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OccultHawk · 12-27-2019, 02:37 PM

Bonus tracks, remasters, demos, alternative cuts etc should never be added to an original release even in a digital format. All outtakes and so on should be packaged separately without exception.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a remaster that improved on the original.

Nobody really needs a six hour version of Bitches Brew.

**Frownland** · 12-27-2019, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Bonus tracks, remasters, demos, alternative cuts etc should never be added to an original release even in a digital format. All outtakes and so on should be packaged separately without exception.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a remaster that improved on the original.

Nobody really needs a six hour version of Bitches Brew.

Isn't that six hour version a separate package though?

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if it's a question of styles complimenting again I gotta say Morrissey/Marr...it was mircle

Kewl.

OccultHawk · 12-27-2019, 02:57 PM

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Isn't that six hour version a separate package though?

Yeah.

I just think it waters down the legacy too much.

I don’t like the title “The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions”

It shouldn’t have the original material and should take a more modest name like “Bitches Brew Outtakes”

OccultHawk · 12-27-2019, 03:00 PM

I don’t get how complimenting each other’s style can be separated from being better

The Smiths are better than Van Halen period. On all fronts.

I’ll rave about VH but I also live in reality.

**Frownland** · 12-27-2019, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Yeah.

I just think it waters down the legacy too much.

I don’t like the title “The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions”

It shouldn’t have the original material and should take a more modest name like “Bitches Brew Outtakes”

99/100 times it's just a bloated cash grab, but I think that they're better with the originals on the to fully contextualize the recording process. It's not like the original version ceases to exist in light of a sessions release.

**Frownland** · 12-27-2019, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I don’t get how complimenting each other’s style can be separated from being better

You can be carried by a strong rhythm section and good songwriting while still having a guitarist and vocalist that don't have as great of a chemistry between each other as a mediocre band with a guitarist and vocalist who are connected at the dick.

OccultHawk · 12-27-2019, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

99/100 times it's just a bloated cash grab, but I think that they're better with the originals on the to fully contextualize the recordingprocess. It's not like the original version ceases to exist in light of a sessions release.

It’s kind of like the original fades a touch

I think we’ve batted this around before and basically I’m a lot more sentimental about legacy than you are

What you’re saying makes sense

This doesn’t mean I appreciate anything more than you but I’m like it’s sacred

Like I never want to hear a remix of tmr

OccultHawk · 12-27-2019, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

You can be carried by a strong rhythm section and good songwriting while still having a guitarist and vocalist that don't have as great of a chemistry between each other as a mediocre band with a guitarist and vocalist who are connected at the dick.

It makes sense but my brain can’t process that. I’m an absolutist. Better bands are just better in my mind and I won’t concede any points. Especially if one band is unassailable and the other is not.

The Batlord · 12-27-2019, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It makes sense but my brain can’t process that. I’m an absolutist. Better bands are just better in my mind and I won’t concede any points. Especially if one band is unassailable and the other is not.

Early Van Halen is pretty unassailable tbh.

Lucem Ferre · 12-27-2019, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Bonus tracks, remasters, demos, alternative cuts etc should never be added to an original release even in a digital format. All outtakes and so on should be packaged separately without exception.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a remaster that improved on the original.

Nobody really needs a six hour version of Bitches Brew.

I agree.

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I don’t get how complimenting each other’s style can be separated from being better The Smiths are better than Van Halen period. On all fronts. I’ll rave about VH but I also live in reality. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html