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Started by espinoza@yaREMOV
Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:52
Ryko labels revisited
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:52
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Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? Also, was Broadway The Hard Way or YCDTOSA3 ever released with grey labelled discs? -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: milhouse481@aol.
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:58
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MIKE ESPINOZA wrote... >Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as >opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? -I think the old Ryko copies of 5 and 6 that I've seen used all had the discs with grey printing, the right half being solid grey with silver text (e.g. the parts where the disc surface was visible), the left half being the track information in grey ink on the silver disc. --Milhouse -- Average dude. Winner - 2004 March Melee Final 4 - 2004 KoRSPW mWo. It's not just the coolest, it's fa lyfe, so survey says whether you like it or don't like it, never E-e-e-ver tell me he did *not* just SMELL what mWo 3:16 reeks of.
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: Dan
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:58
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:52:12 GMT, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike Espinoza) wrote: >Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as >opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? > >Also, was Broadway The Hard Way or YCDTOSA3 ever released with grey >labelled discs? My BTHW has the boring grey Ryko label. My YCDTOSA 5 & 6 are in the old fat double-CD cases and they have labels in the same colours as the cover. I think maybe 4 also has that. But not 1-3. I can look up the record numbers for them if you're interested.
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:06
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On 28 Dec 2004 15:58:38 GMT, milhouse481@aol.commieplot (Milhouse Guidry of the mWo) wrote: >-I think the old Ryko copies of 5 and 6 that I've seen used all had the discs >with grey printing, the right half being solid grey with silver text (e.g. the >parts where the disc surface was visible), the left half being the track >information in grey ink on the silver disc. Really, Milhouse? I always believed that Ryko stopped using that design by 1992 and maybe as far back as 1990. If those two discs were released with the grey/silver surface, then ALL early FZ Rykodiscs were and the black and purple labels were only on subsequent pressings. -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:12
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:58:22 +0100, Dan <dan@dod.no> wrote: >My YCDTOSA 5 & 6 are in the >old fat double-CD cases and they have labels in the same colours as >the cover. I think maybe 4 also has that. But not 1-3. I can look up >the record numbers for them if you're interested. Are those US Ryko releases? -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: Charles Ulrich
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:06
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In article <41d18160.141702537@news-server.austin.rr.com>, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike Espinoza) wrote: > Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as > opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? My copies of YCDTOSA 5 and 6 have white printing on a black background (with a wavy circumference). "RYKO" in light blue letters. Is that the one you're asking about? --Charles
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:25
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:06:44 GMT, Charles Ulrich <ulrich@sfu.ca> wrote: >In article <41d18160.141702537@news-server.austin.rr.com>, > espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike Espinoza) wrote: > >> Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as >> opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? > >My copies of YCDTOSA 5 and 6 have white printing on a black background >(with a wavy circumference). "RYKO" in light blue letters. Is that the >one you're asking about? Yes it is. Thank you. -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: Strictly Commerc
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:57
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Mike Espinoza wrote: > Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as > opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? > > Also, was Broadway The Hard Way or YCDTOSA3 ever released with grey > labelled discs? My copies of YCDTOSA 1 and 2, both purchased within a year of their release in 1988, have the silver/grey label. My copy of YCDTOSA 3, which has the black label design, was released in 1989, but I can't swear to when I bought it: possibly not until 1991, around the time that YCDTOSA 4 was released on a black label. My copies of Stage 5 and 6, released in 1992 and purchased by me as cut-outs (I paid $19 US for the two volumes, and the offer included the coveted purple box) in 1996, also have the black label. My copies of Stage 1 and 2 are the Canadian pressings; the others are all US pressings. The silver-grey label seems to have been phased out around 1989; I have a number of CDs dated 1987-1990 period with the spindle-in-his-eye label --- which seems to be associated with the FZ25 promotion, although I have at least one disc with the FZ25 logo on the back cover but with silver discs. The earliest black label CD I have dates from 1989, and in my collection that label style dominates until the 1995 edition release. A few discs purchased in that era (1990-95) did however come with the spindle-in-his-eye label. A few years ago, when we all had way too much time on our hands, somebody here figured all this stuff out. Maybe somebody, now, with too much time on their hands, could search out those old posts. Rolf
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: Dan
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:46
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espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike Espinoza) wrote: >On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:58:22 +0100, Dan <dan@dod.no> wrote: > >>My YCDTOSA 5 & 6 are in the >>old fat double-CD cases and they have labels in the same colours as >>the cover. I think maybe 4 also has that. But not 1-3. I can look up >>the record numbers for them if you're interested. > >Are those US Ryko releases? Nope. European. And not even Ryko, but Zappadisc. Should have thought of that. Sorry. The BTHW CD was a silver/grey Ryko though: RCD 40096.
