Sunny Afternoon - Stereo 'n such

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Sunny Afternoon - Stereo 'n such

Postby Xenu » Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:54 pm

I recently came across the Kinks "Rare Anthology" discs on one of the various trackers of ill repute. One of the listed tracks was "Sunny Afternoon" i stereo, and so I grabbed it assuming it was going to turn out to be some sort of processing-job. To my surprise, though (and hopefully I'm not the only person who didn't already know about it), it IS real, albeit...well, not very good. Here's a quick MP3:

http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/sunnystereo.mp3

As an extra bonus, I have a partial flac of another "version" of Sunny Afternoon. I'm curious to see if anyone a) thinks it sounds any different than usual, and b) can identify where it's from.

http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/sunnypart.flac

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Postby lukpac » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:31 pm

Not knowing anything, what's the deal?
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD

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Postby Aftermath » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:12 pm

The vocal/harmonies sound considerably clearer than the rhythm track on that top link.

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Postby Xenu » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:13 am

lukpac wrote:Not knowing anything, what's the deal?


The .flac is from a very, err, specific iteration of the track. I'm curious to see what people think.
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Postby lukpac » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:10 am

I meant with the stereo.
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD

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Postby Xenu » Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:56 am

The deal? I have no idea. It sounds like a tape from a vocal overdub session, or something. Rhythm one side, lead vocal other, vocal overdubs center. I don't know where it came from, per se...just that it was on the bootleg in question.
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Postby lukpac » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:17 pm

Not being *that* familiar with the song, is it missing something? Piano maybe?
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Postby Xenu » Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:06 pm

No, the piano's still there. The shoddy quality of the rhythm track makes it even harder to pick up.
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Postby Aftermath » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:07 pm

It is missing the horn (?) and goes on a bit longer at the end, at least compared w/what's on my old FTF LP.

Very nice to hear those stereo harmonies.

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Postby Xenu » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:18 pm

So no comment on the flac?
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Postby Aftermath » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:55 pm

The hiss (wtf?)

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Postby Xenu » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:03 pm

Oh well. That flac is from "Changin' Times," the R&T set.
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Postby jbohdan » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:26 pm

The background harmonies in the verses and the lead vocal doubling in the choruses (sounds like it may be Rasa Davies as it doesn't sound like Dave) are neat to hear. Also the little guitar figure at the end which doesn't fade out like the official release. I could hear another acoustic guitar in the background during that last riff.
The second clip sounds like it may have been EQ'd as the guitar and vocals sound more prominent in the high end. No idea on the source.
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