just gave a listen to the clips. the rick james ones: "cold blooded"
and
"ghetto life" sound exactly like the originals with nothing added to
them.
the prince track I recognized "controversy" was a pretty poor choppy
editing
thing. I dont know what the second prince track was, but it didnt seem
to be
remixed or edited at all either. so what is the "fix" label all about?
my guess is that these tracks are 'temponized' (fixed tempo to allow
steadier mixing) and re-edited so that the structure is more suitable
for mixing (and work better for some djs).
there's quite a lot of this going on at the moment. re-edits are still
quite a big thing as far as i can see.
merely bootlegging 80's tracks to vinyl? is this what people are
spending
their money on now-a-days?
i think i may have asked a similar question about the difference
between an edit and a bootleg. i don't think the answer is that
straightforward tho. i can see both sides (ie. 'yeah it's no different
to bootlegging' and 'nah there's some creative input involved so it
ain't a bootleg').
i think most re-edits though are done without permission. so make of
that what you will.
robin...