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:25
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:57:05 GMT, Strictly Commercial <maurerrnot@telus.net> wrote: >Mike Espinoza wrote: >> Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as >> opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? >> >> Also, was Broadway The Hard Way or YCDTOSA3 ever released with grey >> labelled discs? > >My copies of YCDTOSA 1 and 2, both purchased within a year of their >release in 1988, have the silver/grey label. My copy of YCDTOSA 3, which >has the black label design, was released in 1989, but I can't swear to >when I bought it: possibly not until 1991, around the time that YCDTOSA >4 was released on a black label. My copies of Stage 5 and 6, released in >1992 and purchased by me as cut-outs (I paid $19 US for the two volumes, >and the offer included the coveted purple box) in 1996, also have the >black label. My copies of Stage 1 and 2 are the Canadian pressings; the >others are all US pressings. > >The silver-grey label seems to have been phased out around 1989; I believed this to be true, as well. This is why Milhouse's answer confused me. I didn't think that all of the white-spined Ryko released were released with the grey labels. My guess was that the last CD to be released with the grey label was either BTHW or YCDTOSA3. Of course, if any of the 1990 CDs (Cat. # 1016x or 4016x) were issued with grey/silver labels, that blows my theory out of the water. >I have >a number of CDs dated 1987-1990 period with the spindle-in-his-eye label >--- which seems to be associated with the FZ25 promotion, although I >have at least one disc with the FZ25 logo on the back cover but with >silver discs. The earliest black label CD I have dates from 1989, and in >my collection that label style dominates until the 1995 edition release. >A few discs purchased in that era (1990-95) did however come with the >spindle-in-his-eye label. > >A few years ago, when we all had way too much time on our hands, >somebody here figured all this stuff out. Maybe somebody, now, with too >much time on their hands, could search out those old posts. Charles' answer tells me that none of the original Ryko CDs were initially released with the purple face label. Those were all subsequent pressings beginning some time in 1993. -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: "Ron Moses"
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:11
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"Mike Espinoza" <espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com> wrote... > Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as > opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? Yes to both. > Also, was Broadway The Hard Way or YCDTOSA3 ever released with grey > labelled discs? My copy of Broadway has the gray disc. My YCDTOSA3 is black and blue, however. ron
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: "Ron Moses"
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:15
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"Charles Ulrich" <ulrich@sfu.ca> wrote... > > My copies of YCDTOSA 5 and 6 have white printing on a black background > (with a wavy circumference). "RYKO" in light blue letters. Is that the > one you're asking about? White printing? Interesting, my printing appears to be silver, though I suppose it's kind of a judgment call. ron
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: Spindles in Beat
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:21
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:25:16 GMT, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike Espinoza) wrote: >Charles' answer tells me that none of the original Ryko CDs were >initially released with the purple face label. Those were all >subsequent pressings beginning some time in 1993. I wonder whether some of the masters switched at that point, too. The sampler that promoted that series ("You Can't Do That on the Radio") uses the "bad" version of "Be In my Video," which I previously thought originated in the Zappa Records catalogue, and didn't migrate over until the '95 issues. -D
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: "Brian Jackson"
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:29
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Okay, I have vol.s 1 & 2 with the grey + silver label, I have 3,4,5,6 with the black labels (blue Ryko and wavy circumference...), and I have a copy of 6 with the purple face. B
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: Spindles in Beat
