November 12,2007
Stars On 45 / Star Sound - Stars On 45
雖然踏入80年代﹐Disco 音樂熱潮已退﹐不過舞曲卻開始大行其道﹐早在1977年歐洲已有 D.B.M. 把 Beatles “的士高”化﹐並且串燒成 Medley 推出﹐但是真正揭起風潮還是要到 1981 年的 Stars On 45。
Stars On 45 在1981年風行世界﹐原來把 30 首 Beatles 歌曲串燒起來﹐竟是如此搶耳﹐45的意思是 45轉 Single﹐意思就是把大量單曲串連在一起﹐然後加上 Japp Eggermont 及 M. Duiser 創作的Stars On 45 主題曲而成。其實這種製作意念乃是來自Japp Eggermont﹐他在一次偶然機會下﹐聽到一張12”Bootleg Single “Let's Do It In the 80's”﹐ 這首串燒歌曲其實選用了原裝錄音片段﹐然而 Japp聽過之後﹐認為這種製作模式大有可為﹐於是循正途獲得創作版權﹐以鼓機把各首歌曲的節奏統一化﹐再找來幾位歌星﹐模仿原唱者的演繹灌錄。
Stars On 45 本於1981年由荷蘭廠牌 CNR唱片出版﹐同年香港則由寶麗金以 Mercury廠牌推出﹐唱片封底註明“Produced for Red Bullet Production by Japp Eggermont”﹐這證明 Polygram只屬代理而已。這曲在香港非常流行﹐筆者也是第一時間購買﹐然而帶返家後還未播唱﹐竟然在表哥家發現了一張相同的唱片﹐因為他只會購買古典唱片﹐自己也正感好奇之時﹐原來他是剛巧在我不在家時﹐發現這張片並向我哥哥商借﹐當他坦言這是我的唱片﹐其實自己心中是非常氣的﹐因為我極愛護我的唱片﹐也從不外借﹐何況我自己還未播放過呢﹐而他還刻意把我氣一氣﹐所以至今每次手拿 Stars On 45唱片時﹐也會想起這一則舊事﹐想起來算是一件趣事吧。
Stars On 45 (1981/Mercury) Track List:
01 Stars On 45 Beatles Medley 16:07
Stars On 45 / No Reply / Drive My Car / Do You Want To Know A Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going To Loose That Girl / Ticket To Ride / The Word / Eleanor Rigby / Every Little Thing / And Your Bird Can Sing / Get Back / Eight Days A Week / It Won't Be Long / Daytripper / Wait / Good Day Sunshine / My Sweet Lord / Here Comes The Sun / While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Taxman / A Hard Day's Night / Things We Said Today / If I Fell / You Can't Do That / Please Please Me / From Me To You / I Wanna Hold Your Hand / Stars On 45
02 Stars on 45 11:26
Stars On 45 / Boogie Night / Funky Town / Video Killed The Radio Star / Venus / Sugar Sugar / Cathy's Clown / Breaking Up Is Hard To Do / Only The Lonely / Lady Bump / Jimmy Mack / Rainy Day / Itsy Bitsy Tieny Wieny Yellow Polkadot Bikini / Stars On 45
03 Do You Remember - Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers 4:31
Do You Remember / Lucille / Bird Dog / Runaway / Bread And Butter / That's Alright / Rip It Up / Jenny Jenny
04 Golden Years Of Rock And Roll - Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers 4:28
Nutrocker / Cherry / Wooly Bully / Buona Sera / Slippin' And Slidin' / At The Top
Stars On 45 Beatles Medley
(Japp Eggermont / M. Duiser / J. Lennon / P. McCartney / G. Harrison)
當 Stars On 45熱潮稍退後﹐友人告訴我有一首特別版的 Stars On 45﹐那時我根本不知道甚麼是12” Single或者 Special Version﹐然而從他借來的卡帶卻錄有一首3分多鐘的歌曲﹐它的主旋律卻是 Stars On 45的主題曲﹐可是當我問他怎樣找到這歌曲時﹐他卻未能提供更多資料﹐只告訴我是他哥哥從友人借來的 7”Single。幸好皇天不負有心人﹐筆者卻在90年代末偶然發現這張由英國 CBS出版的 Stars On 45單曲﹐而當地把樂隊的名字易為 Star Sound。
Stars On 45 (1981/CBS) Track List:
01 Stars On 45 4:59
Stars On 45 / Venus / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I’ll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Know To Know A Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You’re Going To Lose That Girl / Stars On 45 (reprise)
02 Stars On 45 (including Video Killed The Radio Star) 3:30
Stars On 45 (Edited Short Version)
(Japp Eggermont / M. Duiser)
然而在預備這篇貼文時﹐卻又無意間發現了另一張由英國CBS出版的 Stars On 45 (2) 單曲﹐Side A是 Abba Medley﹐而 Side B卻是一首從未聽過的 Stars Get Ready歌曲﹐此曲除了節奏與編曲跟 Stars On 45相似外﹐它是全新旋律﹐帶來另一驚喜。
