[LH] The Red Shoes Remaster
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
a few odd artistic choices (that voice in Deeper Understanding and the
extremely up-front vocal mix in Flower of the Mountain), I think it's
rather spiffy. I even like the amusing bar band version of Rubberband
Girl, which is probably my very least favourite Kate Bush song.
But, perhaps, an even bigger surprise is the remaster of the Red Shoes
album. It used to sound very brittle and noisy, especially on busy
songs like Eat the Music. The remaster, and the other hand, sounds open
and spacious and much more pleasant.
I can't hear anything obviously different structurally, so it's not a
remix, but she's somehow made it sound less tinny and annoying. Even
though I think I can hear more details now that I couldn't hear before,
it sounds less busy. Nice work.
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Douglas Alan
> I can't hear anything obviously different structurally, so it's not a
> remix, but she's somehow made it sound less tinny and annoying. Even
> though I think I can hear more details now that I couldn't hear before,
> it sounds less busy. Nice work.
>
I haven't heard it myself yet, but I'm told that the remastering of TRS has
a bit of remixing in it. E.g., the addition of BVs to EtM.
|>ouglas
Douglas Alan
> I even like the amusing bar band version of Rubberband
> Girl, which is probably my very least favourite Kate Bush song.
>
Yes, the new version of Rubberband Girl is a huge improvement! I'm not as
happy about the new version of "Never Be Mine", which was perfect down to
every single note before, and so the new version I just find to be a
deviation away from absolute perfection. The new versions of the other songs
I find to be enjoyable. Her new version of "This Woman's Work" is likely to
be the most controversial, since it's become such an iconic song. I like the
new version, but acknowledge that it would have never become an iconic song
in its new rendition.
The new versions of "The Red Shoes" and "Top of the City" are improvements,
but I never liked these songs very much. The newer versions don't make me
love them. The new version of "Moments of Pleasure" is very nice indeed.
I really like the originals of "Lilly", "Song of Soloman", "Deeper
Understanding, and "And So Is Love". The new versions of "Lilly" and "Song
of Soloman" aren't improvements, but I like the variations. The new version
of "And So Is Love" I find to be kind of pointless as it doesn't seem
different enough from the original to me, but it's nice nonetheless. I think
that the newer version of DI is an improvement on the original, but I also
miss some aspects of the original. I guess that's excellent, so now I can
enjoy them both!
|>ouglas
Yellowmatter
Nice music server you have there. Wow!
I'm waiting for the three disc version of DC to show up. Glad to hear that TRS is improved in the sound department. Hopefully TSW yields similar results.
...Jim
On 2011-05-30, at 5:57 PM, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <la...@gnus.org> wrote:
> I've listened to the Director's Cut album a few times, and while there's
> a few odd artistic choices (that voice in Deeper Understanding and the
> extremely up-front vocal mix in Flower of the Mountain), I think it's
> rather spiffy. I even like the amusing bar band version of Rubberband
> Girl, which is probably my very least favourite Kate Bush song.
>
> But, perhaps, an even bigger surprise is the remaster of the Red Shoes
> album. It used to sound very brittle and noisy, especially on busy
> songs like Eat the Music. The remaster, and the other hand, sounds open
> and spacious and much more pleasant.
>
> I can't hear anything obviously different structurally, so it's not a
> remix, but she's somehow made it sound less tinny and annoying. Even
> though I think I can hear more details now that I couldn't hear before,
> it sounds less busy. Nice work.
--
angela
is how I imagined it would sound analogue reworked.
I will eventually listen to the RM on the internet in the interim.
Angela
On May 30, 10:57 pm, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <la...@gnus.org> wrote:
> I've listened to the Director's Cut album a few times, and while there's
> a few odd artistic choices (that voice in Deeper Understanding and the
> extremely up-front vocal mix in Flower of the Mountain), I think it's
> rather spiffy. I even like the amusing bar band version of Rubberband
> Girl, which is probably my very least favourite Kate Bush song.
>
> But, perhaps, an even bigger surprise is the remaster of the Red Shoes
> album. It used to sound very brittle and noisy, especially on busy
> songs like Eat the Music. The remaster, and the other hand, sounds open
> and spacious and much more pleasant.
>
> I can't hear anything obviously different structurally, so it's not a
> remix, but she's somehow made it sound less tinny and annoying. Even
> though I think I can hear more details now that I couldn't hear before,
> it sounds less busy. Nice work.
>
> --
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
> bloggy bloghttp://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/
Boolbar
> But, perhaps, an even bigger surprise is the remaster of the Red Shoes
> album. It used to sound very brittle and noisy, especially on busy
> songs like Eat the Music. The remaster, and the other hand, sounds open
> and spacious and much more pleasant.
I found the remaster much more listenable. I'm sure something
significant sound-wise has changed in Why Should I Love You? The only
downside is that very annoying fade-out in Big Stripey Lie.
Boolbar