The Last Great Rock & Roll Record: London Calling - Remastered
The 24-bit/96kHz digital download of reveals harmonics that were previously buried. The piano overdubs in the bridge? Hidden for forty years. The backing vocals (that subtle "woah-oh")? Once a shout in a wind tunnel, now a choir of disillusionment.
The remastered version opens up the stereo field. On the original track, the iconic guitar riff—that descending, apocalyptic arpeggio—felt centered and claustrophobic. On , the guitar blooms. You can hear the wood of the instrument, the scrape of the pick.