Stars On 45 (2) (1981/CBS) Track List:
01 Stars On 45 (2) 4:40
Stars On 45 / Voulez-Vous / S.O.S. / Bang A Boomerang / Money Money Money / Knowing Me Knowing You / Fernando / The Winner Takes It All / Super Trouper / Stars On 45 (2)
02 Stars Get Ready 4:00
當 Stars On 45在英國由CBS發行時﹐樂團易名為 Star Sound﹐專輯得到英國流行榜冠軍﹐單曲則得到第2位﹐而美國便交由 Radio發行﹐演唱者仍然沿用 Stars On 45﹐單曲攀到 Billboard冠軍位置。這個風潮當時曾令樂壇中人擔心了好一陣子﹐深恐藉幾個不知名的歌手灌錄著模仿原唱者的金曲 Medley﹐便可輕易得到銷量﹐而事實上樂壇上即出現了 Hooked On Classics ﹑ Hooked On Swing等唱片﹐甚至原裝 Beatles 也要發行一張“The Beatles’ Movie Medley”(1982/Capitol) 單曲﹐得到 Billboard 第12位﹔至於 Elvis Presley 也有一首“The Elvis Medley”(1982/RCA)﹐香港也跟風找來一班不知名歌手灌錄了“名曲65 ”(1981/EMI) 及“齊唱45”(1981/Polydor) 專輯﹐可惜皆是失敗之作。其後 Stars On 45再接再厲﹐發行了 Stars On 45 II Abba Medley成績仍然不俗﹐不過在香港那個熱潮已退﹐而英美方面還繼續有 Stevie Wonder ﹑Supreme Medley及 Star Wars Medley等﹐可是成績也隨著熱潮減退而每況愈下。
踏入90年代﹐唱片業也由黑膠年代轉變成CD Era﹐因此令不少歌曲也告失傳絕版。許多筆者沒聽多年的歌曲﹐也不時想溫習一下﹐於是在 1996年筆者首次踏足美國時﹐也花了不少氣力尋找絕版歌曲﹐那次給我找到一張Stars On 45的德國版 CD Single。
Stars On 45 (年份不詳/zyx) Track List:
01 Stars On 45 4:48
02 Stars On 45 9:46
然而這張CD Single 的版本跟筆者擁有的唱片版又不盡相同﹐似乎 Stars On 45 的版本實在繁多﹐後來還是想擁有那一首16分多鐘 Full Version 的 Beatles Medley 而不得不買來一張EEC版的 The Very Best Of Stars On 45 精選。
The Very Best Of Stars On 45 (1994/Music Club) Track List:
01 Beatles Medley 16:12
Stars On 45 / No Reply / Drive My Car / Do You Want To Know A Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going To Loose That Girl / Ticket To Ride / The Word / Eleanor Rigby / Every Little Thing / And Your Bird Can Sing / Get Back / Eight Days A Week / It Won't Be Long / Daytripper / Wait / Good Day Sunshine / My Sweet Lord / Here Comes The Sun / While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Taxman / A Hard Day's Night / Things We Said Today / If I Fell / You Can't Do That / Please Please Me / From Me To You / I Wanna Hold Your Hand / Stars On 45
02 Abba Medley 11:38
Stars On 45 (2) / Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Dance To The Music / Sugar Baby Love / Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Let's Go To San Francisco / A Horse With No Name / Monday Monday / San Francisco / California Dreamin' / Eve Of Destruction / Cracklin' Rosie / Do Wah Diddy Diddy / A Lover's Concerto / Reach Out I'll Be There / Sound Of Silence / Tears Of A Clown / Stars On 45 (2) / Voulez-Vous / S.O.S. / Bang-A-Boomerang / Money Money Money / Knowing Me Knowing You / Fernando / The Winner Takes It All / Super Trouper / Stars On 45 (2)
03 Stevie Wonder Medley 7:48
Uptight (Everything's Alright) / My Chérie Amour / Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday / Master Blaster / You Are The Sunshine Of My Life / Isn't She Lovely / "Stars On" Jingle / Sire Duke / I Wish / I Was Made To Love Her / For Once In My Life / Superstition / Fingertips
04 The Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Band In The World 5:16
The Stars Will Never Stop / Sympathy For The Devil / Brown Sugar / Jumpin' Jack Flash / Under My Thumb / Honky Tonk Women / Out Of Time / Emotional Rescue / She's A Rainbow / Start Me Up / Angie
