[Trevor]

"Kirk McElhearn" kirkmc (at) mac (dot) com wrote in message
. fr...
If the master is the original, then what does
"re-mastered" mean, as commonly used?
A genuine original copy?

It means a new master is made from the original tapes.

Remastering of digital source files can still take place. The original need
not ever have been on tape.

Trevor.