Journey – Escape

This one is an 80s classic. Does this CD have Pre-Emphasis?

Just picked up a pristine copy of this Mastersound. I now have a few of this Mastersound series and they are generally a significant step up in sound quality. Mine has none of the issues mentioned. No skips, no issues whatsoever. I'm surprised this doesn't have a higher rating. It sounds fantastic and easily beats my regular OG copy. The guitar rifts are soaring, and the bass is deep and tight. Can't imagine this sounding better. The 2010 Kevin Gray remaster very well might beat it, but it is out of my price range

As much as I love this band, the Steve Perry comeback album "Trial By Fire" is the only Journey album. I could ever give more than three stars to. This album being a perfect example of why I feel that way.. Escape contains five of the band's best and most beloved songs. If they had dumped "Keep on Running onto side B where it belongs and moved "Open Arms" to the end of side A, you'd have have one admittedly strange paced, yet almost perfect side A tracklists from the best band to ever play this brand of 80's rock n' roll.That would leave you with a complete B side of filler that you only wasted time listening to once. Instead, you have to walk your lazy ass to your turn table, flip the album, and either listen to 4 all filler and zero killer songs or jack up you need or the record for attempting to hear "Open Arms" without wasting 15 minutes of your life. Get the greatest hits, and you'll get the songs that most likely caught your ear to begin with.

Finally gave this a listen and yeah, it's awesome. Of course the album itself is legendary, but the original pressing sure is sweet. Terra Haute does itself proud here.

This also has CB in the deadwax, meaning it was cut by Chris Bellman, same as the US version.

A very neutral remaster, crystal clear and pressed very nicely but for me it could have done with a little more bass. The driving bass in don’t stop is epic but on this edition is slightly anonymous sadly. I have a powerful pre /power amp combo with floorstanders (towers) so I can imagine with a smaller setup you might be disappointed in the remaster. Previous comment is correct, I have to push the volume higher compared to other records in my collection to get the result I want.

There's bass on this copy its just pushed way down. Vocals muddy and hollow on Open Arms. Besides that this is a great lp

One other thing, the copy I have on hand is a Chart Busters release, the sticker is stuck on the jacket: https://www.discogs.com/label/1458392-Chart-Busters-2?page=1

The "CB" in the runout, that can't be Chris Bellman right? Doesn't look like his typical initials. I guess it is Chet Bennett?

truly an album that will take you away just fantastic it’s just sounds beautiful