The 1973 single mix of 5.15

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The 1973 single mix of 5.15

Postby Phil Elliott » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:33 pm

A Track 7" of 5.15 turned up in the post today. It turns out this mix is totally different from the LP (a shock). It's a truly awful mix - it's drowned in reverb, and most of the things that need to be up front in the mix, are pushed way back.

Here's a rather large sample:

http://lukpac.org/mp3/vinyl/5.15_1973_singlemix.mp3

Probably explains why you never see it on CD.
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Postby CitizenDan » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:05 pm

Boy, that is weird. The guitars are right up in your face, which I normally might love, but it's not really appropriate for this song. And is this mono, or just a really narrow stereo mix? I detect a hint of separation, but not much.
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Postby lukpac » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:10 pm

Seems to be narrow stereo.
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Postby Phil Elliott » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:06 pm

That's how it is. I thought it was a wiring fault on the TT at first. Flipped it over to play Water, and the stereo seperation was all there.
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Postby dudelsack » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:38 pm

Geez, that is a wierd one. Thanks for the sample!
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Postby Rspaight » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:24 pm

Needless to say, that is *nothing* like whatever it is they put on the Singles Box.

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Postby JWB » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:51 am

I just heard it too, transferred it to wav yesterday. It is indeed dreadful, folded in stereo. Alas, I still have to use it for the UK Singles Collection I'm working on.
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Postby Xenu » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:07 pm

Is this thing actually distinct from an edited, folded-in, poorly-EQed version of the original stereo mix?
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Postby Phil Elliott » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:13 am

Yes. The piano is just unbelievably loud during the end guitar solos, while the vocals are drowned in a glittery reverb throughout. Folding something in would normally give the impression of less reverb on things (providing the effect is panned across the stereo), but this has a hell of a lot more than any mix I've heard.
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Postby lukpac » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:33 am

Well, they could have added more reverb...

...I'm not saying they did, but...
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Postby Phil Elliott » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:51 am

... which would result in the guitars having more reverb aswell. Except, they are dry as a bone.
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