Leaving the original message unedited below for context. The remixed version of _Vapor Trails_ is finally arriving on Oct 1 (perhaps after the death of the album as a commercially viable medium of expression, but that's another discussion)
http://www.rush.com/vapor-trails-remixed/ Udhay On 07-Feb-11 9:53 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Udhay Shankar N wrote: [ on 04:51 PM 08-08-03 ] > >> Finally - I have confirmation of what I suspected. The latest Rush >> album sounds lousy (I mean the sound engineering, not the music). >> Which is funny, because Rush has always been a band that has great >> production values in their music. >> >> Here's the answer - and it's yet another way the music cartel is >> screwing the fans, the musicians (and ultimately, themselves) by >> MAKING THE MUSIC TOO LOUD. >> >> I won't post the text of the article - go to the URL, read teh entire >> thing and see the illustrations this guy has put up as proof. >> >> http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/8A133F52D0FD71AB86256C2E005DAF1C >> > > The article above has disappeared from the original website, but can > still be viewed using the wayback machine [1] - but the real reason for > this post is that Rush themselves has come out and admitted that the > sound on this recording sucks [2], and they want to do something about it. > > <quote> > > Rush are planning to totally remix their 2002 album Vapor Trails. > > Talking exclusively to Classic Rock, guitarist Alex Lifeson revealed: > "We were never happy with the production. Perhaps we should have taken > more time over the record. But now we've got the chance to improve > things. There will be no re-recording, just a remix". > > </quote> > > [1] > http://web.archive.org/web/20050628195432/http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/8A133F52D0FD71AB86256C2E005DAF1C > > [2] http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/rush-to-overhaul-2002-album/ > > -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