05 Supremes Medley 7:07
Stop In The Name Of Love / Love Child / Reflections / Someday We'll Be Together / Stars On 45 / Baby Love / Love Is Here And Now You're Gone / Where Did Our Love Go / I Hear A Symphony / You Keep Me Hanging On / Ain't No Mountain High Enough
06 Star Wars And Other Hits 5:18
Star Wars Main Title / Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) / Kung-Fu Fighting / Layla / Alright Now / Fire / Do You Think I'm Sexy / Ma Baker / Y.M.C.A. / The Good, The Bad And The Ugly / Don't Stop (Till You Get Enough) / Theme From Mash / The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore / Overture From Tommy / Get Off / Stars On 45 / Baker Street / Bette Davis' Eyes / Eve Of The War
PS: 感謝 Mr Ishikawa協助。
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D.B.M. - Discobeatlemania
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Stars On 45 本於1981年由荷蘭廠牌 CNR唱片出版﹐同年香港則由寶麗金以 Mercury廠牌推出﹐唱片封底註明“Produced for Red Bullet Production by Japp Eggermont”﹐這證明 Polygram只屬代理而已。這曲在香港非常流行﹐筆者也是第一時間購買﹐然而帶返家後還未播唱﹐竟然在表哥家發現了一張相同的唱片﹐因為他只會購買古典唱片﹐自己也正感好奇之時﹐原來他是剛巧在我不在家時﹐發現這張片並向我哥哥商借﹐當他坦言這是我的唱片﹐其實自己心中是非常氣的﹐因為我極愛護我的唱片﹐也從不外借﹐何況我自己還未播放過呢﹐而他還刻意把我氣一氣﹐所以至今每次手拿 Stars On 45唱片時﹐也會想起這一則舊事﹐想起來算是一件趣事吧。
Stars On 45 (1981/Mercury) Track List:
01 Stars On 45 Beatles Medley 16:07
Stars On 45 / No Reply / Drive My Car / Do You Want To Know A Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going To Loose That Girl / Ticket To Ride / The Word / Eleanor Rigby / Every Little Thing / And Your Bird Can Sing / Get Back / Eight Days A Week / It Won't Be Long / Daytripper / Wait / Good Day Sunshine / My Sweet Lord / Here Comes The Sun / While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Taxman / A Hard Day's Night / Things We Said Today / If I Fell / You Can't Do That / Please Please Me / From Me To You / I Wanna Hold Your Hand / Stars On 45
02 Stars on 45 11:26
Stars On 45 / Boogie Night / Funky Town / Video Killed The Radio Star / Venus / Sugar Sugar / Cathy's Clown / Breaking Up Is Hard To Do / Only The Lonely / Lady Bump / Jimmy Mack / Rainy Day / Itsy Bitsy Tieny Wieny Yellow Polkadot Bikini / Stars On 45
03 Do You Remember - Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers 4:31
Do You Remember / Lucille / Bird Dog / Runaway / Bread And Butter / That's Alright / Rip It Up / Jenny Jenny
04 Golden Years Of Rock And Roll - Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers 4:28
Nutrocker / Cherry / Wooly Bully / Buona Sera / Slippin' And Slidin' / At The Top
Stars On 45 Beatles Medley
(Japp Eggermont / M. Duiser / J. Lennon / P. McCartney / G. Harrison)
當 Stars On 45熱潮稍退後﹐友人告訴我有一首特別版的 Stars On 45﹐那時我根本不知道甚麼是12” Single或者 Special Version﹐然而從他借來的卡帶卻錄有一首3分多鐘的歌曲﹐它的主旋律卻是 Stars On 45的主題曲﹐可是當我問他怎樣找到這歌曲時﹐他卻未能提供更多資料﹐只告訴我是他哥哥從友人借來的 7”Single。幸好皇天不負有心人﹐筆者卻在90年代末偶然發現這張由英國 CBS出版的 Stars On 45單曲﹐而當地把樂隊的名字易為 Star Sound。
Stars On 45 (1981/CBS) Track List:
01 Stars On 45 4:59
