Overall, much like 90% of all remastered reissues, this series isn't worth rebuying simply for the remastered album. Nor would I recommend avoiding them in favor of the original pressings.
If you've worn out your original copies, they're cheap enough that you might as well replace them with the new versions. And, if you're new to Screeching Weasel, I wouldn't discourage you at all from picking up the new versions. For newcomers to Screeching Weasel, I'd recommend starting with either (or both) Anthem for a New Tomorrow and/or My Brain Hurts. You might even be best served by waiting for WeaselMania to come out this fall from. Boogadaboogadaboogada Original release: 9/10 Remaster release: 9.5/10 Boogadaboogadaboogada sounds virtually identical to the 1991 Lookout reissue. I'm not so sure they really did much on the sound-end for this release.
Seems odd they didn't include all the 1st pressing LP pictures (naked Weasels bowling!) if they were adding photos too. The Lookout 'cashing-in' green jacket is now back to the original pink (there is also a UK version with completely different art, which you can see in the CD tray of the new release). The liner notes by Jim Testa () are supurb and the commentary by Ben Weasel and Jughead make this one particularly worth picking up if you've worn out your old copy or never picked it up previously.
However, even though I love this album and still think there are great songs on here ('My Right,' 'Hey Suburbia,' and 'Supermarket Fantasy' to name a few), I wouldn't recommend this as the first one to buy, as this version of Weasel had not yet developed into the pop-punk powerhouse they would be with the 'classic' line-up. (On the other hand, SoCal punk rockers back at the time seemed to find this one the only one worth listening to at all, so if you swing that way, maybe it is the one to get.) My Brain Hurts Original release: 10/10 Remaster release: 10/10 Screeching Weasel had been broken up for a while before being coaxed into reforming by Lookout Records around 1990. Despite Ben's objections to using the name (he wanted to go in a more overtly Ramones-influenced direction and had an almost completely new line-up--guitarist Jughead and Ben would be the constants throughout Screeching Weasel's many line-up changes), Lookout wouldn't sign them unless they kept the Weasel moniker. My Brain Hurts was the result--an all-time pop-punk masterpiece.
Fans will argue whether Anthem was better (and I'm one of those in the Anthem camp), but it is a toss-up as far as I'm concerned. Both stayed in heavy rotation on my CD player for years. The reissue takes a bit of fun out of the packaging (no more 'Hi Mom' on the spine), but great liner notes by Joe Queer and song commentary by Vapid, Ben, and Jughead make up for it. 'New CD artwork' just means the actual CD has different art (pink with Weasel in leather jacket logo) and the 'rare photos' seem to consist mostly of old show flyers (and photos used as background art under the lyrics). Usmt Vista Download. Remastered sound features more clarity (basslines in particular) and an overall fuller sound.