davidgra
Active Member
Hi all.
Well, after much searching, I managed to track down the 6-CD set called SWEET MEMORIES. It's quite a set! All the songs were selected by Richard Carpenter to create "themes" for each disc, and there are plenty of songs here that rarely get anthologized, like "Sailing on the Tide," "You," "Saturday," "B'wana She No Home," etc.
The track I was most interested to find was "Another Song," since it was reported to have been remixed. And remixed it was!
During the vocal section of "Another Song," the remixing is somewhat subtle. Karen's lead vocal is slightly more centered in the mix, the background vocals and harpsichord are less panned (making them also slightly more centered in the mix, rather than extremely left and right), and the string part that comes in at 1:07 is much more prominent.
The instrumental part during the second half of the song is where the changes become apparent. The bass part has been completely re-recorded, and is much funkier than the original (and also more prominent in the mix). The "kick" drum has been re-recorded as well, but isn't obnoxiously loud. Hearing the new bass line makes the song sound completely new.
Since the liner notes for this set are only in Japanese (the only English is Richard Carpenter's brief note at the beginning of each booklet, and the song lyrics), there isn't any info about remixes, so I'm going to have to listen to all 91 tracks to see if there are any other remixes I didn't know about... Not a bad project, just time-consuming!
David
Well, after much searching, I managed to track down the 6-CD set called SWEET MEMORIES. It's quite a set! All the songs were selected by Richard Carpenter to create "themes" for each disc, and there are plenty of songs here that rarely get anthologized, like "Sailing on the Tide," "You," "Saturday," "B'wana She No Home," etc.
The track I was most interested to find was "Another Song," since it was reported to have been remixed. And remixed it was!
During the vocal section of "Another Song," the remixing is somewhat subtle. Karen's lead vocal is slightly more centered in the mix, the background vocals and harpsichord are less panned (making them also slightly more centered in the mix, rather than extremely left and right), and the string part that comes in at 1:07 is much more prominent.
The instrumental part during the second half of the song is where the changes become apparent. The bass part has been completely re-recorded, and is much funkier than the original (and also more prominent in the mix). The "kick" drum has been re-recorded as well, but isn't obnoxiously loud. Hearing the new bass line makes the song sound completely new.
Since the liner notes for this set are only in Japanese (the only English is Richard Carpenter's brief note at the beginning of each booklet, and the song lyrics), there isn't any info about remixes, so I'm going to have to listen to all 91 tracks to see if there are any other remixes I didn't know about... Not a bad project, just time-consuming!
David