the songs themselves have power, but the way they were recorded/mixed sound so dull. listen to "spin" for example. pay attention to the kick and toms. they should be driving the intro very hard IMO, and it sounds like hes hitting a stack of text books. frankly, i havent listened to TBS in years, but i think musically, this is their best cd. other than that, i think they got boned on the mixing

Wait a second, I work in the room where that was cut! NOOOOOOOO!!!!! (joking)

I'd remix the Ben Harper Live from Mars 1st disc. Not my cup of tea at all.

C

Jefferson Airplane--Volunteers
Or any JA album for that matter.

I'm not sure...have your heard the original MONO mix of Surrealistic Pillow? There is nothing I would change about it. Perfection.

I just thought of another DIRE mix that I would love to fix - LET LOVE IN by NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS. Again, great songs - unlistenable.

Now THATS innovative.

I remember when I was a teenager (mid-'80s), I got a hold of Surrealistic Pillow and thought it sounded so dated. Yet despite the production, there was something about the sound (and not just the great songs) that really drew me in. But I do remember feeling almost guilty for liking it ("if only the drums didn't sound so small and tinny," I remember thinking).

As times/aesthetics changed, I occasionally revisited the record - and slowly, the dated quality of the production completely evaporated for me. Now I can't hear anything objectionable even if I try (quite the opposite). What changed? Me? Society? I'm guessing that somewhere along the way, those 'dated sounds' became timeless.

Food for thought, remixers.

Best,
Adam

I did a DTS 5.1 custom mix of that album, just for my own personal use, of course...pretty cool!

You're f'ing CRAZY !!

These are 2 albums that are close to my heart ....... you know good times.

Badmotorfinger ????? CRAZY !!!

LOL

I would make the bass audible. I heard Jason Newsted went into a depression when he heard the final mixes.
Bummer ...... bring up the pick definition in the bass !!!

There are too many to mention but the one that I really would love to get my hands on would be Travis, The Man Who. I just feel the drums are in another room and I want to grab the lead singer and shake him up a bit to get some energy out of him.

The songs and arrangements are great but the mixing needs some tweaking.

btw- I saw them live in 2000(?) and they sucked. No energy.

I guess this is on topic

Ive just been given some teddy pendergrass (smooth seventies soul singer, who is more than a bit like chef from south park) masters to remix (the want them to be more contemporary R&B), and getting all the tracks onto my daw was a very strange experience, they are very nicely recorded, but i must confess that listening to them, i didnt relish the task of turning them into something new or different.

Im thinking of turning the work down, because songs like 'love tko' (you'd know it if you heard it) are just great..it feels a bit dirty to go in there and start changing **** around, the mix is a moment in time, just like the performance was, and im not sure i feel good about f**king with it.

anyone else had anything like this when it came to remixing something they liked ?

sorry for the long post,

mavertron.

OK, I'm gonna chicken out and say that I don't think I should remix it, but - Bowie's Aladdin Sane. Great music and some absolutely amazing performances, but the mix is really thin. And the vocals seem waaaay too quiet, especially on the opening track 'Watch That Man'. His later stuff is mixed far better IMO.

DP

That's funny cause some of that album sounds amazing and some of it is downright strange.
I still wouldn't have that record sound any different than it always has.

I heard some Bowie Ziggy re-mixes, and although they were good mixes, I found them disturbing because I'm so used to the originals.
It's hard to f**k with history like that.

my turn;

1. id turn up the bass on and justice for all

2. id have slayer re-record the entire hell awaits and show no mercy albums with andy sneap.(kind of like what testament did with first strike still deadly)

3. id remix everything i have recorded cause i can do it better now.

4. since twisted sister already re-recorded "stay hungry"( still hungry), id go and do a recall of the track were not gonna take it from still hungry and id fix the huge timing f**k-up they left in there right before the 1st verse kicks in. i still cant believe that got past anyones ears. it is insane. they must have been on drungs or something to let that one go to the pressing plant. i have never heard such a huge screw-up on a major label recording like that in my life. all it needed was a little nudging magic and it could have been perfect.

5. id re-mix all william hung songs with the master fader either DOWN OR OFF!!
than once i had that on dat id throw the dat into rush hour traffic in downtown bombay india.

