Article from Rollingstone.com that lists what's gonna be on the reissues

[CarneVaca]

Wait a minute! So the vinyl would be the same version that was on the tape, which is what I had before the CD. Problem is I simply don't remember it.

[CarneVaca]

Originally posted by BigAl84
oh OF COURSE your dissapointed, it wouldnt be a new mac release without your whining to accompany it. Try concidering some of the positive things?...for example, all these demos will be much better quality than what we have our hands on. How extraordinary did you expect it to be? Usually I wouldn't even addressing this...but your moaning made it just this side of being worth saying something.

Yeh this band has screwed up, screwed over, or been a bit late getting on the ball, but have you ever tried just taking what you can get and being thankfull for what is available instead of just pissing and moaning about it?

Negative!!?? Tsk tsk. I was being kind. If you're offended by what I wrote, had you read what I really think, you would have recoiled in sheer horror and run off so fast trying not to look back for fear of turning into a vinyl replica of yourself.

A little advice, BigAl: Don't worry so much about what I think. What you think and how you feel about it should be enough for you. No?

[estranged4life]

Originally posted by CarneVaca
Wait a minute! So the vinyl would be the same version that was on the tape, which is what I had before the CD. Problem is I simply don't remember it.

the audio cassette has the same mix as the LP. For some reason the audio cassette has a better, but yet different sound to my ears.

So I am sure it is the same mix.

Brian j.

[marc402]

Originally posted by estranged4life
the audio cassette has the same mix as the LP. For some reason the audio cassette has a better, but yet different sound to my ears.

So I am sure it is the same mix.

Brian j.

Are you refering to straight back or i know i'm not wrong?
and if you only are refering to one of em what's the case with the other one on tape ?

greetings marc

[estranged4life]

Originally posted by marc402
Are you refering to straight back or i know i'm not wrong?
and if you only are refering to one of em what's the case with the other one on tape ?

greetings marc

I am talking about the Tusk album overall sounds much better to me on audio cassette than it currently does on compact disc.

The mix of "I Know I'm Not Wrong" is of a much better sound quality on the cassette than the cd...As is the mix for "Straight Back".

I should locate an "audiophile" who can burn a pristine version of the vinyl version of the Tusk album straight to cd for comparison to the current cd version (This has been successfully done with the Beatles' MFSL LP releases) like what has been done with the MFSL version of "Rumours"

Brian j.

[marc402]

Originally posted by estranged4life
I am talking about the Tusk album overall sounds much better to me on audio cassette than it currently does on compact disc.

The mix of "I Know I'm Not Wrong" is of a much better sound quality on the cassette than the cd...As is the mix for "Straight Back".

I should locate an "audiophile" who can burn a pristine version of the vinyl version of the Tusk album straight to cd for comparison to the current cd version (This has been successfully done with the Beatles' MFSL LP releases) like what has been done with the MFSL version of "Rumours"

Brian j.

exuse my ignorance on this but what does MFSL stand for ?

greetings marc

[estranged4life]

Originally posted by marc402
exuse my ignorance on this but what does MFSL stand for ?

greetings marc

MFSL is Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs, Who have, In the past, released GREAT "premium" vinyl versions of classic albums by the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac.

Brian j.

[CarneVaca]

Originally posted by estranged4life
I am talking about the Tusk album overall sounds much better to me on audio cassette than it currently does on compact disc.

The mix of "I Know I'm Not Wrong" is of a much better sound quality on the cassette than the cd...As is the mix for "Straight Back".

I should locate an "audiophile" who can burn a pristine version of the vinyl version of the Tusk album straight to cd for comparison to the current cd version (This has been successfully done with the Beatles' MFSL LP releases) like what has been done with the MFSL version of "Rumours"

Brian j.

I'm going to try to dig up my Tusk tape now, if I still have it. I do recall that from song to song, the sound quality on the tape was different. That is the main reason I was very happy when I got the CD, though I didn't like the shorter Sara.

[marc402]

Originally posted by estranged4life
MFSL is Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs, Who have, In the past, released GREAT "premium" vinyl versions of classic albums by the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac.

Brian j.

great thanx i think i have sen them sometimes
was the other side of the mirror among them aswell
i'm sure i saw an expensive reisue of that

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CarneVaca
I'm going to try to dig up my Tusk tape now, if I still have it. I do recall that from song to song, the sound quality on the tape was different. That is the main reason I was very happy when I got the CD, though I didn't like the shorter Sara. [/QUOTE

I want those tapes too

only have rumours, tango, greatest hits and behind the maskl on tape.
But atleast i have the rumours album era (and most before aswell) on vinyl too
Good luck digging up the tape

greetings marc

[Cammie]

TUSK on Vinylwith Butter Cookies!!!
Vinyl has a softer...nicer analogue nuance
that just... lulls you right into the mood of
the tunes!!!Great Music...The Notes that
are apparent and The Notes left out to give
space to absorb the message!CD's(some-
times) are too pristine and too perfect!!!

Just be HAPPY the MAC is DOIN' IT!!! Sky

Where did I hide those Butter Cookies?

[DestinyRules]

Butter Cookie? Where's that laughing icon when you need it?

All in all, it'll be cool to have these, but I think the band could have done a LOT better with their choices. Then again, maybe Stevie's waiting to release more of her demos/outtakes for later solo albums/FM records.

BTW, Joe, I wouldn't fret too much about us Yanks getting a new set list. They may add one or two more songs and move one or two songs around. It's not like Fleetwood Mac would ever be SPONTANEOUS or anything!

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by DestinyRules
Butter Cookie? Where's that laughing icon when you need it?

Actually, it's not as weird a title as a lot of folks think it is. When Paul McCartney was first writing the beautiful "Yesterday," he was calling the tune, "Scrambled Eggs!"

Originally posted by Johnny Stew
Actually, it's not as weird a title as a lot of folks think it is. When Paul McCartney was first writing the beautiful "Yesterday," he was calling the tune, "Scrambled Eggs!"

Sometimes the working title of a song has nothing to do with the lyrics at all....it's just a way to remember the tune. I have so many demos of my own that have no names...it's kind of hard to remember a piece of music as "track 12" or "demo #43". I have a piece of music that sounds country but there's a punkish quality to it also. Hence, i named it "country punk." Now, the tune comes to me instantly when i think of that name.

Anyway.....maybe Paul wrote "yesterday" over breakfast....or, maybe there was an overabundance of butter cookies when "keep me there" ("by the butter cookies, cause i got the munchies big time!") was written....

[CarneVaca]

Paul woke up with the melody in his head and started singing "scramble eggs." At least that is what I remember of the story.

[Johnny Stew]

Yep, and I believe he has said that the full words he was ad-libbing to the melody were, "scrambled eggs... oh, baby, how I love your legs."


Like Joe said, it's just a little way for them to keep the melody in their head, or to differentiate between works-in-progress (rather than calling something "Jam #237")... so "Butter Cookie" isn't all that bizarre when ya think about it!