So far, the circulation was of this hard rock classics only the early CD edition from the 80s. 1993, there were temporarily a limited 24-carat gold-CD which was geremastert with Sony's SBM process and significantly better sound. Now there's also the normal price at last a geremasterte edition in which the remastering was revised allegedly even further. Skeptical I legee the CD and wait what happens - the first few bars of drums resound - mhmh ... little difference. Then the piano. Clean, sonorous ... imagination? Quick inserted the Gold CD ... the drums ... well ... much difference is not ... then the piano ... Whoa! Indeed! The new remastering has found it satisfactory. Where piano, guitars and effects the 1993 remastered CD still crackled, has taken on the new version more transparency wide. A new purchase worthwhile for audiophile so thoroughly, but also for listeners with less expensive equipment is worth buying a new one, if you only have the lame CD edition. What else is new: Ravel's world-famous "Bolero" live as an intro to also livehaftigen "Bat Out Of Hell" track - Steinman's balancing act between kitsch, pomp, Wagner and madness. And because it's so beautiful, it follows as a third bonus track the studio version of "Dead Ringer For Love", the title track of "Bat Out Of Hell" -Nachfolgers. Of course, also very fine geremastert. Only one question remains open: why look Sony booklet's basically ugly? Black text on white pages - we need to look at the the new millennium yet?
