""Dozens of emails and late-night phone calls took place to find the definitive audio source for "Mer de Noms" There are several analog tapes with different mixes, different songs on multiple reels, some clearly marked as "master" but not one we could definitively call 'the source' Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering (Green Day, Linkin Park, Metallica, Pearl Jam) cut the first lacquer and we had test pressings made.""
""When we listened back they were incredibly quiet as you would expect of D2 vinyl , the bottom end never sounded better BUT something was missing in the vocals / mids... where were those? Back we went to the archivist. We gave the specifics as we thought this One Step could be even better! He kept digging a""
Two distinct 25th‑anniversary vinyl editions of Mer De Noms will be released: a zoetrope 2‑LP picture disc on September 25 featuring four animations, original photo session images, clips from the "Judith" video, and a rotating logo display; and a one‑step DSS 2‑LP black vinyl on October 10, limited to 3,000 hand‑numbered copies. The one‑step edition was pressed at RTI and mastered by Levi Seitz from hi‑res 96kHz/24bit audio sourced from analog flat masters. The reissue team located multiple analog tapes with differing mixes, produced test pressings with strong low end but lacking mids and vocals, and continued archival searches to find a superior source.
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