Re: (TV) Rock & Roll Animal Remastered w/Bonus Cuts!

["Michael Carlucci" <michael@recordsnyc.com>]

---Philip wrote:

> Wouldn't it have been more sensible to just combine ROCK 'N' ROLL ANIMAL and
> LOU REED LIVE into a 1 or 2 CD set, and include bonus material at the end?
> Aren't those both from the same show anyhow? And a 2 CD set could be just as
> profitable.
> 
> Record companies are manned by morons. RCA is no exception.
> 
    Actually it was Lou Reed who was the moron here. RCA wanted to release
this as a 2 CD set, but darling Lou said no way. Reason being is that the
royalty rate is different. He'd stand to lose a substantial amount of money
that way. That's the reason Bruce and Guns and Roses released 2 separate
LP's when they had 2 LP sets to be released a few years back. I don't recall
the titles but it was the follow up to "Appetite for Destruction" and
Bruce's "Lucky Town" and "Human Touch". I do agree after repeated listenings
today, the bonus tracks shoulda been added at the end, they definitely break
up the flow. That Lp was magically sequenced, now it's been tampered with
and has some flaws. Not to mention there are mistakes that are plainly
obvious. It's lost it's appeal for me anyway. Too bad. M T C
> 
> --- Michael Carlucci <michael@recordsnyc.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The Cd is in and it sounds amazing. Everything is so clear and Lou
>> sounds as Vicious as ever. I see now why they didn't use the bonus tracks,
>> or maybe I don't. In thinking about the two tracks "How Do You Think It
>> Feels"( with it's Lou's best Long Island "Shaddup" to an audience member)
>> and "Caroline Says"(pt.1) they both might be suffering from poor mixing. You
>> can tell that they're bonus cuts. They just do not fit in as well. And
>> they're right in the middle of the disc. I cannot recall the person who did
>> the mixing on those tracks but he clearly didn't absorb the original LP's
>> tracks. They wouldn't fit well on "Lou Reed Live". The energy is there but
>> the LP just doesn't flow like it did. Perhaps it'll take some getting use
>> to. But on my first couple of listenings, the outtakes would've been better
>> off being used on a rarities disc somewhere down the line. I'll listen to it
>> all day today and see if I hear it any better. M T C
> 
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