Where The Sour Turns To Sweet and One Eyed Hound
First waveform is the 1990 CD version. The others versions are labeled in the image.
Build Me A Mountain and The Magic Of Time
First waveform is the Archive 1967-1975 version. The second is from the new Deluxe Edition.
This review is primarily focused on the new stereo remix by Stephen W. Tayler. Everything except what I mention below is vastly better than the original mix. So overall it is absolutely superior and what I will listen to from now on. But my honest criticisms are noted here anyway:
Where The Sour Turns To Sweet - strings buried a little too much during the chorus
In The Beginning - opening reverb sound and all other electric guitar effects are muffled too much, not as powerful
Fireside Song - backing vocals are buried too much during the chorus
The Serpent - organ is buried too much throughout
Am I Very Wrong? - vocals are buried way too much during the chorus when Peter Gabriel isn't singing
In The Wilderness - strings buried a little too much during the chorus
The Conqueror - as good as it can be - it's a shame the electric guitar was buried so low in the original mix, it's obvious Stephen W. Tayler brought it as far forward as he could
In Hiding - everything is just right
One Day - horns and backing vocals are buried too much during the chorus
Window - everything is just right
In Limbo - horns and strings are buried a little too much
Silent Sun - everything is just right
A Place To Call My Own - everything is just right
A Winter's Tale - everything is just right
One Eyed Hound - everything is just right
Image Blown Out - everything is just right
The rest of these comments are my thoughts about the bonus materials:
Visions Of Angels (1968 Regent Sound Studios Version) - This is the first time we have heard this version. It is truly wonderful to hear it, but the Trespass album version is superior. Many of the lyrics are different.
That's Me - a great song that sounds better than previously issued versions
All the various previously released demo versions are louder and probably more compressed than before, but it is easier to hear the details. In my opinion, the best of those tracks are Build Me A Mountain, The Magic Of Time, and The Mystery Of The Flannan Isle Lighthouse.
Epic (A Place To Call My Own) (Regent Sound Studios Demo August 1968) - This is another track we have never heard before, except for the parts that were used on the album in A Place To Call My Own. So great! Thank you to Genesis for sharing it with us after all this time. Makes me think of Pet Sounds.
Am I Very Wrong?, In Limbo, and The Conqueror (Regent Sound Studios Demos August 1968) - All are versions we have never heard before. And they are all excellent. And they all show a very different probably superior way the first album could have sounded.
I have not yet listened to the Atmos BluRay mix.
We have inherited a player and a collection. I will get more specific info, but my main question is would we be better trying to sell it together as a lot or selling the player separate from the collection. I suspect if we try to break up the collection we will end up selling the player and many of the individual titles, with a bunch of titles people do not buy ending up going to Goodwill to be ruined. The CEDs all look to be in excellent condition. I have not tested the player yet. It is on my agenda. Here is the list of titles.
Absent Minded Professor
Adam's Rib
Adventures Of Robin Hood
African Queen
Airplane!
American In Paris
Bells Are Ringing
Big Sleep
Cabaret
Chinatown
Diamonds Are Forever
Dirty Dozen (RCA)
Disney Cartoon Parade Volume 1
Disney Cartoon Parade Volume 2
Disney Cartoon Parade Volume 3
Dr. Zhivago
Easter Parade
Fiddler On The Roof
The Formula
From Russia With Love
Fugitive The Final Episode
Funny Girl
Gandhi
The Godfather
Goldfinger
Great Caruso
The Great Escape
Heaven Can Wait
Herbie Rides Again
Hello Dolly (RCA)
High Noon
Jane Fonda's Workout
Key Largo
King And I
Longest Day (RCA)
Longest Yard
Love Bug
Magnificent Seven
Maltese Falcon
Mary Poppins
M*A*S*H
Meet Me In St. Louis (RCA)
My Fair Lady
North By Northwest (RCA)
Odd Couple
Oklahoma!
On Golden Pond
Pink Panther
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Return Of The Pink Panther
Rio Lobo
Sands Of Iwo Jima
Shane
Shogun
The Shootist
Show Boat
Singin' In The Rain
Some Like It Hot
Sound Of Music
South Pacific
Stalag 17
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan
Star Trek Vol 1 The Menagerie
Star Trek Vol 2 City / Battlefield
Star Trek Vol 3 Trouble With Tribbles / Tholian Web
Star Trek Vol 4 Space Seed / Changeling
Star Trek Vol 5 Balance Of Terror / Mirror Mirror
Star Wars
Sunshine Boys
Superman The Movie
Superman II
Superman III
Swing Time
The Ten Commandments
Time Bandits
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Victory At Sea
War Of The Worlds
Watership Down
Wizard Of Oz
