Rubellan Remasters

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So dumb Scott and his label had to fight tooth and toenail to get licensing for titles due to various silly reasons. Great label that I was glad to experience from the beginning and one that turned me on to so many great groups and titles I never even knew existed. For the Oingo Boingo reissues alone Scott should be praised!

Greatly missed reissue label! Here is hoping that one day there will be another mastering venture for Scott.

I find the music industry unfathomable. From the introduction of the CD in the 80's, I have been mystified by the tactics various companies used to make money. First it was over-pricing and pandering to the well heeled with over priced CD's, shutting out a potential youth market which resulted in years of self harm in the shape of piracy. They want you to think piracy was exclusively due to new technology and the desire to get stuff for free, but a massive part of it was really about the prohibitive prices of the new media and the concentration on releasing music that mostly people who drove 4 wheel drives in the 80's listened to.
I know, I was there when it started.
People have always enjoyed quality tactile product and artwork. Not everybody, but enough to sustain a large market if the prices are fair.
In 2024 we find ourselves in the era of Gen X and their deep ageing pockets. Steven Wilson remasters, Miles Showell remasters, Rubellan remasters, SDE releases, enormous box sets.
People who care and are good at what they do have been trying to present quality product that people will buy and be happy with. These engineers are people who extend the legacy of recorded music so that record companies can keep making money from physical product. I don't think its overstating it to say that these people strive to make definitive versions for posterity.
I only discovered today that Rubellan has jacked it in due to insurmountable difficulties with licensing.
What a great shame. What an indictment on the music industry. What a farce. What a waste.
Why doesn't the industry get a clue ?

Such a shame for this label to close down.
Best of luck to you, Scott Davies, we need more engineers like you!

Absolutely amazing sound quality on these C.D.s. I have 10 of these Rubellan remasters and for me, the best, by far, is the Peter Baumaan album ‘Repeat Repeat’. I’m definitely hearing instrumentation that I didn’t hear on the original Virgin records release. May I suggest a possible remaster treatment for another Peter Baumaan album ‘Strangers in the night’.

I appreciate that they are limited editions which make them collectable, but they are so limited that I was unable to pick up all the Visage on CD format – I am just wondering whether they would ever consider a limited re-pressing? Just look at the price that some copies are going for – in excess of £100 which is crazy for a CD and inaffordable for the likes of most, even major music collectors like myself.

I own 12 of the CD releases and the quality is simply the finest to be found any where!

Rubellan's remasters of the first four Oingo Boingo albums are amazing. I've been a fan of the band since the 80's (yes I'm old) and I've listened to every song hurdreds of times in the last 30 to 40 years. These are not just reissues, they are true REMASTERS. I can say that in Rubellan's remasters I have heard things that I never knew were there. I'm not sure I'll ever listen to my originals again. Also, the album covers for the vinyl are superb...not just a bad copy of the original. Really wonderful stuff, and I can only assume the rest of the catalog is the same.

I’ve had nothing but positive experiences with the label. I’m not really clear what is going on here but from what I understand someone wanted to post rips of the albums that Rubellan online without the labels permission after trying to resell titles here for a massive profit. If that’s the case, posting the rips is something that the label can’t give permission to do-it would violate the contract of the label (to my understanding). Anyhow, I’ve purchased a number of titles from the label and have no issues or problems. One can choose not to support a label anytime but bad mouthing the sound quality (when all of the remasters have been stellar IMHO) because they have a disagreement unrelated to the product, services provided related to the product strikes me as wrong. Perhaps focusing only on business rather than venting persona; issues would be the right approach. Anyhow, my two cents is that this is a terrific reissue label that has done quality reissues of classic and out-of-print or overlooked titles. I look forward to more releases from the label!

Took Boingo tapes with nothing wrong with them and made them sound even better. Crazy clarity and bass. Obviously people don’t like his policy to not stream, which is pretty standard for audiophile labels.
Maybe they should review the business and products itself rather than the drama.