Stars On 45 / Venus / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I’ll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Know To Know A Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You’re Going To Lose That Girl / Stars On 45 (reprise)
02 Stars On 45 (including Video Killed The Radio Star) 3:30
Stars On 45 (Edited Short Version)
(Japp Eggermont / M. Duiser)
然而在預備這篇貼文時﹐卻又無意間發現了另一張由英國CBS出版的 Stars On 45 (2) 單曲﹐Side A是 Abba Medley﹐而 Side B卻是一首從未聽過的 Stars Get Ready歌曲﹐此曲除了節奏與編曲跟 Stars On 45相似外﹐它是全新旋律﹐帶來另一驚喜。
Stars On 45 (2) (1981/CBS) Track List:
01 Stars On 45 (2) 4:40
Stars On 45 / Voulez-Vous / S.O.S. / Bang A Boomerang / Money Money Money / Knowing Me Knowing You / Fernando / The Winner Takes It All / Super Trouper / Stars On 45 (2)
02 Stars Get Ready 4:00
當 Stars On 45在英國由CBS發行時﹐樂團易名為 Star Sound﹐專輯得到英國流行榜冠軍﹐單曲則得到第2位﹐而美國便交由 Radio發行﹐演唱者仍然沿用 Stars On 45﹐單曲攀到 Billboard冠軍位置。這個風潮當時曾令樂壇中人擔心了好一陣子﹐深恐藉幾個不知名的歌手灌錄著模仿原唱者的金曲 Medley﹐便可輕易得到銷量﹐而事實上樂壇上即出現了 Hooked On Classics ﹑ Hooked On Swing等唱片﹐甚至原裝 Beatles 也要發行一張“The Beatles’ Movie Medley”(1982/Capitol) 單曲﹐得到 Billboard 第12位﹔至於 Elvis Presley 也有一首“The Elvis Medley”(1982/RCA)﹐香港也跟風找來一班不知名歌手灌錄了“名曲65 ”(1981/EMI) 及“齊唱45”(1981/Polydor) 專輯﹐可惜皆是失敗之作。其後 Stars On 45再接再厲﹐發行了 Stars On 45 II Abba Medley成績仍然不俗﹐不過在香港那個熱潮已退﹐而英美方面還繼續有 Stevie Wonder ﹑Supreme Medley及 Star Wars Medley等﹐可是成績也隨著熱潮減退而每況愈下。
踏入90年代﹐唱片業也由黑膠年代轉變成CD Era﹐因此令不少歌曲也告失傳絕版。許多筆者沒聽多年的歌曲﹐也不時想溫習一下﹐於是在 1996年筆者首次踏足美國時﹐也花了不少氣力尋找絕版歌曲﹐那次給我找到一張Stars On 45的德國版 CD Single。
Stars On 45 (年份不詳/zyx) Track List:
01 Stars On 45 4:48
02 Stars On 45 9:46
然而這張CD Single 的版本跟筆者擁有的唱片版又不盡相同﹐似乎 Stars On 45 的版本實在繁多﹐後來還是想擁有那一首16分多鐘 Full Version 的 Beatles Medley 而不得不買來一張EEC版的 The Very Best Of Stars On 45 精選。
The Very Best Of Stars On 45 (1994/Music Club) Track List:
01 Beatles Medley 16:12
Stars On 45 / No Reply / Drive My Car / Do You Want To Know A Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going To Loose That Girl / Ticket To Ride / The Word / Eleanor Rigby / Every Little Thing / And Your Bird Can Sing / Get Back / Eight Days A Week / It Won't Be Long / Daytripper / Wait / Good Day Sunshine / My Sweet Lord / Here Comes The Sun / While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Taxman / A Hard Day's Night / Things We Said Today / If I Fell / You Can't Do That / Please Please Me / From Me To You / I Wanna Hold Your Hand / Stars On 45
02 Abba Medley 11:38
Stars On 45 (2) / Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Dance To The Music / Sugar Baby Love / Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Let's Go To San Francisco / A Horse With No Name / Monday Monday / San Francisco / California Dreamin' / Eve Of Destruction / Cracklin' Rosie / Do Wah Diddy Diddy / A Lover's Concerto / Reach Out I'll Be There / Sound Of Silence / Tears Of A Clown / Stars On 45 (2) / Voulez-Vous / S.O.S. / Bang-A-Boomerang / Money Money Money / Knowing Me Knowing You / Fernando / The Winner Takes It All / Super Trouper / Stars On 45 (2)
03 Stevie Wonder Medley 7:48
