Cloud One "Atmosphere Strut" : Perhaps The Most Perfect Disco Album Ever?

I just noticed that the mastering on the recent CD-R version of "Atmosphere Strut" has made it sound much louder, and possibly fuller then the sound quality on the "Best of Cloud One" disc. Thought it might be of interest to someone.....

Man, I bought that Best of Cloud One disc a month or so back -- the tracklisting may be superior, but the damn thing sounds like it was mastered off a fifth-generation dupe that got mangled in somebody's tape deck. Unless you're prepared to fiddle with the volume knob throughout, avoid the Best of...

>>sounds like it was mastered off a fifth-generation dupe that got mangled in somebody's tape deck<<

That's going a bit *too* far, but there is a noticeable difference between the two discs.

the vinyl reissue sounds quite plump compared to anemic CD mastering of the Best of...haven't checked the other vinyl best of that accompanied Cloud One though, or the 45 i saw at OM. can't think of the titles though...

Donna McGhee's "Make It Last Forever" album, with production by Patrick Adams/Greg Carmichael and backing by the same musicians as Cloud One, just popped up at OM as a reissue. I need to get over there pronto and pick this up.