This can't be the reason - mixing is always a process of leaving things out. Just including everything is not doing a mix, it's forgetting to mix it, and that's what the OOTD thing sounds like.iaredatsun wrote:But I have one real complaint and that is the 1 bar of vocal noise in One Of These Days at 2:30. Why did they leave that in?
Oversights or a deliberate decision not to cut anything in order to redress the balance after all the criticisms of the '85 mixes?
I'm about to listen to the first three discs, but I'm not expecting much more than what I've experienced before. I was very happy with the mid-nineties issues of the two mixes. I'm not impressed with them trying to sell the mono as a vintage mix, though. I know that a lot of records in the very late sixties/early seventies were given the 'fake mono' treatment (including some of the final Beatles albums, from memory), but it seems this mix was never released in any form.
ETA: I know it sounds like I'm being negative. I think overall this is a stunning release of one of my favourite records ever. It's just in our nature to point out the minor problems, rather than celebrate the positives, which feel like they 'go without saying'. I'm going to do a proper review, which will be overwhelmingly positive, once I've absorbed it all.
Edit again: What I've heard from the Closet and Valentin mix sounds fantastic - everything good has been maximised. The mono mix is a waste of time.