hairy old hippy
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Posted: June 18 2010, 03:25 |
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Quote (hairy old hippy @ June 14 2010, 15:55) | I beg to differ, there are are some bass drum and cymbal hits in the 'thunderstorm' section that sound new and I reckon, that the acoustic guitar in the trumpet/clarinet section on part one is a current day re-recording. I might be wrong but I thought the original was a steel strung acoustic but is now a classical guitar. The playing and recording quality also sounds like modern-day Mike. What do you all think? |
The acoustic I'm talking about here starts at 07:32. It's the picked acoustic that used to be in the background, somewhere in the left speaker I think, but is now prominent and panned centre. Sounds like a re-recording to me.
Anyway, I'm really getting into the 2010 mix now, more so with every listen. I think it was a case of getting over what I expected to here having listened to the 74 an 76 mixes for twenty years or so. I think this album was the one most in need of proper remastering, remix or no remix, it always sounded muddy to me, even before I got into making music and mixing and mastering myself I could here it wasn't right. Now though, it sounds glorious, warm and clear without the dreaded glossy. Everything Tubular Bells II onwards sounds too glossy to my ears.
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