doctors11
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Not sure if it's been mentioned but didn't Richard Carpenter change some of the instrumental solos when he came out with the Singles SACD?
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells - The extra Sailors Hornpipe bit at the end.... I was reminded by seeing him at the opening cermony of the Olympics!!
There are other changes also..
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On the Wish You Were Here Quad, the most dramatic departure comes at the end of Have A Cigar, where there are several bars of the closing guitar solo that are absent from the stereo release. For years I have been blowing minds of hardcore Floyd Heads by playing them this section. When you know the solo note for note, as most Floyd hardcores would, this extra bit sticks out like a ripe plumb (as opposed to a sore thumb). The solo then proceeds to last longer after the swoosh to mono.
Ken
Yes, there were lots of differences in the quad vinyl copy of Wish You Were Here that I had. (I've dug around but I can't find it now in my collection, but it was my most-played copy of my fave album.) There were different guitar solos, extra bars here, fewer bars there, different wind sounds and the preprise of the last Crazy Diamond part at the end of the first side.
Looks like you quoted my 14th post ever on the forum. Cool to see it pop up again! Thanks!
The first one that popped into my head was Bon Jovi - "Livin' on a Prayer". 5.1 DVDA version has a completely different ending. I guess I'm the only hair band kid from the 80s. I must've heard it on MTV a million times, it has been burned into my brain and the different ending still makes me smirk a little every time I listen to it.
More notably, "Wind Up" is a completely different recording!Jethro Tull - Aqualung - "Sun streaking cold" part does not have the "megaphone" sound.
The Moonbeam Song and Jump into the Fire from Nilsson Schmillson RCA CD-4/Q4/Q8:
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You're So Vain from No Secrets - Carly Simon CD-4/Q4/Q8 When she sings "one of them was me," she goes up on the "of."
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I STILL say the cover looks best in CD-4!
My ex-bro-in-law played Tubular Bells at a party back in the 70s and I was in the quad seat. There was an out-of-the-blue chain saw roaring at the very end.
"Running With The Devil" on VH's Best Vol. 1 has the verses and guitar solo in different order than the original album version.
If you’re going to bring up, on a surround forum, tracks that have never been available in surround it’s probably best to at least mention that. Many newcomers will get their hopes up and wonder why they can’t find the surround release.
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Initial pressings of the Van Halen compilation Best Of, Vol.1 contained an alternate edit of "Runnin' with the Devil" where the verses, chorus and solos were arranged in a different order than that of the original album version. It was reported that this was accidental and subsequent pressings have replaced this version with the one found on Van Halen.
Plus some veterans who wonder if they were asleep and somehow missed out on yet another Holy Grail.
The disc also includes a rare version of “Chain Of Fools” with an extended introduction.
This version was released in stereo in 1995 as part of Rhino’s expanded edition of Lady Soul."
Recorded | February 16 – December 20, 1967 |
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Studio | FAME Studios (Muscle Shoals, AL) |
A wonderful minute-long intro with Joe South noodling on guitar as Aretha warms up her pipes in the gospel tradition, much like Pop Staples and Mavis.
A bonus that makes this disc literally worth its weight in gold.
Lots of little bits added into the Greg Penny 5.1 mixes of Elton albums, including..
- added effects in "Jamaica Jerk Off" on the GYBR SACD/DVDA (including Bernie shouting in his best cod-West Indian accent.. "Watch out now!"),
- new guitar parts by Caleb Quaye in "Where to now St.Peter" on the Tumbleweed SACD,
- longer version "Razor Face", with extended jam, on the Madman SACD.
There are others, that's just a few examples off the top of my head.
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