tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305229069195519909.post2983800437663305850..comments2024-03-28T14:02:11.551-07:00Comments on Had To Call It Something: The 80s and the 12"aortohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653461963820119296noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305229069195519909.post-67868884630336257172013-02-28T17:08:21.089-08:002013-02-28T17:08:21.089-08:00Jim,
Eye opening and educational perspective from...Jim,<br /><br />Eye opening and educational perspective from the artist. The Dali/Picasso analogy summed it up well. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts!aortohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653461963820119296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305229069195519909.post-59766044764968499752013-02-28T15:45:10.338-08:002013-02-28T15:45:10.338-08:00Hmmm....the alternative view is that the 'radi...Hmmm....the alternative view is that the 'radio edit' (basically, the 7" version), is the 'definitive version', with the 12" version just being a drag-out of various elements of the 'proper' version. I conclude this, I have to say, from my own recording career, where our vision of what we represented was in the 7" version, and we resisted 12" 'remix' versions of our work. I think this is something of a music industry trope. The Beatles saw the mono version of their things as 'the definitive version' and buggered off to The Scotch of St James while George Martin oversaw the stereo mix. Personally, I saw the 7" version, or radio edit, as our work. Anything else was a Picasso with a Salvador Dali moustache painted on it. It might have been Dali, but it was f***ing about with Picasso's original. <br /><br />Granted, other (younger?) musicians might see it differently, but to me the ultimate sacrilege was Norman Cook's remix of 'Brimful of Asha', which was a wholly different beast from the original version. It was the hit, but unrepresentative of Cornershop.<br /><br />Jim.<br /><br />PS. Oo-wee, you buggers. We take from Aorto, so why not give back by at least voting in his poll. Yeah?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305229069195519909.post-69827652159559869362013-02-28T07:10:09.099-08:002013-02-28T07:10:09.099-08:00That'd be great if you have it.
If I had a ca...That'd be great if you have it.<br /><br />If I had a cassette player I'd rip some of the mixes straight to digital to reflect the variation of sound quality. I still have most of these in the basement somewhere.<br /><br />May be the inspiration I need to create digital imitations of them.aortohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653461963820119296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305229069195519909.post-54757664296808347662013-02-28T00:44:56.946-08:002013-02-28T00:44:56.946-08:00'"In Your Eyes" extended version in ...'"In Your Eyes" extended version in digital'<br /><br />i probably have this. i'll check the other harddrive tomorrow, if you still want it.<br /><br />[edit]<br /><br />meant to add my comment, forgot it deleted the initial reply. oh well.<br /><br />yes, i remember the vinyl to cassette mixtapes!! oh where are those tapes now?!?! i do have a few, but those are tucked away deep in storage. i still recall a mixtape that a friend made for me that had Duran Duran's Notorius and Cutting Crew's only hit, but the song that i really dug was The Cars' Hello Again. that song blew me away.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376948317331964948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305229069195519909.post-86334752984076926902013-02-28T00:37:26.330-08:002013-02-28T00:37:26.330-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376948317331964948noreply@blogger.com