I've been listening a lot to this recent vinyl rip of Astral Weeks, the one that Kevin Gray mastered, and it does sound very nice. As most fans probably know, this CD has never sounded very good compared to the great sounding early vinyl release. The green label one, though I also have a later palm tree WB and it sounds great too. There is a new Japan SHM CD that sounds very good, and isn't nearly as compressed as most new remasters. And the tone is pretty well preserved. But man, when you put on the vinyl rip it just sounds so much more right. No harshness on Van's voice, and he does like the mics that push it to the edge. And I'm just talking the 44.1K rip, the guy that did the vinyl rip has it available in 24/96 too, which is probably way better. I should probably grab it before it's gone, the record label lawyers kind of frown on these downloads so they tend to show up empty after a short while

If you're a fan, get it while you still can.