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Perhaps they should have tried the Hoffman way, saved themselves some grief, just transferred the tapes flat? Davies sighs. "That," he says, "just sounds awful."

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Should loyal Zep fans rush out and buy a bunch of songs they already own? They'll certainly get a different take on them albeit one that, after a while, they'll struggle to differentiate from the previous versions. Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017 . Retrieved 27 May 2021. So current ideas of how a record should sound can seep into even the most loyally archival process. "We tried not to do too much of that," says Tony Banks of Genesis, "but I suppose part of what we're doing is making something old acceptable to a contemporary ear. Maybe in 20 years' time someone else will come in and change it again."