Wayfarer
Group: Members
Posts: 308
Joined: June 2002 |
|
Posted: Sep. 06 2004, 18:37 |
|
Quote (Ugo @ Aug. 03 2004, 00:03) | I'm apparently one of the few members of this board who likes more the original version (the LP one) than the remix. |
Well, I'm also one of these few... That was the very first version that I heard, in a very old tape... And I like that bass!
Quote (iGav @ Sep. 01 2004, 12:19) | The original has a much rawer sound, I assume Mike was under pressure to release the follow up to TB and so maybe didn't have the time he would have liked. I guess this tension is what shows up at times whereas the remix is much more pastoral and smother on the ears. |
Yes! But is also more fresh, more emotional and less, ehm... 'altered'. I agree that the first mix is closer to Mike's original intention and feelings
Quote (iGav @ Sep. 01 2004, 12:19) | It's a shame that virgin didn't release a 30th anniversary CD with both versions so the fans could make their own minds up. |
They cannot release that. I've heards that there's some kind of agreement between Mike and Virgin stating that any subsequent release of HR must be based on the boxed mix.
Quote (iGav @ Sep. 01 2004, 12:19) | I've always felt HR is in many ways Mike's forgotten masterpiece, you can certainly see how it bridges between TB and Ommadawn. |
Sure! Most people like mostly Ommadawn or TB between the 'first trilogy'. But I think that Hergest Ridge is maybe the best out of the three. Well, maybe is just that HR has a special feeling for me.
Quote (Michael the Dark @ Sep. 05 2004, 14:27) | In my opinion it's a pity that Mike never liked the original Lp mix. It sounds fresh,not as damn muddy as the new version. of course there are some great things on the 1975 quadraphonic mix as the oboe part which sounds more romantic than ever (especialy louder electric guitar) - but the original mix is so much better and clean sounding. |
Yeah. Mike is a perfectionist. That is sometimes good and sometimes bad, because reworking a piece again and again can make it less fresh and even change it completely. It's somehow like painting a wall. Just a coat may not be enough, but giving it hundred coats will definitely excessive. I don't know if you know what I mean
-- Wayfarer
-------------- My homepage - www.thewayfarer.info My search - www.cannotbefound.com My community - www.taurusiv.net My luthier - www.artluthier.com
|