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I was very excited to hear that Pete Townsend was remastering the original vinyl mixes for this re-release. The original mixes haven't been available for years on CD, and the original out of print CD version was poorly mastered, leaving the MFSL Gold disc as the only way to obtain a decent copy of the original mix on CD, which is also out of print and costs $200 plus for a used copy on ebay. This was supposed to be the definitive version, I quote from the introduction printed in the booklet that comes with this package "The time has come to for me and my team to honor Quadrophenia with a carefully presented package that features examples of the impact surround sound would have on the music, TO REMASTER THE VINYL MIXES, and to collect and restore my demos." This was also stated in the press release info months before this release. Based on that info I placed my pre-order over a month ago, very happy to finally have a remastered copy of the original mix. To my dissapointment, these are not the original mixes. I believe these are the exact mixes as the 1996 remixes. In "The Dirty Jobs" the "seal" sounds are still missing immediately after the line "you men should remember how you used to fight", that is the most obvious way of telling this is not the original mix, along with various guitar and piano parts that used to be louder and up front are buried in the mix, exactly like the 1996 remix. I'm so glad I didn't spring for the Super Deluxe Edition, and waste more money. The demo versions are interesting, but I don't see myself listening to them more than a few times. I just want the original mixes that I grew up listening to and loving, and this isn't it.