Sounds so good! Would love to hear your mixes of the first 4 albums. I always try to show the Ramones to friends and other people and I'm always sad by how the records don't capture how big their sound was live.
Thanks! And yeah, It's a bit difficult when you try to play those albums alongside newer music, a lot of stuff just sounds more polished and punchy today simply because of the production quality. I feel like production techniques have been evolving to aid in conveying that sense of "power" in punk & metal music... a sound the Ramones themselves pioneered. They were really ahead of their time, but it's hard to get that to convey to a casual listener. This band is 50 years old now in 2024
@HardlyRamone I wish there was secondary recordings of the albums in a half step down, like the demos. I think the half step down recordings of their songs really brought out their full, raw power.
What can I say 😊.. just excellent and the sound is far better. Reminds me of when we used to cover this song way back in early 80’s.. a joy to play. Great job mate 🎸
Nice, I like it! Leave Home is probably my favorite, but CD and other digital masters do seem to flatten the mix compared to the original vinyl. Nice to hear the guitar brought forward.
Yeah, the original vinyl has more mids, and maybe they haven't been sure how to digitally remaster it to sound more "modern" without the trick of scooping out mids (to boost the treble and bass)? I would say making mixes sound high fidelity without having either weak or "boxy" mids is one of the hardest elements of mixing & mastering, especially when you have a loud, droning guitar fighting for attention. But there are some tricks I feel are never used on Ramones re releases. This remaster I did is a tiny bit "boxy", but I cant fix that without without a full remix. I like it too though regardless, lol
@HardlyRamone I think that's exactly the issue facing anyone remixing or remastering it to modern standards. It's exacerbated by the Spector-ish wall of reverb throughout the album. For my tastes, the best digital mastering of Leave Home is on the box set The Sire Years 1976-1981 Plus it has both Carbona and Babysitter. But I have also hung on to my Digalog cassettes of All The Stuff And More Volumes I & Ii because they contain the best-sounding versions of the first four albums to my ears, outside of OG vinyl.
@@leamanc Very interesting! I think the older presentations of older songs are sometimes better. If I may ramble for a moment... in my opinion, one issue with a lot of digital remasters of older music, is the strong emphasis on trying to make stuff sound "high quality". A lot of older vinyl and cassette masters have a pretty balanced frequency response, which doesn't always sound the most "high fidelity", but it does convey the fullness of the Ramones really well. It can sound "sweeter" almost. The issue is, our ears also really like treble and bass. So digitally scooping out mids to get a crispy/airy treble and powerful bass can quickly trick the ears into thinking a sound has become more "high quality". But ultimately, when we're trying to enjoy a piece of music, it is more important that you hear the harmonic content of the guitar, and thus hear THE SONG, than almost anything. And professionals know this! I'm not saying anything that many pros wouldn't say already. But somehow, a lot of mixing/mastering sessions still end with too much mid presence removed, in my opinion. Yeah... ironically, in pursuing a sort of false sense of modern sound quality, you can take away a bit of the song's musical impact, and make it sound even less exciting next to actual modern music. Its totally backwards. This "Suzy" remaster I've done does not sound like a contemporary recording... but oddly enough, because it sounds "powerful" again, and we can really hear all the interesting harmonic content, the song probably holds its own better as an enjoyable piece of music. It does not sound pristine, it sounds impactful. And on the topic of modern music, we have a lot of production techniques now that help the pursuit of high fidelity sound without compromising fullness. True professional recordings & mixes these days put a ton of effort into making the mid range sound tight and pleasing to the ear without simply turning it down. Problem solved! I use some of those tricks on my remasters. But we can't really do ALL of these new techniques with old recordings. It's too late! They're already recorded, and we only have the tracks we have. Even with a full remix, they're always going to sound like they weren't produced today. But I think engineers doing remasters need to let go of worrying about a sense of competitive modern fidelity (its a losing game) and focus on whatever makes the music convey its own merits. With the Ramones, the answer to that question sounds a bit noisy and coarse. We just need to be okay with that.
I love the effect Tommy’s drums have at 1:42, it’s like coming up to breathe when you’re in the ocean
Brother, thank you for your work and contribution to the Ramonera community, giant hug
Excelente! Me encanta Leave Home, pero siempre lamenté lo apagado de la batería de Tommy. Gracias por devolverla a la canción.
please do commando next with this remastered quality, this sounds great! always a good day when Hardly uploads
Sure, why not
Sounds so good! Would love to hear your mixes of the first 4 albums. I always try to show the Ramones to friends and other people and I'm always sad by how the records don't capture how big their sound was live.
