24. "RE: Can't wait to see the doc." In response to In response to 20
>Anyone got examples of a re-mastered/re-mixed anniversary type >release that is absolutely essential and added value to the >original? I'm sure there's more than just the Beatles.....I >just never buy this type of stuff. >
Good examples for me ware the Marvin Gaye deluxe releases. They almost always added tons of material that wasn't available previously.
The most significant of the re-issues were the What's Going On 40th Anniversary, which came with a vinyl of the "Original Detroit Mix" that sounded perfect on my turntable and then had 2 CDs of unreleased songs from sessions during that era. Mind you, this is after 2 previous re-issues of What's Going On that I also bought.
Another one was the re-issue of Trouble Man that had the movie score too that wasn't released previously and was re-mastered.
Motown did a pretty good job re-mixing/mastering all of Marvin's albums from What's Going On to In Our Lifetime. I think David Ritz had a lot to do with that since he was there with Marvin during all of that time as his personal biographer.