Here are two reissues of the 1973 album “Tres Hombres” by ZZ Top for you to compare: The 2006 US reissue pressed at RTI and mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray, and the 2014 EU reissue pressed at Optimal Media GmbH and mastered by Jörg Peters. “Shiek” is the track chosen for this comparison.

You can click on the following time marks to quickly jump between pressings:

(00:00) Video intro

– (00:28) US 2006 reissue 01
– (00:56) US 2006 reissue 02
– (01:12) US 2006 reissue 03
– (01:45) US 2006 reissue 04
– (02:12) US 2006 reissue 05
– (02:39) US 2006 reissue 06
– (03:11) US 2006 reissue 07
– (03:45) US 2006 reissue 08

– (04:42) EU 2014 reissue 01
– (05:10) EU 2014 reissue 02
– (05:25) EU 2014 reissue 03
– (05:59) EU 2014 reissue 04
– (06:26) EU 2014 reissue 05
– (06:52) EU 2014 reissue 06
– (07:25) EU 2014 reissue 07
– (07:59) EU 2014 reissue 08

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