Awesome job on the physical presentation of this CD, but unfortunately what you hear is a remixed version of the album that heavily favors the bottom end - yet still manages to blur the impact of Eric Wood's brilliant and innovative bass work. This renders the overall sound muddy and unbalanced. My guess is that whoever gave the go-ahead to alter the sound wanted this to sound like it could have been recorded by Man Is The Bastard, since that aesthetic was employed on many of their recordings. Thing is, the majority of MITB's material favors that approach because that's the way it was conceived and created. The original PHC LP and cassette on New Beginning are the only ways to experience this pulverizing, groundbreaking release.

Eric Wood worked with the guys who put out the remade CD about a decade or so ago, so your hypothesis about the "bastardizing" is conceivable. Glad you like the music, Shawn (PHC).