1991 MGM LaserDisc [ML101642]: Excellent. Very detailed, with no overt manipulation that I can detect.
2004 R1 Warner DVD: Dreadful. Everything above ~5 kHz has been removed. Awfully murky.
2022 Warner Archive Blu-ray: As far as '30s soundtracks go, this isn't terrible, but the LaserDisc is more detailed. There's a treble boost here too, which, combined with the noise reduction, produces new distortion - listen to the strings at 1:31 below, or the piano at 3:21. The loudest passages are also clipped.
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