Uptight (Everything's Alright) / My Chérie Amour / Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday / Master Blaster / You Are The Sunshine Of My Life / Isn't She Lovely / "Stars On" Jingle / Sire Duke / I Wish / I Was Made To Love Her / For Once In My Life / Superstition / Fingertips
04 The Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Band In The World 5:16
The Stars Will Never Stop / Sympathy For The Devil / Brown Sugar / Jumpin' Jack Flash / Under My Thumb / Honky Tonk Women / Out Of Time / Emotional Rescue / She's A Rainbow / Start Me Up / Angie
05 Supremes Medley 7:07
Stop In The Name Of Love / Love Child / Reflections / Someday We'll Be Together / Stars On 45 / Baby Love / Love Is Here And Now You're Gone / Where Did Our Love Go / I Hear A Symphony / You Keep Me Hanging On / Ain't No Mountain High Enough
06 Star Wars And Other Hits 5:18
Star Wars Main Title / Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) / Kung-Fu Fighting / Layla / Alright Now / Fire / Do You Think I'm Sexy / Ma Baker / Y.M.C.A. / The Good, The Bad And The Ugly / Don't Stop (Till You Get Enough) / Theme From Mash / The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore / Overture From Tommy / Get Off / Stars On 45 / Baker Street / Bette Davis' Eyes / Eve Of The War
PS: 感謝 Mr Ishikawa協助。
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D.B.M. - Discobeatlemania
© Muzikland
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Dear Muzikland,
Stars On 45 的串燒歌熱鬧搶耳,加上Beatles、Abba 等本就 Fans 眾多,所以能火熱大賣可以理解,那時小弟也是捧場者之一呢!
Posted by 老鬼
at November 12,2007 10:59
Dear 老鬼﹐
我當時只捧場了 Beatles Medley﹐至 於Abba Medley 便沒有再買了﹐後來買了那麼多 45s﹑CD Single 及 CD﹐都是為了 Beatles Medley 及 Stars On 45 的主題曲而已。
Posted by Muzikland
at November 13,2007 02:09

Dear Musikland,
忘了上年有一張由George Martin 及其兒子Giles Martin 監制的"LOVE" CD, 是以The Beatles 的歌為Cirque Du Soleil 的同名表演製作的remix. 有重新混音的歌及medley, 其中的Drive my car/The word/What you're doing (medley), Within you without you/Tomorrow never knows的混合版, Revolution連接Back in the U.S.S.R., Hey Jude加Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band 等的混音都有很高的水準. George Martin 更替 While my guitar gently weeps 編寫了弦樂的score, 新的版本非常淒美, George Martin 說1965年他第一次替Yesterday 編寫了弦樂的score, 41年後再寫,亦是最後一次. The Beatles是千里馬,George Martin 就是百樂.
Posted by maninov4u
at November 20,2007 13:11
Dear maninov4u,
那張 Love Album, 我沒有買﹐看過一些樂評﹐好像不太好。
我的感覺是 George Martin 及 Beatles 近年都是喜歡挖掘舊東西來改頭換面﹐不斷的吃老本﹐多年前買了那一張 Let It Be...Naked 就覺得很騙錢﹐所以那張 Love Album﹐ 就一直跟自己說有閒錢才買吧﹐所以至今都沒接觸該專輯內的歌曲呢。
Posted by Muzikland
at November 21,2007 10:50

ear Muzikland,
你說的對, 那一張 "Let It Be" 簡直糟透, 但並不是George Martin remix 的, 是一個叫 Allan Rouse 的 和他找來的兩個 EMI的 "young staff engineer", Paul Hicks 及 Guy Massey 攪出來的怪物. 我仍保存了一份訪問他們關於如何remix 這張Let it be ...的文章, 那隻bonus CD “Fly on the wall” 簡真不知所謂, 亂攪一通.
"Love" 這張 CD 我起初亦不甚喜歡,但聽聽下又覺得幾特別, 你可以當它是一張由原裝Beatles 演唱的 Star on 45s 黎聽, 比Let it be 好上不知多少倍. 你有閒錢可以買來聽下.
Paul McCartney 已宣稱Beatles 的歌曲明年可以在網上付費 download. 我想EMI 又將會推出Bealtes 的 Remastered CD 來賺一筆. 聽了這張LOVE 之後我又很想聽下remastered 的版本是怎樣的, 錢.....EMI 是賺定我的了.
