Sonny Rollins Freelance Years

[CJ Shearn]

I bought it at Coconuts the other day and b/c of the sticker on the back of the box, does it say if those are new masterings in that box? "Way Out West" sounds stunning.

[J.A.W.]

The set was 20-bit K2 remastered, so the answer would be yes.

The music is excellent, but to my ears the set sounds as if the higher frequencies were boosted and it also sounds loud/compressed compared to the individual CDs with the same material. I didn't like it and sold it.

[CJ Shearn]

Ahh well, still... "Way Out West" is an INCREDIBLE album sonically, have to admit its my first time listening to it. Just one of those things. Listening through my Audio Technica studio monitor phones (like the ones Jim mixed his solo record on) and with my EQ pretty much flat.

[J.A.W.]

"Way Out West" is an INCREDIBLE album sonically

It is, it's a great recording by the inimitable Roy DuNann.

[Cliff Englewood]

The set was 20-bit K2 remastered, so the answer would be yes.

The music is excellent, but to my ears the set sounds as if the higher frequencies were boosted and it also sounds loud/compressed compared to the individual CDs with the same material. I didn't like it and sold it.

Sorry, but I have that set, where does it say that it was 20-bit K2 remastered, I don't remember seeing that printed anywhere. Not that I'm doubting you or anything. :unsure:

[Cliff Englewood]

The set was 20-bit K2 remastered, so the answer would be yes.

The music is excellent, but to my ears the set sounds as if the higher frequencies were boosted and it also sounds loud/compressed compared to the individual CDs with the same material. I didn't like it and sold it.

Sorry, but I have that set, where does it say that it was 20-bit K2 remastered, I don't remember seeing that printed anywhere. Not that I'm doubting you or anything. :unsure:

Unless there was a Japanese only release of this one;

then I don't think this set was 20-bit K2 remastered, mine says it was done by Kirk Felton in 2000. I think you might be mistaking it for the Bill Evans Complete V.V. set, which was 20-bit K2 remastered.

Either way it's a great set.

[J.A.W.]

The set was 20-bit K2 remastered, so the answer would be yes.

The music is excellent, but to my ears the set sounds as if the higher frequencies were boosted and it also sounds loud/compressed compared to the individual CDs with the same material. I didn't like it and sold it.

Sorry, but I have that set, where does it say that it was 20-bit K2 remastered, I don't remember seeing that printed anywhere. Not that I'm doubting you or anything. :unsure:

Unless there was a Japanese only release of this one;

then I don't think this set was 20-bit K2 remastered, mine says it was done by Kirk Felton in 2000. I think you might be mistaking it for the Bill Evans Complete V.V. set, which was 20-bit K2 remastered.

Either way it's a great set.

Mine was a Japanese set and it was 20-bit K2 remastered. I don't remember exactly (I sold the set ages ago), but I think it said so in the booklet. And no, I'm not mistaking it for the Bill Evans set you mentioned.

Musically it's a great set indeed, but, as I said earlier, to my ears sonically my set was not.

Edited August 29, 2010 by J.A.W.
edited to correct an error.

[J.A.W.]

The set was 20-bit K2 remastered, so the answer would be yes.

The music is excellent, but to my ears the set sounds as if the higher frequencies were boosted and it also sounds loud/compressed compared to the individual CDs with the same material. I didn't like it and sold it.

Forgot to add that my set was from Japan.