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aaronk 
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 Posted: 12 September 2020 at 4:03pm |
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For quite a while, I've been wanting a 1980s pressing of Legend on vinyl, as it's one of my all-time favorite albums. It showed up today in the mail, and it's a 1986 club issue (Columbia House). "No Woman, No Cry" on this LP is a presumably '80s-era remix of the original Natty Dread LP recording. This version has an '80s sounding drum machine when compared to the original, non-live LP recording. It definitely is NOT the version that is on the CRC/Columbia House CD version, as I also have that and it contains the original live single edit. As I write this, yet ANOTHER crazy '80s-sounding re-recording just came on: "Buffalo Soldier." This one sounds like a complete re-recording. *mind blown*
If I spot any other differences, I'll report them. Edited by aaronk |
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Posted: 12 September 2020 at 4:25pm |
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Wow.
"One Love/People Get Ready" is the same remixed version that appears on the '80s-era CRC/Columbia House CD pressing. "Waiting In Vain" is a remixed version that does not appear on the CRC/Columbia House CD pressing. It retains the original vocal take of the 1977 LP version but adds '80s-sounding instrumentation. "Exodus" is completely re-recorded with '80s-sounding instrumentation and a vocal take that is different from the 1977 Exodus LP version. |
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Posted: 13 September 2020 at 6:16am |
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To Aaron:
Is your US vinyl pressing the the same as mine (mentioned upthread) that has 5 mixes labeled as by Eric "E.T." Thorngren? Or is it another edition I'm unaware of (mine was a first-pressing promo). Andy |
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aaronk
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Posted: 13 September 2020 at 9:26am |
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Andy, it must be. I had forgotten all about your post from two years ago, but I just went back and re-read it. Yes, these must be the Eric Thorngren remixes. The copy I have is still in the original shrink, and I didn't want to remove the shrink to look for the credits.
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Posted: 15 September 2020 at 7:04am |
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If I'm not mistaken I think the 2002 2 CD deluxe edition
of Legend contains all these remixes (and more) on the second disc. I don't own it so I can't confirm that they match the vinyl exactly. |
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aaronk
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Posted: 15 September 2020 at 7:11am |
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I just ordered it, Dave. If anyone is interested in me comparing the vinyl to the CD, I'm happy to do so once it arrives.
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Posted: 15 September 2020 at 11:23am |
Yes, I would be very interested to see your comparison. I had a buddy who heard my CD after owning the vinyl and told me that the CD sounded "wrong" to him. Now I know why. I haven't heard the remixes, but from your descriptions they sound like abominations to me. :) Edited by Ringmaster_D |
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Posted: 15 September 2020 at 1:08pm |
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Revisiting this, I have a dub of what's labeled as a U.S.
45 version of "Exodus" that runs 4:00 and has much less reverb on the intro that the copy I have of the song Exodus on the 1984 pressing of Legend. The file on Legend runs 4:18. Is the 4:00 45 version available digitally? |
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aaronk
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Posted: 17 August 2021 at 7:16pm |
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John, I can no longer find the YouTube dub of the US 45 I used for my comparison, but I can say for sure that the dub you're listening to has much less reverb for one reason only: it has some very heavy noise reduction applied. I'm not talking about modern-day NR; this is the same type of Dolby NR that was discussed in the "Puttin' On The Ritz" thread. That entire dub sounds incredibly muffled from start to finish, but it's the same mix as the 4:18 version. There is also an editing difference near the end. I wonder if more than one US pressing exists with different versions. Still, I can't believe Island Records would put out an official 45 that sounds as bad as this.
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