Re: Talmy speaks

At 10:21 AM 6/24/96 -0400, RiknBkr@aol.com wrote:
>Just read an interview with Shel Talmy in the May 31st issue of  BAM (Bay
>Area Music) Magazine.  It looks like were going to have to wait long and hard
>to get correct re-mastered versions of the first singles and album.  Talmy
>states "Whit the Who, everything that you have heard is from the mono tapes.
> I own all the original tapes, which includes 'My Generation' and 'I Can't
>Explain.' So, someday, if all the problems with the two record companies can
>be sorted out, we will put them out and I will insist on mixing them myself.
> And then you will hear what they sound like.  Fortunately, the tape I used
>has held up magnificently.  It sounds as good today as it did 30 years ago."
> He also states that the sound quality of the current CD releases is not that
>great.  Now I'm really afraid of him going in and remixing.
>

I'm a lot less afraid of Shel Talmy remixing this songs than having a
botchup like the latest "Quick One" mess or some of the stuff they did on
the box set. In any e-mail I've had with Shel Talmy he seems like a decent,
cordial person. I may be wrong but we don't get to hear his side of the
story, I'm sure because of the legalities involved.

Also at least he hasn't lost the tapes. Can't say the same for some of the
later material.

Joe