The bluray has a flat transfer of the original mix master in 24/96. Cleanest most original copy of the mix possible to have. Then you get a needle drop of the original vinyl release as well as copies of those awful poorly edited radio scratch mix singles from back in the day. And of course the new SW surround mix - whatever you might think of that.
The worst copy I've ever heard was from a SACD discography. Brutally distorted.
The brutal one you refer to is from the 2013 Japanese High Vibration boxed SACD set. Which AFAIK is itself really just an SACD rerelease of the 1998 Japanese HDCD series. Which was mastered by Isao Kikuchi.
Those Kikuchi HDCD remasters are a curious mixed bag. Two of them --- Tales and Relayer -- are very good indeed (decoded). The rest are awful, the worst versions one can get, decoded or not. CttE included.
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