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My rationale for keeping this site.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Added the Criterion LaserDisc.

High and Low (1963)

Added: Toho LaserDisc, Madman DVD, Wild Side blu-ray, Toho UHD, Criterion UHD

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Mono - 

1989 Criterion LaserDisc [CC1180L]: A fair bit of hiss reduction. It retains less high-frequency detail than the ≥2018 releases, but all sound under 8 kHz is more naturally EQed.

1992 MGM LaserDisc [ML102699]: The best sounding track among these by some margin, but still a bit overly noise-managed. The transfer I have is riddled with digital clicks throughout the first half, so you might hear some in the clip below (though I removed a few).

2000 R2 MGM DVD: Like the '92 MGM LaserDisc but with worse EQ - a slight treble boost.

2018 Criterion Blu-ray: More high-frequency detail than the Criterion LaserDisc, but worse EQ.

2022 Kino Lorber UHD Blu-ray: The same mastering as the 2018 Criterion blu-ray.    

2025 Criterion UHD Blu-ray: Identical to the 2018 Criterion blu-ray. 

I'd like to hear the 1984 CBS/Fox Hi-Fi VHS. 

The Brood (1979)

Added the Second Sight UHD.

Raging Bull (1980)

Added the Imprint UHD.

Walkabout (1971)

The 1998 Criterion DVD, 2010 Criterion blu-ray, Second Sight blu-ray, and Criterion UHD all come from the same underlying transfer and base mastering done in the late '90s. The Criterion blu-ray has some strange EQ changes on top and the Criterion UHD a slight bass boost. 

They all have little above 8 kHz and are quite muffled.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Mono - 

1991 Columbia Hi-Fi VHS: This sounds very good, though the tape transfer I have isn't the best (it has what seems like an additive cloud of hiss between ~9-15 kHz). 

I also have a later '90s Hi-Fi tape that uses a stereo remix.

1993 Criterion LaserDisc [CC1311L]: Essentially the same as the DVDs and blu-rays - probably the origin of those masterings. Strong high-frequency noise reduction. It has an additional 32-second scene cut into the middle of the film, which sounds better here than in any later release. 

1999 R1 Columbia TriStar DVD: Like the Criterion LaserDisc, but it does not have the additional scene. 

2006 R1 Sony Deluxe Edition DVD: Identical to the 1999 DVD but with the additional scene spliced in, which sounds worse than on the Criterion LaserDisc but better than on the blu-rays.

2012 Sony Blu-ray: Identical to the DE DVD but with even more NR on the extra scene and the end music has been spliced in from a source that's of higher quality than the rest of the film.

2015 Sony 40th Anniversary Blu-ray: A lossless version of the 2012 blu-ray.

2025 Sony UHD Blu-ray: Identical to the 2015 blu-ray.

I'd like to hear the 1994 Columbia LaserDisc.

8/27/2025: Added the Criterion LaserDisc