Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:01 pm by bousley
I like the one that?s known as the ?2001? edition. It was one of the first bootlegs that was professionally mastered and edited. I really like the flow of tracks, even if it isn?t as complete as some of the other bootlegs. The original Esper is great for content, cohesiveness, and completeness (just a little alliteration) but some of the audio sources are slightly muddy for my taste. A have a couple of Esper ?copycat? releases (mk2, mk3, ? ad ifinitum) that use some better sources than the original, but those were done by folks looking for a quick buck on eBay so it?s really hard for me to give them any credit. Also some of the cleaner tracks have very suspicious origins (Some claim them to be ?newly available? Vangelis mixes, but they are more likely very accurate copies with the parts re-performed by another musician)