I never had the cd but the blu-ray sounds great to me. The surround mix is different than most good surround mixes I'm used to. It doesn't sound that discrete but it works and produces this hard, rocking sound. I find it intriguing that Bob Clearmountain came up with this mix while taking a much different approach on Bob Marley: Legend, which also sounds phenomenal.
Agree, the mix sounds very raw to me, as if he's in your room.