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Alberto Muñoz 
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 Posted: July 07 2008 at 14:57 |
For example the remasterig version of the Who Live at Leeds was even superior of the old one and adding more tracks was just fantastic.
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: July 10 2008 at 17:31 |
 MisterProg2112 wrote:
If old albums were recorded with today's technology it would be terrible. Of course they aren't as good quality, but that makes them sound unique and great.
Does anyone else notice how some great bands from the 60s and 70s release modern albums today, and they aren't half as good as the old ones?
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Forgive me if I'm not picking up on sarcasm, but that has nothing to do with technology. That has to do with them not being able to develop good songs. Maybe they're also trying to work with new technology an they don't really know how to do so, but it isn't the technology's fault.
Also, I don't think the technology always kills the soul of music. True artists don't let that happen. I could name so many modern artists that have used the technology to add atmospheres and what not that couldn't possibly have been created decades ago that help make the album even more absorbing. I don't think that "perfection" in the recording makes it sound less human, and I don't think that mistakes in peformance automatically ruin the record either. But albums are documents of a band's written work and should sound exactly how the band wants it to sound. Every note should be satisfactory to the musicians involved. And the satisfaction includes emotional touch. My band has redone good takes because they lacked the proper feel.
I don't think 70's records should be re-recorded with today's tecnology, but I would have loved to hear what they would have sounded like had the band's had the technology at the time of recording.
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Fleetway
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Posted: July 17 2008 at 20:56 |
I would like to be able to say "Yes id love to hear my fav songs done in the modern day". However experiece tells me that it shall end in horrible results.
Take for example the song Lady Fantasy by Camel. Its one of those songs every band has, that they play on each live show they do.
However it seems that the newer the recording of that song is, the worse it sounds. And the original is a real classic.
There are a few exceptions but they are VERY few.
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M. B. Zapelini
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Posted: September 05 2008 at 06:21 |
My opinion is: you shouldn't mess with something that is already perfect. Most of the times, rerecording an album sounds to me as something like repainting Sistin Chapel...
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Dean
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Posted: September 05 2008 at 06:26 |
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: September 05 2008 at 14:57 |
That sounds like something the Joker would want to do. 
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Avantgardehead
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Posted: September 05 2008 at 15:14 |
I really like the old production on the classic prog albums and think it would be sacrilege if they were re-done and modernized. 
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: September 06 2008 at 04:32 |
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This thread reminds me of a similar phenomenon: Making sequels to concept albums that were released ages ago. Dream Theater sorta did this with Metropolis Part 2, Queensrÿche had their Operation Mindcrime Part 2 which IIRC got really, really mixed reviews and Hawkwind's next album is going to be In Search of Space: The Return. (the original ISoS was supposed to have a unifying theme of "humans through the eyes of aliens")
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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Kix
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Posted: September 06 2008 at 20:35 |
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I've wondered for a while now if that Dark Side album they released a couple yrs ago really sounds any different, i haven't heard it yet, maybe I'll pick it up someday.
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Carbon
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Posted: September 07 2008 at 04:08 |
My opinion is there is nothing bad into re-mixing and re-mastering albums (not re-recording). When you have an ear to the Genesis remastered or the re-edition of A Night At The Opera, you wish they could do that to all the old stuff don't you? 
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kerosineboy
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Posted: September 09 2008 at 22:25 |
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Im with WalterDigsTunes on this one. Much of todays productions are overblown and too lush. There may be a few exeptions where it would work but on the whole I think it would take something away from the original music. It does raise the issue though of using production techniques to complement the feel of the music. A great examle is Gentle Giant's In a Glasshouse album which has a dry and flat sound that perfectly matches the content of the songs and allows the natural sounds of the instruments to shine through. If this were re recorded with plush production techniques it just wouldnt be the prog classic that it undoubtedly is. On the other hand the Carptree album Man Made Machine has a very strong modern production that suits the music on the album perfectly.
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