Submission for rec-music-gaffa

[munnari!basser.cs.su.OZ.AU!gregr@uunet.uu.net]

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From: gregr@basser.oz (Greg Ryan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Subject: Re: CD
Summary: watch out for cd labelling
Date: 6 Jul 89 23:33:57 GMT
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In article <QYgYIFS00WBMA1bVIN@andrew.cmu.edu> "William M. Bumgarner" <wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu>
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> The import (from UK) CD's of Kate Bush are mastered ADD instead of the US

I'd be careful of the [AD][AD]D labelling that companies put on their CDs.
An ADD disc would require a remix of the album from the multitrack to a
digital master and I don't believe this has been done in that case of any
Kate Bush albums.  You should take these labels with a grain of salt.  
Remember that the first CD releases of Beatles material claimed ADD as well,
which would have been a neat track in the mid '60s.
The letters should refer to the type of multitrack used (analogue or digital),
the type of tape (or other) mastering device used for the final mix (analogue
or digital) and in the case of CDs the CD master is always digital.