1988 MCA HiFi VHS: Not particularly great sounding. In the past, I might have attributed the lack of detail above 7 kHz to it being sourced from higher generation elements, but now I'd wager that some form of noise management was applied, possibly in the analogue domain.
1989 MCA LaserDisc [40112]: The same mastering as the VHS tape.
2005 R1 Universal DVD - Masterpiece Collection: Moderately more detail >7 kHz than the VHS/LaserDisc. There's nothing objectively remarkable about it, though.
2013 Universal Blu-ray: A lossless version of the Masterpiece DVD track, so the best among these.
2022 Universal UHD Blu-ray: Quite a bit more noise reduction than the DVD/blu-ray, removing basically all the new clarity brought by that mastering and making it sound like the VHS/LD.
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