Metallica remasters: 8/2/06

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According to link below, ten Metallica albums will be remastered and reissued in paper sleeve format on 8/2/06.
Question for Metallica fans: is this is the first remastering since the albums were released?
I'm not a huge Metallica fan but really enjoy their "black" album. Unfortunately, the DVD-A I have--I only listen in stereo anyway at this point--has a "downmix" from the surround sound, which means I am still lacking an acceptable stereo version of this album.
This same situation happened to me on ELP's Brain Salad Surgery. I didn't know how poor the stereo downmix on the DVD-A sounded until I picked up Rhino's BSS CD. It was clearly audible to me, and I can't say that about many remasters I pick up.
Thanks for any help on the Metallica catalog.
townsend

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Topic - Metallica remasters: 8/2/06 - townsend 15:26:33 07/02/06 (4)

Actually, no. MoP was remastered in 1987 'direct metal mastering' - ppopp 20:33:18 07/06/06 (0)

Re: Metallica remasters: 8/2/06 - Dan-O 19:09:16 07/03/06 (0)

I had the same problem with ELP's Brain Salad Surgery. - Audiophilander 11:50:16 07/03/06 (1)

Thanks for reference. I did recall your earlier detective work - townsend 14:15:45 07/03/06 (0)

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