(I still like his own mix thought because it's different, but I qualify it as a "bonus" mix). Iggy just pushed the guitar and vocals way out in your face. version being Bowie's own mix of S&D, by sensible, I mean Bowie balanced all the instruments on his mix. I agree with your assessment about the UK alt. That would be cool if you could scan or photographs the labels and sleeve and post the inner groove matrixes ref. So you're saying one Embassy press does hold this version of the record, and that is UK Embassy issue, CBS S-31464-A1 ? That's great news that makes for two pressings with this alternate mix / master. I think I would go for the CBS Holland issue with 'US' mix and beefed up eq.Īnother 2LP vinyl version is due out soon, containing the 19 mixes. I wouldn't say I prefer that alternative Search & Destroy mix with the echo although it does have its merits - like the crazy way those drums pile in after the quieter guitar bit. If the 'UK' mix is Bowie's then it's hardly more sensible - just odd in a different way to Iggy's.
If I was going to bet who did the 'UK' mix, I would say Bowie, it's unusual and I think it's something he might have tried, and Iggy could have preferred the straighter (although AM sounding) earlier version. Rest of the album is the same mix as all the above but it does have an eq which brings out the lower frequencies in a similar way to the CBS Holland version. You can clearly tell by that strange echo on the snare drum. The next 40 secs have the same mix as my UK Embassy issue, CBS S-31464-A1. CBS made in Holland 1970s reissue, 65586 (EQ has been used to thicken the sound - it has the heaviest 'rumbling' bass - still sounds good but not as 'clean' as the two above) Sony Columbia US reissue, Rob Loverde mastered (which sounds close to your sample, with some bass - not too bad really)ģ. Sundazed (which sounds too thin on Search & Destroy but fine on the rest of the album)Ģ.
I've just listened to the samples and comparing them to the 4 (yes, I know!) vinyl issues of Raw Power that I own, the first 40 secs of the 'US' mix are the same mix as:ġ.
The two tracks they added on CD 3 from the "Embassy" reels actually sound just like the ones on CD 1 : they ruined the whole purpose of the reels, by re-EQing the two tracks so that they sound just like the ones on CD1.Click to expand.Thanks for that. The sad part is that the wrong thin sounding version have transferred to CD for posterity and not the correct one. All I know is that the Embassy one have huge drums and bass and kicks ****, while the other is like listening to an old transistor radio. I don't know which version of S&D is Bowie, and which is Iggy. Search & Destroy being a totally different mix might be a last minute decision (as you remember, Iggy still says all the record is Bowie apart from the opening track, where he insisted his mix to be used).
It might be possible that the US pressing was ruined by the technicians in charge of the pressing and lacquer (hence Scott Asheton reaction as he threw the record away after giving it one listen), and that a last minute shift made for a better mastered version being shipped to the UK pressing plant. I do think the existence of a better vinyl version of RP might help clear some light on the disc troubled history. Multiple versions of the same record are no surprise here (just witness the variations in Beatles discs). (Thought it was reissued by Embassy on tape, we still don't have come across a fan owning an Embassy LP version with this mix). I believe it's a mistake to call it the "Embassy" reel, because as etablished now, this better sounding version of the record came out in the UK on CBS in 1973 at the same time as the other one. Once you heard this UK LP version, there's no turning back. I think a couple of guys on this board came across it, or realised they own it as part of the multiple pressings they collected over the years.
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