This is one of my favourite albums and id be happy to buy the newer remastered edition,but can anyone tell me if its significantly better sounding than the original cd release?

I've got a number of 'versions' of this album and I'm afraid that I can't hear much difference between any of them. All of the track times on the new version of The White Arcades are identical to previous CD editions. The most noticeable change is to the artwork - in fact all of the releases on All Saints Records were repackaged for the 2005 / 06 reissues.

Rob

Yes, the same with 'The Pearl' (Harold Budd & Brian Eno). I can't hear much difference. But some of these 'remasters' offer extra tracks. And that's always welcome of course!