Re: No Subject

[WFang01@aol.com]

Ian, re:

>>There is a difference from getting material from a different studio session
than the same session that produced the released product.  Thus is why From
Lifehouse to Leeds was so big.  

Really??? Explain to me exactly what that difference is? You mean to tell me,
if the NYC sessions were actually recorded in the same studio, the next day
as the previously released material, but with the same results as they are
now, it wouldn't have been as "big"??? The fact of the matter is, at the time
it was released, nobody knew where those songs were from. If you look at the
packaging, it doesn't tell you anything. My first guess was that they were
live studio rehearsals. However, by looking at the packaging, I said to
myself, oh, more demos! The truth of the matter is that they were
**different**. Their origin is nice from an historical standpoint, but that's
it...

>>The mixes aren't what's important.  It's the fact that the original master 
was touched and transformed with modern technology.  I could care less about
remixing, because Im used to how it sounded when I was 10.  

"Transformed"??? Into what? "Modern technology" as you say doesn't make it
automatically better. Not all the "mixes" were "redone". For example,
"Diguises" was the original stereo mixed used on "Back Track 3" (released
5/70), while "I'm A Boy" was a new stereo mix. Perhaps your "When I Was A
Boy--of 10" theory might be a bit different if you listened to the different
mixes that were available at the time...

>>But WHY search them out?  Is it really worth spending double the price of a
CD in the US for an import for one song? 

Why? a) I enjoy "finding" new things and  b) I want the music. Imports aren't
"double the price" and I don't consider money as being an obstacle to it's
purchase. I spent $200 for the French, "I Can't Explain" (EP) because I
wanted "one song".

>> Personally I'm dissapointed with the new Quick One CD compared to the old
LP version of Whiskey Man.  Maybe I do like the first version I heard the
best because of it's familiarity.  I still hate A Quick One (the song)
because it's not in stereo anymore.  

Yeah, the CD stinks. However, don't tell me, tell Jon Astley! The only "good"
that CD has, is that "Batman" is in stereo, there's a new "Happy Jack" and
"The Man With Money" is on it. But, under your theory, that doesn't mean
much, yes?

>>Well, do you buy music of other artists now?

No. However, if it makes you happy, if I heard something on the radio that I
liked, I'd go out and buy it. Unfortunately, that never seems to happen...

-wf