Album Rating: 4.0

idk, it's just that my pie chart in particular varies wildly in short time-spans, sometimes without even having rated something lol



idk, i don't feel i listen to enough prog rock to have it in my pie chart, The Gathering might be to blame tho

Album Rating: 5.0

Well, Crime of the Century is prog so that might not help haha

Album Rating: 4.5

This is one of the best things I ever heard.

Album Rating: 4.5

Comme un Sage gives me that Spirited Away vibe too

Album Rating: 4.0

The original recordings had been lost until recently, and Fiori is preparing a 40th anniversary remaster of the album

Album Rating: 5.0

Really? All I know is that my used copy has the CD1 reversed with CD2. Probably a fake copy, but the booklet and cover art look like the original.

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

"The original recordings had been lost until recently, and Fiori is preparing a 40th anniversary remaster of the album"



Any exact sources on this? As far as I know, the masters to the album were damaged in a flood, which is why all CD versions were based from a vinyl rip.

Album Rating: 4.0

From the major cultural newspaper in Quebec (the article is in French):

https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-musicale/2016/06/27/fiori-prepare-une-version-remasterisee-de-lheptade-special-40e-anniversaire/



A translation of a brief passage concerning the disappearance of the tapes:

"For more than 20 years many theories have emerged regarding this disappearance, including that of a flood in a Sony Music building in 1982. It is only recently that they have been found."



Also, what I think is the official website of the project: http://www.lheptadexl.com/

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Sweet, I looked on Fiori's facebook page in hopes that maybe there'd be info, but there's next to nothing. Still plugging that album from three years ago.

Album Rating: 4.5

This band is just the best.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yes.

"Also, what I think is the official website of the project: http://www.lheptadexl.com/"

So apparently this remixed and remastered version will be called 'L'Heptade XL' and I also see a 'November 2016' in that video.

Album Rating: 4.5

This is beautiful

Album Rating: 4.5

Guys http://www.lheptadexl.com/comparez.html

beautiful yea
new release is not an improvement but it didnt need one

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

from the samples comparing the original 1976 release to this remaster, it is really evident that this album needed a sonic face lift

Album Rating: 5.0

Not really liking the new mix



I'll stick to the original

The remaster sounds pretty juicy. Not to discredit the original, but the remaster does sound more full side by side to the original... Not sure if there would be a difference when actually listening to the whole thing all the way through

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

plus the vocals are far more upfront which is a definite plus for me

Album Rating: 5.0

The original seems still more balanced for me. For the remaster, the vocals muffle too much the drums and the guitars imo.