The remix is so good I can’t listen to the original anymore. Any examples?

I think some of us are getting remasters mixed up with remixes.

 

Dylan - Street Legal. Original is atrocious.

 

Most SW Jethro Tull mixes.
Genesis: Trespass and Nursery Cryme.
Beatles: Help 86 stereo mix.
Megadeth: Killing Is My Business

 

I knew someone would say that. I’m fine with the SACD.

Btw, earlier I think I mistakenly said “first Layla SACD.” I was thinking the DVD version was an SACD too.

 

There are no remixes that are so good that I can's listen to the original anymore.

The remixes that I think are at least as good if not slightly better than the originals are:

1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon: Alan Parsons Quad mix
2. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven: Sunset Sound mix
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid: Quad Mix (even if the presentation on the deluxe edition dvd uses a crappy source)
4. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans: 5.1 mix
5. Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed: that stereo remix from 1973 0r 1978 or whenever the heck it was done.

None of these retire the original mixes though. That just doesn't happen for me.

 

The companion discs recently released as part of the deluxe editions definitely have some remixes on them. Instruments are brought up or down or sometimes reversed in channels, among other differences.

But it's true that Zeppelin has never had a full-scale remix of the catalogue (yet). But give Page time...

Then again, he crafted the albums so superbly to begin with that remixing them would largely be a true case of just giving us collectors something to collect for collecting's sake. And count me in!

 

One notable example is the remix of Rocking All Over The World by Status Quo.

 

Not under “cant listen to originals” but i prefer the 2000ish Lennon remixes, particularly plastic ono and imagine.

Also a fan of stereo pet sounds.

 

I prefer a lot of Prince's songs in the remix version--Pop Life and Anotherloverholeinyohead come to mind

 

Let's take a random album...

How about Sgt. Pepper's?

No, the remix doesn't even come close to the original.

And the remix would never have been listened to or come into existence...

If the original wasn't so well known and wasn't such a cultural icon.

 

Thanks for the reply. However, it is completely off topic. I’ll interpret your reply as meaning - ‘no, I don’t have any examples.’ Cheers

 

I know I'm in the minority but I like the Doors 2007 remixes

 

So do i. And the 5.1 too

 

I love the new "Sgt. Pepper's" stereo mix. Finally they put the vocals where they belong.

 

I agree with the fact that no remix retires the original. I may be slightly off topic here, and correct me if I'm wrong, but it's to my understanding that The Byrds catalog are remixes correct? I haven't heard any original mix by this band but I absolutely love the currently available editions which are remixed. Is the verdict positive with this statement or should I hunt down the originals as well?

 

Jethro Tull - Aqualung & Minstrel in the Gallery
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Deep Purple - Machine Head (Roger Glover mix)

I could listen to the original mixes for the above, but the I far prefer the remixes.

 

I guess it would be farfetched and not realistic for anyone to think that Sgt. Pepper's has any place in any serious discussion of a remix blowing away the original.

Yes, Sgt. Pepper's is out of bounds and not relevant to this thread.

Glad we got that established.

DRM said: ↑
Let's take a random album...

How about Sgt. Pepper's?

No, the remix doesn't even come close to the original.

And the remix would never have been listened to or come into existence...

If the original wasn't so well known and wasn't such a cultural icon.

 

Agreed Joost, great mix. Probably why they included it on the later US discs

 

not even close. it has too much reverb. the original mixes aren't dry either, but a good bit drier and they have more bite, especially the mono, but really the old stereo is a good experience too. Trouble Every Day is MUCH better in the old mixes, especially mono. The Mothermania mixes are my favorite ones though for the Freak Out songs on there.

 

DAVID BOWIE - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust (Ken Scott’s 2003 mix)

 

I enjoy remixes generally whether they come out better or not. They provide a new perspective on a song or album I may have heard dozens or more times. Besides just because there is a remix, doesn't mean I can't pull out the original to listen to as well. I agree that the Steve Wilson remix of the "Chicago" albums beats the original.

 

Layla 25th Anniversary cd.

 

Yes, Relayer, Wilson stereo remix. This is the sole exception for me.

 

Is this the mix (or remaster?) that is used for Bowie's current vinyl pressings?

 

Moby/Mylene Farmer-Slipping Away (Crier la Vie)-MHC Radio Edit, 2006 over the album version