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:26
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:17:15 GMT, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike Espinoza) wrote: >Bad version of "Be In My Video"? Oh, great. Now I have to go and >compare the version on my "purple face" Them Or Us CD with the version >on "Clean American Version". Well, I should elaborate. Someone noted on the Zappa Patio a while back that the current, stock version of Them or Us has some of the same problems that the other "bad batch" items (Sheik, YAWYI, etc.) has: volume fluctuations, a chewed up right channel, etc. These problems are audible on my Ryko '95 disc, although they're not nearly as bad as those on YAWYI. The easiest one to note is the horribly-chewed right channel on Whipping Post. "Be in My Video" is a bit vaguer, with little swells here and there. Now, I figure that the "bad" master made its debut on the 1990 Zappa Records CD, as we have reports that the 1986 issue matches the vinyl in content; presumably, that Zappa Records disc also includes the extended title track, etc. Problematically, the "Be In My Video" version on my 1993 "You Can't Do That on the Radio" FZ25 promo matches the 1995 Them or Us CD, which implies that Rykodisc might have swapped masters for some of the "upgraded" Zappa Records titles (maybe including Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation? That one's reported to be different on the Zappa Records CD) around that point. This is, incidentally, one of the major issues I'd love to see resolved. -D
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: biffyshrew@aol.c
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 01:44
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Mike Espinoza wrote: >Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as >opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? Yes to both. >Also, was Broadway The Hard Way or YCDTOSA3 ever released with grey >labelled discs? BTHW, yes. YCDTOSA3, I don't think so--my copy, bought at the time of release, has the black and blue label. Your pal, Biffy the Elephant Shrew This is a high fidelity usenet post. For best results observe the R.I.A.A. high frequency roll-off characteristic with a 500 cycle crossover.
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:17
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:21:27 -0500, Spindles in Beat Pops <ksg1-2@yifan.nyet> wrote: >On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:25:16 GMT, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike >Espinoza) wrote: > > >>Charles' answer tells me that none of the original Ryko CDs were >>initially released with the purple face label. Those were all >>subsequent pressings beginning some time in 1993. > > >I wonder whether some of the masters switched at that point, too. That's part of my curiosity. I know the Thing-Fish switch is supposedly identifiable by matrix numbers, but I wonder if there is any correlation to the label, as well. >The sampler that promoted that series ("You Can't Do That on the Radio") >uses the "bad" version of "Be In my Video," which I previously thought >originated in the Zappa Records catalogue, and didn't migrate over >until the '95 issues. Bad version of "Be In My Video"? Oh, great. Now I have to go and compare the version on my "purple face" Them Or Us CD with the version on "Clean American Version". -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:21
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:26:08 -0500, Spindles in Beat Pops <ksg1-2@yifan.nyet> wrote: >On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:17:15 GMT, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike >Espinoza) wrote: > > >>Bad version of "Be In My Video"? Oh, great. Now I have to go and >>compare the version on my "purple face" Them Or Us CD with the version >>on "Clean American Version". > >Well, I should elaborate. Someone noted on the Zappa Patio a while >back that the current, stock version of Them or Us has some of the >same problems that the other "bad batch" items (Sheik, YAWYI, etc.) >has: volume fluctuations, a chewed up right channel, etc. These >problems are audible on my Ryko '95 disc, although they're not nearly >as bad as those on YAWYI. > >The easiest one to note is the horribly-chewed right channel on >Whipping Post. "Be in My Video" is a bit vaguer, with little swells >here and there. > >Now, I figure that the "bad" master made its debut on the 1990 Zappa >Records CD, as we have reports that the 1986 issue matches