We're Only In It For The Money MFSL

Ess Ay Cee Dee · Postby **Ess Ay Cee Dee** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:47 pm

Just a heads-up for anyone who wants to try before they buy:

http://btmusic.org:2710/torrents-details.php?id=9268

I've downloaded it but haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. Should be interesting...

Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:15 pm

You can't sign up for that anymore. Can you issue me an invite?

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J_Partyka · Postby **J_Partyka** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:18 pm

Yeah, I tried too, no dice. Anybody?

Ess Ay Cee Dee · Postby **Ess Ay Cee Dee** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:10 pm

David, you have a PM.

I'm only allowed one "invite," so it's first come first served.

Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:51 pm

Hah.

Well, um, despite being inverted and the samples being in "different places," it's clearly just a re-EQ job. Nice going, MFSL.

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MK · Postby MK » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:22 pm

Is the EQ better? Toby Mountain shaves the bass cloud maybe MFSL kept it. That and left it less grainy.

Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:37 pm

Toby Mountain? I don't think he was involved at all?

The EQ is different. It is bassier, but...

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MK · Postby MK » Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:29 pm

Yeah, I don't see his name on Allmusic.com, which BTW, lists Shawn R. Britton from the MFSL reissue.

Still, going through "Strictly Commercial," it sounds like Mountain's style. It's hard to say if its more of a result of remixing than mastering, but it's still kind of grainy with less bottom.

I'll probably burn the MFSL version, since it's probably SLIGHTLY better. I'd rather keep the Rykodisc artwork anyway.

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Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:16 pm

MK wrote:Yeah, I don't see his name on Allmusic.com, which BTW, lists Shawn R. Britton from the MFSL reissue.

Still, going through "Strictly Commercial," it sounds like Mountain's style. It's hard to say if its more of a result of remixing than mastering, but it's still kind of grainy with less bottom.

It's definitely not. Mountain did the Ryko Bowie reissues, as we both know, but all of the Zappa discs were done (with VERY few exceptions) *by Zappa* or his team. That graininess? That's all his fault...him, Bob Stone, and that shitty console he used throughout the eighties.

Want some fun? On Strictly Commercial, check out the right channel of "Dancin' Fool" during the intro. Something seriously isn't right there.

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JWB · Postby **JWB** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:38 pm

The '95 disc was transferred and mastered by Zappa and Spence Chrislu.

The MFSL uses the same transfer, but a different mastering thereof.

Xenu · Postby **Xenu** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:37 pm

It's a bit bassier. Other than that, it really isn't that different from first few listens.

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