Clarifying Ending Vocals From The Challenge

[dougl]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I love the re-master 2023 versions of ITM.

I agree. I’ve been listening to this a lot this summer. Great job on the remaster. Christine’s vocals wrap right around you and her keyboard playing is much more prominent in the mix.

[WalkAThinLine.]

I might be in the minority in that I find the 2023 remaster to be a downgrade from the original album, particularly on "Friend", which features much thinner production. The entire remaster suffers from this. "Little Darling", an outtake that was originally listed under the title "Come Out to Play", is also more repetitive on the remaster version. And I'm not even that fond of In the Meantime. I find it to be the weakest group of songs in Christine's entire career perhaps outside her work on O.K. Ken? by Chicken Shack.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by WalkAThinLine.

I might be in the minority in that I find the 2023 remaster to be a downgrade from the original album, particularly on "Friend", which features much thinner production. The entire remaster suffers from this. "Little Darling", an outtake that was originally listed under the title "Come Out to Play", is also more repetitive on the remaster version. And I'm not even that fond of In the Meantime. I find it to be the weakest group of songs in Christine's entire career perhaps outside her work on O.K. Ken? by Chicken Shack.

That's my feelings on most remasters/remixes. When Chris Lord-Alge remixed all of Stevie's songs on Timespace. The difference was HUGE. At first I liked the new sound of the songs. But then I longed for the original. For example he removed the echo effect from Edge of 17 and the great drum sequence in the middle of Stand Back and toned down the rumbling synthesizer. Not all remixes are better. I agree with you on Friend. The original is leaps better.