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that's my take as well. Both "promised you a miracle" and "colours fly and catherine wheel" (cuts 2 & 3) sound fakey. thought the rest of the mix was well done; offering a nice separation of their synth layers. and the bonus track is quite good too. brings back fond memories of clubbing in the early 80's. they must have been really sick when they discovered problems with the tapes for "promised you a miracle". as such, i'm glad they went ahead and released this anyway. it's certainly better than the alternative!bobou2 said:I really like this disc. The mix is nicely done. The only bad thing is that the "hit" song on this album(Promised You A Miracle) is in "fake" 5:1, I guess the multis are gone/bad.
Sorry I'm catching up this thread lately, but you were 100% right, the multitracks tapes were lost for those two titlesbugdaddy said:that's my take as well. Both "promised you a miracle" and "colours fly and catherine wheel" (cuts 2 & 3) sound fakey. they must have been really sick when they discovered problems with the tapes for "promised you a miracle".
SC: Why were two tracks on New Gold Dream in stereo?
RP: Unfortunately the multi-tracks of Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel and Promised You A Miracle are missing - so we had to use the original stereo masters.
Sorry I'm catching up this thread lately, but you were 100% right, the multitracks tapes were lost for those two titles
Despite this, the New Gold Dream DVD-A is a huge improvement compared to the original stereo mix from Pete Walsh. I like Walsh, but I felt he did what he could back then with the available technology.
With the DVD-A, you simply discover another album. It doesn't sound anymore "dated" sonically ; the fidelity on this recording is one of the top I have in my hi-rez collection.
I still stand by my complaint that the whole thing sounds way, way too "bright" and top-end-heavy.
How does the DVD-A compare to the SACD?
How does the DVD-A compare to the SACD?