the vinyl >in content; presumably, that Zappa Records disc also includes the >extended title track, etc. Problematically, the "Be In My Video" >version on my 1993 "You Can't Do That on the Radio" FZ25 promo matches >the 1995 Them or Us CD, which implies that Rykodisc might have swapped >masters for some of the "upgraded" Zappa Records titles (maybe >including Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation? That one's reported to be >different on the Zappa Records CD) around that point. I don't hear these problems on my Them Or Us disc (circa 1993/1994), but I do hear the volume swells in "Be In My Video" on Clean American Version (1995 sampler). That's weird. >This is, incidentally, one of the major issues I'd love to see >resolved. I don't understand how or why it happened. Do you ever get the feeling that the ZFT doesn't know what sounds better so the keep changing masters to see if we will notice. With this exception (and maybe Zappa In New York), have you noticed that most of the "bad batch" items were "remastered in 1989" and released in 1990. Weasels, Chunga, Fillmore, JABFLA, Zoot, and Sheik (as well as the old Tinsel Town and YAWYI). I can listen to Weasels, Fillmore and JABFLA just fine, but I can't bring myself to listen to the Chunga or Sheik CDs (and I've never bought the Zoot CD). These are the ones I wish they'd correct. (I wonder what was going on in 1989 anyway.) And another thing: Does anyone actually own a Thing-Fish CD with the vinyl mix on it (including the correct Prologue intro vamp and Wistful Wit A Fistful vocals)? With or without the Watson "He's So Gay", I have not heard a CD version of Thing-Fish that matches the vinyl. -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: "Bil Hansen"
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:27
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"Mike Espinoza" wrote... > Charles Ulrich : > > >(Mike Espinoza) wrote: > > > >> Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as > >> opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? > > > >My copies of YCDTOSA 5 and 6 have white printing on a black background > >(with a wavy circumference). "RYKO" in light blue letters. Is that the > >one you're asking about? > > Yes it is. Thank you. My YCDTOSA 5 and YCDTOSA 6 are in white spined Ryko boxes. The discs of 5 have black backgrounds with white printing except for RYKO in blue. The discs of 5 have silver backgrounds with printing in black except for RYKO in blue. Cheers Bil
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: "Bil Hansen"
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:34
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"Bil Hansen" screwed up while writing news:41d1ec7f$1_2@news.tm.net.my... > > "Mike Espinoza" wrote... > > Charles Ulrich : > > > > >(Mike Espinoza) wrote: > > > > > >> Does anyone have YCDTOSA5 or 6 on black and blue labelled discs (as > > >> opposed to the purple face silhouette or the black cat labels)? > > > > > >My copies of YCDTOSA 5 and 6 have white printing on a black background > > >(with a wavy circumference). "RYKO" in light blue letters. Is that the > > >one you're asking about? > > > > Yes it is. Thank you. > > My YCDTOSA 5 and YCDTOSA 6 are in white spined Ryko boxes. The discs of 5 > have black backgrounds with white printing except for RYKO in blue. The > discs of 5 have silver backgrounds with printing in black except for RYKO in > blue. > Sorry. My YCDTOSA 5 discs have black backgrounds. 6 has silver backgrounds (no faces; these are the Ryko fat double-CD cases). My YCDTOSA 5 was manufactured in the USA. My YCDTOSDA 6 was 'Manufactured by Festival Records Pty. Ltd. Australia and New Zealand.' and carries the identifier D 70295 /6 (RCD 10091 /92). Cheers Bil -- Penang, Malaysia
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: Spindles in Beat
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:33
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:21:46 GMT, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike Espinoza) wrote: >I don't hear these problems on my Them Or Us disc (circa 1993/1994), >but I do hear the volume swells in "Be In My Video" on Clean American >Version (1995 sampler). That's weird. Fascinating. Is your Them or Us mastered at a very low volume? The 1986 discs are, so if yours is, you know yours is a clone. > >With this exception (and maybe Zappa In New York), Well, "this exception" might not be totally accurate, as Them or Us *was* re-done for the Zappa Records disc in 1990, apparently, so SOME remastering was done in 1989. > >And another thing: Does anyone actually own a Thing-Fish CD with the >vinyl mix on it (including the correct Prologue intro vamp and Wistful >Wit A Fistful vocals)? With or without the Watson "He's So Gay", I >have not heard a CD version of Thing-Fish that matches the vinyl. I have the EMI one, but I suppose that isn't what you mean. -D
