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I purchased the remix. To me, the music was terrific on that album but the production was so-so; and the packaging was abysmal. However, I loved the cover art and concept. Gillan’s vocals are really creative on this LP.
Roger removed the buildup of Ian’s backing vocals in the choruses????? Why?!! They’re the best part of the tune!
I will say that I think the drums are too loud in all these remixes – I feel Ian is overpowering Steve and Don the more I listen to them. That said, the clarity is unmatched!
Of course I love this album, the first where Don got fully involved. He’s the man who brought the basis of the title track.
Regarding THINGS, I was so surprised to find that song in their setlist! At that time it was just released on the Japan edition! I had the chance to ask Roger why they took the decision to put THINGS in the setlist (in the second position moreover) but I didn’t get a proper answer… Certainly they like the song and its live rendition. But it the guys love the song so much why didn’t they put it on the regular version of the album??
And the lyrics…. Great lyrics! Do you all know what it is about?
Oh, it makes me wonder…how the original mix was allowed to happen. Everything was thrown to the middle and no instrument had space to breathe. Now you can hear every nuance of Steve’s and Don’s rhythm playing, the synths in Don’s solo came up to the front and you can finally hear what he was trying to do there. Ian’s harmonies were removed, which is a shame, but on the other hand it adds to the live feel of the song. Drum sound is still the weakest part of the album imo, very muffled, sometimes they sound as if Ian was playing on cardboard boxes – maybe there was nothing that could be done about it. All in all this remix makes me think of buying this release. I still think that since the Machine Head remix, Dweezil Zappa should be hired to do all of them.
I still think that since the Machine Head remix, Dweezil Zappa should be hired to do all of them.
Amen, Lukasz, that remix was a piece of art.
This song should’ve made the original album. I like it better than Girls Like That or MTV.
Amen II, Michael. Though TINS is pretty much your standard Purple romp in a shuffle rhythm, the type of thing they write while one of them is off to the loo. Sort of like this:
Brilliant, finally you can hear the drums like the should be. The original drum sound was actually awful, a bit like Ringo on the white album. The doubled vocals are in fact missing, they gave a special touch to the song, but I love that version. Sounds echt and fresh.
Fab, I’d like to know your interpretation of that lyric.
Why it was in the set? I guess IG liked it and they needed an uptempo number. On the 2003 tour they even picked I’m alone for their set – not really a major hit either….
I think I prefer the original 🤔
Although, I do prefer the solos in this …but, overall, it sounds to me like a rehearsal in the studio ….just my own personal opinion.
I’m still buying the remix though …even though I see it’s over 20 quid ! Why ??
Well, Was hoping it to be better…. Miss the backing vocals (a lot) Not a real inprovement. Well, I add the backing vocals myself, lol. Enough tools to do that
I totally agree, a song with solos heard other times in the discography with Morse/Airey and yet another rock’n’roll song without a trace of hard rock or an initial riff…..
I don’t understand how one can appreciate a piece like this.
paradoxically if it was a Gillan solo song on Eye to Morocco, softly arranged without solos it would be a beautiful song
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Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Excelente mezcla…y pensar q este tema fue bonus track…qué lujo
August 1st, 2025 at 01:42I purchased the remix. To me, the music was terrific on that album but the production was so-so; and the packaging was abysmal. However, I loved the cover art and concept. Gillan’s vocals are really creative on this LP.
August 1st, 2025 at 02:33Roger removed the buildup of Ian’s backing vocals in the choruses????? Why?!! They’re the best part of the tune!
I will say that I think the drums are too loud in all these remixes – I feel Ian is overpowering Steve and Don the more I listen to them. That said, the clarity is unmatched!
August 1st, 2025 at 04:27Of course I love this album, the first where Don got fully involved. He’s the man who brought the basis of the title track.
August 1st, 2025 at 08:25Regarding THINGS, I was so surprised to find that song in their setlist! At that time it was just released on the Japan edition! I had the chance to ask Roger why they took the decision to put THINGS in the setlist (in the second position moreover) but I didn’t get a proper answer… Certainly they like the song and its live rendition. But it the guys love the song so much why didn’t they put it on the regular version of the album??
And the lyrics…. Great lyrics! Do you all know what it is about?
Oh, it makes me wonder…how the original mix was allowed to happen. Everything was thrown to the middle and no instrument had space to breathe. Now you can hear every nuance of Steve’s and Don’s rhythm playing, the synths in Don’s solo came up to the front and you can finally hear what he was trying to do there. Ian’s harmonies were removed, which is a shame, but on the other hand it adds to the live feel of the song. Drum sound is still the weakest part of the album imo, very muffled, sometimes they sound as if Ian was playing on cardboard boxes – maybe there was nothing that could be done about it. All in all this remix makes me think of buying this release. I still think that since the Machine Head remix, Dweezil Zappa should be hired to do all of them.
August 1st, 2025 at 08:39This song should’ve made the original album. I like it better than Girls Like That or MTV.
August 1st, 2025 at 11:45I still think that since the Machine Head remix, Dweezil Zappa should be hired to do all of them.
Amen, Lukasz, that remix was a piece of art.
This song should’ve made the original album. I like it better than Girls Like That or MTV.
Amen II, Michael. Though TINS is pretty much your standard Purple romp in a shuffle rhythm, the type of thing they write while one of them is off to the loo. Sort of like this:
https://youtu.be/kML4ZwU4iIk
I do miss the double tracked vocals – very 70/ – on the remix too.
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Any specific reason we don’t have a link to the song that works in Europe , liebe Admins? 😑 Let’s try this then …
https://youtu.be/KDy2UrhsKsw
August 1st, 2025 at 13:30Can’t wait to hear Before Time Began – one of my all-time favorite Deep Purple songs, the philosophical, epic poem. I wish they played it live.
August 1st, 2025 at 14:18@8 Played 39 times live in early 2006. It’s on a few bootlegs-The Astoria set is a good one.
August 1st, 2025 at 18:02Brilliant, finally you can hear the drums like the should be. The original drum sound was actually awful, a bit like Ringo on the white album. The doubled vocals are in fact missing, they gave a special touch to the song, but I love that version. Sounds echt and fresh.
August 1st, 2025 at 19:34Sorry for that autocorrect thingy.
August 1st, 2025 at 19:35They did! In 2006, early dates of the Rapture tour.
August 1st, 2025 at 19:40@4
Fab, I’d like to know your interpretation of that lyric.
Why it was in the set? I guess IG liked it and they needed an uptempo number. On the 2003 tour they even picked I’m alone for their set – not really a major hit either….
August 1st, 2025 at 20:21@8 They did, during the 2006 tour.
August 1st, 2025 at 20:32I think I prefer the original 🤔
Although, I do prefer the solos in this …but, overall, it sounds to me like a rehearsal in the studio ….just my own personal opinion.
I’m still buying the remix though …even though I see it’s over 20 quid ! Why ??
August 1st, 2025 at 21:23Well, Was hoping it to be better…. Miss the backing vocals (a lot) Not a real inprovement. Well, I add the backing vocals myself, lol. Enough tools to do that
August 2nd, 2025 at 20:25Extremely boring solo section.. oh oh
August 3rd, 2025 at 12:45#17 Micke:
I totally agree, a song with solos heard other times in the discography with Morse/Airey and yet another rock’n’roll song without a trace of hard rock or an initial riff…..
I don’t understand how one can appreciate a piece like this.
paradoxically if it was a Gillan solo song on Eye to Morocco, softly arranged without solos it would be a beautiful song
August 5th, 2025 at 19:20