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The Best Of Sade

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Announcing Sade’s box set entitled ‘This Far’ will be released worldwide on October 9th 2020, featuring remastered versions of all Sade’s six studio albums to date, on pure 180-gram heavyweight black vinyl. Also it sounds incredible, but the only downside I've found so far is that this version of Diamond Love is not the full version (missing the entire first verse). Showell apparently worked from hi-res digital transfers of the original stereo master mixes, taken from the original tapes.

Duration of tracks is written different on labels and inside gatefold; actual duration on record is as per labels and listed here. Even Kate Bush recognised there was a place for bonus albums, gathering B-sides and remixes, when she reissued her catalogue in 2018 and you really have to work hard to make Kate appear more engaged and interested in reissues than you are. So I found first pressings of all three from the Carrollton, GA in NM and I am so impressed by the sound.But after replacing the cheap paper inner covers with lined covers, cleaning them with a good carbon fiber brush was enough to be able to listen to great-sounding, flawless records.

If that is because of the half speed mastering I can’t say, half speed is a hit and miss in my experience.

All six of the band’s acclaimed albums: Diamond Life (1984), Promise (1985), Stronger Than Pride (1988), Love Deluxe (1992), Lovers Rock (2000), and Soldier Of Love (2010) are packaged into the beautifully finished, white case-bound box.

Revisiting the audio, the band and Miles Showell worked from high resolution digital transfers of the stereo master mixes, from the original studio recordings, remastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios.As can be seen with many vinyl pressings, there are terrible and great pressings in the same editions. I've noticed a lot of people say this about Sade's discography from the OGs to newer re-issues, so I assume that's intentional. I don't know how this is possible, but generally valid assessments of the quality of the pressings and the sound are hardly possible, in contrast to CDs.

Sony will next month release This Far, a Sade vinyl box set that collects the band’s six studio albums. Incredible presentation and gatefold quality compared to many of my recent anniversary releases from other bands. Wie das möglich ist, weiß ich nicht, aber allgemein gültige Bewertungen über die Qualität der Pressungen und des Klanges sind kaum möglich, im Gegensatz zu CDs. Also, the sleeve is in amazing quality compared to a lot of flimsy and sticky sleeves released in the early 90's. Aber nachdem die billigen Papier Innencover gegen gefütterte cover getauscht wurden reichte eine Säuberung mit einer guten Bürste aus Kohlefaser aus, um genaial klingende, einwandfreie Schallplatten anhören zu können.

Diamond Life (1984), Promise (1985), Stronger Than Pride (1988), Love Deluxe (1992 ), Lovers Rock (2000), and Soldier Of Love (2010) have all been remastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Wie bei sehr vielen Vinyl Pressungen festzustellen ist, gibt es in den selben Ausgaben fürchterliche wie hervorragende Pressungen.

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