Jethro Tull Too Old To Rock and Roll too young to Die! deluxe 2016

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Daniel Falaschi, May 7, 2015.

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  1. Six Bachelors

    Six Bachelors Troublemaking enthusiast

    Steven Wilson has upmixed to 5.1 from original stereo mixes before (the recent Gentle Giant/Octopus Blu-Ray and the King Crimson/In The Wake Of Poseidon DVD come to mind) but I assume that Ian Anderson wasn't keen on that idea here...or maybe there were too many tracks missing for them to embark upon it. On Octopus it was 3 out of 8 and on Poseidon I think it was about 1/4 of the album. For what it's worth, the 5.1 upmixes on those releases sound really good. Perhaps here it's a blessing in disguise - we end up with a leaner version of the album plus a (sort of) live performance of it remixed in stereo and 5.1 and a nice flat tranfser of the original mix. Could be worse.

    Plan9, without asking you to divulge secrets, any suggestions for why upmixing wasn't done here?
     
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  2. Terry

    Terry Senior Member

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    Um, thanks. I guess.
     
  3. Plan9

    Plan9 Mastering Engineer

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    It's one of the things I'm unsure of. It seems to me the reason does not come from Steven, but I can only speculate.
    I know that not every stereo mix leads to a great surround upmix.
    And I guess that when you are missing almost half the album's multis, but another recording of the entire album has them, upmixing must seem a little pointless.
     
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  4. Six Bachelors

    Six Bachelors Troublemaking enthusiast

    Yeah - I figured that three missing tracks out of eight, as on Octopus, at least means that the majority of the album is getting a genuine remix. When it's half the album, it might not be worth it. For all I know the process of extracting the elements to allow the upmixing is super expensive.

    No complaints here anyway. Can't wait to receive this in the post soon.
     
  5. PROGGER

    PROGGER Forum Resident

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    There's 6 or 7 really strong tracks on this remix. 3 or 4 are non album tracks. Now I want to hear advertising man lol
     
  6. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion

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    :pleased: Thanks for the feedback.
    I like the fact that these boxes are chronological. :cool:
     
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  7. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion

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  8. Congrats on your special thanks mention. :righton::cool:
     
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  9. Plan9

    Plan9 Mastering Engineer

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  10. Jethro Tuller

    Jethro Tuller New Member

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  11. FVDnz

    FVDnz Forum Resident

    John, Evans?!
     
  12. Daniel Falaschi

    Daniel Falaschi Live detective Thread Starter

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    :laughup:
     
  13. born John Spencer Evans.
     
  14. Daniel Falaschi

    Daniel Falaschi Live detective Thread Starter

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    He was John Evan in Jethro Tull.
     
  15. fredblue

    fredblue Surrounded by Music

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    That is most unfortunate :(
     
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  16. folkfreak

    folkfreak The cold blooded penguin

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    On Songs from the wood he had his real name...
     
  17. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion

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    Thank you!
    Thank you. Bostock's got nothing on me. :winkgrin:
     
  18. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion

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    I said f... a few times when I realized this. Oh well, I'm sure all here will join me in thanking you. Any problems I had with the set certainly did not involve you.
     
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  19. And Barrie was "Barriemore", but that didn't stick either.
     
  20. Daniel Falaschi

    Daniel Falaschi Live detective Thread Starter

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    So would you say that this reissue has served to make fans reappreciate the album in a positive way (hello APP) or not? Although I have not received my copy, I sense I will do.
     
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  21. johnny q

    johnny q Forum Resident

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    For me personally, yes. I have not listened to this album front to back since the late 70s when I first purchased it....and hated it! I listened to the Steven Wilson remixes and flat transfer last night and not only is it not as bad as I remember...I enjoyed it very much.

    JQ
     
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  22. PROGGER

    PROGGER Forum Resident

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    Can't wait for the folk trilogy. As for Too old I'd replace Too old, crazed, bad eyed and taxi with strip, commercial, ragtime and cigar(orchestral). Would have been a pretty cool album then
     
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  23. One cannot deny the great work done by all involved in this project. I listened to it over the weekend and it sounds great. That said, I still feel it is the bands weakest album both musically and conceptually to date.
     
  24. tonewheeltom

    tonewheeltom Forum Resident

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    As a both a fan and musician, I hate messed up credits.

    Although we get paid for what we do, an accurate credit on a release is a commodity.
     
  25. showtaper

    showtaper Concert Hoarding Bastard

    As long as he doesn't mix it. His work on the Paris 75 tape was not very good (unless the multi tracks sounded
    that bad).
     
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