這就是我先前想send的 message, 可能是那個 ..ak..的字領引至有access denied出現.
Posted by maninov4u
at November 28,2007 22:05

Dear Muzikland,
真是那個...ak...的字作怪.
Posted by maninov4u
at November 28,2007 22:07
Dear maninov4u,
那一張 Let It Be 是 Remix 的嗎﹖印象中 Paul McCartney 說是把 1970年的版本去除了當時監制添加的 String Sessions 而已﹐應該不是後來的甚麼 remix 之作吧。
其實 Beatles 對於我來說﹐Anthology 已勉強是一個終結﹐因為個人感覺最美好的終結是那兩套紅藍精選﹐那三套Anthology 精選收藏了不少當年棄用的片斷﹐但是因為還有一些 Rare Tracks﹐也很有收藏價值。可是後來的 BBC 錄音已是狂挖老本之作﹐那一張 Number One 也是吧﹐至於 George Martin 的 In My Life﹐找來一班人翻唱 Beatles 的歌曲﹐不又是搶不得回憶光輝年代的作品嗎﹐一點新意也沒有。至於 Love﹐就連 George Martin 的兒子也要來分一杯羹了﹐所以一直興趣不大。我想我還是會買的﹐不過 Priority 一直很低呢。
對啊就是這類字作怪。
Posted by Muzikland
at November 29,2007 04:44

Dear Muzikland,
無錯, 這是一張remix, 把Let it be 的 30 卷 1-inch 8-track session tapes, 選出合適的再mix, 引述訪問內的一段原文:
"This was not an attempt to remaster an existing album," Rouse says, "We were asked to make it sound the way the band had believed the finished album was going to sound." This meant, for the most part, producing mixes that reflected only what the four band members could play live: no overdubbed guitars or vocals, and certainly no orchestras.
例如 Let it be, 文中說: The new version features the same master and useds a few edits from other takes, most notably the Harrison guitar solo that came from the take of the song that appears in the film. "We'd always thought that the guitar lead in the version in the film wea just really soaring," says Massey. "We edited it in, just as a trial take, and we all thought it sounded great."
所以不是"除了當時監制添加的 String Sessions 而已咁簡單", 文中最後說: Remixing an album by the greatest rock band of all time can be, well daunting. "It's hard to make it as up-to-date as stuff nowadays, because it wasn't recorded these days," says Massey. "From that point of view, it was a challenge to make it sound as punchy and as present as possible. But it's a good representation of what they were like then." 很可惜CD內並沒有這篇訪問給樂友們參考.
Posted by maninov4u
at November 29,2007 11:24

重看上述所提及的interview, 原來那隻Fly on the wall 是由BBC的 Kevin Howlett 及 Brian Thompson 從 當年拍攝Let it be 的 film crew 所釵錄的80 小時錄音中剪輯出來的.Howlett 原先以為會有Beatles 們不和的片段,出乎意料, Howleet 說"Instead, I heard the bandmembers actually having a good time. By the end, they were, in fact, quite excited about what they were doing."
Posted by maninov4u
at November 29,2007 13:40
Dear maninov4u,
哈﹐那麼這張 Let It Be 又是抓錢之作吧。其實我想既然是經典﹐還有甚麼需要 Remix Remodel 之類的工作。可能現在這版本在當年推出的話﹐根本不能成為經典﹐那些單曲也未如當年上榜的成績也說不定。總之人老了﹐都要拼命吃老本。
不過回過頭來說那 Interview﹐我沒有重看﹐不過印象中當年 Paul McCartney 的 Idea 是頗創新的﹐難怪後期的專輯一張接一張成為經典了。
Posted by Muzikland
at November 29,2007 21:00
還蠻懷念這種口水歌流行四十五
很贊的影音檔
版主的文筆也是超犀利
Posted by 披頭王
at February 5,2008 16:22
Dear 披頭王﹐
當年一氣呵成把幾10首金曲一次過聽完﹐其實是蠻過癮的。
我沒甚麼“超犀利”﹐只是一個聽了音樂很久的樂迷﹐分享一下自己的經歷﹑感受及所知的資料而已﹐實在見笑了~
Posted by Muzikland
at February 6,2008 03:22
Posted by Boyz
at August 27,2008 01:29
Dear Boyz,
這裡不會提供點唱啦。抱歉了。
Posted by Muzikland
at August 27,2008 02:15