Better than Ezra - Deluxe (Can't hear the vocals, way too much FX)

Metallica - And Justice for all (Can't hear the bass)

Any Led Zeppelin record - I just think it would be fun! I would start by muting the vocals. I'd love to just sit and listen to John, John and Jimmy jam!

Metallica - St. Anger

Rush - Vapor Trails

Dio - Holy Diver

Ben Folds - Rockin the Suburbs.

He writes a song with the lyrics "producers fixing all my ****ty tracks" and then releases an album that's so squeaky-clean it has no character or feel.

i love 'em too, just not a fan of the mixes. oh, to suck the 80's out of them and replace it with something organic and tasty... 70's meets new millenium, earthborn badassery.


gregoire
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The Roger Glover remixes of the original Purple stuff is really good, not only do they sound better but he included outakes and stuff.

I know this thread is just for laughs but the whole concept is a little disturbing to me. There are albums mentioned in here that i consider to be sonically awesome. I think its all a bit blah blah blah blah and a bit of fun but I am going to blame digidesighn and plug ins for this thread.
Why stop here lets touch up the mona lisa or I recon with new technology we could make sunflowers look better with a touch of blue. An album to us in the biz is a technical achievement. An album is a document of social, technological and musical benchmark for the moment in time it was made. Music is subjective and open to interpretation, but guys to suggest that we put protools anywhere near classics is criminally insane. Its like pissing on a Picassodfegad

I may be alone in this view but I gotta say critique is one thing but I feel its all a bit silly.
Sorry if I offend those who would improve perfection with the benefit of hindsight reminds me a bit of that old guitar player joke "how many guitar players does it take to change a lightbulb?.

The entire Van Halen catalog up to Hagar.

I can understand the first two, ESP. St. Anger....arrrggg....I've heard basement demos that sounded better...but 'Holy Diver'?

I've done a personal 'Remaster' on it, and it sounds pretty damn good...the original isn't really bad, NOW, 'Sacred Heart' is another thing entirely....TERRIBLE!

Agreed...but apparently that was a 'Band' decision.

It may be a tad arrogant, but I would like to remix almost everything done by YES, on an automated analog board.

And what I'm actually gonna do is remaster the Frank Sinatra song: 'it was a very good year'. I have this on a double CD (I'm still searching for a mint vinyl version) and IMHO this is one of the best orchestral recordings ever, but the parts with violins only sound very shrill. And these parts are going to sound much smoother after I'm done. I'll do this just for myself, because I love the music.

The Who's "Tommy"stike

Yep. The Iggy remix is crap! Turning everything up, especially guitars, to the point of digital distortion does not create power! tutt
Try to get the drums and bass to sound cleaner and louder, then you'd have the start of something.

"Freefall"... Dixie Dregs.

Back in Black! I know I'll get screwed, chewed and diced for that one, but you have to have a Maverick in every crowd. This muti-million-selling record could have sounded much better. There is a balance between FATNESS and transient impact and in my not so humble opinion, Back in Black overstepped that bound. So I'd like to have a hand at the original tracks, and remix and remaster it. Good thing I wouldn't have to remarket it :-).

Yesterday I was mastering and the delicate balance between "optimum compression" and expression of dynamics is very critical. Backing off on the compressor did not always produce the best sound, and neither did vice-versa. This being a (former) major label artist that every one of you has heard of. I'll tell you who when the album comes out.

BK

man, i wish the snare on holy diver didnt sound like paper. what a classic record it is though.

My Bloody Valentine : Loveless

no bass in this mix

Bad news.

Mix has FASHION.

It ain't the CUT... it's the quality of the fabric and the stitching. No matter WHAT you do as far a conforming to "What sounds like today"(Which few admit and fewer still actually manage to AVOID)... it's probably gonna look kinda silly in the not so distant future.

Even if things go exactly as planned.... Chances run stupendously high that your "remixes" will be in to same boat as the originals in a few short years.

On the other hand.

Solid engineering principles endure. They are much more timeless, relatively speaking. But they seem to draw much less attention to themselves.... or the 'perception of production aesthetic' in the short game.

Some of the records mentioned in this thread are very solidly engineered.

No amount of "It ain't hip" tomfoolery can alter that.

Just a thought,

SM.