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TOPIC: Rerecording - I hate it!
#45680
Rerecording - I hate it! 16 Years, 1 Month ago  
Just bought The Very Best Of Roy Orbison; it's not, they are all rerecordings.

Fortunately Roy was such a great singer - I think the best ever, and Elvis Presley agreed - that his rerecordings are pretty good but still not the originals which are always, always the best.

Ditto The Essential Bruce Springsteen - live versions.

If artistes HAVE to do it (usually mercenary reasons) please at least mark the package clearly.
 
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#45685
Dominic Dee

Re:Rerecording - I hate it! 16 Years, 1 Month ago  
I agree entirely, JK.
Although I did here a re-recording of One Night by Mud which had a slightly more Bluesy arrangement than the original, and I liked it a lot. That seems to be the one exception though.
 
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andrew

Re:Rerecording - I hate it! 16 Years, 1 Month ago  
Same here JK I got Best of Crystals CD which is all re-recordings couldn't wait to get the phil Spector Wall of Sound box set for £10
 
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#45699
Re:Rerecording - I hate it! 16 Years, 1 Month ago  
I agree.

I loved the Soft Cell albums from 81 - 84, as they were very raw. They re-recorded a few tracks for a compilation in the 90s and they were way too sanitized, too perfect, no soul.

Give me the originals any day.
 
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#45703
Re:Rerecording - I hate it! 16 Years, 1 Month ago  
Incidentally, isn't Mystery Girl, Orbison's last album produced, I think, by Jeff Lynne, one of the ten greatest albums ever?
 
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#45711
Re:Rerecording - I hate it! 16 Years, 1 Month ago  
There is a lot of this about especially in those super value box sets with about twenty cds for a tenner. The 100/101 hits compilations are the best for oldies and have some great stuff on them, all original hit recordings.
 
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#45730
Re:Rerecording - I hate it! 16 Years, 1 Month ago  
I've caught by "sung by" aberrations too.

Now I'm a little wiser and read the cheap CD properly {D
 
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