HW: PXR 5 CD (read first)

[david hall]

Eh...what PXR5 CD?
Your right about the Weird stuff-excellent!
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Gadd <lupercal at GEOCITIES.COM>
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: 27 April 2000 09:52
Subject: HW: PXR 5 CD (read first)


>Sorry - forgot to put the HW prefix on the original of this post. If you
get
>both, would you mind responding to this one, as I won't see replies to the
>other.
>
>Latest in recent batch of things-to-turn-up in my process of re-acquiring
CD
>versions of my old vinyl, is PXR 5 (cheers, Paul, if you're on this list).
>
>Whereas I'm very happy to have this, and the overall quality of the sound
is
>excellant, I'm left with the same question as per Lucky Lief (though more
>so, in this case) - why did they have to frig around with a perfectly good
>album? Where did this remix/re-arrangement of 'High Rise' come from? IMHO
>it's markedly inferior to the original, particularly in the vocal dept. On
>the vinyl version Calvert sounds nicely manic, with that
>frothing-at-the-mouth sort of edge to his delivery. On this one, other than
>having acquired an annoying echo, the vocals are (for Bob) relatively
>anaemic and lacklustre. It sounds more like a demo. And why the hell did
>whoever re-mixed this album decide to jack up the instrument levels in the
>last minute of the title track? I'm sure it must have seemed like a good
>idea at the time. Must have been his faourite part of the song.
>
>Griffin - if you are listening, and intend to re-release this album, please
>restore it to its original form!
>
>Are there similar differences between the vinyl and Virgin CD of the
>Hawklords album?
>
>Finally, I'm now convinced that the definitive version of 'Uncle Sam' is on
>the Stonehenge 1977 CD-R (originally Weird 102/3 from memory). Calvert at
>his most ferocious, Simon House hammering his keyboard like it's a rhythm
>guitar, and the song hurtles along; all sharp edges and electricity.
Nothing
>wrong at all with the PXR 5 version, and it does have the nice spoken
>section about Drum Majorettes, but it does seem a bit sedate compared with
>that other live take.
>
>Anyway, just my 2c. I guess there are people who grew up with the CD
version
>of High Rise, and prefer it, but it was a bit of a shock for me.
>--
>Tim Gadd
>Hobart, Tasmania
>