Remix of No Rest for the Wicked album remix request

[Tony S]

I suppose a lot has to do with how you feel about re-mixes and such. Personally I can't stand them. I absolutely hate the re-mix of "Over the Wire", and absolutely love the original.

I quite like the Over The Wire remix. It's a bit of fun. Do love the original as well though !

[Willard]

EMI remasters were totally worth it, although I wish someone could redo one for Impurity and fix the mess made of the keyboard parts.  The warble on them is brutal.

[Willard]

I also like the remastered pieces done for the Anthology set.  Dawn sounds so much better on Anthology than the original, which is hugely muddled.  I could do without the extra keyboard parts on Blue Beat, however.

[Pol]

Shakes head in disbelief
Leaves before getting extremely angry

[cthulhu]

i have to say, these thoughts about remixing just don't come into my mind. when i watch an old b/w movie, i don't think: gosh, this would be so much better with modern cgi or colour.

this is all about changing the appearance, not the idea, the soul of the art itself. this is all about technics. better recordings, better sound. who cares? i wouldn't mind if they would go in the studio and just record old tracks new. make it different or something. but to change the old recording just doesn't makes sense to me.

and there are a lot of remixes of the songs anyway. when they play live, they change the songs a little and i like that so much. we have another imperial day in accapella, we have differnet verisions of ocean rising, there was this wonderful and kinda funny reggae version of stupid questions, they do acoustic sets and the last tour with all the extra instruments was such a joy to listen to and experience and stunning and widened the perception of the songs. just watch the version of no mirror no shadow. wow!!

i have the remastered editions of the albums and i don't listen to them. with purity they (whoever did this) even made it worse.

and i can understand pols reaction to some comments here. but hey, it's all just opinion and we can talk about this. 

[Space]

Why do some here feel that all art should be like sculpture -- etched in stone and immutable?

You said it yourself, cthulhu, when the band plays these songs live, they change things up a bit. They realize that, "Hey, maybe this sounds a bit better than what we came up with back in 1987." But, no, fans say, "Don't change a thing!" I'll take what the artists thinks about their work over what fans think.

[Pol]

Space you don't get the point yet again Live music is in the moment im all for something different
Here is why this record should never be changed. This is partly Robs work and only he should be allowed to change it but since he is no longer with us rip that's not going to happen. If you change it would tarnish his memory.

[Space]

partly Robs work and only he should be allowed to change it

Only he? It's also partly Sullivan's and Nelson's and Morrow's and Harris's.... Jeez, have you forgotten about those members of the band?

[Pol]

There all still alive or have you forgotten. Show some respect  !

[Space]

There all still alive or have you forgotten.

A) John Lennon died. John Lennon! And still The Beatles went on to remix and remaster all their material and actually record two tracks without John. But, no, NMA should not remix thier stuff.

B) Oh, by the way, NMA's older stuff was remixed/remastered on the EMI re-releases, some of the Anthology, and the entire "Vengeance" album. So much for your point that it should never be touched.

As I said, fans like Pol have this strange notion that older material should never be messed with. Thank God the bands don't feel that way.

[Pol]

No nma should do what nma want to do not anyway else Difference is the Beatles are no more and if macca and yoko want to cash in for another million then leave them too it

[Shush]

If surviving Beatles mixed older material long after the band ended, then fair enough. My overriding feeling on this issue is NMA, a current recording band have better things to do then re-work an album from the 1980's. Namely writing and recording new material.

If 20 years from now some ex-NMA members want to re-record some of the old material, I might be interested. But for now, new material please, albums like BDAW and BWAB.

[Space]

My overriding feeling on this issue is NMA, a current recording band have better things to do then re-work an album from the 1980's.

Dude, the band just reworked, remixed an album they made 32 years ago! Didn't you buy the new "Vengeance" release?

Yes, NMA is a forward looking band who feel their best work is still to be made. But that didn't stop them from updating their earlier work "Vengeance." And what's wrong with that? Why are people here against an artist tweaking their earlier stuff? Still haven't heard a valid reason why from Pol or any of the posters here why a band should not do it.

[Space]

If 20 years from now some ex-NMA members want to re-record some of the old material, I might be interested.

Noooo! You don't want that. Many, many artists have gone back and actually re-recorded a track or two from their past. The results are always disastrous. Psychedelic Furs remade "Pretty In Pink." Horrible. The Police remade "Don't Stand So Close To Me." Terrible. Paul McCartney for his film "Regards To Broadstreet" remade a few early Beatle tunes. Horrendous!

I don't mind a remix or remaster, but an actual remake is never a good thing.

[Shush]

I did buy it, yes 

I think there is quite a difference from that album to all that followed. A bands first album is so often going to be missing things while a band finds its recording feet.

As for valid reasons, all I can do is repeat what you have just highlighted from my last. I think the band have better, as you say more forward thinking things to do .I cannot imagine the band as it is at the moment, on a good run of turning out worthwhile new material and gigging off the back of it, then suddenly feel the need to drop all that and re-work albums from the 1980's.

But as Pol has said, NMA should do whatever they want.