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Uh Oh! UMG's Stones Box Appears to be Compressed LIke "Exile...."

Michael Fremer  |  Nov 11, 2010

Look at the photo below:

On top is Bob Ludwig's original mastering of "Start Me Up" from the album Tattoo You.

Below is "Start Me Up" from the new UMG vinyl box set, probably mastered to 44.1k/24 bit digital by Stephen Marcussen and then cut DMM in the Czech Republic. Pressing quality is excellent but the sound is 

as it appears: squashed. In depth review coming soon....

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