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 | Nico
31 Aoû 2017, 7:12 | | | jimborrison
24 Sep 2017, 0:03 | A propos du coffret Singles (20 45T vinyls) numéroté : le coffret est pas mal de même que les disques eux-mêmes mais les pochettes sont assez cheap et souvent celles du label (ouverture au milieu), pas comme le single LMF qui est sorti juste avant pour le 50ème anniversaire (pochette bien cartonnée fidèle reproduction de l'originale Jpn). Finalement la meilleure partie de ce coffret est encore le grand poster reproduisant un nombre impressionnant de singles du monde entier, 256 très précisément (Nico nous a précisé que c'est le fan club italien qui leur a fourni les copies de pochette, car ils en avaient perdu la moitié...) Intéressant pour les collectionneurs qui peuvent checker ce qui leur manquerait encore (j'ai quasiment tout mais je ne suis pas sûr que la collection reproduite est complète, je devrais encore vérifier).
The Doors Singles Box Set | | Ce message a été modifé par jimborrison (24 Sep 2017, 0:19) | Citer |
| | WTMO
25 Sep 2017, 9:14 | | | jimborrison
25 Sep 2017, 10:33 | | | Geoffrey
29 Sep 2017, 4:44 | | Pas follement excitante, cette réédition de Strange Days 50th Anniversary. | | Ce message a été modifé par Geoffrey (29 Sep 2017, 4:45) | Citer |
| | jimborrison
29 Sep 2017, 13:15 | | Citation de Geoffrey : Pas follement excitante, cette réédition de Strange Days 50th Anniversary.
Et ce d'autant plus que le Strange Days Original Mono Mix était déjà sorti il n'y a pas si longtemps (Record Store Day avril 2015)! | | Ce message a été modifé par jimborrison (29 Sep 2017, 13:46) | Citer |
| | jimborrison
29 Sep 2017, 13:50 | The Doors - Strange Days [Mono Version]
One of the rarest releases in Elektra's esteemed catalogue, the L.A. group's second LP, mixed for mono. Long has raged the debate on music websites and chat rooms as to whether or not this album received a "dedicated" mono mix. For the uninitiated, up until around 1968 or so, the multi-track tape of any rock recording was separately mixed for two-channel playback ("stereo"), or one-channel ("mono"). Both mixes received enhancements specific to the mix, with more care and attention usually afforded to the mono version, as further depth and dimension improved the sound coming out of a small phonograph speaker or the harsh, tinny sound of AM radio. Listening back to mono mixes of the 60s through today's equipment is revelatory - listen to the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" or "Revolver" in stereo, then in mono - the difference is astounding.
Elektra Records head Jac Holzman has been an audiophile since starting the company in his college dorm room in 1951, and as equipment improved over the next two decades, his label's output tipped the scales on post-production in stereo's favour, as Holzman's impeccable sense for coming trends (the same that served him so well in signing innovative and influential acts to his label) was, as usual, right on the mark. As early as 1966, some Elektra releases began receiving "fold-down" mono mixes, meaning the two channels of a stereo mix were "folded down" into one channel for what's sometimes known as "fake mono", in an effort to save time and money. Combining two channels adds a little extra bass and depth by association only, otherwise the mixes are indentical. Elektra release EKL-4013, the catalogue number assigned to Love's 1967 masterpiece "Forever Changes", is a fold-down. The next catalogue number, EKL-4014, or the Doors' "Strange Days", is also assumed by many to be a fold-down. One listen will disavow any doubter of this notion - there are specific differences in the mix that prove this unequivocally.
Album opener "Strange Days" has much louder bass guitar and organ, and John Densmore's toms are also much higher in the mix. "You're Lost, Little Girl" puts extra emphasis on Robby Krieger's strident guitar leads, that here sound more like a cat lazily pursuing its quarry; slick and smooth with an underlying menace, exactly what the song's subject matter calls for. Third song and massive hit "Love Me Two Times" differs little from its stereo counterpart, although the harpsichord benefits from a boost in mono. Song four, "Unhappy Girl", which also served as the flip-side to LP single "People Are Strange", is a very different beast. Krieger's lead guitar sounds as if it's double-tracked here rather than just echo-processed or possibly phased, and audible handclaps confirm that Elektra was looking for a double-A side hit with this release, obviously an attempt to make it more radio-friendly. "Horse Latitudes", the weakest "track" on the album (and anathema to anyone who thinks Jim Morrison's description of himself as a "poet" is dubious at best), has the sound effects mixed louder and ramps up what little tension Morrison's struggling to create here with his pretentious read. This segues into "Moonlight Drive" that also has louder guitar runs and piano.
Side Two starts with "People Are Strange", again not deviating much from the stereo version we're subjected to every time the Doors catalogue is re-packaged or re-released. The next track, the highly underrated "My Eyes Have Seen You", has to be the highlight of this mono LP. Ray Manzarek's piano sounds like it's in the room with the listener, driving the song forward in a manner the stereo version can only suggest. On song nine, "I Can't See Your Face In My Mind", Krieger's guitar combines with Manzarek's organ and some kind of percussion as answers to Morrison's repetitions of the title lyric, and you can clearly hear these elements in this mix; they're far muddier in stereo. The eleven-minute closer, "When The Music's Over", a cousin of the first album's "The End", sounds much more violent and urgent in mono - the dynamic between soft and loud is amplified, making for a much more interesting listen.
