Recording/mastering trivia fascinates me. After
reading these posts, I grabbed the "Voices in the Sky"
hits disc. I hadn't heard it in a while, and noticed
how similar the stereo "Nights" was to the mono
version on the SACD extras disc. It's interesting
that the "Voices" version (an 80's disc) had a
slightly clearer, firmer sound. Both these versions
are w/o the orchestra. Now I gotta seek out the
"Legend of a Band" disc, & check out the differences.
If you can get the "This Is the Moody Blues" set,
you will find the mixes are quite different. I think
I read somewhere that these tracks were remixed in
stereo(from the multitracks) during the same sessions
that turned out the quad mixes. These stereo mixes
have a smooth, almost glassy quality. To my ears they
are very different from the 80's CDs, or the new CD
and SACD remasters. Fun stuff.
-Bruce D.
--- john barrick <
astroboy@cinci.rr.com> wrote:
> If I recall correctly, Tony Clarke related this
> story (in far less
> exacting detail in the forum section of the Mike
> Pinder web site) about
> the deterioration of the original master and how
> they lost the backing
> vocals because he apparently didn't have any
> alternate elements to work
> with. I believe this was done before '78 though -
> possibly for the quad
> mix.
> johnb
>
>
> Steve wrote:
> >
> > from Wikipedia (i'd read this elsewhere several
> years ago):
> >
> > In 1978 the album was remixed due to deterioration
> of the master
> > tapes. The original 1967 stereo mix, which is
> generally considered
> > superior by fans, has never seen a CD release. All
> CD versions, even
> > remasters, use the later mix. However, the 1990
> greatest hits
> > package "The Story Of The Moody Blues/Legend Of A
> Band" CD
> > compilation, seems to contain the original mix of
> "Nights In White
> > Satin".
> >
> > The bridges to "Time To Get Away" have John Lodge
> singing alone; all
> > the backing vocals on that part have been lost.
> Also, at the end of
> > the piece, the words "Evening, Time to Get Away"
> are repeated only
> > twice where they were repeated three times on the
> original mix, and
> > the mellotron overdub, which was essentially the
> same as the one in
> > the middle section, is absent. (In the quad mix,
> the mellotron is
> > also missing from the middle section.)
> >
>
>
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