(TV) Deliberate Speed-change vs. Error / Dream / Q / Foreigner's Vocal s

["Casey, Leo J" <Leo.J.Casey@Volpe.dot.gov>]

Robin wrote: 
>but isn't there a version on the reissue that isn't
>speeded up?  or maybe on the _new adventure_ boot?

My understanding from listening to author on NPR a couple 
of years ago talking about the details of "Kind of Blue" 
recording sessions is that when they did the late 1990s' 
remaster they discovered that the 1959[?] master tape had 
been 'accidentally' recorded at the wrong speed  I think 
since original engineer was still alive they could confirm 
the 1959 speed was *not* a deliberate (artistic) choice. 
(Interesting tid-bit: it was recorded in a NYC church.) 

Whereas, as Maurice related, with the 1978 studio version of 
"The Dream's Dream", there's very high likelihood that it's 
'incorrect' speed was Verlaine's choice.  

So, the remastered re-release of "Adventure" would still have 
the same speed--I assume TV had input into the remastering 
process/details and not just liner-note stuff (? anybody know 
the extent of his input?) 

"The Dream's Dream" was my favorite song from the last 'Tour'. 
But in hindsight, after listening to the Boston cd-r I'd have 
to agree with Ty B.'s 2004 post that the version (and show) 
was tentative and disappointing.  

OTOH, The NYC 2004 version was beautiful and unworldly; it's a 
cryin' shame there ended up being no cd-r of the NYC shows. I got 
so carried away with the 
"do, do, do, do, do / do, do, do, do, do " guitar part (after the 
'middle-eight'[?!?]--about 15 secs in) that I stupidly poked my finger 
into the back of a fellow MM Lister.

Speaking of NYC, is it safe to say, there will not be any 2005 
March/Spring shows (a previous post on this by me was just a joke)?

According to old sources, TV was a fan of Peter Weir's "The Last 
Wave" and interested in Australian aborigines' 'folklore on dreams' 
[and related to his having the Didjeridu concert-intros]. 
Could only 'crazy' Tom ever have experienced a real dream 
with another dream nested-inside it ---anyone ever had a dream 
*literally inside* another?) 

Q: For Maurice or anyone.  RE: >Speeding it up a touch is a quick 
>way of >making the recording seem fresh. This seems to have been 
>common, particularly in rock, but apparently other genres, too ..

This makes a lot of sense. Just curious where you read about speed 
*for freshness* on other rock recordings (in various producers' 
[e.g., G. Martin's, Terry Melcher's! :>) ] memoirs, or is it just 
fairly common knowledge among musicians?

Leo 

PS: More than once over the years, I've read press about how 
Television's lack of commercial success could be partly attributed   
to Verlaine's adenoidal, reedy vocals singing "artsy, obscure, 
pretentious" lyrics.  I say that it wouldn't have mattered if a woman 
had been the band's lead singer, or if Verlaine sounded more like 
Lou Gramm or the Zombies' Colin Blumstrumn[sp?].   

"The elevator called me up. 
She said you better start making sense. 
The stone was bleeding, whirling in the waltz. 
I went to see her majesty. The court had no suspense. 
She said, 'Dream dreams the dreamer.' 
I said it's not my fault." 
 
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