Thanks! And yeah, It's a bit difficult when you try to play those albums alongside newer music, a lot of stuff just sounds more polished and punchy today simply because of the production quality. I feel like production techniques have been evolving to aid in conveying that sense of "power" in punk & metal music... a sound the Ramones themselves pioneered. They were really ahead of their time, but it's hard to get that to convey to a casual listener. This band is 50 years old now in 2024
@HardlyRamone I wish there was secondary recordings of the albums in a half step down, like the demos. I think the half step down recordings of their songs really brought out their full, raw power.
Mi grupo favorito desde hace mas de 30 años, pero después de los 80´s en vivo sonaban como el orto.
What can I say 😊.. just excellent and the sound is far better. Reminds me of when we used to cover this song way back in early 80’s.. a joy to play. Great job mate 🎸
Wow, that was awesome. Excellent job, very full and aggressive, it really leaps out of the headphones!
Love it, sounds great and perfect, with headphones too you can hear everything clearly, great job Hardly🤘
Awesome but we’re still waiting on Too Tough to Die!
Nice, I like it! Leave Home is probably my favorite, but CD and other digital masters do seem to flatten the mix compared to the original vinyl. Nice to hear the guitar brought forward.
Yeah, the original vinyl has more mids, and maybe they haven't been sure how to digitally remaster it to sound more "modern" without the trick of scooping out mids (to boost the treble and bass)? I would say making mixes sound high fidelity without having either weak or "boxy" mids is one of the hardest elements of mixing & mastering, especially when you have a loud, droning guitar fighting for attention. But there are some tricks I feel are never used on Ramones re releases. This remaster I did is a tiny bit "boxy", but I cant fix that without without a full remix. I like it too though regardless, lol
@HardlyRamone I think that's exactly the issue facing anyone remixing or remastering it to modern standards. It's exacerbated by the Spector-ish wall of reverb throughout the album. For my tastes, the best digital mastering of Leave Home is on the box set The Sire Years 1976-1981 Plus it has both Carbona and Babysitter. But I have also hung on to my Digalog cassettes of All The Stuff And More Volumes I & Ii because they contain the best-sounding versions of the first four albums to my ears, outside of OG vinyl.
@@leamanc Very interesting! I think the older presentations of older songs are sometimes better. If I may ramble for a moment... in my opinion, one issue with a lot of digital remasters of older music, is the strong emphasis on trying to make stuff sound "high quality". A lot of older vinyl and cassette masters have a pretty balanced frequency response, which doesn't always sound the most "high fidelity", but it does convey the fullness of the Ramones really well. It can sound "sweeter" almost. The issue is, our ears also really like treble and bass. So digitally scooping out mids to get a crispy/airy treble and powerful bass can quickly trick the ears into thinking a sound has become more "high quality". But ultimately, when we're trying to enjoy a piece of music, it is more important that you hear the harmonic content of the guitar, and thus hear THE SONG, than almost anything. And professionals know this! I'm not saying anything that many pros wouldn't say already. But somehow, a lot of mixing/mastering sessions still end with too much mid presence removed, in my opinion.
Yeah... ironically, in pursuing a sort of false sense of modern sound quality, you can take away a bit of the song's musical impact, and make it sound even less exciting next to actual modern music. Its totally backwards. This "Suzy" remaster I've done does not sound like a contemporary recording... but oddly enough, because it sounds "powerful" again, and we can really hear all the interesting harmonic content, the song probably holds its own better as an enjoyable piece of music. It does not sound pristine, it sounds impactful.
And on the topic of modern music, we have a lot of production techniques now that help the pursuit of high fidelity sound without compromising fullness. True professional recordings & mixes these days put a ton of effort into making the mid range sound tight and pleasing to the ear without simply turning it down. Problem solved! I use some of those tricks on my remasters. But we can't really do ALL of these new techniques with old recordings. It's too late! They're already recorded, and we only have the tracks we have. Even with a full remix, they're always going to sound like they weren't produced today. But I think engineers doing remasters need to let go of worrying about a sense of competitive modern fidelity (its a losing game) and focus on whatever makes the music convey its own merits. With the Ramones, the answer to that question sounds a bit noisy and coarse. We just need to be okay with that.
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This one is far better than original one.