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thanks to KillerRips, thanks to all my friends :)
by server_alliance
Excellent re-mastering of this great album and really the first decent sounding CD of "Surrealistic Pillow". Not only do the original tunes get the red carpet treatment here, the bonus tracks are excellent additions as well. A long blues jam is included with "In the Morning" and "J.P.P. McStep B. Blues" sounds better than ever, a previous version was included on the "2400 Fulton Street" collection. There's also a hidden track at the end of the CD that will pleasantly surprise.
New liner notes are well written adding insight to the recordings. Additional photos from the sessions used for the original packaging are included. This re-master has been a long time coming and should move to the head of the class of the JA catalog! A must for any Airplane fan or for those wondering just what the buzz was all about in 1967
Review by Bruce Eder
Until the release of this disc in the summer of 2003, the CD history of Surrealistic Pillow had been a study in confusion and frustration. The original 1980s CD was an abomination, the mid-'90s high-priced audiophile version an improvement (offering both the stereo and mono mixes of the album), the 2000 European reissue a slight improvement over that, and the 2001 remastering a sharper and louder version of the stereo/mono mixes. And then came this 2003 remastering, which skips the mono mixed version of the album but offers superior fidelity on the stereo mix, with better balance and a more solid center (especially for the voices) between the two stereo channels than any prior version. It's still not perfect, betraying some slight distortion, but it hits this listener as at least the equal of the 2001 version, with the added bonus of a quartet of chronologically related single sides: the superb Jorma Kaukonen-authored slow blues "In the Morning" (worth the price of the new disc), featuring John Hammond, (allegedly) Jerry Garcia, and future Steppenwolf keyboard wizard Goldy McJohn; founding member Skip Spence's more folky and spirited "J.P.P. McStep B. Blues" (which would have been a great B-side, but lay in the vaults until 1974's Early Flight); the slashing, guitar-driven rocker "Go to Her" in its harder, more developed second version -- the Paul Kantner co-authored song had been in the band's repertoire from the beginning, and gets its more powerful of two treatments here, with a killer solo verse by Grace Slick and great ensemble singing; and Kaukonen's searing psychedelic rearrangement of Lightnin' Hopkins' "Come Back Baby," a late-winter 1967 track sandwiched midway between this album and the sessions for After Bathing at Baxter's. Also included are the mono single mixes of "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit," which aren't all that special, though they are different from the stereo album mixes. There is also a hidden bonus track appended, after an extended pause, to the latter song -- an instrumental track to Paul Kantner's "D.C.B.A. - 25," included for no apparent reason except to throw listeners a bone from the original multi-track studio tapes. The overall effect is to make Kaukonen stand out a bit more in center stage and, coupled with the very thorough annotation, makes the 2003 version an absolutely essential acquisition.
by server_alliance
Excellent re-mastering of this great album and really the first decent sounding CD of "Surrealistic Pillow". Not only do the original tunes get the red carpet treatment here, the bonus tracks are excellent additions as well. A long blues jam is included with "In the Morning" and "J.P.P. McStep B. Blues" sounds better than ever, a previous version was included on the "2400 Fulton Street" collection. There's also a hidden track at the end of the CD that will pleasantly surprise.
New liner notes are well written adding insight to the recordings. Additional photos from the sessions used for the original packaging are included. This re-master has been a long time coming and should move to the head of the class of the JA catalog! A must for any Airplane fan or for those wondering just what the buzz was all about in 1967
Review by Bruce Eder
Until the release of this disc in the summer of 2003, the CD history of Surrealistic Pillow had been a study in confusion and frustration. The original 1980s CD was an abomination, the mid-'90s high-priced audiophile version an improvement (offering both the stereo and mono mixes of the album), the 2000 European reissue a slight improvement over that, and the 2001 remastering a sharper and louder version of the stereo/mono mixes. And then came this 2003 remastering, which skips the mono mixed version of the album but offers superior fidelity on the stereo mix, with better balance and a more solid center (especially for the voices) between the two stereo channels than any prior version. It's still not perfect, betraying some slight distortion, but it hits this listener as at least the equal of the 2001 version, with the added bonus of a quartet of chronologically related single sides: the superb Jorma Kaukonen-authored slow blues "In the Morning" (worth the price of the new disc), featuring John Hammond, (allegedly) Jerry Garcia, and future Steppenwolf keyboard wizard Goldy McJohn; founding member Skip Spence's more folky and spirited "J.P.P. McStep B. Blues" (which would have been a great B-side, but lay in the vaults until 1974's Early Flight); the slashing, guitar-driven rocker "Go to Her" in its harder, more developed second version -- the Paul Kantner co-authored song had been in the band's repertoire from the beginning, and gets its more powerful of two treatments here, with a killer solo verse by Grace Slick and great ensemble singing; and Kaukonen's searing psychedelic rearrangement of Lightnin' Hopkins' "Come Back Baby," a late-winter 1967 track sandwiched midway between this album and the sessions for After Bathing at Baxter's. Also included are the mono single mixes of "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit," which aren't all that special, though they are different from the stereo album mixes. There is also a hidden bonus track appended, after an extended pause, to the latter song -- an instrumental track to Paul Kantner's "D.C.B.A. - 25," included for no apparent reason except to throw listeners a bone from the original multi-track studio tapes. The overall effect is to make Kaukonen stand out a bit more in center stage and, coupled with the very thorough annotation, makes the 2003 version an absolutely essential acquisition.
поспешил... будет завтра ремастер 2003 :)
Ага, заготовки только!
Правильно, а то столько сил уходит на сооружение топиков.
А вдруг их (сил) позже не будет?! :D
Правильно, а то столько сил уходит на сооружение топиков.
А вдруг их (сил) позже не будет?! :D
kokiku ну ты ж подхватишь упавший было флаг? :rolleyes:
шарим ремастер 2003, ремастер 2001 - с глаз долой ;)
шарим ремастер 2003, ремастер 2001 - с глаз долой ;)
Разбираюсь - Киллер их ещё бы называл адекватно! :)
я бы, например, не смог хоть как бы обзывать, пахаючи по 12 часов в день как Киллер :rolleyes:
противник торрента - источник дай? неделю, как нет :fear2:
| QUOTE (the_gift @ 05-05-2006, 13:59) |
| противник торрента - источник дай? неделю, как нет :fear2: |
а ты шо, союзничек, в торренте искал? :lol:
Так це их песню Джим Кэрри в кабельщике поёт :lol: ..
качаюююююю :w00t:
качаюююююю :w00t:
интересно, откопал в инете инфу про золотой дик pillow от RCA:
судя по отзывам у стива на форуме, ремастер 2003го звучит лучше :D
судя по отзывам у стива на форуме, ремастер 2003го звучит лучше :D