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A little box came in my mail today. It said "Close Encounters of...". I thought I was in some sort of dream where my LLL CDs arrives in little over a week from the day it shipped, instead of the usual 45 to 50 days. Then I opened the little box, and look what was in it... 😁

If they have all JW releases remastered from first generation tapes in glorious 96kHz 24bit FLAC, then I'm in.

I agree with Disco Stu. 
 
But I also agree with MM on this one:
 
I mean... OMG, this release is amazing! The assembly, the extra stuff. AND, of course, the sound quality. Sounds like a modern recording. I wish Jaws was a Columbia Pictures production with the music recorded by John Neal in the same recording studio. I'm stunned, to say the least.
 
The ONLY things I still prefer in the 98 CD is how "Forming the Mountain" and "The Mountain" (CD1 tracks 09 and 11) were balanced. Not that it sounds bad here. Far from that! But I prefer those tracks as they sound in the 98 release. But for everything else, the LLL release is king!

I guess I just joined the "I agree with Disco Stu" team.
 
That's exactly what I was gonna say about ESB.

CE3K should have won the Oscar in 1978...
 
There, I said it!!!

I endorse this alternate universe as long as Empire wins the Oscar in 1981 over, sigh, Fame.  Historical wrongs must be righted!

I did that already.
 
 

I was hoping the Mothership itself would bring my copy...

CD2, Track 8, "False Alarm"... this one sends shiver down (and up) my spine.

Something odd on disc 2. Track 22 is "The Conversation" and track 23 is "Inside". That's a little fast, I think. Shouldn't there be something like a "Kiss" between?

Thank the Maker we have MM in our lives. I don't know about you, but I prefer the white chocolate one.

Thank the Maker we have MM in our lives. I don't know about you, but I prefer the white chocolate one.

Mike M read the discussion between Steef and Ricard and found it funny and sad.  He asked me to post this clarification of some things being discussed here
 

My spaceship is still in the woods, out of gas...

Eight.
 
- 1982 audiophile vinyl ost;
- 1982 ost cd;
- 1996 expanded cd;
- 1996 expanded gold cd from laserdisc set;
- 2002 20th anniversary regular cd;
- 2002 cd from the blue box giftset dvd edition;
- 2002 sacd;
- 2017 LLL cd.

JW: "Hey Arista, let's make this a 2LP set, okay?"
 
Arista: "Sure, Mr. Williams."

JW: "Hey Arista, let's make this a 2LP set, okay?"
 
Arista: "Sure, Mr. Williams."

JW: "Hey Arista, let's make this a 2LP set, okay?"
 
Arista: "Sure, Mr. Williams."

Something odd on disc 2. Track 22 is "The Conversation" and track 23 is "Inside". That's a little fast, I think. Shouldn't there be something like a "Kiss" between?

Something odd on disc 2. Track 22 is "The Conversation" and track 23 is "Inside". That's a little fast, I think. Shouldn't there be something like a "Kiss" between?

Something odd on disc 2. Track 22 is "The Conversation" and track 23 is "Inside". That's a little fast, I think. Shouldn't there be something like a "Kiss" between?

Something odd on disc 2. Track 22 is "The Conversation" and track 23 is "Inside". That's a little fast, I think. Shouldn't there be something like a "Kiss" between?

Something odd on disc 2. Track 22 is "The Conversation" and track 23 is "Inside". That's a little fast, I think. Shouldn't there be something like a "Kiss" between?

Something odd on disc 2. Track 22 is "The Conversation" and track 23 is "Inside". That's a little fast, I think. Shouldn't there be something like a "Kiss" between?