what classic album would you like to see re-recorded

NervousJohn

Surely if an album is a classic, the recording medium is academic. For example would Robert Johnson give you the heebee-geebees more if recorded on a squillion track DAW?

For me what makes an album a classic is that performance. And I'm with Jerry Lee Lewis who described recording as taking about as long as it does to listen to. And the imperfections are all a part of that.

randomhandclaps

NervousJohn said:

Surely if an album is a classic, the recording medium is academic. For example would Robert Johnson give you the heebee-geebees more if recorded on a squillion track DAW?

Plus he'd probably have to offer the devil his balls to acquire the skill to use Pro Tools, so I doubt it would happen.

Phil_aka_Pip

AFD so you can hear the bass

guitarfishbay

So Far So Good So What

thumpingrug

Born to Run - Springsteen,  just seems a bit muffled 

Cirrus

I'm gonna have to think long and hard about this one. Sometimes the "problems" or inadequacies in records are actually really fucking clever ways of distracting you from much bigger problems, and sometimes the failings of the record are part of it's charm. It's also a bit hubristic to think that just because certain production techniques are popular now, they're inherently an improvement on what went before. It might be that in 50 years people think that the recordings from the '70s are the height of perfecton and the stuff being released today is horribly over-hyped in the bass and treble, stupidly compressed and enhanced to the point of caracature.

Philly_Q

guitarfishbay said:

So Far So Good So What

I think that one's beyond rescuing.

Chuffola

thumpingrug said:

Born to Run - Springsteen,  just seems a bit muffled 

Totally agree. And while we're re-recording it I'd remove all trace of Bruce, ask someone else to write some new songs and get in some slightly more restrained players. 

:P

rlw

Court and Spark.  Joni Mitchell.  On decent equipment this time please.

Octahedron

I would like to hear the back catalog of The Faces re-recorded. The remasters are pretty decent but I'd love to hear them re-recorded. Oh and early Def Leppard e.g. High 'n' Dry (anything pre-Hysteria), I didn't like Joe Elliott's voice on that stuff and they were lacklustre sounding recordings. 

richardhomer

Chuffola;645206" said:

Totally agree. And while we're re-recording it I'd remove all trace of Bruce, ask someone else to write some new songs and get in some slightly more restrained players. 



:P

And when pressing to CD, omit the table of contents so no one can play it....

Reverend

Octahedron;645323" said:

I would like to hear the back catalog of The Faces re-recorded. The remasters are pretty decent but I'd love to hear them re-recorded. Oh and early Def Leppard e.g. High 'n' Dry (anything pre-Hysteria), I didn't like Joe Elliott's voice on that stuff and they were lacklustre sounding recordings. 

Pre high and dry are the only records that sound good.

Philly_Q

Octahedron said:

Oh and early Def Leppard e.g. High 'n' Dry (anything pre-Hysteria), I didn't like Joe Elliott's voice on that stuff and they were lacklustre sounding recordings. 

Gosh, I'm surprised by that.  I think High 'n' Dry is an awesome sounding album and by far my favourite Def Leppard effort. The later stuff is far too glossy and polished.

lasermonkey

Loveless by MBV, with drums that don't sound shit.

Nowhere by Ride. The vocals are more than a little shonky on that one.

Octahedron

Oh that era of Def Lep has the better songs, no doubt. I just don't really like the guitar tones on the album and Joe's voice doesn't quite do it for me. I love hearing the songs from that era performed live though, no doubt. I'm certainly not saying that they should take the production values of Slang, X etc and slap them on re-recordings of those albums. I mean the covers album they did, that has a better overall sound to it. It's polished but it's listenable. I don't like Slang, X, etc.

I will take it to the grave that Hysteria is the best DL album, and that Yeah is the only listenable thing they've made since. Shame because the Sparkle Lounge was sounding promising. They have a new one out at the end of the year. My hopes are up!

axisus

Not sure about rerecording as an album captured the playing at that time, but I would love Steven Wilson to get hold of the masters for Marillion's first album to do a much better mix on it. A masterpiece of music somewhat dulled by poor production.