Hey Bryan, interesting perspective from someone who was a fan. Along with fellow Substacker Dan Epstein, I did a podcast recently on this re-release (Crossed Channels, if it's cool to post link here I can do) and we came to different conclusion, that context being everything the album sounds better as it was released at the time. However, my teenage son who really digs it and has no perspective or context to base it on, and who is into mixing, considers it a no-brainer, that Ed Stasium has brought stuff out previously hidden. I do maintain that if Tim has been released at the time with the new mix, there might have been more accusations of selling out than there already were. Cheers!
Hey Bryan, interesting perspective from someone who was a fan. Along with fellow Substacker Dan Epstein, I did a podcast recently on this re-release (Crossed Channels, if it's cool to post link here I can do) and we came to different conclusion, that context being everything the album sounds better as it was released at the time. However, my teenage son who really digs it and has no perspective or context to base it on, and who is into mixing, considers it a no-brainer, that Ed Stasium has brought stuff out previously hidden. I do maintain that if Tim has been released at the time with the new mix, there might have been more accusations of selling out than there already were. Cheers!