So I just got off the phone with Marcia Martin, having apparently received the first defective Quality Pressings copy - Exotic Dances From The Opera. I wasn't going to buy this LP, but then the recent 20% sale pushed me over. On first listen, the improvement over the HDCD was instantly evident - much crisper and oh so you-are-there, deeper more powerful bass as well. She said this was pressed from the original analog master tape, from the days they were recording both analog and digital together (the CD was done from the digital master). However, it is also true that for pressing, all recordings go through the digital process (without being specific). I suspect the Symphonic Dances were also from the original analog tape - MikeL had alluded to that as well back then. Anyway, just a little tidbit that it sounds like Keith Johnson will use the analog masters where they exist.