Here is an interesting opinion..which I'm not sure is credible.....I guess I have another question that interests me...Gus Skinas gets credit for this "unmastering" on the project which involves the actual studio mix taken directly from the Neve board....just a transfer with no processing by Gus...I wonder how this type of release would affect Gus and others involved in these projects...I mean in a financial way...companies are always looking for ways to reduce cost...downloads and now selling "tapes"...I'm sure if the question was posed the "company" answer would be that this is a special project and not the norm...but if this was a huge success...you gotta wonder...at first blush the whole concept of "unmastered" for an audiophile seems strange...I'm objective about this but I'm also curious...
Some recordings coming from the studio mix are viewed as needing some enhancement. Which happens at the mastering stage.
In this case, the record label feels that the Capitol Records Studio mix is superior to the remastered version that was previously released on SACD.
My listening says they are correct in this case.