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newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
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> He went on to say that the original mix was an old fashioned 'all hands on
> the desk' affair and that replicating it was not possible. My response would
> be that a different ∗mix∗ is one thing, but a glaring omission like that is
> niot a mix decision at all - it's a bloody awful edit. You wont get the
> original mix spot-on of course, but you could at least ∗try∗. Does anyone
> remember the 'definitive' ∗Islands∗ release that missed out the
> ∗Prelude∗ tune-up?
On a similar note (pardon the pun), does anyone out there have the mid-'70s German pressing of ItCotCK where they cut off the Schizoid Man's organ?... Uh let me explain that better: The pressing in question omits the harmonium sound at the beginning; it starts with the full band.
Jim Bailey