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Carlos 3520 posts |
Feb 22, 2012, 12:47
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A simple question: on the original lp cover the title FRIED was mentioned (lettering) or only mentioned on the car toy? I don't have the original vinyl edition and on the net there are both images (some with and some without FRIED lettering). Thanks! MAGIC cover art, by the way!
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Andfurthermoreagain 308 posts |
Edited Feb 22, 2012, 12:56
Feb 22, 2012, 12:51
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My vinyl copy didn't have the FRIED lettering on it (apart from the truck as you say). It was the original issue with poster - I think the lettering was added to the CD issue. I'm not sure about later vinyl issues though. Speaking of the CD issue, its about time that it got the decent reissue treatment, I think those initial CD reissues of Fried and WSYM (I think around 1996) were pretty bloody disgusting - the sound quality was terribly muddy and the original artwork compromised beyond reasonable belief (ie only the front covers replicated). You can't even get WSYM easily anymore. Be nice to see them given the same care and attention that the recent Kilimanjaro issue did. I don't think there's enough extra material to justify 'deluxe' editions but something along the lines of the excellent Dukes Of Stratosphear reissues would be certainly appreaciated.
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Buck Flair 646 posts |
Feb 22, 2012, 14:05
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There was a copy for sale in late 80's in a shop behind the virgin megastore with an alternative unissued artwork, I never actually viewed the sleeve as shop was closing, when I returned to shop it had been sold.
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naughtynige 545 posts |
Feb 22, 2012, 18:01
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I also have the original version with poster and which features "Fried" on the truck only. One of the finest covers of all time. Love that 8mm footage that was shot at the same time as the album cover too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqtqi9MCX8
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spacecat 53 posts |
Feb 22, 2012, 21:53
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This is weird - only yesterday I was thinking about how great the FRIED album cover and poster was! Maybe cause I'd received Psychedelic Revolution and I was thinking how unremarkable the artwork can appear when it's 'cd size'. I always felt that WSYM & FRIED were the strangest album covers JC ever had.
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Glam Descendant 1264 posts |
Feb 23, 2012, 03:47
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There's a more recent CD version with 3 bonus tracks, not sure of the exact year of release. What was on the poster?
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Carlos 3520 posts |
Feb 23, 2012, 08:32
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1996 and it's digitaly remastered.
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Andfurthermoreagain 308 posts |
Edited Feb 23, 2012, 09:18
Feb 23, 2012, 09:04
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Carlos wrote: 1996 and it's digitaly remastered. 'Digitaly remastered' was a bit of a con back in those earlier days as it could literally mean running a lower generation master through a digital console, which (as in the case of Fried) resulted in a very flat muddy sound. The same thing happened when they first issued The Beatles back catalogue on CD. The master used for the digital transfer was something like a master of a master of a master. I think I read somwhere it was the master used for the cassette issues. I think people are finally seeing the benefit of 'remixing' for CD - as in the newer Beatles issues, The Smiths and Paul Drummond's superlative work on The Elevators (compare to the original Charly issues which were 'digitally remastered'). The word 'remixing' used to cause gasps of disgust in an artist's fanbase - like how can you remix an original recording that is untouchable. But what seems to be happening now, is that people are wising up to the fact that a lot of the sound issues with early CD reissue releases was due to lousy mastering or not going back to original tapes and that leaving the mix 'untouched' and just transfering to digital was actually creating more sonic issues. As with the above examples, reissues are now being remixed with more respect for the original sound, an attempt to replicate the bright, vibrant clarity of the original vinyl release * - as opposed to a dull CD transfer. *of course, notable examples to the contrary are Iggy's remix of Raw Power which he ran through pro-tools and put everything in the red to make it sound more 'contemporary' and the deluxe issue of Forever Changes which featured a remixed version with the drums turned up. I suspect with Forever Changes, Michael Stuart may have had some involvement as he claims he hated the drum sound on the original to which Arthur responded along the lines of 'yeah, I agree with you, don't worry we'll get it right on the next record'.
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spacecat 53 posts |
Feb 23, 2012, 23:20
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Poster had Julian wearing the turtle shell and crouched in a pond - a very 'Skellington' looking expression from what I can remember.
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Andfurthermoreagain 308 posts |
Edited Feb 24, 2012, 09:40
Feb 24, 2012, 09:37
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spacecat wrote: Poster had Julian wearing the turtle shell and crouched in a pond - a very 'Skellington' looking expression from what I can remember. I might be wrong, but weren't the Skellington photos taken at around the same time (and then reused for both Skellington releases) - the haircut and Fried era grimmacing would certainly confirm that. Actually, come to think of it, they look remarkably like the projected images on the cover of Sunspots EP.
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