases is that archives that I maintain are for my convenience only and I don't plan on preserving a digital archive into the future just on the possibility that a label might want to do a reissue. |
If admit that when we're working on records that are clearly classic (i.e. reissues), we tend to be more conscientious/vigilant about chain-of-custody and archiving. Then there are those rare records that sound so great that we encourage the client to be careful and mindful of storing high-resolution (less limiting, 24-bit/88.2kHz) files for possible future use (particularly in the film world). These records are truly rare, though.
I'm intrigued by this Tom Petty thing, though. It might be an anomaly or it might be leading to The New Way. It might allow a new mindset in the mastering studio: (1) the commercial version and (2) the "true" version, mastered for art and historical preservation, without the pollution of a loudness agenda.
I could see this becoming popular in the independent world more than the major label world.
It makes sense that this less-limited CD comes with the vinyl because it presumes that the type of person who buys vinyl actually
cares about music...
Demographically speaking, that's probably a fair assumption.
- c