The Best Of The Doors - Quadra Disc
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:11 pm
I just scored a near mint copy of this for a mere $3.98. Certainly one of the best deals I've gotten on an LP. As you may or may not know, this particular record was released in 1973 and included all the hit singles, as well as a few other tracks. Here's the lineup:
Who Do You Love (live)
Soul Kitchen
Hello, I Love You
People Are Strange
Riders On The Storm
Touch Me
Love Her Madly
Love Me Two Times
Take It As It Comes
Moonlight Drive
Light My Fire
Of course, the interesting thing is that all of the tracks were remixed for quad. I don't have a quad setup, but the mixes themselves are neat, nevertheless. In the case of the tracks from the first album, the mixes are essentially the same as the stereo mixes, but there's much less "murk". And Light My Fire runs at the recorded speed (the LP mix was slowed down).
As for the rest of the mixes, differences are subtle but noticeable. In the case of Touch Me, for example, the stereo mix had the drums and strings left, with the horns centered. The quad mix has (in stereo) the strings left, drums centered, and horns right. There are also small differences in instrumentation. Some of the vocals are slightly different over the fadeout of Hello, I Love You, for example. And the fadeout itself is slightly longer.
I'd sure be curious to hear this in quad - I've heard the mixes were really well done. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to simply play back a CD-R through a quad system, as the CD-4 (the type of quad Elektra used) system uses a high frequency (20-50khz) carrier signal to encode the rear channels - that obviously doesn't make it onto CD-R. That said, if anybody feels like getting rid of a CD-4 decoder, send it my way, as I've heard that my cartridge (an Audio-Technica, the precursor to the AT331LP) does a great job with CD-R discs.
Maybe it's because I'm not a die-hard fan, or maybe it's because the mixes are well done, but whatever the case, I've found myself really liking these mixes. While things may not exactly match the stereo mixes, the feel seems to be really good. Something that's not the case with a lot of remixes done these days.
Want a treat? Here's the quad mix of Light My Fire:
http://lukpac.org/mp3/vinyl/light_my_fire-quad.mp3
Who Do You Love (live)
Soul Kitchen
Hello, I Love You
People Are Strange
Riders On The Storm
Touch Me
Love Her Madly
Love Me Two Times
Take It As It Comes
Moonlight Drive
Light My Fire
Of course, the interesting thing is that all of the tracks were remixed for quad. I don't have a quad setup, but the mixes themselves are neat, nevertheless. In the case of the tracks from the first album, the mixes are essentially the same as the stereo mixes, but there's much less "murk". And Light My Fire runs at the recorded speed (the LP mix was slowed down).
As for the rest of the mixes, differences are subtle but noticeable. In the case of Touch Me, for example, the stereo mix had the drums and strings left, with the horns centered. The quad mix has (in stereo) the strings left, drums centered, and horns right. There are also small differences in instrumentation. Some of the vocals are slightly different over the fadeout of Hello, I Love You, for example. And the fadeout itself is slightly longer.
I'd sure be curious to hear this in quad - I've heard the mixes were really well done. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to simply play back a CD-R through a quad system, as the CD-4 (the type of quad Elektra used) system uses a high frequency (20-50khz) carrier signal to encode the rear channels - that obviously doesn't make it onto CD-R. That said, if anybody feels like getting rid of a CD-4 decoder, send it my way, as I've heard that my cartridge (an Audio-Technica, the precursor to the AT331LP) does a great job with CD-R discs.
Maybe it's because I'm not a die-hard fan, or maybe it's because the mixes are well done, but whatever the case, I've found myself really liking these mixes. While things may not exactly match the stereo mixes, the feel seems to be really good. Something that's not the case with a lot of remixes done these days.
Want a treat? Here's the quad mix of Light My Fire:
http://lukpac.org/mp3/vinyl/light_my_fire-quad.mp3