Post by rockinronnie on Feb 28, 2014 20:45:07 GMT
Taken from the official messageboard in January 2009:
spiros
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Member # 3573
11 January 2009
Unfortunately, this is the game of the record companies. Francis had a more commercial voice, so the choise of the Rossi version was anavoidable (is there such a word?, I really don't know ).
You can also reckon this by the production. The Rossi version has more 80s sound and Alan's is rawer and rockier (of course Alan's version is before the final mix). Which one could the RC choose? It is obvious..
Pip The Prod
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Member # 16211
11 January 2009
The real irony is that Alan called me up to ask me to do a blind test as to which was the best mix. He told me that they were in a deadlock and would trust my final choice implicitly. Funny, given some of his later comments!
Alan, Rick, Frame and I met up in a Kensington hotel room and I was played the choices.
It's very different trying to analyse a mix as a neutral punter, as opposed to having produced and worked on a track. I had no idea about the sessions, what dubs were done and so on.
A punter simply listens to the whole and immediately either likes it of not. Only later do you start to listen more closely.
Anyway, I preferred the Frame version.
My humble opinion is that Alan wrote some truly great Quo tracks, which on listening to recently show how tuned in to Quo's requirements and style he was. However, I don't think he was the greatest vocalist in the world!
Ol' Rag Blues is a one of Alan's best commercial songs. I was sure it could be a massive hit, but with Frame's voice on it!
spiros
Member
Member # 3573
11 January 2009
Unfortunately, this is the game of the record companies. Francis had a more commercial voice, so the choise of the Rossi version was anavoidable (is there such a word?, I really don't know ).
You can also reckon this by the production. The Rossi version has more 80s sound and Alan's is rawer and rockier (of course Alan's version is before the final mix). Which one could the RC choose? It is obvious..
Pip The Prod
Member
Member # 16211
11 January 2009
The real irony is that Alan called me up to ask me to do a blind test as to which was the best mix. He told me that they were in a deadlock and would trust my final choice implicitly. Funny, given some of his later comments!
Alan, Rick, Frame and I met up in a Kensington hotel room and I was played the choices.
It's very different trying to analyse a mix as a neutral punter, as opposed to having produced and worked on a track. I had no idea about the sessions, what dubs were done and so on.
A punter simply listens to the whole and immediately either likes it of not. Only later do you start to listen more closely.
Anyway, I preferred the Frame version.
My humble opinion is that Alan wrote some truly great Quo tracks, which on listening to recently show how tuned in to Quo's requirements and style he was. However, I don't think he was the greatest vocalist in the world!
Ol' Rag Blues is a one of Alan's best commercial songs. I was sure it could be a massive hit, but with Frame's voice on it!