This is yet another plea to Elektra, Rhino or Universal to reissue this long unavailable mono mix, either coupled with the stereo version in a deluxe edition CD, or on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl (as they recently did with the Doors' debut LP), or both. Why a mix this rich and revealing is still sitting in the can points to one of two things: ignorance on the part of those in possession of the master tapes; or, as in the case of Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced", a missing mono master.
Also....on "My Eyes Have Seen You"...the vocal fades out earlier than the stereo version towards the end of the song.... | | Citer |
| | Geoffrey
2 Oct 2017, 12:09 | | "Horse Latitudes", the weakest "track" on the album (and anathema to anyone who thinks Jim Morrison's description of himself as a "poet" is dubious at best) --> c'est super méchant, ça ! | | Citer |
| | jimborrison
3 Oct 2017, 6:44 | | Citation de Geoffrey : "Horse Latitudes", the weakest "track" on the album (and anathema to anyone who thinks Jim Morrison's description of himself as a "poet" is dubious at best) --> c'est super méchant, ça !
Pas très gentil, en effet.... | | Citer |
| | jimborrison
23 Oct 2017, 8:25 | | | jimborrison
18 Nov 2017, 2:14 | Strange Days 50th Anniversary Deluxe edition 2CD 320/16/24bits
The Strange Days: 50th Anniversary Edition has been produced by the album’s original engineer Bruce Botnick and restores the original stereo mix to CD for the first time in over a decade, fully remastering it for the first time in 30 years. The second disc features the album’s original mono mix, which has been remastered for this set and is making its CD debut. | | Ce message a été modifé par jimborrison (18 Nov 2017, 2:22) | Citer |
| | jimborrison
23 Nov 2017, 14:48 | | | WTMO
23 Nov 2017, 14:53 | | Super...Rien contre toi jimborrison, mais là... | | Citer |
| | deepfan
24 Nov 2017, 0:30 | | Citation de WTMO : Super...Rien contre toi jimborrison, mais là...
Jaloux? ^^ | | Citer |
| | WTMO
24 Nov 2017, 8:05 | | Non, déçu qu'il n'y ait pas de nouveautés ! | | Citer |
| | jimborrison
25 Nov 2017, 9:36 | | | WTMO
25 Nov 2017, 9:42 | | J'attends ce live depuis tant d'années... | | Citer |
| | jimborrison
25 Nov 2017, 9:56 | Sur RSD quantité indiquée = 4800
Sur ebay : 12.000 ! Cherchez l'erreur...
02488/12000 | | Citer |
| | Nico
27 Nov 2017, 2:27 | | Ce soir chez Taddéi sur Europe, émission sur Hendrix avec notre ami, l'excellent Yazid Manou ! | | Citer |
| | WTMO
27 Nov 2017, 5:39 | | Merci pour l'info, j'écouterai ce soir cette très bonne émission. | | Citer |
| | WTMO
14 Déc 2017, 10:45 | | Le 23 février 2018, sortie en dvd du concert de "Isle of Wight 1970" ! | | Citer |
| | Sister Mid'nite
14 Déc 2017, 11:49 | Et une vraie nouveauté !
Le concert des doors à l'Ile de Wight livrable le 23 février 2018.
(en DVD et CD ou Blu-Ray et CD)
Ile de Wight | | Ce message a été modifé par Sister Mid'nite (14 Déc 2017, 11:58) | Citer |
| | Nico
15 Déc 2017, 2:27 | | J'adore ce concert !!!! | | Citer |
| | Geoffrey
15 Déc 2017, 4:51 | Mode chiant "on": le mix est moins bon que celui présent sur le CD officiel Message To Love, non ? C'est quoi ce son de batterie que Botnick a bidouillé ?
**J'apprends que la raison pour laquelle le groupe était si mal éclairé à l'Isle of Wight c'est que les groupes devaient amené leur propre équipement de lumière et que les Doors n'en avaient pas été informés. Ca casse un peu la légende car je m'était un peu convaincu que c'était une des singularités des Doors ce type de lumière un peu minimaliste. Mais là, non. Ce qui explique, je crois, la sortie tardive du film, le rouge étant le pire pour un film**. | | Ce message a été modifé par Geoffrey (15 Déc 2017, 5:09) | Citer |
| | jimborrison
20 Déc 2017, 9:32 | August, 1970: With Jim Morrison's ongoing Miami obscenity trial casting an ominous shadow over the band, The Doors flew to England to play the Isle of Wight Festival. Waiting for them at "The Last Great Festival" were over 600,000 fans who had already torn down the barriers, crashed the gates, and enjoyed performances by the world's top acts such as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell. The Doors took the stage at 2 am, playing with the weight of the trial on their backs, and showed fans they still had the magic that had propelled them to the top during the Summer of Love. "We played with a controlled fury and Jim was in fine vocal form," said Doors organist Ray Manzarek. "He sang for all he was worth, but moved nary a muscle. Dionysus had been shackled." Less than a year later, The Doors were no more. Here, for the very first time, is the last Doors concert ever filmed. The Doors: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.
Blu-ray & CD Track Listing
1. Roadhouse Blues
2. Backdoor Man
3. Break on Through (To The Other Side)
4. When The Music's Over
5. Ship of Fools
6. Light My Fire
7. The End (medley): Across The Sea/Away in India/Crossroads Blues/Wake Up
Bonus Features
1) "This is the End" featurette - 17 minutes of interviews conducted by original director Murray Lerner with Bill Siddons (original Doors manager), Robby Krieger, John Densmore and archival interview from 2002 with Ray Manzarek.
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