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More reissue comments (gee, that again?)
More thoughts on the reissues (from someone who usually lurks).
1. Overall, I'm really pleased with both reissues. I've got some questions
that may sound like nits, but I'm really pleased with the results.
2. Leaving "Happy Jack" off A QUICK ONE. I think Marty's pretty much nailed
this one. As "Happy Jack" wasn't on A QUICK ONE in the UK, they can hold
it back for the best of.
3. "Man With The Money". I've got to check, but I swear this isn't the same
version as on MAXIMUM BBC. I may be misremembering. Also, I thought the
song's title was "A Man With Money". Then again, the Band's version of
"Baby Don't You Do It" is just "Don't Do It". I guess I'd have to check
the originals of both to be sure.
4. SELL OUT. I'm really pleased with the results. The cross-fading bugged me
on the box set, but it makes perfect sense here. The idea was to simulate
AM radio, and radio stations cross-fade, so it sounds very reasonable to
me.
5. "Mary Anne" CD effects - I don't think this is a glitch. Seems like they
either found a new take with the "sshhaakkiinneessss" enhanced, or manually
did it at remix time. I know there's a version with the pronounced echo, but
again, I don't think it's the same mix.
6. Liner notes/packaging/etc: Super job. It's nice to have the close-up of the
SELL OUT poster, the song-by-song details are interesting, and the text
backgrounds are good too.
Overall, MCA is FINALLY making up for years of lousy treatment.
Thanks goodness.
-- Owen