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: Spindles in Beat
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:34
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By the way, Mike, did you get the Gary Kellgren thing I emailed you? -D
Re: Ryko labels revisited
Author: Charles Ulrich
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:47
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In article <GJGdnaFhpMP4sk_cRVn-rw@adelphia.com>, "Ron Moses" <ron@mktrading.orgASM> wrote: > "Charles Ulrich" <ulrich@sfu.ca> wrote... > > > > My copies of YCDTOSA 5 and 6 have white printing on a black background > > (with a wavy circumference). "RYKO" in light blue letters. Is that the > > one you're asking about? > > White printing? Interesting, my printing appears to be silver, though I > suppose it's kind of a judgment call. The disc-edge and the circle, which I would call silver, reflect light very differently than the writing. Or is that just a matter of ink vs. the actual surface of the disc? --Charles
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:53
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:34:02 -0500, Spindles in Beat Pops <ksg1-2@yifan.nyet> wrote: >By the way, Mike, did you get the Gary Kellgren thing I emailed you? It would appear that I did not. -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:50
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:53:27 GMT, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike Espinoza) wrote: >On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:34:02 -0500, Spindles in Beat Pops ><ksg1-2@yifan.nyet> wrote: > >>By the way, Mike, did you get the Gary Kellgren thing I emailed you? > >It would appear that I did not. Oops, spoke too soon. It was in the dlokazip inbox. -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:14
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:33:38 -0500, Spindles in Beat Pops <ksg1-2@yifan.nyet> wrote: >On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:21:46 GMT, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike >Espinoza) wrote: > > >>I don't hear these problems on my Them Or Us disc (circa 1993/1994), >>but I do hear the volume swells in "Be In My Video" on Clean American >>Version (1995 sampler). That's weird. > >Fascinating. Is your Them or Us mastered at a very low volume? The >1986 discs are, so if yours is, you know yours is a clone. Kinda low. Not as bad as my WOIIFTM/LG or (')/OS discs, but definitely lower than my 1995 CDs. >> >>With this exception (and maybe Zappa In New York), > >Well, "this exception" might not be totally accurate, as Them or Us >*was* re-done for the Zappa Records disc in 1990, apparently, so SOME >remastering was done in 1989. Well, that sucks. Ironically, the 1995 CDs had already come out when I bought Them Or Us (and Waka/Jawaka). Sound Warehouse (or was it Blockbuster Music by that time) had those two titles from the old stock for a couple of dollars less, so I decided to buy those versions instead of the new ones. >>And another thing: Does anyone actually own a Thing-Fish CD with the >>vinyl mix on it (including the correct Prologue intro vamp and Wistful >>Wit A Fistful vocals)? With or without the Watson "He's So Gay", I >>have not heard a CD version of Thing-Fish that matches the vinyl. > >I have the EMI one, but I suppose that isn't what you mean. Not exactly. Although the Zappa Patio page on Thing-Fish claims that some of the CDs have the "vinyl mix" while other have a remix and that there may be more than one remix. I am starting to believe that *none* of the CDs use the vinyl mix. I believe that there are three mixes: 1. Vinyl 2. First CD mix, almost identical to the vinyl mix, but with some differences. ("Wistful Wit A Fist-Full" being one of them.) 3. Second CD mix. Identical to the first CD mix with a different version of "He's So Gay", a different starting point for "Harry-As-A-Boy" (Rhonda saying "Harry is that you..." as opposed to Thing-Fish saying "Let's meet the little cocksucker..."), and the first chord of "Prologue" chopped off. (May be other differences. Who knows at this point.) Unfortunately, all that I have to go on is a cassette tape with the second half of the vinyl mix on it (the first half was erased accidentally), a set of MP3s that I believe to be an early Ryko version (the volume is VERY low), my 1995 CD, and my own feeble memory of what the first half of the vinyl mix sounded like. I guess I just like puzzles. -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: Spindles in Beat
