Re: CD Reviews

["David C. Olstein" <born2run@pipeline.com>]

On Wed, Jul 12, 1995 3:45:04 AM TheWho Digest wrote: 
>Both have been completely remixed & remastered from the original 
source tapes.  Andy Macpherson & Jon Astley did a fine job remixing & 
>remastering the tracks on both CDs. 
 
The sticker for A Quick One may say remixed, but this info has been wrong
in the past (case in point being the box set -- several of the tracks were
incorrectly identified as being remixed).  If it was remixed, why are most
(in fact, nearly all) of the tracks in mono?  Why is Whiskey Man in fake
stereo?  Why does "Heat Wave" sound so bad?  Could it be that some tracks
were "remixed" from two track vocal/instrumental mixdowns (which would
necessitate a final mono mix) rather than the original multitrack tapes?  I
agree that (with the exception of Whiskey Man and Heat Wave) the disc is a
marked improvement over the prevous CD, but I wouldn't assume that Andy and
John remixed the entire album.