I have this old compilation on vinyl that I bought new in the 90's and it's a late italian 80's pressing (1986 IIRC)
It is pre-Lamb compilation with excerpts taken from Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot and Selling England.
When I played this record it sounded weird I really hated it, though it has the 7" version of Watcher of The Skies there that I love.
I preferred always the "original" studio versions, so I just played those songs from the originals (except WOTS)
I pulled it out again a few months ago and re-played it and during WOTS I noticed that the guitar sounded fully out-of-phase. I thought to play it with my Sansui in QS but it only expanded the sound stage, so I played in SQ and......
WOW!!!!!!!!!!
I was blown away by its discretness (can I say that)?????
I played the whole record because I thought it was a good idea and what sounded weird when I bought it now was amazing!!!
Nursery Cryme songs sounded with a little reverberation in the rears, Selling England's had some percussions and organ parts well defined on the RL and RR but what let me literally cry was Supper's Ready!
The bad news is that my record is in good condition but still full of scratches (my fault)
Anyway, you can clearly hear acoustic guitars in the back left and right as well as some electric guitar parts I've never heard so clear before.
Amazing is the part when PG sings "Feel your body melt" in the front center and then the other two parts going on the LR (highest pitch voice) and RR (lowest pitch voice)
SPECTACULAR!!!!
I bought recently its CD version and it's surely taken from the original stereo recordings, so no quad effect
It is pre-Lamb compilation with excerpts taken from Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot and Selling England.
When I played this record it sounded weird I really hated it, though it has the 7" version of Watcher of The Skies there that I love.
I preferred always the "original" studio versions, so I just played those songs from the originals (except WOTS)
I pulled it out again a few months ago and re-played it and during WOTS I noticed that the guitar sounded fully out-of-phase. I thought to play it with my Sansui in QS but it only expanded the sound stage, so I played in SQ and......
WOW!!!!!!!!!!
I was blown away by its discretness (can I say that)?????
I played the whole record because I thought it was a good idea and what sounded weird when I bought it now was amazing!!!
Nursery Cryme songs sounded with a little reverberation in the rears, Selling England's had some percussions and organ parts well defined on the RL and RR but what let me literally cry was Supper's Ready!
The bad news is that my record is in good condition but still full of scratches (my fault)
Anyway, you can clearly hear acoustic guitars in the back left and right as well as some electric guitar parts I've never heard so clear before.
Amazing is the part when PG sings "Feel your body melt" in the front center and then the other two parts going on the LR (highest pitch voice) and RR (lowest pitch voice)
SPECTACULAR!!!!
I bought recently its CD version and it's surely taken from the original stereo recordings, so no quad effect