Think of summertime radio and you fall straight back to this Anglo-American outfit known as Katrina and the Waves whose hit Walking On Sunshine written 4 years before charting is THE summer song.
Those of us who were braver back in '85 ventured and bought the album only to find that this was really a bar band with a neat line in well crafted good-time rock. It was followed up a year later by Waves! which featured the European hit Sun Street.
I had the second on imported vinyl but lost the XDR tm tape of their first album a while ago.
Fortunately BGO reissued the albums on a single cd in 1996 in an excellent transfer.
Catalogue number BGOCD 330
They were a mixed bag - I couldn't get on with the issue of Boston S/T being screechy replacing that by a regular US version - and failed to see the sense and trying to make a audiophile issue of Bat Out of Hell, an album that has lots of mixing issues whatever you might think of it musically.
Miles Davis's Kind Of Blue benefited from a new stereo mixdown with the tapes run at the correct speed and a more richer sound than the 1986 Jazz Classics cd issue.
For me the 52nd Street and Infinity albums remain the preferred digital versions despite newer remasters emerging.
People still argue about Reo Speedwagon's Hi Infidelity album on cd and for me nothing beats a good original lp version.
The original Japan for Europe Issue I bought back in 1987 has it's strong points such as the smooth mid range but the lowest notes are reduced and the hi hats on Keep On Loving You are over emphasized.
The Mastersounds has a few drop outs on what was side one and may sound bit more processed but to me sounds more balenced overall.
Audiophiles also argue about Tapestry, the classic 1971 Carol King album but for me it's all about the mids and this mastering focuses on her voice.
