Funkadelic – Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On

If you are hoping for some great leap in quality from the original CD release you'll be disappointed. While this has more bass any positive affect has been negated by it being blasted with brick wall limiting which is the LAST thing these noisy, messy recordings need. I would guess (yes it is a guess as there is no proper info given on sources for these releases, even the vinyl reissues) that these have been produced from the same digital tapes that were created for the original CD release and simply re-EQ'd and compressed. Most of these early Funkadelic albums seem to suffer from less than stellar sound quality unfortunately. One does wonder where are the original analogue masters and what kind of condition are they in? Someone really needs to go back to step one with this catalogue and start from scratch (preferably someone who understands the term "dynamic range") but that assumes of course that those original tapes are in a worthwhile condition. Such a shame that such great, great music has not has been given the sonic quality it deserves.