what does "remastered" even mean? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by birdcat@lemmy.ml to c/music@beehaw.org

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listening to lots of music lately and almost every second song is "remastered"; original is often not even available anymore.

and not one single time i can hear any kind of improvement. so what does it even mean, to remaster a song?

one of the worst cases, imo is atomic by blondie.

friggin classic

b-side abbba song?

and to add: iʼm not some kind of nostalgic puritan, plenty of songs get better after some remixing, covering and whatnot, like

The Clash - Rock The Casbah (12 inch Version)

But the remastered version?

dear god, if i wanted to listen to sting, i would listen to friggin sting.

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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 11 points 10 months ago

This is essentially what Taylor Swift is doing with her Taylor's Versions. After being ignored when she requested to buy her masters, she essentially did a "Fine I'll do it myself" and is now remastering all of her old work.

[-] shutz@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago

From what I've heard, she didn't remaster, she rerecorded those albums. These are new performances.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

You're correct they're all new recordings of the songs, not remastered.

[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 7 points 10 months ago

Correct. The royalties structure in music has the 2 parts - composition and performance. If you own both, you get 100% of the royalty from all those sales/streams.