Here's my question though... if the first time you played an original issue Tusk LP, and let's say it did contain the "extra" stereo mix sounds, but they quickly were "worn off" by the stylus, would you remember?
Knowing about the debate about which version of IKINW, I still almost missed the fact that the extra stereo mix sounds were suddenly missing entirely from my reissue LP. If you didn't even know about the controversy when Tusk was released, is it possible that you didn't realize that your stylus was wearing away some of the stereo elements? And then for years and years after, you became accustomed to the song without those elements, thinking this was the way the song was supposed to sound?
My interpretation of the song has TOTALLY changed starting last night. Previously, I thought there were just different mixes. Simple. But that doesn't explain why my reissue vinyl started out the first 5 plays sounding just like the CD version, but now it sounds just like the original release LP.
There are only two possible explanations for why the reissue no longer sounds like the CD version... either A) the stylus wore down those grooves, or B) the new stylus has a different tip that won't pick up those grooves.
Either way, the fact that my reissue has sounded at different times exactly like the CD version and also like the original release LP version says to me something is odd about the song. It doesn't add up. Do you think Reprise records would reply to me if I emailed them about the reissue?
|