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:36
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:14:33 GMT, espinoza@yaREMOVETHIShoo.com (Mike Espinoza) wrote: >Well, that sucks. > Kinda. All I know is that some of the 1990 issue Zappa Records discs are allegedly different (Apos/Overnight, Them or Us) but nobody seems to *have* the bloody things (and/or also have the Ryko '86 issues), so I'm not entirely sure what's going on. I'm also unsure whether or not any of this mastering actually migrated over to the Ryko issues before 1995; for all I know, "Radio" is an exception. > >Not exactly. Although the Zappa Patio page on Thing-Fish claims that >some of the CDs have the "vinyl mix" while other have a remix and that >there may be more than one remix. > >I am starting to believe that *none* of the CDs use the vinyl mix. I don't own the vinyl Thing-Fish--in fact, I've pledged to myself that three copies is enough--but I'm pretty sure that the EMI uses the vinyl mix. With the exception of MFU, all of the EMIs match their vinyl counterparts, for the most part (and MFU differs by one song). > I >believe that there are three mixes: > >1. Vinyl >2. First CD mix, almost identical to the vinyl mix, but with some >differences. ("Wistful Wit A Fist-Full" being one of them.) My EMI "Wistful" may or may not match the vinyl, but it's certainly different from the '95 disc I have. >3. Second CD mix. Identical to the first CD mix with a different >version of "He's So Gay", a different starting point for >"Harry-As-A-Boy" (Rhonda saying "Harry is that you..." as opposed to >Thing-Fish saying "Let's meet the little cocksucker..."), and the >first chord of "Prologue" chopped off. (May be other differences. >Who knows at this point.) Track indices don't necessarily signal a different mix. Also, the prologue change isn't just an edit...it's a strange difference. I think someone (JWB?) pointed out that the "remix" of He's So Gay is actually the same mix with Watson's dialogue digitally inserted. I have no idea if this is true. > >Unfortunately, all that I have to go on is a cassette tape with the >second half of the vinyl mix on it (the first half was erased >accidentally), a set of MP3s that I believe to be an early Ryko >version (the volume is VERY low), my 1995 CD, and my own feeble memory >of what the first half of the vinyl mix sounded like. > >I guess I just like puzzles. I guess I do too, but I don't think many are particularly interested in deciphering this one. -D
The 'Torchum' never stops (was Ryck my labels off, baby)
Author: espinoza@yaREMOV
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:58
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:58
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:36:52 -0500, Spindles in Beat Pops <ksg1-2@yifan.nyet> wrote: >I guess I do too, but I don't think many are particularly interested >in deciphering this one. Oddly enough, I am. I've always liked Thing-Fish. I'd be more than happy sort all of this out if I weren't such a cheapskate. Not to mention the fact that actually finding the older CD versions can be difficult and time consuming. Still, I almost feel it is my duty since I actually *like* the album. Ultimately, I know I'll buy a vinyl copy to fetish and probably create my own version taking my 1995 CD, substituting "He's So Gay" from Have I Offended Someone, and adding "side breaks" where I don't like the segues. But I'd still like to know what the differences are. -- Mike E. ------------ "Too often, men measure themselves by what they can consume or destroy rather than what they can create."
Re: Ryck my labels off, baby
Author: William Hobbs
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2024 01:58
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On Thursday, December 30, 2004 at 12:36:52β―PM UTC-6, Spindles in Beat Pops wrote: > With the exception of MFU, all of the EMIs match their > vinyl counterparts, for the most part (and MFU differs by one song). The old EMI CDs all use the same exact digital master tapes as their line of digitally remastered vinyl releases, and their digitally remastered MFU vinyl release has the MΕggio remix.
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