Songs From An Eternal Well

You're probably thinking 'PTUI! Dese we gots awready, ya doofus! We wants Tree Dog Night!" But hold on, valued customer, because these are the DVD mixes. Remastering exercises don't give me a music boner - after a couple of tries, it's a marketing grift, and mostly the difference doesn't register as improvement. But remixing, si! - on account which I can hear the diff without squinting at a waveform analysis some snowflake-eared artifact-spotter put up at Steve Hoffman.

Remixed by Mickey Hart for DVD, these discs, even to my ears, even at the IoF©'s lower-than-a-snake's-nutsack bitrate, are a paranormal improvemink - cleaner, airier, deeper. You can hear the texture of the bass strings. Songs no longer fade out before their time, and sound fresh and new, with previously buried detail (steel guitar! background vox!) brought out into the light. Played after these, all other versions sound muffled, like there's something missing. Give them a try - and seek out higher bitrates if that floats your cracker. At the very least, the exercise will serve to remind you - if you needed reminding - what a blindingly perfect couple of albums they are. The Dead drew songs from an eternal well, sang as clear as starlight, and bless their shining souls.

Included at no extra cost for a satisfying consumer experience is The Angel's Share, the companion to American Beauty.

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