![]() ![]() The sound quality on this is astounding but it is so much louder than the previous albums so there’s some glaring inconsistency now. It does contain the original album mix of “Legs” and not the short single dance version. This is the 2011 remaster plucked straight from the Deluxe Edition release. Not that they are bad, but comparing to Rancho Texicano there is quite a difference in quality. These are the same mixes as previously available. this one has a 3-way fold out like the vinyl. A stoned bluesy funky desert driving album should not have shotgun electro-drums. I actually sought out the vinyl and the difference to the Six Pack version is night and day. Maybe I love it so much because it is because this is the redheaded stepchild of the ZZ catalog. This is one that I was happiest to get in its original mix. Fandango! does not (but I thought it did originally- I don’t have it to check). However the bonus live extras were left off that accompanied the separate remasters. But the album is solid early blues rock boogie.Īn A to B comparison reveals these are cut from the 2006 remaster editions, therefore they are not consistent with the first 2 discs. Possibly this is also an uncompressed quieter mix? Again a lack of details or a booklet does not help here. Not the same mastering as Rancho Texicano. My guess, since I’ve seen HD audio versions of these early albums on, is that these avoided compression and so they are slightly quieter, much like Mobile Fidelity releases.Īlso the original mix and almost the exact same sentiments as above. So why the difference? The *lack of liner notes* leaves this a mystery. Rancho‘s mix has a slight bit more clarity and punch. This one is a bit more quiet, but not too quiet. A comparison to the tracks featured on Rancho Texicano (the most recent hits collection with fully remastered tracks) shows these to be differently mastered mixes. First of all, an album by album list:Īhhh! Yes! YES!! The original mix! It’s a little muddy and gritty, but then I’m sure with this being their first 1970 album, the vinyl edition has this same grit. After unboxing this attractive little box set I found that were were many pros AND cons to this set. But was it all we had been hoping for? Not quite. It was announced that a new ZZ Top box set would be released restoring all of the original mixes. El Loco was featured in the Six Pack, but the consensus seems to agree to it being the original mix, and that it already had reverb (this was 1981 after all).įlash to today. That left ZZ Top’s First Album, Rio Grande Mud and Tejas in the dust. In 2006, Tres Hombres and Fandango! were given a proper restoration and remastering that they deserved. ![]() yet allowed to carry the original pressing dates. Worse yet, the standalone CDs were originally made with these “new” mixes. Many have lambasted the Six Pack as a blight on the face of ZZ Top history. Those of us who were too young to experience things the way they were the first time are lucky enough to have the chance to go back to experience it through the recorded medium. Those albums are a bit of your own history. ![]() Now I love Afterburner, but I’m not a fan of re-writing your musical past. In doing so, extra processing was added to the vocals, extra reverb was added, and worst of all, some of the drums had either been fully re-recorded or overly heightened with reverb to sound like electronic the drums of the Afterburner era. Instead of putting out the original versions of their early albums, the band chose to have these albums remixed. This was a time when many titles were not yet on CD. One of the biggest tragedies in the practice of “remastering” happened in 1987. ![]()
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