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Posted on March 29, 1999 at 05:31:28
Dave Derrick


 

Got the anniversary edition of the Machine Head album on CD...has two discs, one being remasters, and the second be remixes. The former offers a slight sonic improvement, and the latter offers different subtle (and not so subtle) insights into the music, along with some very nice sonics on a number of tracks.

Anyone else give these discs a spin, yet?


 

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Re: Deep Purple, posted on March 29, 1999 at 09:39:49
Audiophilander


 
I've had the import 25th Anniversary Edition for over a year now. Overall, I agree with your impressions; I consider the first disc (which are the remixes on the import set) to be fabulous. On the other hand, the remastered disc, while marginally improved, seems lackluster in comparison with the remixes. Other impressions?

AuPh

 

Deep Purple, garden walls, etc, posted on March 29, 1999 at 11:09:30
jj


 
Well, I find that the remaster is fine, but the remix really sounds pretty awful to me, in several ways:

The percussion sounds awful, the top hat sounds like a wheelcover.

The trick imaging in Lazy doesn't work, it does work in the original and in the remaster (but not in the previous CD issue?) You figure.

Some of the echos have been removed in the remix. To me, that removes part of the interesting nature of the performance.

I liked the remaster because it finally got a good sounding version of Machine Head on CD. I haven't loaded the remix back in the machine except to check for sure that the top hat sounded like a hubcap.

 

Wow! I'm shocked! :-O, posted on March 29, 1999 at 12:46:40
Audiophilander


 
I'm assuming that the 25th Anniversary domestic is exactly the same as the EMI import not knowing which release you own. Anyway, on my system every aspect of the remixed presentation is cleaner and clearer: Roger Glover's bass goes deeper and is much better articulated, Ian Paice's drums have more snap without any loss to the phasing, Ian Gillan's vocals have more presence, and Richie Blackmore's guitar has a more fluid presentation; it's like a veil has been lifted away from the source tapes, bringing the listener into the recording studio! Overall, I find the remixes are very revealing and highly enjoyable. My one caveat is that several of the remixes run on a little too long, but that was the very intent of releasing this as a two-CD set. Basicly it's an artistic exercise, and it works very well IMHO.

Nevertheless, I will go back and compare track for track the remixes against the remasters just to reassure myself that the remixes were as revealing as I remember them.

AuPh

 

Well, it's all preference, bear in mind, posted on March 29, 1999 at 13:07:47
jj


 
It's entirely possible for you to like it, and me not, or vice versa.

I just didn't like the way the remixes came out, it seemed to me like they were somehow less "interesting" in a lot of ways.

 

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