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Odelay Deluxe
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:08 am
by Xenu
...so it appears as if:
1) The original album is at least somewhat remixed. Uh. Why? Hotwax with double-tracked vocals? The effect at the beginning of "New Pollution" altered? Sissyneck slightly extended? Has anybody figured out how/why/what else was changed?
2) Some of the bonus tracks appear to be lossy-sourced, especially "Deadweight." Huh?
Re: Odelay Deluxe
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:37 am
by Beatlesfan03
Xenu wrote:2) Some of the bonus tracks appear to be lossy-sourced, especially "Deadweight." Huh?
They probably downloaded them off of iTunes.
In all seriousness, I saw a couple of reviews on Amazon that allude to this being a remix, but nothing concrete.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:53 pm
by Xenu
I mean, parts of it definitely are...or a different assembly, or a raw mix, or something (it sounds very similar to the original, regardless).
But the very idea of using lossy sources on a commercially released product...I mean, could they be more lazy? Between this and the "we accidentally borrowed these from an inaccurate fansite" lyrics, this project seems to scream poor attention to detail.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:02 pm
by Beatlesfan03
I recall there was talk that Weezer's blue album was remixed for its deluxe edition release, I tried googling but came up empty-handed.
How does the first disc sound overall?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:31 pm
by JWB
The Nirvana box set also used lossy and cassette-sourced tracks instead of master tapes.
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:02 pm
by Xenu
Beatlesfan03 wrote:I recall there was talk that Weezer's blue album was remixed for its deluxe edition release, I tried googling but came up empty-handed.
How does the first disc sound overall?
Apart from the alterations, it sounds *really* similar to the regular album...similar mixing and everything.
I wonder if some problematic samples were the culprit here?
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