Harmonium - En Tournée on CD

Hello all!  I have a question about the CD releases of Harmonium's  En Tournée.  An Amazon reviewer stated that the South Korean M2U release was ripped from vinyl, so I sought out instead the Blue Moon version, thinking it had better sound quality.  However, it was obviously ripped from vinyl as well, and is the quietest CD I have in my collection; I have to turn the volume all the way up to enjoy it int he car.

Now I'm afraid if I buy the M2U version, it will be the same.  Nowhere on the internet can I find a definitive answer to the question, "Which is the official CD release?"  I see there is one on a third label, Zone3, but no one has reviewed it.

Please advise.  Many thanks!

Jeff

I have since discovered the Zone 3 release is the "official" one, and it sounds better than the other one as well.

Edited by jackson1066 - April 03 2018 at 18:26

Great album

Barbu wrote: Who?

Harmonium were an early experimental rock collective from Croydon, England. Their reputation for hardcore avant-gardism actually resulted from the fact that the group contained two Hammond organists who hated each other and a drummer who would drop acid an hour before going on stage. Their music remains undeservedly obscure largely due to singer and banjoist Dennis “Chalfont” St. Giles' insistence that they record only on wax cylinders.

Please note that there is another live version of L'Heptade in the recent 40th anniv remastered reissue in a private concert as Fiori was 25 on that very date, dating from 77 or 78.

The CD reissue also has the same gig filmed in a DVD, which the vinyl doesn't have.

So there are now 4 versions:
original studio
remastered studio (it does make an audible difference)
Live 77/78
En Tournée 80